People love a champion, and rightly so. That something that sets them apart from all others is a rare gift. Of course there are all sorts of champions, but the ones that are most cherished are those that seem to come along once in a blue moon. Today at Melbourne’s Flemington racecourse, we had the chance to see a genuine champion strut her stuff. Black Caviar returned to the racetrack after a seven month layoff due to suspensory tears she incurred in the UK.
As the great mare went to the starting stalls, looking to take her unbeaten run to 23, she carried a bet of $400,000 to $40,000 and another of $300,000 to $30,000. Mad money I suppose, but each to their own. Did they have a reason to worry....nope. After missing the jump by maybe a half length, she cruised to a share of the lead. Then under a double hold, Black Caviar assumed the running well before the halfway mark before being asked by Luke Nolan to go for home at the furlong. And extend she did. Shaken up, she flew for a couple hundred metres before being eased down in the shadows of the post. In the G1 race named in her honour, the Black Caviar Lightning, run over the 1000m, “Nellie” scampered over the straight trip in a new course record, stopping the clock at 55.42 seconds, in winning the race for the third time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJeNqu9Y6s
As the great mare went to the starting stalls, looking to take her unbeaten run to 23, she carried a bet of $400,000 to $40,000 and another of $300,000 to $30,000. Mad money I suppose, but each to their own. Did they have a reason to worry....nope. After missing the jump by maybe a half length, she cruised to a share of the lead. Then under a double hold, Black Caviar assumed the running well before the halfway mark before being asked by Luke Nolan to go for home at the furlong. And extend she did. Shaken up, she flew for a couple hundred metres before being eased down in the shadows of the post. In the G1 race named in her honour, the Black Caviar Lightning, run over the 1000m, “Nellie” scampered over the straight trip in a new course record, stopping the clock at 55.42 seconds, in winning the race for the third time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJeNqu9Y6s
