Treasurethe Moment, a standout filly during her spring and autumn campaigns as a three-year-old, has been strongly supported to open her weight-for-age account in a seasonal debut.
The Matt Laurie-trained four-year-old has firmed from $7 to $5 with most bookmakers for the Group 1 Memsie Stakes to be the best-backed runner since acceptances were taken on Wednesday.
Treasure the Moment will attempt to make it nine wins in a row at Caulfield on Saturday, a sequence that extends back to September.
Her spree includes Group 1 victories in the VRC Oaks, Vinery Stud Stakes and the ATC Australian Oaks.
The Memsie, run over 1400m, heralds the start of Group 1 racing for the Victorian spring carnival with Treasurethe Moment among 11 acceptors of which eight horses are starting their spring campaigns.
Another Wil, one of two runners for Ciaron Maher, is the early favourite ahead of 2023 winner Mr Brightside and the outstanding Sydney mare Fangirl.
Fangirl was sent south to escape wet tracks.
Caulfield was rated in the slow range on Thursday but up to 15mm of rain is forecast for Friday ahead of another 2mm to 6mm on Saturday.