Racing: Boss keen on top mare

Jockey Glen Boss. Photo / Dean Purcell

Victorian jockey Glen Boss is convinced Voleuse De Coeurs can be a serious contender against the big names in the BMW at Rosehill.

Fiorente, It's A Dundeel and their Ranvet Stakes conqueror Silent Achiever head the line-up for Saturday's A$1.5 million ($1.6 million) BMW (2400m).

Mike Moroney-trained Voleuse De Coeurs worked over 1200m between races at Moonee Valley on Saturday and was pushed out strongly over the final 600m.

The imported mare has not raced since finishing fifth in the Australian Cup on March 8.

However, Boss said the work convinced him the 5-year-old would prove hard to beat in her next assignment. "She's holding her condition well and she's in a good space. She'll certainly be a top three chance."

Formerly trained by Dermot Weld to win the Irish St Leger, Voleuse De Coeurs was bought late last year in a deal brokered by Moroney's brother Paul and ran 10th in the Melbourne Cup at her first start in Australia.

The suspended Boss was a keen observer of Saturday's Rosehill Guineas run on rain-affected ground.

The jockey said similar conditions would favour Voleuse De Coeurs. "As long as she gets a proper soft track, she'll give them a shake next week.

"She's just got a much better action on soft ground."

Boss has won the BMW twice, riding Makybe Diva in 2005 and Eremein the following year.

Three-year-old Savvy Nature, fourth in the Rosehill Guineas, is set to back up in the BMW.

Managing owner Max Whitby is keen to see him step up in distance.

"He's a bit gross still and I would like to run in the BMW and then maybe come back to 2000m for the Queen Elizabeth."

- AAP