Hopes Malady’s Melody has more hits to come

GEELONG trainer Vin Malady nailed his first winner of the season with Fast Melody on Tuesday and hopes the former Gai Waterhouse-trained horse “can go on a little bit”.

The five-year-old had five placings in his previous 11 starts but broke through for his maiden earlier this week at Hamilton.

It was his second start for Malady since he was transferred from Waterhouse at the end of last year, coming from last on the turn to finish over the top and score by a length in the 1400m contest.

Malady said he would be setting modest expectations for the bay gelding.

“If his attitude can remain good, there’s no reason why he can’t go on a little bit and hopefully win a few races,” Malady said. “His win was good. He made up a lot of ground but they probably weren’t making up a heap of ground that day.

“We’re hopeful he can go on a little bit. Not sure how far, but you’re always hopeful.”

Malady said Waterhouse was looking to offload Fast Melody and he was happy to accept.

“He had reasonably good form early on in Sydney,” he said. “His first start he ran third at Warwick Farm and there was all good form around that race. His form was probably a bit patchy towards the end of his time with Waterhouse.

“She’s only interested in trying to get horses running on Saturday in Sydney. In saying that, she held him for a while. He had 10 starts for five placings.

The half-length win took Fast Melody’s record to one win and five placings in 12 races, and Malady said he hoped the son of Sebring could maintain his consistent form.

“He was consistent but just hadn’t been able to win,” he said.

“Hopefully, he can go through a couple of classes over the next few months.”