Caviar stablemate King's Rose also set for Ascot
Australia: Superstar sprinter Black Caviar is set to have a mate for her trip to England with Group 1- winning stablemate King's Rose to give trainer Peter Moody a second runner at Royal Ascot in June.
The Hong Kong-owned King's Rose will be set for the Queen Anne Stakes at the strat of anextended stay in England and Ireland.
The former New Zealand-trained Group 1 winner will end her racing career in England before she is served by champion sire Galileo at Coolmore Stud in Ireland to southern-hemisphere time during thenorthern autumn.
Once in foal, King's Rose will return to Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, said Marcus Corban, the NZ-based racing manager for King's Rose's Hong Kong owner Dr Gene Tsoi.
Moody said the four-year-old daughter of Redoute's Choice resume in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on March 10.
"She's in great shape, I'm really pleased with her," Moody said. "I'm going to run her first up in the Newmarket. I thinkit will be a great option for her. She was a strong winner first up in the Memsie Stakes at 1,400 metres at Caulfield last preparation.
"The 1,200m up the straight fresh, big and strong, I reckon it's an ideal target for her."
The four-year-old will then go to Sydney for the Coolmore Classic (1500m) on March 24 and Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) on April 7, both at Rosehill, before making the trip to England.
King's Rose was transferred to Moody after she won the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas and was later crowned as NZ Three-Year-Old Filly of the Year.
She won the Memsie Stakes and Stocks Stakes, both at Group 2 level, for Moody before finishing seventh in the Cox Plate and then second in the Emirates Stakes.
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