Ole Dancer primed for 2025 Thousand Guineas tilt
Ole Dancer will attempt to continue her family’s legacy by chasing Group 1 glory in the Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield this Saturday, five years after her sire Ole Kirk captured the Caulfield Guineas during the Caulfield Cup Carnival.
Like her famous father, Ole Dancer races in similar ownership and colours, but she’s prepared by the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman partnership, who have patiently guided her towards this target. The filly has already won twice from four starts and was narrowly beaten last start in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Sandown on September 27.
Co-trainer Katherine Coleman said the team couldn’t be happier with how the daughter of Ole Kirk has progressed leading into her grand final assignment.
“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.”
Among her biggest rivals will be the unbeaten Sydney filly Apocalyptic, who heads south after her brilliant win in 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.”
Ole Dancer’s strong lead-up form, pedigree, and ideal draw suggest she could be one of the main players in what shapes as an exciting renewal of the Thousand Guineas.
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