Wanted, which is part-owned by big-betting Sydney brothel owner Eddie Hayson, had finished second in three group 1 sprints at his past four starts.
”We were beaten by a freakish performance in the Lightning and we probably got a tad greedy running in the two races in between,” Moody said. ”We freshened him up, kept him happy, had him in the right frame of mind for today.”
Moody, who also started Tickets (16th), Duporth (ninth) and Headway (sixth) in the Newmarket, didn’t bother loading stable jockey Luke Nolen up with riding instructions. ”We said to Luke if he wanted to run a little bit let him do it – don’t fight him, let him do his own thing,”Moody said.
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The four-run winning streak of Sydney flyer All Silent on the Flemington track came undone when the favourite placed 11th in the Newmarket.
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