Peter Moody has mixed emotions about Sydney after losing colt to serious injury - Adelaide Now

An elated trainer Peter Moody speaks to the media after Black Caviar won the T.J. Smith Stakes on Australian Derby Day but earlier things were much different after one of his star colts was put down. Source: Getty Images

FOR Peter Moody, there was misery before joy and relief - now a standard delivery from Black Caviar - at Randwick on Saturday.

Moody described the day as an emotional rollercoaster after the death of one star colt in an earlier race and a major setback to another.

So Man Up was put down after sustaining a serious injury during the Sires Produce Stakes.

Earlier, in the first race, another star colt, Il Cavallo, led before drifting alarmingly back through the field.

The odds-on favourite was later discovered to have been suffering from a throat infection, ruling him off the track at least until spring.

"These two colts were the future. It's a bit jolting," Moody said.

It had been hard to fully embrace the festival-like build-up to Black Caviar's appearance, and victory, in the T.J. Smith Stakes, which was run as the last race, after the sobering events earlier in the day, he said.

"It was difficult to deal with the emotions. Everyone wants a piece of you, wants to pull you in all directions with Black Caviar, but there were staff and owners to console," Moody said.

Before the Sires, Moody had predicted So Man Up, a debut winning son of It's A Dundeel's sire High Chaparral, would be a star during the Melbourne spring.

He also rated Il Cavallo, a last-to-first debut winner at Sandown, a potential Group 1 winner.