Black Caviar suited and ready to fly

This filly will return with tail between legs!

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> This filly will return with tail between legs!


typical ..par par

I wonder how a Frankel/BC baby would turn out...:

Where are all the breeding fundi's, Muhti????

5/10 is a very good price, given what she has achieved in my opinion..
Could be the best price we ever see on BC..

I feel if ppl were willing to tk 4/10 about Jackson and Ilha Bela last weekend.. 5/10 about BC should be very enticing...it is for me atleast..

Any idea when betting will be available in SA

I see Sprortingbet have 4/9, I think they opened 6/10? Also cannot see this one getting beat.

Never ran at an undulating course like Ascot, thats my only worry...

Ascot is Flat as a pancake compared with some of the courses she has ran on,the biggest problem is the Journey

paul Messara

"If she arrives well and they are still offering 1-2 you should sell your house. She only needs to be 80 per cent to win here. From an Australian point of view, I'd love it if they got stuck into her and she won by half the track.

Black Caviar at Heathrow on Thursday evening before the final leg of her journey to Newmarket by road.

Black Caviar is reported in excellent health after her 30-hour journey from Melbourne to Britain. The hugely popular mare, unbeaten in 21 races, was experiencing air travel for the first time when flown via Singapore and Sharjah, a trip that ended on Thursday night when she was led off a lorry into the stables at Newmarket, her home for the next fortnight as she is prepared for a race at Royal Ascot.

"She's very bright," said Peter Angus, the vet who travelled with her, in quotes reported by Australia's The Age newspaper. "After a journey like this, they can be so tired that sometimes their eyes are dulled, but she's as bright as a button.

"She seems to have eaten and drunk on the flight and is in very good condition. She doesn't look to have lost much weight, looking over her hindquarters. The next couple of days will tell but she seems very settled and relaxed."

Peter Moody, Black Caviar's trainer, remains in Australia for the time being but has sent two of his assistants with the horse and is receiving regular updates about her condition. "That is what I think is the hard part of the trip out of the way," he told the local radio station RSN.

"She was a little tucked up there last night but nothing too bad. The vets were very happy with her feed and fluid intake on the trip. She didn't need anything intravenous, which was very pleasing.

"In previous trips with Magnus and Hinchinbrook [other Moody-trained horses who ran at Royal Ascot], we had to supply them with fluids when they arrived because they were a bit dehydrated, but she didn't appear to have that problem at all. Her temperature is good and she relieved herself quickly when she got there.

"She had a bit of a walk and [was] straight into her feed, a bit of water, a bit of hay and a good night's sleep, I'd imagine."

The odds against Black Caviar winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on 23 June have shortened to 4-9 from 1-2 in recent days. Though very short, those odds are still considerably longer than was available about her in her last eight races in Australia, when she has typically been 1-20 or shorter.

There are doubts about the participation of Bated Breath, presently the second-favourite but more likely to contest the King's Stand Stakes at the Royal meeting. Hoof It, Society Rock and Krypton Factor are the most fancied horses expected to line up against Black Caviar, while the classy Moonlight Cloud may also take part.

I hope she wins - What a lovely Filly

Black Caviar was out on the Al Bahathri Polytrack in Newmarket on Thursday morning limbering up in preparation for Royal Ascot next week. She is as short as 2-7 to make it 22 wins from as many starts in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes a week on Saturday.

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She is a mare Mr H pity the price has gone but make her a cert!