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Further checks Group 1-winning mares before being allowed All-Star Mile berth

Group 1-winning mares Arcadia Queen (Pierro) and Shout The Bar (Not A Single Doubt) will need further veterinary inspections before being declared fit to start in the All-Star Mile (1600m) race at Moonee Valley on Saturday. 

Both mares presented with lameness following compulsory Racing Victoria veterinary checks to assess the suitability of all runners to line up on Saturday. 

Shout The Bar presented with 'two-out-of-five' lameness while Arcadia Queen was 'one-out-of-five' after she had shifted a plate, while Arcadia Queen has subsequently been reshod and both mares will be re-examined by vets on Friday. 

Should they fail to pass the inspection, their places will be taken by Lindsay Park-trained duo, first emergency Fifty Stars (Sea The Stars) and second emergency, So Si Bon (So You Think). 

Co-trainer Tom Dabernig said the horses had been prepared for Saturday's race as if they were starting. 

The pair were both seen running at Flemington last Saturday, with Fifty Stars finishing tenth behind Homesman (War Front) when attempting to defend his crown in the Australian Cup (Gr 1, 2000m), while So Si Bon won his first race since his victory in the Eclipse Stakes (Gr 3, 1800m) when he took out the March Stakes (Listed, 1400m). 

"Fifty Stars did some 14 seconds to the furlong this morning, otherwise he's had an easy week," Dabernig said. 

"The easy thing with backing up is you don't have to do much during the week and he's a horse that does run well off a back-up, but can he do it three weeks in a row as well as come back in distance. 

"For $5 million we'll find out."