That’s The One will resume alongside Mosheen at Caulfield this Saturday
Saturday's Shadwell Stud Australasia Stakes at Caulfield heralds the return of Crown Oaks heroine Mosheen, but another three-year-old who carried big raps last spring will also resume in the 1200-metre event.
That's The One, a one-time fancy for last year's The Age Caulfield Guineas, will recommence his career in the $100,000 Listed event.
Trainers Colin and Cindy Alderson opted to spell the son of Snippetson after a sixth placing in the Guineas Prelude, which followed impressive winter wins at Sandown and Flemington, and they hope to reap the rewards during the Melbourne Festival of Racing.
The Shadwell Stud Australasia Stakes is the first of a planned three-run Melbourne campaign, which will hopefully end in the $750,000 Group 1 Australian Guineas on March 3, with a trip to Sydney a possibility afterwards.
“He'll have three runs down here and depending on how he goes, if he measures up, he might end up in Sydney,” Cindy Alderson said.
“I think this race will be a little bit short for him on Saturday, but I'm very happy with his condition and the way he's come through his two trials leading into it.
“I think he'll be running on strongly at the end of the race and I'm excited to have him back.”
A $61 chance in the Australian Guineas, That's The One is an $8.50 chance on Saturday with TAB Sportsbet. Favourite, at $4, is David Hayes' progressive colt Rifleman with joint 57kg topweight Mosheen holding down the $4.20 second line.
In-form jockey Craig Williams will take the ride on That's The One, who will carry 56kg, and they will jump from the second-widest barrier in the 11-horse field.
That's The One is one of two leading contenders the Aldersons have at Caulfield on Saturday with promising stayer Sea Galleon a top hope in one of the day's other $100,000 Listed events, the Reaan Plate.
The 2000m event will be the five-year-old's first run since completing a winning hat-trick in the Listed Christmas Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on December 10 and while Alderson said the son of Galileo felt the trip north, she thinks he took benefit from it.
“He lost quite a bit of weight when he went to Sydney, but he's put it all back on now,” she said. “He's never been a horse that carries an enormous amount of condition, but he certainly looks to have benefitted from the short break he had.
“Obviously you've got to be a little bit cautious about a horse coming back off a let-up, sometimes they need run or two just to bring them to their peak, but he's certainly worked well and looks well, so I'm hopeful of a forward showing from him.”
Sea Galleon occupies the $5 fourth line in TAB Sportsbet's open Reaan Plate market. The Big Steel is the $3.80 favourite with Bolton ($4.20) and Royal Mail ($4.60) also in contention.
The Reaan Plate is a prelude to the $300,000 Mornington Cup, which is the race the Aldersons have in mind for Sea Galleon after Saturday's event.
Full fields for both the Shadwell Stud Australasia Stakes and the Reaan Plate, along with Saturday's other six events, are available here
- Racing VIctoria