Peter Moody today is one of Australia's leading trainers - the conditioner of the world's highest-rated galloper Black Caviar and the man who trained the 2009/10 Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy.

And besides the champs, he has dominated the Victorian training ranks in the past two years, coming from a Caulfield base of only eight horses a decade ago to break a 32 year domination of the Victorian Trainers Premiership in 2009/10 by the Hayes clan and Lee Freedman.

Moody’s rise has been meteoric and dynamic. So much so that rival trainers are agog with his success, work ethic and ability to churn out winners from maidens to Group 1 winners.

 His extensive apprenticeship has paid dividends as he has drawn on experiences gleaned working for the legendary Tommy Smith and Colin Hayes and his 10 years as Queensland foreman for Bill Mitchell.

Moody made an immediate impression in Victoria, tasting Group 1 success with Amalfi for Ron and Judy Wanless in the 2001 Victoria Derby.  Two years later, after travelling to every racetrack in Victoria and building his team to more than 20, Moody closed his Queensland operation to concentrate on his expanding Caulfield base and successes.

In 2003 he added the Group 1 Salinger Stakes on Derby Day with Ancient Song, who had been purchased by Laurel Oak Bloodstock and long-time client Stuart Ramsey, whose commitment to the stable was again rewarded in 2004 when Sky Cuddle (pictured left) took out the Group 1 Emirates Stakes on the last day of the Flemington Carnival.

At the end of the 2004/05 season Moody was a force within Victorian ranks.  He finished fifth in the local metropolitan title within striking distance of the big players, but still a massive 48 wins shy of Freedman at season’s end.

His ability to find appropriate races for his horses was rewarded in 2006 when Testafiable won the Group 1 SA Derby.

The following year Magnus won the AJC Galaxy after placing in both the Group 1 Lightning Stakes and Oakleigh Plate.  That was rewarding for owner and breeder Robert Crabtree and partners.  Moody then took Cinque Cento to Queensland to win that year’s Group 1 Doomben Cup for the Ramsey family.

Riva San became the stable’s first multiple Group 1 winner when, in the space of a week, she won the 2008 QTC Oaks and Derby double.

It was onwards and upwards from there.  In the autumn of 2009 Moody trained three more Group 1s, in three different states.  Reward For Effort won the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, Typhoon Tracy the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill and Markus Maximus the WA Derby.

However it was the 2009/10 season that propelled Moody to racing’s rarefied status.  He trained Typhoon Tracy to four Group 1 wins; the Myer Classic, Orr Stakes, Futurity Stakes and NSW’s Queen of the Turf Stakes, to earn her the title of Victorian and Australian Horse of the Year.

To boot, he took Headway to victory in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at the Flemington Carnival and Wanted to success in Australia’s premier sprint handicap, the Newmarket Hcp after a frustrating three consecutive Group 1 places.

Moody had a reputation for handling fillies and mares, but now he was recognised for earning stallion prospects vital Group 1 honours.  He did so with Magnus, Reward For Effort and Wanted, and in the Spring of 2010 he added Anacheeva when the colt won the stallion-making Group 1 Caulfield Guineas.

By season’s end Moody bolted in the Victorian Trainers’ Premiership with 83 wins, and he also added the combined metropolitan and country title.  His premiership ended a 32 year domination of the title by the Hayes and Freedman clans and was so emphatic that rivals wondered at his horsemanship, hard work and potential.

A big mare named Black Caviar quickly took Moody to another level.  She returned in 2010/2011 after a long break because of injury after winning her first five starts.  She ended her campaign with her 13th straight win while trouncing rivals in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

As she was heading for Horse of the Year honours, Moody continued his blitz at all levels to be assured his second successive Victorian Trainers Premiership.  He boasted almost double the winners of any trainer in the state, and treble the number of city winners.

The prospect of another premiership, another Horse of the Year title and a stable full of winners confirmed the Moody meteor was gathering momentum.

Typhoon Tracy	Headway	Anacheeva