Caulfield test for The Volta

Trainer John Moloney is keen to give debut winner The Volta a city test on Saturday to get a better guide on whether the filly could measure up to something during the Spring Carnival.

Moloney took The Volta to Sale for her debut on June 12 and the filly by Tassort sat outside the leader in an 1106-metre maiden for two-year-olds before sprinting to a one-and-a-quarter-length victory, which impressed her trainer.

"She had shown me promise but, obviously, I wasn't sure what she could deliver in her first race start," Moloney said.

"I thought she probably exceeded my expectations, the way she went about it.

"She was quite impressive and did a good job."

Moloney liked the way The Volta finished off her race at Sale and after seeing that, he then pinpointed Saturday's 1100-metre handicap for two-year-old fillies at Caulfield as the next challenge late in her juvenile season, with the Spring Carnival not far away.

"Once I got through that race I just sat down and thought that I'd like to have a look at her again, try another race and see whether she's got something that might show her up in the spring," Moloney said.

"I'm not saying she has to go early spring, but late spring. We'll give her this run and assess her from there.

"I know it was a bit of time in between, but a two-year-old fillies race over the same trip seemed to be a nice race to try her in."

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Moloney said The Volta will more than likely at least have a short break after Saturday.

"She hasn't been out of the stables in between runs, so more than likely she'll get a break and just give her a bit of a freshen up and see what we do with her," Moloney said.

The trainer says The Volta appears bright with plenty of energy about her leading into her second race start, which he hopes is a good sign, and Jake Noonan is booked to retain the ride.

The Volta is set to be one of three runners for Moloney at Caulfield, with four-year-old gelding Kahhof out to continue his consistent recent form when he heads to the 1400-metre Benchmark 78, while Dictionary is scheduled to contest the VOBIS Gold Heath (2000m).

Moloney believes Kahhof has matured this campaign, which has been on show in his recent performances, with the gelding winning at Sandown third-up two starts ago before finishing a close third last start at Flemington in a race won by the fast-finishing Cafe Millennium.

"I'll be banking on hopefully getting a good barrier and that would certainly give him a good chance because he gets in a good position from good gates," Moloney said.

"He's in good shape."

After two unplaced runs over 1600m so far this campaign, five-year-old Dictionary steps up to a more suitable 2000m on Saturday with another rise in distance on the agenda for him later this month in the VOBIS Gold Stayers at the same track on July 26.

"He ran third in it (VOBIS Gold Stayers) last year without all the best of luck, so he's a good chance to get to that race again and hopefully be in good shape with this race under his belt as well," Moloney said.

"I think he'll still run a nice race on Saturday."