Superstar sprinter I Wish I Wish ready to lay strong foundation for the spring in Moir Stakes at The Valley

Superstar sprinter I Wish I Win will be ready to pounce on the leaders in the Group 1 Moir Stakes at The Valley but not at the expense of a potentially lucrative spring campaign.

Superstar sprinter I Wish I Win will be ready to pounce on the leaders in the Group 1 Moir Stakes at The Valley on Saturday but not at the expense of a potentially lucrative spring campaign.

The multiple Group 1 winner and Everest runner-up has returned to the races more forward than at the corresponding time last year, with further improvement to come.

I Wish I Win, trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, will contest the Moir and then Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) three weeks before next month’s The Everest in Sydney.

“He’s going super, we’re really, really happy with him,” Coleman said.

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“There’s improvement to come after Saturday, he’s not screwed down, we’ve still got six weeks to grand final day, but he’s in fantastic order.

“We know he loves his three-week break between runs so he’ll go Moir, Manikato into The Everest.”

I Wish I Win is a $4.60 third favourite with TAB behind Lady Of Camelot ($3.10) and Estriella ($3.90).

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Estriella was favourite before the sustained push for Lady Of Camelot.

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“He’s such a talented horse nothing is off the table with him,” Coleman said.

“We saw what he did up the straight at Flemington (second in the Lightning Stakes last year) in a race we thought they were going to be too sharp for him, but you don’t want him to have a gut-buster.

“You don’t want a really tough first-up run and gut him for the rest of the campaign, so we’ll be bearing that in mind.

“As long as he’s hitting the long strong, having a nice hitout and taking fitness improvement from it, and pulling up well, that’s what we’re looking to see.”

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A successful Queensland winter campaign has “Wish” more forward compared to last year.

He placed third in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes first-up last year and then finished second in The Everest six weeks later.

“When he came back from his spell last year he was a hairy little beast, he looked like a shetland pony you pulled out of the back paddock,” Coleman said.

“Whereas this year he’s had a beautiful coat the whole way through … been pretty switched on the whole time.

“You can tell with him, when he’s ready to go, he starts to switch on instead of being a lazy slob.”

Coleman said track conditions would determine whether TJ Smith Stakes winner Chain Of Lightning took her place in the Moir field, with a decision to be reserved until race morning.

“We just have to be open minded with her because she needs a bit of give in the ground,” Coleman said.

“It doesn’t have to be heavy but she doesn’t want a road, there are a few showers forecast, hopefully we’ll get Moods doing a bit of a rain dance.”

Originally published as Superstar sprinter I Wish I Wish ready to lay strong foundation for the spring in Moir Stakes at The Valley