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Black Caviar crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year

18th Sep 2011

Undefeated superstar Black Caviar has capped off a stellar 2010/11 season for Inglis graduates, taking out Australia’s premier equine honour, the Australian Racehorse of the Year award.

BLACK CAVIAR ($210,000 2008 Premier, 5m Bel Esprit-Helsinge) won all eight of her starts last season, including six at Group 1 level. The mare’s victories were accomplished across five tracks and three states, a feat that judges found hard to go past at tonight’s 2011 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards.

The Peter Moody trained galloper’s crown comes only weeks after fellow Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale graduate Igugu was crowned South African Horse Of The Year for the recently completed season.

Earlier in the evening Black Caviar was voted Australia’s Most Popular Racehorse, along with being presented the Inglis Bloodstock Champion Sprinter Award by Inglis Melbourne Director Peter Heagney.

“I had the honour of selling Black Caviar at our Melbourne Premier Yearling sale three years ago and it is a big thrill to present the Champion Sprinter award to this amazing mare,” said Heagney.

Black Caviar joined Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock, Takeover Target and Starspangledbanner as Inglis graduates to be crowned Australian Champion Sprinter in the last eight years.

Inglis has built up an enviable record as the number one source of world class sprinters, with Hong Kong Champions Sacred Kingdom and Silent Witness other Inglis graduates to sit atop of the world’s sprint rankings in recent years.

“With growing support from vendors our aim is to present horses for sale to compete at the highest level, with Black Caviar a wonderful flag bearer for the Victorian breeding industry,” Heagney added.

“Inglis is very pleased to have been the sales source for so many Group 1 winners last season, and we look forward to the continued success of our graduates for their connections throughout the next 12 months”.