Moana Spirit keeps perfect record alive with Geelong Diamond win

Tony and Calvin McEvoy, along with jockey Luke Currie, are not getting ahead of themselves, but they believe Moana Spirit has the talent to test herself in the Blue Diamond.

The filly maintained her unbeaten record by winning the $150,000 Geelong Diamond (1100m) at Geelong, nearly a month after scoring on debut at Morphettville Parks.

“She’s a beautiful, laid-back filly and very unassuming,” Calvin McEvoy said.

“She was quite raw in her work going towards Adelaide and we didn’t expect a huge amount. She went over there, she won, and since she returned to Flemington, we noticed that she’d really switched on and I thought her jump-out in between was fantastic.”

“She’s improved a lot,” Luke Currie added.

“Today she was really dynamic. She jumped well as she always has and just speaking with Calvin before, she probably looks like she still needs to furnish, strengthen a little bit and her main attribute would be her turn-of-foot.”

Moana Spirit won by two lengths over Ghana’s Akan, with Fine Sierra third.

The Tagaloa filly is likely to head to the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) as a lead-up to the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).

“Everything about her tells us that she’s going to be better at three, but she’s two from two, she’s won her way in today,” McEvoy said.

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