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  • #16
    She is something !!!

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    • #17
      Australian sprinter Black Caviar stretched her record unbeaten run to 21 by winning the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville, Adelaide. It was the five-year-old's final race before flying to England for June's Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

      Jockey Luke Nolen, who eased the mare to victory by more than a length, said: "We were never out of second gear." Earlier in the week, trainer Peter Moody rejected claims that Black Caviar had to prove herself at Royal Ascot.

      When it was suggested to him that his mare had not beaten any major international horses in Australia, Moody replied: "You have never seen anything like this horse before. "It would be an absolute tragedy if she went there [to Ascot] and got beaten by your B-grade sprinters for half the prize money and [travelling] three-quarters of the way around the world."

      Moody also warned that he would not run Black Caviar if she was not 100% fit following her flight to England.

      "If I take her all the way over there and she is not right I won't run her for the sake of running," he said.

      Black Caviar has been installed as favourite by bookmakers for the race, ahead of local sprinters Bated Breath and Hoof It.

      The mare could also run at Newmarket on 14 July in the July Cup, another leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.
      Speed doesn’t matter as much as direction.

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      • #18
        Frankel and Black Caviar offered £1m Goodwood incentive

        A £1m prize fund is being offered in an attempt to secure a clash between two unbeaten stars of international flat racing - Frankel and Black Caviar.

        Goodwood Racecourse and sponsors Qipco are offering to increase the purse for the Sussex Stakes on 1 August from £300,000 should both horses run.

        Frankel, trained in Newmarket by Sir Henry Cecil, has triumphed in his nine starts including last year's 2,000 Guineas and Sussex Stakes.

        Black Caviar has won all 19 races in her native Australia and could run in Europe during the summer.

        Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, who helps run Qatar-based investment firm Qipco, said he hoped the financial incentive would help lure the pair to the one-mile Group One race at Goodwood.

        "In their respective home countries, Frankel and Black Caviar have ignited levels of public interest matched only by true champions of the past," he said.

        "The sport is blessed to have two such outstanding horses competing at the same time and consequently we felt it would be remiss not to make every effort to try to bring about the race everyone wants to see.

        "The Sussex Stakes is arguably the only realistic chance of the two horses meeting, and we are delighted to make the gesture of increasing the prize fund to £1m as an incentive to the connections of both horses to run at Goodwood."

        Frankel has won six races over a mile (eight furlongs), whereas Black Caviar has yet to try the distance and has run mainly over five and six furlongs, with one victory at seven.

        Black Caviar, trained by Peter Moody, could run in the six-furlong Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June and then the July Cup at Newmarket.

        "She'd have to come through both those races extremely well to even consider it [Sussex Stakes]," Moody told Sky Sports News.

        Frankel is expected to step up in trip from a mile later in the season and Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said the Goodwood prize fund would not affect where the horse ran.

        "If we were to stay at a mile then running in the Sussex Stakes is a possibility, but I'm afraid the extra prize money is not going to influence any decisions," he told the Guardian.

        The Sussex Stakes is part of the Glorious Goodwood meeting and the British Champions Series, which aims to broaden the appeal of flat racing in the UK.
        Speed doesn’t matter as much as direction.

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        • #19
          FRANKEL NEWBURY JLT LOCKINGE STAKES 1600m 20/05/2012

          Frankel's first race of 2012

          http://youtu.be/2f0XDI1zEuE
          Speed doesn’t matter as much as direction.

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          • #20
            #23

            23 wins from 23 starts now after yesterday's 5f Lightning Stakes which was renamed Black Caviar Lightning before the race. She won this race for the 3rd year in a row breaking the 25 year track record in the process in 55.42secs.

            Probable next start: 6f William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley on March 15th.
            "There's a fine line between winning and losing... it's called The Finish Line"

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            • #21
              She was super impressive in her comeback and ran 10.17 & 10.11 for the 2nd & 3rd furlongs.
              Thats 20.28 for 2 furlongs.

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              • #22
                Just like me Tony, getting better and better as I get older.
                "There's a fine line between winning and losing... it's called The Finish Line"

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                • #23
                  I watched the race live. She was really impressive for sure.
                  Joe

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