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Black Caviar
Tribute to Black Caviar - 09.jpg
Statue of Black Caviar, Nagambie
Sire Bel Esprit (AUS)
Grandsire Royal Academy (USA)
Dam Helsinge (AUS)
Damsire Desert Sun (GB)
Sex Mare
Foaled (2006-08-18) 18 August 2006 (age 17)
Nagambie, Victoria, Australia
Country Australia
Colour Dark bay
Breeder R. Jamieson, Vic
Owner G.J. Wilkie, K.J. Wilkie, Werrett Bloodstock Pty Ltd, C.H. Madden, J. Madden, P.A. Hawkes, D.M. Taylor, J. Taylor
Racing colours Salmon, Black Spots, Salmon And Black Spots Cap
Trainer Peter Moody
Record 25: 25–0–0
Earnings $7,953,936
Major wins
GBR Diamond Jubilee Stakes (2012)
VRC Newmarket Handicap (2011)
VRC Lightning Stakes (2011, 2012, 2013)
VRC Patinack Farm Classic (2010, 2011)
ATC T J Smith Stakes (2011, 2013)
MVRC William Reid Stakes (2011, 2013)
BTC Cup (2011)
MRC C F Orr Stakes (2012)
MVRC Australia Stakes (2010, 2012)
MRC Schillaci Stakes (2010, 2011)
MVRC Schweppes Stakes (2010, 2011)
VRC Danehill Stakes (2009)
Awards
1st in World Thoroughbred Rankings (2013)
WTRR World Champion Sprinter
(2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Australian Racehorse of the Year
(2011, 2012, 2013)
Australian Champion Sprinter
(2011, 2012, 2013)
European Champion Sprinter (2012)
Honours
Black Caviar Lightning (2013)
Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2013)
Timeform Rating: 136
Last updated on 15 July 2022

Black Caviar (foaled 18 August 2006) is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was undefeated in 25 races, including 15 Group Ones, an Australian record. She was the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 WTRR World Champion Sprinter. Black Caviar was trained by Melbourne-based trainer Peter Moody. Other than in her first two runs and in one race in 2010, she was ridden by Luke Nolen. The mare was retired on 17 April 2013. According to an ABC Catalyst episode from 2015, she was never whipped.

Background

Black Caviar was born on 18 August 2006 at 5.20 am at Gilgai Farm in Nagambie, Victoria. She grew up on the Goulburn River property and then went to Swettenham Stud in December 2007 for a 10-week yearling preparation where she was then sold on behalf of Rick Jamieson to Peter Moody for $210,000 at the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. She is owned by G. J. Wilkie, K. J. Wilkie, Werrett Bloodstock Pty Ltd, C. H. Madden, J. Madden, P. A. Hawkes, D. M. Taylor and J. Taylor. She was sired by Bel Esprit, winner of the Doomben 10,000, which also sired Bel Mer, a mare that won the Robert Sangster Stakes in 2009. Black Caviar was the first foal of her unraced dam Helsinge, a daughter of the British racehorse Desert Sun, that never won a major race but was placed in the Craven Stakes and the Sandown Mile. Desert Sun also sired the champion New Zealand racemare, Sunline. Helsinge is also the dam of All Too Hard, winner of the 2013 All Aged Stakes, the 2013 Futurity Stakes, the 2013 C F Orr Stakes, the 2012 Caulfield Guineas and runner-up in the 2012 Cox Plate. As a descendant of the British broodmare Pinprick, Black Caviar is a product of the same branch of Thoroughbred family 1-p, which also produced the Classic winners Ambiguity and Sodium.

Black Caviar has weighed about 570 kg (1,260 lb) and stood 16.2 hands (66 inches, 168 cm) high. In looks, size, and conformation, Black Caviar resembled her grandsire, Royal Academy, great-grandsire, Nijinsky, and ultimately great-great grand-dam, Flaming Page.

Assessment

On 31 March 2011, Black Caviar was rated one of the top Thoroughbred racehorses in the world (with a 136 rating) for the first quarter of 2011 by Timeform. On 17 April 2013, she was once again ranked on top of the international rankings with a rating of 136. On 3 May 2013, Black Caviar was officially listed as the world's best horse for the period 1 November 2012 to 28 April 2013, by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), who compile the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings. Overall Black Caviar is rated as the equal 76th best flat racing horse in Timeform's history and the equal highest rated filly or mare, 11 lbs lower than Timeform's highest rated horse Frankel (147). Timeform has been rating flat racing thoroughbreds in Britain since its founding in 1948, Thoroughbreds beyond Britain only "more recently" and horses who have raced exclusively in America only since approximately 2000. Timeform rates only seven sprinters above Black Caviar.

Race Record

2008–09 season as a two-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Time 2nd Margins
Won 18 Apr 2009 2yo Hcp Restricted Flemington NA 1000 m 51.5 J. Noske 0:56.63 2nd – Kwassa Kwassa 5.0 x 0.3
Won 2 May 2009 Blue Sapphire Stakes Caulfield LR 1200 m 57.5 J. Noske 1:09.76 2nd – Demerit 6.0 x 0.2
2009–10 season as a three-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Time 2nd Margins
Won 22 Aug 2009 Crockett Stakes Moonee Valley LR 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:11.15 2nd – Miraculous Miss 3.0 x 0.1
Won 5 Sep 2009 Danehill Stakes Flemington G2 1200 m 54 L. Nolen 1:09.96 2nd – Wanted 0.8 x 0.5
Won 22 Jan 2010 Australia Stakes Moonee Valley G2 1200 m 53 L. Nolen 1:10.18 2nd – Here De Angels 2.3 x 1.7
2010–11 season as a four-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Time 2nd Margins
Won 9 Oct 2010 Schillaci Stakes Caulfield G2 1000 m 56.5 L. Nolen 0:56.68 2nd – Winter King 1.3 x 2.2
Won 23 Oct 2010 Schweppes Stakes Moonee Valley G2 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:11.01 2nd – Hot Danish 5.5 x 0.8
Won 6 Nov 2010 Patinack Farm Classic Flemington G1 1200 m 56.5 B. Melham 1:07.96 2nd – Star Witness 4.0 x 2.3
Won 19 Feb 2011 Lightning Stakes Flemington G1 1000 m 56.5 L. Nolen 0:57.20 2nd – Hay List 3.3 x 1.7
Won 12 Mar 2011 Newmarket Handicap Flemington G1 1200 m 58 L. Nolen 1:07.36 2nd – Crystal Lily 3.0 x 0.8
Won 25 Mar 2011 William Reid Stakes Moonee Valley G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:10.00 2nd – Crystal Lily 1.8 x 1.2
Won 9 Apr 2011 T J Smith Stakes Randwick G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:08.71 2nd – Hay List 2.8 x 5.0
Won 14 May 2011 BTC Cup Doomben G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:08.85 2nd – Hay List 2.0 x 4.8
2011–12 season as a five-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Time 2nd Margins
Won 8 Oct 2011 Schillaci Stakes Caulfield G2 1000 m 56.5 L. Nolen 0:56.73 2nd – Karuta Queen 4.3 x 0.4
Won 22 Oct 2011 Schweppes Stakes Moonee Valley G2 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:10.13 2nd – Doubtful Jack 6.0 x 1.3
Won 5 Nov 2011 Patinack Farm Classic Flemington G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:08.03 2nd – Buffering 2.8 x 3.8
Won 27 Jan 2012 Australia Stakes Moonee Valley G2 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:09.44 2nd – Zedi Knight 4.3 x 4.3
Won 11 Feb 2012 C F Orr Stakes Caulfield G1 1400 m 57 L. Nolen 1:25.14 2nd – Southern Speed 3.3 x 3.8
Won 18 Feb 2012 Lightning Stakes Flemington G1 1000 m 56.5 L. Nolen 0:55.53 2nd – Hay List 1.8 x 3.8
Won 28 Apr 2012 Robert Sangster Stakes Morphettville G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:10.65 2nd – Sistine Angel 4.5 x 0.1
Won 12 May 2012 Goodwood Handicap Morphettville G1 1200 m 57 L. Nolen 1:10.32 2nd – We're Gonna Rock 1.3 x 3.0
Won 23 June 2012 Diamond Jubilee Stakes Ascot, England G1 1200 m 57 L. Nolen 1:14.10 2nd – Moonlight Cloud 0.1 x 0.5
2012–13 season as a six-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Time 2nd Margins
Won 16 Feb 2013 Lightning Stakes Flemington G1 1000 m 56.5 L. Nolen 0:55.42 2nd – Moment of Change 2.5 x 5.8
Won 22 Mar 2013 William Reid Stakes Moonee Valley G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:11:08 2nd – Karuta Queen 4.0 x 0.5
Won 13 Apr 2013 TJ Smith Stakes Randwick G1 1200 m 56.5 L. Nolen 1:09.65 2nd – Epaulette 3.0 x 2.3

See also

  • List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
  • List of racehorses
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