Smile for the photo ... Black Caviar brings up win 24 in the William Reid Stakes. Source: Joe Castro / AAP
Mighty mare Black Caviar has done it again, winning for the 24th consecutive occasion in front of 25,000-plus adoring fans at Moonee Valley.
The Peter Moody-trained champion toyed with her inferior opposition as she raced away to win the Group 1 $400,000 William Reid Stakes at the prohibitive odds of $1.04 by a margin of four lengths. Karuta Queen finished second.
The win sees her join the legendary Kingston Town on an Australian record of 14 Group 1 victories.
The farewell whistle-stop tour up the eastern states now heads to Sydney for the T.J. Smith - and maybe the All Aged Stakes - and then possibly Brisbane for another QTC Cup.
Or as some suggest, another trip to Royal Ascot in June could be on the cards as a more fitting farewell.
Such was her pulling power last night that some excited racegoers arrived at Moonee Valley at 4pm hoping to snare a prominent rails position after the gates opened.
Moonee Valley Racing Club spokesman Leigh Newton said it was a big night of entertainment with quality fields – and the club's last night meeting.
"But the real reason why everyone is here is Black Caviar. She has a lot of drawing power," he said.
Carissa Willis, from Woodend, was seeing the superstar mare run for the first time.
"It's really exciting to be here and be able to see her race, especially considering it's the last time we'll probably get to see her here in Melbourne," she said.
Dressed as a horse and with a cape adorned in Black Caviar's signature salmon with black spots silks, Andrew Sellers soaked up the atmosphere.
The avid punter, 34, from Hawthorn, has watched live 21 out of 24 of the mighty mare's races.
"I've followed her all the way through. I wasn't going to miss this one," he said.
"She is an amazing horse. I still remember her fourth start ... she scrambled out the barriers on her belly and she still got up and won."
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