Despite shocker on Saturday Caulfield Cup still on agenda for 2011 winner.
Caulfield Cup champion Southern Speed will defend her crown, despite a career-worst performance in the Turnbull Stakes on Saturday.
Co-trainer Leon Macdonald confirmed on Sunday that the South Australian superstar will push on to the race on October 20, when she is attempting to create history by becoming the first mare to win it twice.
Neither the Morphettville horseman nor the vet could find anything wrong with Southern Speed, 24 hours after she finished a disappointing 15th in the Turnbull.
While Southern Speed endured a torrid run at Flemington, always trapped wide from barrier 14, Macdonald was left scratching his head after she failed to fire a shot in the straight, eventually finishing seven lengths behind the winner Green Moon.