Group Success For Progressive Saxon Warrior Filly

Sheza Alibi (3f Saxon Warrior - Sheza Gypsy, by Shaft) became the latest Group winner for Saxon Warrior when readily landing the TAB Vanity at Flemington on Saturday.

The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained three-year-old had finished third in the Listed Gothic Stakes at Caulfield last month and she stepped up again for a length-and-three-quarter victory.

Running over seven furlongs again, the daughter of Saxon Warrior was making her second start for Moody and Coleman, having won twice for Kris Hansen.

Moody said: “She laid the foundation of Caulfield with a very good effort in a strong race behind two very good colts, out to a more suitable 1400 [metres] she looked well-placed.”

“Well done to connections, Freddie Noffke, the owner, and the handsome team up in Rockhampton that had this filly through her early days.”

“She's gone through Townsville and Rockhampton and places like that, and to see her come here and perform on Derby day on the biggest stage, congratulations to all involved, and Katherine and my team, we've had her down here for a good few months now, and she's done nothing but please us, so a well-deserved victory today.”

Sheza Alibi was bred by F Monsour.