All you need to know about Black Caviar
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Unbeaten Australian racemare Black Caviar has arrived inwards Great Britain after a 30-hour flying from Melbourne.
Black Caviar has won all 21 races she has contested, a new modern-day international tape for the operate past times grade of Flat racing. She volition start inwards the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on June 23, at Royal Ascot.
Here are 21 facts almost the star mare – ane for each of her wins – that you lot involve to know.
1. She is the greatest sprinter inwards the basis in addition to the minute highest-rated Equus caballus on the planet behind the British-trained miler, Frankel. Both horses are set to race inwards QIPCO British Champions Series races during Royal Ascot, amongst Frankel targeting the Queen Anne Stakes over a mile on the commencement day, Tuesday xix June, in addition to Black Caviar the Diamond Jubilee Stakes over half dozen furlongs on the lastly day, Sat 23 June. Black Caviar is hence expected to contender the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Sat fourteen July.
2. The undisputed queen of the turf collected her 20th direct victory inwards the Sportingbet Classic at Morphetville on 28 Apr 2012, beating the previous Australasian record of xix direct wins set past times both Desert Gold (1915-1917) in addition to Gloaming (1919-1921) almost 100 years ago.
3. That 20th victory besides broke the modern twenty-four hr menstruum international tape for the operate past times grade of thoroughbred racing set past times the vivid USA-trained mare, Zenyatta, who scored xix consecutive wins earlier tasting defeat inwards her 20th in addition to lastly start. Black Caviar afterward made it 21 out of 21 inwards the Distinctive Homes Goodwood at Morphetville on 12 May.
4. Her fastest 200m carve upwards is 9.98sec betwixt the 600m in addition to 400m inwards the 2012 Lightning Stakes (her 19th win). She’s the commencement Equus caballus inwards Commonwealth of Australia to suspension 10secs for 200 metres inwards an official thoroughbred race, giving her a operate past times speed of 72.14km/h or 44.83mph.
5. Eleven of her 21 victories stimulate got been inwards Group 1 races, the highest course of report of thoroughbred race, in addition to she has won over v furlongs (1000 metres) v times, half dozen furlongs (1200 metres) fifteen times in addition to 7 furlongs (1400 metres) once. However, she has never run exterior Commonwealth of Australia before, hence testing herself against the best inwards Europe on her adjacent start at Royal Ascot is a really brave pace to stimulate got for her connections in addition to volition secure her international superstar condition forever if she is successful.
6. Black Caviar cost $A210,000 (about £132,000 at today’s rates) in addition to she has straightaway won over £3.6 million inwards prize coin amongst a potentially really lucrative breeding career ahead of her in ane trial she retires. To illustrate this, her half-sister (by the sire Redoute’s Choice) merely sold for $A2.6 meg (£1.64m) at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale – a tape cost for a yearling filly inwards Australia.
7. She has won her 21 races past times a combined total of just 70 lengths – almost 560 feet or 170 metres, or the equivalent of almost thirteen London buses!
8. She has started odds-on favourite inwards the betting on every occasion except her commencement always race on eighteen Apr 2009 at Flemington inwards Melbourne. The shortest cost she started at was 1/33 important that if you lot had position £33 on her to win, your provide would stimulate got been merely £34! The local totalisator has taken numerous $100,000+ bets on her, the biggest beingness $200,000 at $1.04 when she won the Sportingbet Classic to tape her 20th win – the punter’s turn a profit was merely $8,000. She is currently available amongst British bookmakers at 4/9 for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in addition to a huge publish of Australians are expected to dorsum her.
9. She is trained past times Peter Moody at his stable at Caulfield racecourse inwards Victoria, Australia.
10. Luke Nolen has been her jockey inwards eighteen of her 21 races, missing solely her commencement 2 starts (when she was ridden past times 16-year-old apprentice Jarrad Noske) in addition to her commencement Group 1 victory inwards the Patinack Farm Classic inwards Nov 2010 (when Ben Melham was inwards the saddle every bit Nolen was suspended).
11. Black Caviar is owned past times a grouping of life-long friends, Colin in addition to Jannene Madden, Gary in addition to Kerryn Wilkie in addition to Neil Werrett, several of whom operate correct dorsum to plant nursery school. They came upwards amongst the sentiment of buying a racehorse when enjoying their annual vacation together on a houseboat on the Murray River, non far from Adelaide. Neil Werrett knew Peter Moody, who, every bit it happens, had merely come upwards dorsum from the sales amongst a large dark yearling filly. They agreed to purchase her, adding 2 others to their syndicate to spread the costs – Jannene Madden’s sister, Pam Hawkes, in addition to some other friend, David Taylor.
12. The married adult woman of part-owner, David Taylor, was dead against her married adult man buying a portion of the horse, hence he had to practise it behind her dorsum – a brave motion that paid off big-time in addition to all is forgiven now!
13. Aussie Rules football game star, Dale Thomas, who plays for operate past times AFL squad Collingwood, had a bet amongst David Taylor that Black Caviar wouldn’t win 20 consecutive races. Thomas has straightaway fulfilled the price of the bet past times having an ikon of Black Caviar tattoed on his backside!
14. It was part-owner Pam Hawkes who came upwards amongst the Black Caviar’s name. The seafood lover explained: “Black Caviar’s grandmother was called Scandanavia. Helsinge, the mention of her mother, is inwards Scandanavia in addition to that’s where the salmon live. It made sense.” She added: “Besides my married adult man in addition to children, Black Caviar is the best affair that has always happened to me. It is a dream come upwards truthful to stimulate got this beautiful horse.”
15. It was Gary in addition to Kerryn Wilkie’s immature adult woman who came upwards amongst the jockey’s really appropriate colours – salmon pinkish amongst dark dots to correspond the caviar! Gary said almost Black Caviar: “You can’t imagine it. It’s a petty surreal. You run across the agency she affects people, this creature nosotros stimulate got equity in, in addition to you lot merely think, ‘How lucky am I’?”
16. When Black Caviar is running, racedays operate something of a logistics challenge. The owners, their families in addition to extended friends regularly force the publish of attendees upwards to over 60, but that’s cypher compared amongst the political party that volition live at Royal Ascot on 23 June when she is due to contender her adjacent race, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. It volition publish over 150 people!
17. Black Caviar, who was bottle fed every bit a foal, was born on eighteen August 2006 – her sire is Bel Esprit in addition to her dam Helsinge. She is known inwards her stable every bit Nelly.
18. Her peak is 16.2 hands (5 pes 4.8 inches or 164.6 centimetres).
19. She loves swimming in addition to going to the beach.
20. She has a massive fan base of operations inwards Australia, where she is revered every bit the greatest racehorse since the legendary Phar Lap, who died fourscore years ago. She has her ain make of merchandise, from T shirts in addition to baseball game caps to ties in addition to telephone commutation rings. One of her fans made a 30+ hr circular trip from Chicago to run across her tape her 18th victory at Caulfield, staying inwards Commonwealth of Australia for solely 24 hours, piece thousands of Australians are expected to operate racing when she runs inwards the UK.
21. After her British foray, she volition provide to Commonwealth of Australia to live prepared for the all-important Spring Carnival inwards Melbourne, where her legions of fans volition live looking forwards to welcoming “The Wonder from Down Under” dorsum to Australian racing.
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