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Black Caviar

6 year old Mare | Active
Owner(s):
Pam A. Hawkes  -  Colin H. Madden  -  Jannene Madden  -  David M. Taylor  -  Jill Taylor  -  Gary J. Wilkie  -  Kerryn J. Wilkie  -  Werrett Bloodstock Pty Ltd
Trainer:
Peter G. Moody
Bred:
(AUS) by Rick Jamieson  - 
Pedigree:
Bel Esprit  -  Helsinge  by  Desert Sun
Rating:
 
 
Black Caviar
Black Caviar
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What the Nation is saying about Black Caviar...

Truly the greatest sprinter of all time! Her opponents at Royal Ascot simply don't stand a chance!
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  • travel_vic · not to mention Fager, Forego, Groovy and others whe he was right NO one ever beat Lost In the Fog · 2 days ago ·
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  • Disco747 · I'm afraid I'm not entirely convinced about the horses that cocoa2 and travel_vic mentioned. I haven't been able to find complete records for all of them, so I can really only speak for some of them now. I don't think Dr. Fager could be considered a true sprinter, as he had one run over 6f and one run over 5 1/2f. He also had several runs over 7f, but most of his races were over 1 mile plus, so I'd consider him to be more of a fast mile to middle-distance horse who would be better compared to Sea The Stars, for example. Dayjur would be more of a match for Black Caviar, but I still think she'd beat him, although maybe only by a short distance. Lost In The Fog may also be a match for Black Caviar, but although he may never have been beaten when he was right, Black Caviar has never been beaten, period. · 1 day ago ·
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I took the time last night to go over ever horse Black Caviar's faced in all 21 races. What passes as a stakes winner in Australia is laughable. She's beaten 2 good horses in 21 races. Hay List and recent G1 Al Quoz Sprint winner, Ortensia. There's a few more G1 winners she's beaten, but very few, and none other than maybe Scenic Blast anyone in America would've heard of, and Scenic Blast saw his best days a good while back. She's beaten several G2 winners and bunchhhhhhhhhhhh of G3 and lesser winners. Hell, no wonder she's 21 for 21. In his 10 races, Frankel's beaten 10 G1 winners totaling 28 G1 wins between them. Canford Cliffs, Dream Ahead, Rio De La Plata, Immortal Verse, Dick Turpin, Treasure Beach, Excelebration, Poet's Voice, Nathaniel, and Zoffany. That's 10 G1 winners who've won 28 G1 races in only 10 starts. After seeing what Frankel did to the 3rd highest rated horse in the world off a 200+ day lay-off on Saturday, I'm more convinced than I ever was that at 6f, 2 to 3 lengths behind Frankel is the best BC could hope for. At 7f or a mile, forget it. He buries her. Just like he's done to Canford Cliffs, Excelebration, Dick Turpin, and all the others before her.
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  • timgsmith10 · Potential for Superstardom.. Running 137- 139 for a mile while not moving up in Distance or travelling to Face the worlds best pigeon holes you and doesnt allow you to really prove yourself. · 2 days ago ·
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  • timgsmith10 · I watched his Races he is a Great horse I just wish his connections would step up and let us see who Frankel really is. · 2 days ago ·
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For anyone who doubts Black Caviar and the quality of her competition. You should watch the 2012 William Reid Stakes on you tube,Foxwedge's finishing speed is phenomenal, he catches and goes past Haylist with two seperate bursts of amazing speed
  • RichardBlakley · Don't harbor ANY doubts about BC, clearly the best racing today. All due respect to Frankel and the somewhat underpraised Awesome Feather, there is a WORLD of difference between 9 or 10 and 20 straight at this level. Big ups to BC, and her connections for their astute judgment. · 3 days ago ·
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I am just a horse racing fan, if I hit a bit is is pure luck. I have a question for true horseman. How do you think Black Gaviar would do in the Breeder's Cup Sprint against the worlds best? Thanks I will hang up and listen.
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  • vledfan · I am sure she could do it, in my opinion she is a world class mare, americans should look at and europe sometimes they do a great job too; there are too much inbreeding in U.S.A. · 5 days ago ·
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  • cocoa2 · If she is a world class mare Makybe Diva is a horse god. · 5 days ago ·
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I like this mare, and I think she's an incredible sprinter. One of the best I've ever seen in my lifetime. But that said, I've just about lost all any and all respect for Black Caviar's connections. Because they continue to treat her like the "Rapid Redux" of Australia. Which is to say, they keep dodging facing sprinters any better than Hay List simply to keep an unbeaten record going. She keeps beating up on the same ole same in Australia, and frankly, it's been boring for awhile now. No one would argue that Australia has always bred some of the best sprinters in the world. But the fact is, they're G1 level sprints are not recognized as being among the best G1 level sprint races in the world. Most of those are in Europe and Asia, i.e., races like the G1 Prix de l' Abbaye in France, the G1 July Cup, Sprint Cup, Golden Jubilee Stakes, and King's Stand Stakes in Great Britain, the G1 Krysflyer International in Singapore, and the G1 Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin are among some of the most universally recognized top G1 sprint races world wide. It's past time for her to make appearances outside of Australia. What ever happened to the notion of her going to Dubai and running in the G1 Golden Shaheen this year? I thought her connections were supposed to be all excited at the prospect of her running in that race? In all candor, I can't believe Black Caviar's ranked above Frankel in the active rankings on this web-site? At least Frankel hasn't dodged the best turf milers in the world in any of his races? Not only has he faced several of them, he's gone on to run them bowlegged. But TJMO.
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  • Mary Z. · Here, you must have missed this from BH on 2/22: Black Caviar who won the group I Coolmore Lightning Stakes at 1,000 meters Feb. 18 at Flemington on six days’ rest, was being considered for the Feb. 25 group I Futurity Stakes at Caulfield and a trip to Dubai in March. But trainer Peter Moody, in a column in the Daily Telegraph, said the 5-year-old mare wouldn’t race anytime soon. “I put ‘Nelly’ in the paddock at a destination that I’m not disclosing as the mare deserves some peace and quiet for the next couple of weeks,” Moody wrote in the Daily Telegraph. “There’s nothing wrong with her; to the contrary, she’s at the top of her game but it’s all geared around having her at her peak when she flies across to (Great Britain).” The group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes is scheduled for June 23 at Royal Ascot. Moody said Black Caviar “will not run in Sydney this autumn, while plans to race her in Dubai and against English superstar Frankel have also been quashed. I’ve got no doubt that Black Caviar could have gone to the Futurity and just won as easily as she did in the Orr Stakes earlier in the month, but it would have been her fourth run in five weeks. “I had to look at the bigger picture. What would I have had left? She has pulled up 110% from her record-breaking run in the Lightning Stakes, and I wanted to keep it that way. If she heads to the paddock in that condition it’s only going to enhance her prospects for her next campaign.” Moody in the newspaper said Black Caviar could return in late April for one of two races in Australia before making the trip to Great Britain. Update, which she did, winning the two races after her rest to improve her record to 21 wins and no losses. Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/67577/trainer-black-caviar-wont-race-until-april#ixzz1ujoY2IqH · 12 days ago ·
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  • lonhro · @ILuvTurfRacing: Lose respect for their connections by all means but don't let that cloud your judgement. The evidence is clear; BC is one of, if not the, greatest turf sprinter of all time. No horse has been more impressive, more consistently, in the premier sprinting nation at anytime. Don't hate, appreciate! · 12 days ago ·
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I'm asking for too much but I would love to see this mare come to the US and watch her put on a show in the BC turf sprint!
  • lonhro · Yeah, you are asking too much. Our spring carnival coinceides with the Breeders Cup so its almost impossible for an Australian horse to go, considering there is just as much prizemoney on offer at home. It'd be great if she went, you would get to see a real living legend of the sport. · 12 days ago ·
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  • lonhro · *coincides · 12 days ago ·
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Black Caviar W.I.N.Z. There, is that better, detractors?
THE awesome Black Caviar will head to Royal Ascot on the back of her 21st consecutive victory after scoring with the minimum of fuss at Morphettville on Saturday. In front of a sell-out 30,000 crowd at the Adelaide track, the five-year-old barely needed to get out of a canter to win the Goodwood aga...Read More
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  • AnnaK · Ditto to amazing. · 13 days ago ·
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  • TampaBayDowns Fan · How many races is she going for? Got a litttle worried when the other horse on the outside came up, but Nolen was still, and thats when you know you got the race in the bag · 13 days ago ·
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another saturday arvo stroll for the great mare 21 in a row, she also won all her barrier trials and her maiden its probably a few more than 21 if you count them all
Nellie started at odds of 1/20 today. The next horse in the market was more than 60/1 just before the jump.
Does anyone know a way to watch her race tonight? Also, what is post time?
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  • Mary Z. · They just didn't stand a chance against her. On to Ascot. Way to go Nellie ! · 13 days ago ·
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  • yukichan · 21 for 21 with Nolan sitting as cool as a cucumber on her. Beauty! · 13 days ago ·
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Blackjack! Make that 21. Unbelievable. Nolen was a statue. That was the best $350k paid workout I've ever seen. Congrats to her and her connections. Fantastic horse
Black Caviar canters home in Goodwood to run winning streak to 21.   
Black Caviar tonight and Frankel romorrow morning. Great way to kickoff the weekend! I don't understand So You Think shorten up to a mile here in Lockinge...
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  • yukichan · I thought the Lockinge was tomorrow, but indeed it is the 19th. I might add that inspite of the mighty Frankel, this will be a fairly competitive race--Frankel, Strong Suit, Excelebration, So You Think, Dubawi Hold, African Story, Nahrain, Windsor Place--should they all draw in. · 14 days ago ·
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  • JamesBurke · footlick do you mean she was going to be a broadmare? · 14 days ago ·
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The undefeated Australian star Black Caviar has a fan in trainer John Shirreffs, a man who knows a thing or two about managing a mare on a winning streak.Read More
She did it!!! 20 in a row!!! Congrats to this fantastic racehorse and her connections
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  • switch360 · all the aussie classics are distance races but we have the same problem of staying bloodlines dissappearing and have started importing horses like americain and manighar · 25 days ago ·
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  • TampaBayDowns Fan · Lets lookk at all the horses hat have fail the TC because of the Belmont · 23 days ago ·
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Congratulations to Black Caviar and her connects on win no. 20 from 20 runs! Go Black Caviar! Incidentally, Black Caviar has already beaten males over 5, 6, and 7 furlongs. I don't really see why she has to prove herself over further, or on dirt or Polytrack. It would be wonderful if she did win some good Group 1s over further, especially if she wins as easily as she does in sprints, then she would be like a female version of Secretariat. I just don't think it's strictly necessary, since for me anyway, she's already proved her greatness, and as a brilliant turf horse, I'm not sure that it would be entirely fair to expect her run on dirt or synthetic. Great if she does, though!
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  • shadowno · If breathing properly is performance enhancing so be it. Much preferable to returning to the US with scarred airways like Silver Charm to never be the same. It is not going away without forfeiting a generation of US racehorses which might be a solution, but also a situation that might kill the patient. · 27 days ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · shadow, you sure about the scarred lungs thing? That's not what the owners said according to this news article from the time of Silver Charm's retirement after the 1999 Stephen Foster . He'd won the '98 DWC and had a quite decent end of year afterwards, so we can assume his lungs weren't scarred from lack of the (please educate yourself as best you can on this ) evil L needle. He reportedly bled(not sure to what degree) in the '99 DWC, but the owner is quoted as saying after the Foster , ""He came out of the race in great shape, ... and he's going to be retired in beautiful condition." and Lewis said Silver Charm had bulked up, weighing in excess of 1,300 pounds, which was affecting his performance on the track. "He's really grown into that enormous frame that he has," Lewis said. "... To get that jump start that he had been able to before just took a lot of ability. He wasn't able to go on with it." "There is a time when horses tell you whether they want to continue to run or not. And I think that time has arrived." Salix is a performance enhancer. It does not cure nor prevent EIPH. When horses do bleed during a race(and there are various degrees from microscopic to visible from the nostrils), w/something like 95% of runners on it, they are bleeding through the Salix anyway. That drug functions as a strong diuretic, causing considerable fluid loss(and therefore pre-race weight loss) which can lead to dehydration. The Silver Charm article:http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-400_162-50733.html · 27 days ago ·
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SPRINT sensation Black Caviar (Peter Moody/Luke Nolen) set an Australasian city record of 20 consecutive wins with another imperious display in the Sportingbet Classic. The unbeaten daughter of Bel Esprit travelled powerfully from her draw in stall three, before sauntering clear of her nine rivals t...Read More
Black Caviar and Stephanie's Kitten have been nominated to stakes at Royal Ascot in June. 
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  • travel_vic · ALL horses slow down, with rare exception unless they crawl early · 28 days ago ·
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  • Floridaf · On April 28, Stephanie's Kitten breezed a half mile in 50:40 (37/47) over Churchill Downs' main track. · 27 days ago ·
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Go Black Caviar!! 20 for 20!!

Black Caviar - Pedigree

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Bel EspritRoyal AcademyNijinsky II
Crimson Saint
BespokenVain
Vin D'amour
HelsingeDesert SunGreen Desert
Solar
ScandinaviaSnippets
Song Of Norway

Stakes Tracker - Probables

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View Details07/14/12July Cup-G1Probable RuffianIŁourdes
View Details06/23/12Diamond Jubilee Stakes-G1Probable RuffianIŁourdes

Black Caviar - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video05/12/121stL NolenMor76 fTThe Goodwood-G103+ MBlack CaviarWe're Gonna RockStirling Grove1:10.32
View Details04/28/121stL NolenMor76 fTRobert Sangster Stakes-G103+ FBlack CaviarSistine AngelPower Princess1:10.65
View DetailsView Video02/18/121stL NolenFlem65 fTLightning-G103+ MBlack CaviarHay ListBuffering0:55.53
View DetailsView Video02/11/121stL NolenCaul 67 fTC. F. Orr Stakes-G103+ MBlack CaviarSouthern SpeedPlaying God1:25.14
View DetailsView Video01/27/121stL NolenMV46 fTAustralia-G203+ MBlack CaviarZedi KnightDoubtful Jack1:09.44
View DetailsView Video11/05/111stL NolenFlem56 fTPatinack Farm Classic-G103+ MBlack CaviarBufferingMid Summer Music1:08.32
View DetailsView Video10/22/111stL NolenMV56 fTSchweppes -G203+ MBlack CaviarDoubtful JackHere De Angels1:10.13
View DetailsView Video10/08/111stL NolenCaul 45 fTSchillaci -G203+ MBlack CaviarKaruta Queen Stirling Grove0:56.73
View DetailsView Video05/14/111stL NolenDoo76 fTBTC Cup-G103+ MBlack CaviarHay ListBuffering1:08.85
View DetailsView Video04/09/111stL NolenRan56 fTT. J. Smith-G103+ MBlack CaviarHay ListTriple Honour1:08.71
View DetailsView Video03/25/111stL NolenMV76 fTWilliam Reid -G103+ MBlack CaviarCrystal LilyHinchinbrook1:10.00
View DetailsView Video03/12/111stL NolenFlem66 fTNewmarket Hcp.-G103+ MBlack CaviarCrystal LilyBeaded1:07.36
View DetailsView Video02/19/111stL NolenFlem65 fTLightning-G103+ MBlack CaviarHay ListWarm Love0:57.20
View DetailsView Video11/06/101stB MelhamFlem56 fTPatinack Farm Classic-G103+ MBlack CaviarStar WitnessOrtensia1:07.96
View DetailsView Video10/23/101stL NolenMV56 fTSchweppes -G203+ MBlack CaviarHot DanishTrue Persuasion1:11.01
View DetailsView Video10/09/101stL NolenCaul 45 fTSchillaci -G203+ MBlack CaviarWinter KingGeneral Truce0:56.68
View DetailsView Video01/22/101stL NolenMV66 fTAustralia-G203+ MBlack CaviarHere De AngelsLa Rocket1:10.18
View DetailsView Video09/05/091stL NolenFlem66 fTDanehill Stakes-G203 MBlack CaviarWantedRarefied 1:09.96
View DetailsView Video08/22/091stL NolenMV16 fTWilliam Crockett 03 MBlack CaviarMiraculous MissOrbiting Belle1:11.15
View DetailsView Video05/02/091stJ NoskeCaul 46 fTBlue Sapphire02 MBlack CaviarDemeritCarrara1:09.76
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