Sheza Alibi last week broke a 13-year drought for fillies by winning the Randwick Guineas. This Saturday her stablemate Ole Dancer can keep the ball rolling for them in the Coolmore Classic.

Fillies dominated this race from 2003 to 2009, winning five of the seven editions. The last of those five winning fillies was future horse of the year Typhoon Tracy — whose trainer, Peter Moody, prepares Ole Dancer in partnership with Katherine Coleman.

Typhoon Tracy had just 51kg in the 2009 Coolmore Classic, having gone in undefeated but without having competed at a level higher than Group 3.

Ole Dancer, winner of the Group 1 Thousand Guineas last spring, will have to carry 55kg at Rosehill on Saturday. Only three fillies have carried that much or more to Coolmore Classic victory — Stage Hit with 55kg in 1980, Bounding Away with 57.5kg in 1987 and Assertive Lass with 55.5kg in 1997.

Fillies went winless in the race for 15 years between Typhoon Tracy and Lady Shenandoah, who carried 54.5kg to victory last year.

Favourite-backers also experienced a drought for much of that time, with no outright favourite successful between Typhoon Tracy and Zougotcha (2024).

Moody and Coleman will hope fillies (and favourites) are back on a roll.