The late Mike Moroney always believed Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) had the potential to be a Group One winner.
As a three-year-old, Coeur Volante started favourite in the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield, finishing fourth to Joliestar (Zoustar), while placegetters in that race were subsequent Group One winners Kimochi (Brave Smash) and Skybird (Exosphere).
Coeur Volante was Moroney’s last winner when successful in the Gr.3 Mannerism Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in February before dying in his sleep just days later.
Under the care of Glen Thompson, Coeur Volante did not run again at Group One level until this year’s Sydney Autumn Carnival where the mare finished in the second half of the field in both the Gr.1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) and the Gr.1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m).
Now in the care of the Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will & Jd Hayes, Coeur Volante is down to run in the final Group One race of the 2024-25 season, the Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m), another contest for the fillies and mares, at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Coeur Volante will be having her second outing for the Hayes brothers, having finished ninth in the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on June 7.
Will Hayes said Coeur Volante had made good progress from that first-up outing having had two trials for the stable after joining the Lindsay Park operation following the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.
“We are very happy with how she’s progressed out of her first-up run,” Hayes said.
“We were seven weeks between runs, not by design, just with the floods and the weather up there, we couldn’t get a run into her.
“But she has tightened up nicely and we expect her to run a forward race.”
Jockey Jordan Childs will have to be at his best if he is to get Coeur Volante home.
Coeur Volante drew gate 20 at Wednesday’s barrier draw but will come into barrier 15 if the five emergencies do not gain a start.
Lindsay Park collected the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) on June 14 with the former Moroney-trained galloper War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel).