Black Caviar

Here are the newest timeform ratings.

https://www.timeform.com/display_articles.asp?page=Global_Rankings.asp

Black Caviar tops the list for all horses, not just sprinters, she rates 135 with the next best being Frankel, Goldikova, Workforce and Australia champion of the last 18 months So You Think on 133.

Keep an eye on So You Think when he comes back and races for Aiden O'Brien because he will be the only horse who can push Black Caviar in the World Ratings, he will be the best 2000m horse in the world if he doesnt lose his form after a stable shift. I might sound like i am just pumping up the Australian horses but i have followed racing for years and these 2 are both once in a lifetime horses and they are both the same age!

How do you rate the champion Hong Kong race horse Silent Witness?

Here are a few of So You Think's runs last prep. I cannot find a replay of the 2009 Cox Plate where he won it as technically a 2yo at his 5th race start but it was awesome. He won it back to back the next year against some of the best horses in Australasia. His usual racing pattern was to just sit up on the pace then pour the pressure on til the others cracked but he has also raced very well when taken a sit on the back of the pace.

Actually i found a news piece about the '09 Cox Plate  that includes part of the race:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68D3LyrsMZI

Underwood Stakes (video quality not that good):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVABw_tuLoA&feature=related

Here is his run in the G1 Yalumba last prep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCpkUScs7w&feature=related

2010 WS Cox Plate (this was a very good race, it had Whobegotyou, Zipping, the Sydney champion - More Joyous, the New Zealand champion - Wall Street):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVIMaQ_HsM

Here is his G1 Mackinnon Stakes win as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD0r3wjO-Bc

great thread

She's 1/5 morning line.

Austrailia A- Randwick for all you Twin Spires users.

10:20 p.m. est

He already is the best 2000m horse in the world IMO Stockdale

This might be our only chance to cheer on the champ.

Black Caviar's interstate debut in the Group 1 $1 million Darley T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick could be the first and only time the unbeaten wonder mare races in Sydney.

Which is another compelling reason to be trackside to watch the world's best racehorse aim for 12 consecutive wins.

In early TAB Sportsbet fixed odds betting, Black Caviar is rated at $1.22 - the 11th race in succession she has been an odds-on favourite.

Trainer Peter Moody declared Black Caviar "in great shape" to continue her winning streak.

"I feel she has come through her William Reid Stakes win better than she did the Newmarket Handicap," Moody said.

"I did very little work with her going into the William Reid and she pulled up well after that race.

"Actually, I've had to up her workload in the last fortnight to get her ready for this race."

Moody plans to extend Black Caviar's autumn campaign after the T.J. Smith to include two more races in Brisbane, the BTC Cup and Doomben 10,000 before spelling the champion mare.

Black Caviar will then have up to three starts in Melbourne during the spring carnival later this year before she is aimed at the Hong Kong International Sprint in Sha Tin in December.

"We are enjoying the ride at the moment and it's great for Australian racing to have her here but there is a lot of pressure to take her overseas," Moody admitted.

"If everything continues to go well in the spring I will probably recommend to the owners to go to Hong Kong in December.

"The Hong Kong International Sprint is the first option, the race is what I consider the spring sprint world championship."

Moody also revealed he was interested in aiming Black Caviar at races in Dubai and Royal Ascot next year.

A sensational race!

Hay List back to his brilliant best!! But not good enough to hold off the mighty Black Caviar. A huge gap back to third. I will put up the video soon as i can

Black Caviar just gave Hay List about 5 lengths start on the straight and ran him down to win by about 3 lengths pulling away.

Here is just an average video of it, its just a recording of the tv but its the best i can find for the time being. Ill put up a good quality one when i can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvlojjOwcW4

Guys I've been a fan since you've been posting, but I saw the race a little differently.  I saw a mare who struggled to get by and didn't show that explosive kick we are accustomed to.

Geez not sure what race you were watching HolyBull. They took a sit on her today and had to ease when Crystal Lily pushed out and put her 3 wide. Hay List is an absolute freak and was at his best today sprinting along in front and kicking away in the straight. But Black Caviar got to the centre and just mowed him down with brilliant pace to race away to win by 3 lengths. She beat the rest of the field by 8 lengths. All this without the jockey even having to use the whip. She was ridden a bit differently today but was still very dominant. I loved the comments of Hay List's jockey Glyn Schofield after the race, something like "I could hear her coming! Then she hit over drive and i could see her going"

Here is a better quality video of the TJ Smith Stakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExayNUnQsWc&feature=related

Here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q062yCslNwQ

I just watched it again after seeing it live and it was easier than i remembered, jockey hardly extends him at all. This is a better horse than Workforce and has the ability to sit closer in the run, i will be putting my money on the line big time when they line up :)