Ole Dancer will attempt to follow in the footsteps of her sire by capturing Group 1 glory during the Caulfield Cup Carnival, just as Ole Kirk did five years ago.
In 2020, Ole Kirk claimed the Caulfield Guineas, and now his daughter will contest the fillies’ equivalent, the Thousand Guineas (1600m), at Caulfield this Saturday. Ole Dancer races in similar colours and interests to her sire but is trained by the partnership of Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman rather than Hawkes Racing.
The talented filly has had four starts for two wins and comes into the feature after a narrow second in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Sandown on September 27. Coleman said Ole Dancer has continued to improve since that run and expects her to relish the step up to a mile.
“She’s prepped up really nicely for it,” Coleman said.
“She’s had some good lead-up runs this time in and everything has been really positive this week leading into it, so we’re really excited.
“It was a shame she got beaten last time, but if you look at the positives it was the ideal prep run for getting out to the mile on Saturday.
“I couldn’t be happier with how she’s going to present there on Saturday. It’s obviously a step up in class and it looks a nice edition of the race.”
One of her key rivals will be the Michael Freedman-trained Apocalyptic, who arrives in Melbourne unbeaten this campaign after winning the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.
“There is the Sydney filly (Apocalyptic) coming down who is a very smart filly, but we couldn’t be happier with how our girl is going,” Coleman said.
“She is drawn well to be a bit closer and hopefully we can get a bit of luck and she’s pretty adaptable if the rain does come.
“She’s OK on soft or firm. We don’t want it to be a road out there, but not too wet either.”
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