Moody Racing PTY Ltd. Information

Moody made an immediate impression in Victoria, tasting Group 1 success with Amalfi for Ron and Judy Wanless in the 2001 Victoria Derby. Two years later, after travelling to every racetrack in Victoria and building his team to more than 20, Moody closed his Queensland operation to concentrate on his expanding Caulfield base and successes. In 2003 he added the Group 1 Salinger Stakes on Derby Day with Ancient Song, who had been purchased by Laurel Oak Bloodstock and long-time client Stuart Ramsey, whose commitment to the stable was again rewarded in 2004 when Sky Cuddle (pictured left) took out the Group 1 Emirates Stakes on the last day of the Flemington Carnival. At the end of the 2004/05 season Moody was a force within Victorian ranks. He finished fifth in the local metropolitan title within striking distance of the big players, but still a massive 48 wins shy of Freedman at season's end. His ability to find appropriate races for his horses was rewarded in 2006 when Testafiable won the Group 1 SA Derby. The following year Magnus won the AJC Galaxy after placing in both the Group 1 Lightning Stakes and Oakleigh Plate. That was rewarding for owner and breeder Robert Crabtree and partners. Moody then took Cinque Cento to Queensland to win that year's Group 1 Doomben Cup for the Ramsey family. Riva San became the stable's first multiple Group 1 winner when, in the space of a week, she won the 2008 QTC Oaks and Derby double. It was onwards and upwards from there. In the autumn of 2009 Moody trained three more Group 1s, in three different states. Reward For Effort won the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, Typhoon Tracy the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill and Markus Maximus the WA Derby. However it was the 2009/10 season that propelled Moody to racing's rarefied status. He trained Typhoon Tracy to four Group 1 wins; the Myer Classic, Orr Stakes, Futurity Stakes and NSW's Queen of the Turf Stakes, to earn her the title of Victorian and Australian Horse of the Year. To boot, he took Headway to victory in the Coolmore ...