Sea Lord out to continue Valley streak

Wednesday 12 June 2013, 4:31pm

Stephen Brown is convinced Moonee Valley specialist Sea Lord is going well enough to extend his unbeaten sequence at the track on Saturday.

He also hopes the gelding's unblemished record there can continue into the spring when he plans to target two Group One sprints at the circuit.

Sea Lord resumes in Saturday's Slickpix Handicap (1200m) looking to build on his record of four wins from as many Moonee Valley appearances.

His winning run at the Melbourne track has included success in the Group Two Australia Stakes (1200m) in January.

Brown has targeted Saturday's race for the sprinter's return, booking three kilo-claiming apprentice Kayla Nisbet to offset his 61kg impost.

"I was going to run him at Caulfield a couple of weeks ago but decided to wait for this race. He's a Moonee Valley specialist," Brown said.

The Flemington-based trainer believes the five-year-old is going as well as ever and has pinpointed the Moir Stakes and Manikato Stakes, both Group Ones at Moonee Valley, as spring targets.

"I think I'll give him another run after this and then he'll have a short let-up and I'll look to target some of the Moonee Valley sprints in the spring," Brown said.

"I reckon he should have run a place in the Oakleigh Plate (at Caulfield)."

Brown believes jockey Luke Currie made the wrong choice by not pressing forward in the Oakleigh Plate once Barakey was scratched at the barriers.

Sea Lord finished ninth before going for a spell but Brown is keen to give him another crack at the top level, especially at his favourite track.

"He's capable of winning one of them, I think," he said.

Nisbet, who rode her first city winner at the Mornington metropolitan meeting on Monday, is mindful of Sea Lord's unbeaten Moonee Valley streak.

"It's a bit of pressure but he loves the distance and track and hopefully he runs well again," Nisbet said.

The apprentice rode Sea Lord in work on Wednesday morning to prepare for her first race ride aboard him on Saturday.

"He gets in with not too much weight after my claim and I'm looking forward to it," Nisbet said.

– AAP

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