Hawkes - Don't expect Caviar fireworks from Moshe

Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes has warned the racing public not to expect a Black Caviar-like performance from Moshe when the super sprinter’s little brother returns to racing this week.

Black Caviar captured the imagination of the racing world with her astonishing performance to win the Group I Lightning Stakes (1000m) in a canter, but Hawkes said Moshe is not the freak his four-year-old sister is.

“It’s very important to remember he is not her (Black Caviar),” Hawkes, who trains Moshe in partnership with his father John and brother Michael, said.

“He is a very nice horse, but no other horse can do what Black Caviar did in the Lightning Stakes.

“Moshe is a promising horse on the way up, but she is special.”

Moshe remians unbeaten after two Victorian starts in November. The colt pleased the stable with his four-length trial win at Rosehill on February 15, but Hawkes said the stable has yet to decide on a first-up start for the son of Bel Esprit.

Hawkes Racing has entered Moshe in a Benchmark 70 race at Wednesday’s Canterbury meeting, but could wait to run the three-year-old in the Listed Fireball Quality (1100m) on Saturday at Rosehill.

Irrespective of which race the Hawkes team targets with Moshe, the colt has a big responsibility to retain his family honour.

Moshe and Black Caviar are the only two offspring of the Desert Sun mare Helsinge to race, meaning the broodmare is currently enjoying an 11-race unbeaten run to start her breeding career.

Story: Brad Waters RaceNet

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