Stone of Folca can run "the fastest electronically timed run over 5f anywhere in the world" but poor Besty has only won with it twice

If a proper trainer like Peter Moody trained the beast it would be a multiple group 1 winner and the highest rated sprinter in the world by now.

Deffo bruv.

Peter Moody is brilliant tho, look how well he has done with Manighar of all animals.

Megsy and Educee must be having a lie in...6 hours sleep is more then enough for any man...or woman.


Black Caviar to swing by Sharjah ahead of Royal Ascot

Osman Samiuddin http://www.thenational.ae

The fastest horse in the world will stop over in Sharjah en route to Britain to race at Royal Ascot with her trainer warning she has never been in better shape.

Black Caviar, the Australian thoroughbred, left Melbourne today and is scheduled to stop in Singapore and then the UAE as part of a detailed plan to ensure the champion mare is in the best possible shape to win her 22nd race from as many starts in the six-furlong Diamond Jubilee Stakes on June 23.

There was even a possibility before the flight that Peter Moody, her trainer, would provide Black Caviar with a compression suit to wear through the flight.

This had come as a suggestion from an Australian athlete as a way of keeping the horse warm and reducing the chances of her catching shipping fever, while also protecting against the changes in air pressure.

But it is unclear whether she had the suit on as the flight left Australia at around 4pm UAE time today; typically trainers try to ensure a horse travels with the least amount of gear possible.

Unlike regular passengers, Black Caviar will have to stand in her crate for at least 30 hours.

She will not disembark the aircraft at either Singapore, where they will stop for an hour, or Sharjah, where she is expected to arrive at 11am tomorrow and stay for around another hour as the plane is refuelled, crew changed and she is fed.

“It is a long flight all the way through so the transits are good in some way because they open the cargo door so there is a possibility of cross-ventilation going through and at the same time they feed and water the horses,” said David Robson, the managing director of a Dubai-based logistics company. An Australian company, IRT, is handling Black Caviar’s transportation.

From Heathrow, Black Caviar will be transported to Abington House stables, which is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa.

She will have nearly two weeks to recover from the trip and acclimatise to conditions in the UK. "On an average horses can lose up to 5kg on travel depending on how well the horse travelled," said Robson.

"But a horse like Black Caviar can bounce back in the first week. It will take a bit of time to acclimatise coming from Australia in the southern hemisphere where it is closer to winter and being in England where the weather is fairly decent. It'll probably take a week to recover fully."

Moody is supremely confident she will keep her unbeaten record intact. "She's getting on the plane the fittest she's been in her career," he told reporters. Moody said he would consider running her in the six-furlong July Cup at Newmarket next month if she came through the Ascot race in good order.

LOL The weather in the UK was closer to the upside down winter last week..........it was freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing.

i heard supergirl was flying somewhere over europe,.

anyway, jokes aside, its great for UK racing and world racing, enjoy her, you will never see another machine like her with her giant stride.

he's talking about that horse who won a class 2 handicap megsy

race was probably run going down a hill on the back of a peloton or something

30 Hours standing in a box, she deserves to win just for the endurance. I presume the travelling of Black Caviar, Trainer,jockey,owners, and the people caring for her on the flight over is been paid for by Royal Ascot.

Black Caviar (AUS)
6-y-o (18Aug06 br m)
Bel Esprit (AUS)   — Helsinge (AUS) (Desert Sun  (9.1f))
Trainer Peter G Moody
Owner G J Wilkie, Mrs K J Wilkie et al P Hawkes, D Taylor et al until 22 Oct 2010
G J Wilkie et al until 11 Feb 2010

Breeder R Jamieson

Flat placings 1111/1111/11111111-11111

Flat Turf  21 21 0 0 £3,630,401 £3,630,401 —  133  — 
Stakes  19 19 0 0 £3,202,573 £3,202,573 —  133  — 
Rules Races  21 21 0 0 £3,630,401 £3,630,401 —  —  — 

12May12    Mor 6Gd G1 210K  9-0  1/9 (1¼L We're Gonna Rock 8-11) 1/20F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
28Apr12    Mor 6GS G1 167K  8-13  1/10 (4½L Sistine Angel 8-13) 1/20F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
18Feb12    Fle 5Gd G1 297K  8-13  1/9 (1¾L Hay List 9-3) 1/10F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
11Feb12    Cau 7GS G1 159K  9-0  1/9 (3¼L Southern Speed 9-0) 1/20F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
27Jan12    Moo 6Gd G2 82K  8-13  1/6 (4¼L Zedi Knight 9-3) 1/20F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
05Nov11    Fle 6Gd G1 393K  8-13  1/7 (2¾L Buffering 9-3) 1/25F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
22Oct11    Moo 6GS G2 119K  8-13  1/4 (6L Doubtful Jack 9-3) 1/33F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
08Oct11    Cau 5GS G2 79K  8-13  1/8 (4¼L Karuta Queen 8-0) 1/14F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
14May11    Doo 6GS G1 170K  8-13  1/8 (2L Hay List 9-3) 3/20F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
09Apr11    Ran 6GS G1 394K  8-13  1/11 (2¾L Hay List 9-3) 1/7F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
25Mar11    Moo 6Gd G1 202K  8-13  1/7 (1¾L Crystal Lily 8-7) 1/11F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
12Mar11    Fle 6Gd HcG1 395K  9-2  1/11 (3L Crystal Lily 7-12) 2/11F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
19Feb11    Fle 5GS G1 295K  8-13  1/9 (3¼L Hay List 9-3) 2/7F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
06Nov10    Fle 6GS G1 251K  8-13  1/7 (4L Star Witness 8-6) 9/10F  Ben Melham  — *  * 
23Oct10    Moo 6GS G2 102K  8-13  1/6 (5½L Hot Danish 8-13) 2/5F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
09Oct10    Cau 5Gd G2 67K  8-13  1/8 (1¼L Winter King 9-3) 4/5F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
22Jan10    Moo 6Gd G2 68K  8-5  1/5 (2¼L Here De Angels 9-3) 8/11F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
05Sep09    Fle 6Gd 3yG2 73K  8-7  1/9 (¾L Wanted 8-10) 4/9F  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
22Aug09    Moo 6Gd 3yL 33K  8-13  1/5 (3¾L Miraculous Miss 8-9)  Luke Nolen  — *  * 
02May09    Cau 6Gd L 32K  9-1  1/10 ( 0-0)  Jarrad Noske  — *  * 
18Apr09    Fle 5GS Hc 32K  8-2  1/12 ( 0-0)  Jarrad Noske  — *  *

A free bet for all..............lay Engerland for the Euros and invest the winnings on BC.nap

Thank me later.........a no lose punt.

Fast times AD?

there's no race worth running for in July over her distance

VICTORIA - MELBOURNE
Date    Track    Race Name    Prizemoney    Distance    Race Type
Feb11-12    Caulfield     CF Orr Stakes    $400,000    1400m    Weight-for-age
Feb18-12    Flemington     Lightning Stakes    $750,000    1000m    Weight-for-age
Feb25-12    Caulfield     Blue Diamond Stakes    $1,000,000    1200m    2yo SW
Feb25-12    Caulfield     Futurity Stakes    $500,000    1400m    Weight-for-age
Feb25-12    Caulfield     Oakleigh Plate    $350,000    1100m    Open Hcp
Mar03-12    Flemington     Australian Guineas    $750,000    1600m    3yo SW
Mar10-12    Flemington     Australian Cup    $1,000,000    2000m    Weight-for-age
Mar10-12    Flemington     Newmarket Handicap    $1,000,000    1200m    Open Hcp
Mar23-12    M. Valley     William Reid Stakes    $500,000    1200m    Weight-for-age
Sep22-12    Caulfield     Underwood Stakes    $350,000    1800m    WFA
Sep30-12    Caulfield     Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes    $350,000    1400m    Open Hcp
Oct06-12    Flemington     Turnbull Stakes    $500,000    2000m    4yo+ SW+P
Oct13-12    Caulfield     Caulfield Guineas    $1,000,000    1600m    3yo Open SW
Oct13-12    Caulfield     Yalumba Stakes    $400,000    2000m    WFA
Oct13-12    Caulfield     Toorak Handicap    $350,000    1600m    Open Hcp
Oct17-12    Caulfield     Thousand Guineas    $500,000    1600m    3yoF Open SW
Oct20-12    Caulfield     Caulfield Cup    $2,500,000    2400m    Open Hcp
Oct26-12    M. Valley     Manikato Stakes    $500,000    1200m    WFA
Oct27-12    M. Valley     WS Cox Plate    $3,000,000    2040m    WFA
Nov03-12    Flemington     AAMI Victoria Derby    $1,500,000    2500m    3yo SW
Nov03-12    Flemington     Mackinnon Stakes    $1,000,000    2000m    WFA
Nov03-12    Flemington     Coolmore Stud Stakes    $500,000    1200m    3yo SW
Nov03-12    Flemington     Myer Classic    $500,000    1600m    F&M WFA
Nov06-12    Flemington     Melbourne Cup    $6,175,000    3200m    Open Hcp
Nov08-12    Flemington     Crown Oaks    $1,000,000    2500m    3yoF SW
Nov10-12    Flemington     Emirates Stakes    $1,000,000    1600m    Quality Hcp
Nov10-12    Flemington     Patinack Farm Classic    $1,000,000    1200m    WFA

NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY
Date    Track    Race Name    Prizemoney    Distance    Race Type
Mar10-12    W. Farm     Chipping Norton Stakes    $350,000    1600m    Weight-for-age
Mar17-12    Randwick     Randwick Guineas    $500,000    1600m    3yo SW
Mar24-12    Rosehill     Coolmore Stud Classic    $600,000    1500m    F&M Qlty
Mar24-12    Rosehill     Ranvet Stakes    $400,000    2000m    Weight-for-age
Mar31-12    Rosehill     Rosehill Guineas    $500,000    2000m    3yo SW
Apr07-12    Rosehill     Golden Slipper Stakes    $3,500,000    1200m    2yo SW
Apr07-12    Rosehill     The BMW    $2,250,000    2400m    Weight-for-age
Apr07-12    Rosehill     Storm Queen Stakes    $400,000    2000m    3yoF SW
Apr07-12    Rosehill     George Ryder Stakes    $400,000    1500m    Weight-for-age
Apr07-12    Rosehill     Queen Of The Turf Stakes    $400,000    1500m    F&M WFA
Apr14-12    Randwick     AJC Australian Derby    $1,500,000    2400m    3yo SW
Apr14-12    Randwick     TJ Smith Stakes    $1,000,000    1200m    Weight-for-age
Apr14-12    Randwick     AJC Sires Produce Stakes    $500,000    1400m    2yo SW
Apr21-12    Randwick     Doncaster Handicap    $2,000,000    1600m    Open Hcp
Apr21-12    Randwick     AJC Australian Oaks    $550,000    2400m    3yoF SW
Apr21-12    Randwick     The Galaxy    $350,000    1100m    Open Hcp
Apr28-12    Randwick     Sydney Cup    $500,000    3200m    Open Hcp
Apr28-12    Randwick     AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes    $500,000    2000m    Weight-for-age
Apr28-12    Randwick     All Aged Stakes    $400,000    1400m    Weight-for-age
Apr28-12    Randwick     AJC Champagne Stakes    $400,000    1600m    2yo SW
Sep15-12    Rosehill     Golden Rose    $1,000,000    1400m    3yo SW
Sep22-12    Randwick     George Main Stakes    $350,000    1600m    Weight-for-age
Oct06-12    Randwick     Epsom Handicap    $500,000    1600m    Open Hcp
Oct06-12    Randwick     The Metropolitan    $400,000    2400m    3yo&up Hcp
Oct06-12    Randwick     Flight Stakes    $400,000    1600m    3yoF SW
Oct06-12    Randwick     Spring Champion Stakes    $400,000    2000m    3yo SW

QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE
Date    Track    Race Name    Prizemoney    Distance    Race Type
May12-12    Doomben     BTC Cup    $400,000    1200m    Weight-for-age
May19-12    Doomben     Doomben Cup    $500,000    2020m    Weight-for-age
May26-12    Doomben     Doomben 10000    $650,000    1350m    Weight-for-age
Jun02-12    Eagle Farm     Queensland Oaks    $400,000    2400m    3yoF SW
Jun09-12    Eagle Farm     Stradbroke Handicap    $1,000,000    1400m    Open Hcp
Jun09-12    Eagle Farm     Queensland Derby    $500,000    2400m    3yo SW
Jun09-12    Eagle Farm     The TJ Smith    $500,000    1600m    2yo SW
Jun23-12    Eagle Farm     Winter Stakes    $500,000    1400m    F&M WFA


SOUTH AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE
Date    Track    Race Name    Prizemoney    Distance    Race Type
Apr28-12    Morphettville     Australasian Oaks    $400,000    2000m    3yoF SW
Apr28-12    Morphettville     Robert Sangster Stakes    $400,000    1200m    F&M WFA
May05-12    Morphettville     SA Derby    $500,000    2500m    3yo SW
May12-12    Morphettville     Goodwood    $500,000    1200m    Open SW+P


WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH
Date    Track    Race Name    Prizemoney    Distance    Race Type
Nov24-12    Ascot     Railway Stakes    $1,000,000    1600m    Open Hcp
Nov24-12    Ascot     Winterbottom Stakes    $500,000    1200m    Weight-for-age
Dec08-12    Ascot     Kingston Town Classic    $500,000    1800m    Weight-for-age

http://www.sportinglife.com @SportingLife

BLACK CAVIAR Q&A: SHANE ANDERSON @Globalgallop
 
Leading Australian broadcaster Shane Anderson, who works for Radio Sports National, joined us again to answer our Black Caviar questions ahead of her arrival in England.

sportinglife: Since we last spoke Black Caviar has won three more races. What have we learned about her?

Shane Anderson: Trainer Peter Moody insists she is better than ever which is quite frightening considering what she's already achieved. Royal Ascot will be the 22nd race of her career and he's told us this week in Australia that he's never had her fitter.

The key ingredient for him has always been to have her at her peak fitness level before she leaves Australia so that whatever weight or condition she loses heading over, it's only a case of tweaking things. Based on what he's told us, that's where they're at.

sportinglife: How big a worry is the journey for her connections?

SA: It is a massive concern for Peter. He has come to Royal Ascot on three previous occasions bringing Magnus over for two successive years in 2007 and 2008 and last year Hinchinbrook but he unfortunately went amiss two days out from the meeting.

He knows what it takes to bring a horse across and he has stated repeatedly to the media here in Australia that if anything goes wrong with her in the best part of a week-and-a-half she'll be based in Newmarket, she won't run. He has to be 100 per cent happy to let her take her chance.

sportinglife: What do you make of the decision to go for the Diamond Jubilee in preference to the King's Stand - or indeed run in both?

SA: I'm not surprised they've chosen one, outside Choisir it's been proven it's virtually impossible to complete the double, he had to reinvent sprinting almost to do it. As good as she is she does have management issues and it would be folly for connections to push her in a way they've never had to before.

He's chosen the toughest race of the two. From the Australian perspective look at our records in the two races, from memory we've won four King's Stands and one Diamond Jubilee. It's a tougher race to win so Peter has done everything he can to get here there at the peak of her powers. If she came out and won the 1,000 metre sprint you guys would say 'she's done what we expect of Australian sprinters'. If she comes out and does what we expect her to do in the Saturday race it will really make you guys stand up and acknowledge she's every bit as good as we've been saying for the last two years.

sportinglife: How big a call was it for connections to decide to come over to Royal Ascot with her?

SA: The owners have left every decision about Black Caviar's career to Peter and the only reason he wants to come over is to silence any critics that still exist in the northern hemisphere. From an Australian media perspective we can say she's the best sprinter, the best mare, in the world but until she steps out into the UK and proves to you guys that she's every bit as good as Frankel, it's just talk. She needs to come over and do what we think she can do and that's the only reason connections are running her. Realistically Peter would have loved to have kept her in Australia. Prize-money levels are better; he talks about the overall sprint competition being stronger so realistically he's only doing it to prove to the wider world that she's every bit as good as the Australian people have been saying.

sportinglife: What are you expecting to see from Black Caviar at Royal Ascot?

SA: I could easily say she's going to break tracks and win by big spaces but what I'll say is if she arrives fit and well, and that's the only way she'll run, you guys are going to see something, in a sprint race at least, that you've never seen before. She has the ability to crush rivals from halfway, she can decimate a field like no horse in the world with Frankel the only possible exception. She's extraordinary and it will be a privilege for you guys to see what she can do at the biggest occasion in the racing world - Royal Ascot.

sportinglife: What else are you looking forward to seeing at Royal Ascot?

SA: We've got Ortensia running in the King's Stand Stakes. She proved by winning in Dubai that she's clearly world class. In Australian ratings she sits on the brink of our top ten sprinters, she's not an out-and-out superstar, but is a horse who can travel and she's settled in well in Newmarket. Paul Messara has trained her specifically to win the King's Stand Stakes and she looks well suited to the race. From an Australian perspective we're looking to bookend the meeting with her and Black Caviar. We're also looking forward to seeing So You Think in either the Prince of Wales's or against Frankel in the Queen Anne - and there's always one eye on potential Melbourne Cup horses for the end of the year too.

From an Australian perspective Royal Ascot has never been bigger, there's huge interest in it. When Black Caviar races on the Saturday night it will be covered by commercial television over here and not just the two racing networks. There's also an outside broadcast right in the middle of Melbourne in Federation Square with her race shown live on the big screen to thousands of fans who will be there. That's the reach of Black Caviar and that's the reach of Royal Ascot this year.

when she lands you will have the best horse in the world then..she beats faster trees, in faster times, in longer sustained super fast sectionals.

whats the 2nd best horse done, umm whats his name....frank something??

HOT OF THE PRESS !!!

frankel connections have passed up a $5,000,000 invitation to a match race before stud duties over 6 furlongs at royal flemington.

*placed*
Wtf is wrong with this plaice?

YES HE'S COMING NOW I CAN HEAR HIM LOADING UP THE WIKIPEDIA

John Mcnair has all the droppings you need, when Hay List pulled it all out at Flemington

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1.01 Frankel will never win in January



thers is a festival mid march thou

2000gns and seemingly the other classics were for 3YOs only and also stated as fact that Black Caviar would be coming around a right handed bend at Royal Ascot

I never said that