Black Caviar 23 from 23??

Valley gears up for Caviar's state farewell

"If Black Caviar does not accept, all tickets will be refundable" ... Moonee Valley Racing Club chief executive, Michael Browell. Photo: Getty Images
PATRICK BARTLEY

BLACK CAVIAR's farewell start in the state is expected to attract 25,000 people to Moonee Valley, and Racing Victoria is negotiating with the AFL and Channel Seven to have the race telecast live at half-time during the opening match of the season, between Adelaide and Essendon.

The Moonee Valley Racing Club has launched an ambitious marketing program to honour Australia's greatest sprinter, drastically altering its Friday, March 22 meeting to accommodate the capacity crowd expected to watch Black Caviar compete in the $400,000 William Reid Stakes and notch her 24th straight victory.

The club's chief executive, Michael Browell, said grandstand and dining packages would go on sale on Monday and 12,000 general admission tickets would be available from Ticketek on March 1. ''We feel that the packages and members' guests should account for 13,000 of the crowd, that's why we've capped the general admission to 12,000,'' Browell said.

''We are hoping to get a crowd of over 25,000 but we've placed a stipulation that if Black Caviar does not accept, all tickets will be refundable.

''We have brought the acceptance day back to the Monday prior to the Friday night meeting and we're in the process of making Black Caviar's appearance at Moonee Valley a special night.''

The club will also bring the starting time of the first race back from 6.45pm to 5.45pm. Race seven, the second-last, will be at 8.45pm and the William Reid an hour later at 9.45pm. ''The hour break will ensure that we give Black Caviar and all her followers a great night of entertainment,'' Browell said.

Negotiations to have a one-hour package on Seven Two are under way, however, the industry is hoping that Black Caviar's race could be shown at half-time during the Crows-Bombers clash.

When Black Caviar romped away with the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley in January last year, the Seven Network interrupted its coverage of the Australian Open men's singles semi-final to broadcast the race.

Trainer Peter Moody announced early last week that a Newmarket Handicap start had been ruled out, which gave Moonee Valley a month to promote the final Victorian start of the world's fastest mare.

After the William Reid, Black Caviar is expected to journey to Sydney for the TJ Smith and/or All Aged stakes at Randwick, and then on to Brisbane, following a similar pattern to 2011.

cheers

Capturing the hearts across the world, she's a wonder horse .

Hope we get to watch I am sure it will be as good as a show I watched many years ago " Goodbye Cream"

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Mind and Tune in on Friday,not sure of the time

Thanks Bob will do

"The 2013 William Reid Stakes is a Group One weight-for-age for all horses held over a distance of 1200 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse with total prizemoney of $406,000. The William Reid Stakes was last run on Friday, 23 March 2012 and won by Foxwedge.

The William Reid Stakes is regarded as one of the top 1200m wfa races in Australian and is one of two Group 1 races run under lights at Moonee Valley. The William Reid Stakes is the final Group 1 race of the Melbourne autumn carnival.

The 2013 William Reid Stakes field will be made up of the best sprinters in Australia. The honour roll for the past 10 years boasts Black Caviar, Apache Cat (twice), Miss Andretti and Virage de Fortune."


The race this year is off (Melbourne) at 21:55, that is 12:55 SA time (10:55 for Hibs)

GOES FOR 24 STRAIT WINS FRIDAY 22/03 @ 12.55 SA TIME.X(

corals bet..


13-2 she wins by under 1 length, 1 - 2¾ lengths is a 5-2 shot, 3 - 4¾ lengths is 9-4, 5 - 6¾ lengths is 3-1 , 7 lengths or more is 11-2. It is 10-1 she doesn't win

I am looking forward to going to Moonee Valley tomorrow night, to see what will surely be her 24th successive win. She is quoted at 1-25 ($1.04) making her the 3rd shortest favourite in Australian racing history.
The crowd has been capped at 25,000, and all but 1500 tickets have been pre sold.
I saw her win this race last year which was her 15th in the sequence.
The Friday night meetings are not that popular on course, the bookies say that there are only about 4 of them that are any good, but they fit the Asian timetable well for future comingled betting.