Ole Dancer will look to emulate her famous sire Ole Kirk when she takes her place in Saturday’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) during the Caulfield Cup Carnival.

Ole Kirk won the Caulfield Guineas in 2020, and his daughter now has the opportunity to claim her own slice of Group 1 glory in the fillies’ equivalent. Trained by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, Ole Dancer races in similar ownership and colours to her sire and has already shown significant promise in her short career.

The filly heads into Saturday’s feature off a runner-up finish in the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Sandown, where she was narrowly beaten in a tight finish. Coleman said the preparation has gone perfectly and the extra distance will suit.

“She’s prepped up really nicely for it,” Coleman said.

“She’s had some good lead-up runs this time in and everything has been really positive this week leading into it, so we’re really excited.

“It was a shame she got beaten last time, but if you look at the positives it was the ideal prep run for getting out to the mile on Saturday.

“I couldn’t be happier with how she’s going to present there on Saturday. It’s obviously a step up in class and it looks a nice edition of the race.”

Coleman said the unbeaten Sydney filly Apocalyptic adds depth to the race after winning the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick earlier this month.

“There is the Sydney filly (Apocalyptic) coming down who is a very smart filly, but we couldn’t be happier with how our girl is going,” Coleman said.

“She is drawn well to be a bit closer and hopefully we can get a bit of luck and she’s pretty adaptable if the rain does come.

“She’s OK on soft or firm. We don’t want it to be a road out there, but not too wet either.”

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