Moonee Valley track 'will be perfect' Wet weather will not affect the Moonee Valley track, according to track manager Martin Synan. Moonee Valley track manager Martin Synan says the wet forecast for the club's two most important meetings next Friday night and Saturday afternoon will not affect the track surface. Just 24 hours after Mark Kavanagh, the trainer of Atlantic Jewel, the race favourite for the $3 million Cox Plate, warned punters his mare would not start if the Moonee Valley track become rain-affected, Synan remained upbeat about the surface. He confirmed he had put 15 millilitres of water on the track late on Sunday due to the strong northerly winds that swept across the track over the weekend. I have had a good look at the forecast ... and all that it means is that I won't have to water. It's a dead four or five at the moment, and the forecast of rain will just top things off. The strength of rain isn't a concern as the rail will be in the true position on Friday night and then out two metres on Cox Plate day. But if the fields are not at capacity on Saturday, we will take the rail out another metre to three. I know rain is forecast, but I feel the track will be perfect for the two days of racing. On Friday night the club will host the Manikato Stakes meeting, which will have eight races, followed by 10 races on Cox Plate day. On Sunday, with the prospect of rain for the next three days and showers leading into the weekend, Kavanagh said he and the owners had "discussed the matter at length" and were not prepared to risk possibly Australia's most valuable mare on an unsuitable track. "I am making it very clear right now that if the track is rain-affected and I feel she will not be suited, she will come out," he said. He stressed that scratching Atlantic Jewel would be unrelated to the Cox Plate being the last race on the program.