Melbourne Racing Club are expecting around 30,000 visitors to Caulfield Racecourse today to watch unbeaten mare Black Caviar run over 1400m meters for the first time. Read what you should know if your heading to the track or watching on TV.
Race Time: The scheduled race time is 3:50 PM EST
Race Number: She will be contesting Race 6 the C.F. Orr Stakes over 1400m.
Where to Watch: The best viewing point is from the course itself, trains depart Flinders station straight to the Caulfield racecourse throughout the day. Make sure you get there early to secure a good spot.
Channel 9 will be televising the meeting so no one has an excuse not to tune in to watch her at 3:50PM, be sure to switch your TV’s on or switch to the channel five minutes prior to the race.
Sky Racing 1 and TVN will both be showing the race so get to your local TAB, turn on your TV or you can view online at racingnetwork.com.au
Entry Fee: Melbourne Racing Club have decided to make today’s Caulfield meeting Free To Enter so bring your family to what will be a once in a lifetime event.
Breeding: Foaled 18 August 2006. The John Symons-trained Bel Esprit was the top two-year-old of his generation and after winning the 2002 Blue Diamond Stakes the son of Royal Academy registered four Group 1 seconds – Manikato Stakes, Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, Caulfield Guineas and Newmarket Handicap – before again tasting success at the highest level in the 2003 Doomben 10,000. Helsinge was an unraced daughter of Desert Sun, Sunline’s sire, out of the former speedy filly Scandinavia.
Sale/Purchase: Put through the 2008 Melbourne Inglis Premier Yearling Sale by Victorian breeder Rick Jamieson, where she fetched $210,000.
Trainer: Peter Moody
Career: 17-17-0-0 : $4,501,050
