"SHE'S BRED TO GET INTO AN OAKS" - MOSZUR'S RUNAWAY WIN OPENS UP BIG RACE POSSIBILITIES

By Graham Potter | Wednesday, February 21, 2024

While she was only shedding her Maiden ticket, the effort of the David Vandyke trained filly Moszur at Ipswich on Wednesday in a QTIS Three-Year-Old Maiden Plate over 1690m was well worth noting.

Moszur was second up in his fourth career start and, importantly, the daughter of Churchill was stepping out beyond 1400m for the first time to a more favourable, longer trip.

Moszur initially sat just off the speed, but Ryan Maloney quickly became unhappy with the pace being set up front, and he sent Moszur to the front passing the 800m mark.

From that moment, Moszur dictated and dominated proceedings, opening up such a comfortable advantage halfway up the home straight that Maloney was able to ease Moszur over the concluding stages ... yet still record a winning margin of 3.72 lengths.

“She’s bred to get into an Oaks, and we thought we’d just try to nurse her through the summer and get her out to a trip,” said David Vandyke. “She’s struggled during the heat, so we’ve really been nursing her and nursing her ... and I can’t wait for things to cool down because I think she will do better then.

“We’ll just work backward from the Oaks and try and get her there nice and soft.”

Vandyke already has one Group 1 Queensland Oaks win behind his name after Gypsy Goddess took out the 2022 edition of the event, so he does know what it takes to win the race.

“It’s exciting and we are looking forward to getting her there for the big one if we can,” concluded Vandyke.

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