Black Caviar shows she still has it as she storms to an easy win in her first race in eight months.
Black Caviar smashes track record as she notches third consecutive Lightning Stakes to record 23rd win.
Jockey Luke Nolen sends Black Caviar to the line to win the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes in record time at Flemington. Source: Getty Images
BLACK Caviar is back with a boom. Bigger, better - and faster - than ever.
In a comeback after a seven-month break, the champion mare blitzed her rivals in the race named in her honour, the Black Caviar Lightning, and broke the track record that has stood for 25 years.
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It is the first time the world's highest-rated sprinter has broken a track record - an indication of her power and potency now.
GALLERY: CHAMPION TO THE PEOPLE
On a day dominated by expectation, emotion and eventual exhilaration, Black Caviar:
SET a track record of 55.42sec, beating Special's best time of 55.5sec set in 1988;
BECAME the first galloper to win the Lightning for three consecutive years;
TOOK her record to 23 consecutive wins;
PASSED $7 million in prizemoney;
REGISTERED her 13th Group 1 win, equalling Sunline and Tie The Knot, to be only one shy of Kingston Town;
SPEARHEADED trainer Peter Moody's Lightning trifecta.
Black Caviar stretches out to win from Moment Of Change and Golden Archer. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
The mare wasn't flash out of the barriers, but immediately took control.
After an initial 200m in 13.62sec, she ran 10.37sec for the next 200m to have her rivals under pressure, and then scooted clear with her next 200m in 10.21sec.
Jockey Luke Nolen, still haunted by almost losing at Royal Ascot in Britain at her last run in June, resisted the temptation to ease her down, as is her normal practice.
This time he "gave her a squeeze" and she ran the next 200m in 10.17sec before finishing off the final 200m in 11.05sec.
It was breath-taking, even for Moody, Victoria's leading and hardened trainer.
Strapper Donna Fisher gives her pal Nellie a pat after her historic third straight Lightning Stakes win. Picture: Alex Coppel Source: Herald Sun
"I said to my girls that this is the first time I have been so nervous. I'm a bit emotional," he said with trembling hands.
"You always worry. You are on a hiding to nothing.
"To come back, do that, break the record, makes you lost for words.
"It could be her best career performance, given the time she ran."
There's only one horse the crowd wants to photograph as Black Caviar parades before the Lightning Stakes. Picture: Jason Edwards Source: Herald Sun
Nolen was beaming after the race, putting to rest his "brain fade" in the final stages of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Ascot.
"I got too much of a kick in the a--- in Ascot for dropping my hands, so I gave her a squeeze to make sure she went to the line," he said.
"At Flemington, it's so big and with the wind and the grandstand, you don't get a real appreciation of how fast you are going."
The champ, who started the $1.10 favourite, and was supported by almost every one of the 27,047 fans, defeated Moment Of Change ($21) by two-and-a-half lengths, with a further three-and-a-quarter lengths to Moody's other runner, Golden Archer ($41).
Part-owner Jill Taylor after Black Caviar salutes in the Lightning Stakes. Picture: Jason Edwards Source: Herald Sun
Black Caviar is likely to head to the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on March 15.
Her effort - and she still has improvement in her - had others gob-smacked.
Robert Smerdon, who sees her daily at Caulfield and who marvels at her physique and unblemished record, said simply: "She is something else."
David Hayes was smiling broadly when he said of Black Caviar breaking Special's record, set under the guidance of his father Colin: "Bugger. What was Luke doing pushing her out like that to break the record?"
Punters continued to support the champ and took bundles off the bookies again.
Luke Nolen urges another effort from Black Caviar as she leaves her rivals behind on the way to smashing the course record for the 1000m dash. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
Corporate bookie sportsbet.com.au reported one bet of $500,000 at $1.10 and another $300,000 at $1.06. Others were also hit savagely by those who have never failed to collect on her appearances.
While all the attention was on Black Caviar, the effort of Moment Of Change was exceptional. He was having his first look at Flemington in preparation for the Newmarket Handicap (1200m) on March 9.
He chased determinedly and bookies immediately slashed his price from $8.50 into $4.20. Black Caviar is the $2.50 favourite for the handicap, but is unlikely to start.
Jockey Luke Nolen and Black Caviar return to scale to the delight of 27,000 roaring fans. Source: Getty Images
BLACK CAVIAR'S LIGHTNING SECTIONALS
(How the champ broke a 25-year track record)
2013
Track: Dead 4. Time: 55.42sec
(Previous record for 1000m at Flemington: SPECIAL, 55.5sec, 1988)
Start to 800m: 13.62sec
800 to 600m: 10.37
600 to 400: 10.21
400-200: 10.17
200-winning post: 11.05
2012
Track: Good 3. Time: 55.53sec
Start to 800m - 13.54sec
800m - 600m - 10.21
600m - 400m - 9.98
400m - 200m - 10.40
200m - finish - 11.40
2011
Track: Dead 4. Time: 57.20sec
Start to 800m - 13.76sec
800m - 600m - 10.49
600m - 400m - 10.34
400m - 200m - 10.59
200m - finish - 12.02
Catch us if you can: Black Caviar and Luke Nolen (second from right) set a frantic pace for their rivals as the pair close on the 700m mark. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
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