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One of Victoria’s leading two-year-olds of last season is set to make her return at Flemington.
After an aborted start to her preparation, the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman -trained Eneeza is set to take her place at Flemington.
Eneeza gave a leg a knock on race morning forcing her scratching from the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley last Friday.
Moody said the filly had recovered and was right to take her place in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.
"We had her in the filly's race last week, but she just bumped a fetlock," Moody said.
"It was race morning actually, and it hasn't held her up at all since."
Eneeza was regarded as one of the leading two-year-olds in Victoria last season.
The filly won her first two starts, the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes (1000m) down the straight at Flemington on debut before winning the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield.
Returning with the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield as her target, Eneeza chased home Coleman first-up in the Group 3 Chairman's Stakes (1000m) before running fourth to Hayasugi in the Blue Diamond.
A Sydney campaign beckoned, with Eneeza finishing seventh in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes before winning the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick after which she travelled to Brisbane, but after finishing seventh at Doomben, was tipped out for a break.
Moody said Eneeza enjoyed her winter break in the Queensland warmth and had grown a little.
"It looks a nice kick-off for her, and she's had experience down there before," Moody said.
"I wouldn't say she's jumped out of the ground and found half-a-dozen lengths, but she's a little bit stronger and a little bit bigger, but she's never been a big filly.
"So, she's probably only got to hold her form to go there and run competitively.
"The only concern probably with her is if the rain arrives, because she's not suited on wet ground."
Moody hopes Eneeza performs well enough to head to the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on November 2.
"We're open-minded," Moody said.
"She's a Group 2 winner, so obviously you'd like to try and put a Group 1 on her CV.
"She's won a Group 3 and a Group 2, so that would be the dream if we can get there."