G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Extreme Choice (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) is being aimed at next month's G1 Moir S. for his seasonal resumption, with trainer Mick Price priming the 3-year-old colt with the first of several training gallops at Moonee Valley on Tuesday.
The line-up for the 1000-metre sprint on Sept. 30 is likely to include some top-class older horses, such as Chatauqua (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) and Buffering (Aus (Mossman {Aus}), who is now nine and won the Moir in 2012, 2014 and last year.
“I could place him in the lesser races against his own age but it's not going to achieve much,” commented Price on racing.com. “I think if he can come out and win the Moir, it's a very prestigious race against the older horses, and if Chautauqua and that sort of horse are in it, so be it. But it's more about trying to improve his stud fee and a win in a Moir or a Coolmore later in the spring would go a long way to ensuring that.”
The trainer also noted that Extreme Choice could be sent for barrier trials at Cranbourne on Sept. 13 or 19 along with some extra practice gallops on the tight Moonee Valley circuit.
“You don't know if horses go good at Moonee Valley until you race them. He'll have a few practice goes and I can't see any reason why he shouldn't but I would have said that about Lankan Rupee and he's not a fan of the place. But [Extreme Choice] is a nippy, beautiful little sprinter and Moonee Valley should be fine,” Price added.
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