Sheza Alibi annihilates 2025 Sandown Guineas rivals

Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman’s dominance this season continued as Sheza Alibi delivered a commanding win in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas (1600m), just weeks after their triumph with Ole Dancer in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas.

The talented three-year-old had shown promise with a placing behind Tentyris earlier in the carnival, and she fulfilled that potential in emphatic style at Sandown, storming home for a five-length victory as the $1.50 favourite under Luke Nolen.

Positioned perfectly from the inside draw, Sheza Alibi waited patiently until Top Reward shifted off the fence before accelerating away, defeating Tagline ($15) and Top Reward ($31) to record her most dominant win yet.

Co-trainer Katherine Coleman said it was a far smoother experience compared to her hard-fought victory in the Group 3 The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington.

“That was pretty painless there,” Coleman said.

“She was put in a beautiful spot from that draw by Luke Nolen and when that gap opened, didn’t she take it well.”

Peter Moody said the stable has no shortage of confidence heading into autumn, with several Group 1 targets on the radar in both Melbourne and Sydney.

“We didn’t quite know what to expect but when you saw Autumn Boy come out win the Caulfield Guineas as impressively as he did and this filly, we thought she’d come on,” Moody said.

“I don’t think we’ll have too much trouble finding a nice race for her.”

“She’ll be back at Flemington in the Autumn in something like the Australian Guineas because outside of her old adversary Autumn Boy, you’re probably not going to hide from the rest.”

“She will (spell now) but she won’t have a lot of time as the autumn is upon us very quick.”

“She’ll have a few weeks and then I think we’ll target a path to the Guineas and fillies races.”

For Luke Nolen, who got down to 55kg to take the ride, the effort was more than justified.

“I don’t know what Pete has in mind but I’ll be cutting legs and arms off to maintain the ride,” Nolen said.

“That’s the selfish jockey coming out of me but I like her a lot and I’d like to stick with her as long as I can.”

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