MOCCASIN BEND TRAINS ON WELL

Classy looking filly MOCCASIN BEND, maintained her excellent form with a very comfortable win at Belmont yesterday. The filly had only been to the races twice prior to yesterday's race and on both occasions she was the runner up. On both occasions she had been unlucky however yesterday the filly made her own luck aided by a very confident ride by jockey Paul Harvey.

The filly settled back in the field and when Paul asked her to extend coming to the corner it was obvious a long way out that she had the rest of the field covered. The filly was eased down on the line and I have no doubt that she could have added another couple of lengths to the margin had she been pushed out.

The filly was not going to run until this weekend however the strong nominations for Saturdays 3yo event along with a good barrier draw for yesterdays winnable race made me have last minute thoughts on where she would be best placed. After discussing with her usual race rider Jason Whiting, we both agreed that yesterday was the more suitable option. Unfortunately Jason had already taken a ride in the race after I told him the filly would not be an acceptor for the event however Jason will be back on board from here on in. He has done a wonderful job of settling the filly over the past few months after being quite a handful when she returned from the spelling paddock.

MOCCASIN BEND has plenty of ability and we will let her tell us where she is best placed over the next few months.