Monaco performs well second up

With the big wet continuing across Victoria over the weekend, Sunday's Cranbourne meeting has been transferred to Geelong and Ballymore will saddle up two runners.

The first off those is in the fourth race, the 1200 maiden - Comanche Kid making his debut.

A $45,000 Easter graduate by Danehill Dancer, Comanche Kid from barrier nine will be ridden by Mark Zahra and he has pleased us in his work.

"He is a nice horse in the making," said Michael Moroney, adding that "he has gone well in his jump outs."

Noting that whilst the bay is bred to improve with racing - being out of a Marju mare from the family of Warning, Rainbow Quest and Scenic - Moroney said that he would not be surprised if Comanche Kid ran boldly.

"He has shown us a fair big of speed and we are pretty keen on him."

Hopefully it will be a stable running double with Viallico taking his place in the following race, a 1400m Showcase.

Finishing on strongly to only just miss out on the prize in a 1300m race at Geelong first up, the son of Pins has progressed well since.

"He ran really well at his first run for us," said Moroney, "and he has trained on - we expect him to prove hard to beat."

In other stable news, we were pleased with the effort of Monaco Consul in the Makybe Diva Stakes on Saturday - although he ran into plenty of trouble!

Travelling well just off the pace, he copped a couple of bumps in the straight, losing momentum but quickly getting back into stride before finishing on nicely along the rails over the final stages - finishing seventh but passing many of his rivals as they pulled up past the line.