One down, 24 to go: Black Caviar’s daughter Persian Caviar wins on debut at Wangaratta
Stepping out of mum’s shadow will be no easy feat for Persian Caviar, but the early signs are promising after she cruised to a soft win on debut at Wangaratta on Monday.
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Stepping out of mum’s shadow will be no easy feat for Persian Caviar, but the early signs are promising after she cruised to a soft win on debut at Wangaratta on Monday.
The Written Tycoon filly is the seventh foal out of legendary sprinting mare Black Caviar, who won all 25 of her starts and almost $7 million in prizemoney.
Jumping as a $5.50 fancy with Ladbrokes, Persian Caviar was given the ideal run throughout under jockey Patrick Moloney, settling third on the fence after jumping away fairly.
The blue blood filly, prepared by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, peeled off the fence to challenge at the top of straight, dispatching stablemate Box Office inside the final 200m to run away for a commanding two-and-a-half length win in a 3YO Maiden Plate (1100m).
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Moloney was quick to pay tribute to fellow hoop Luke Nolen, who would have been on Persian Caviar’s back if not for a serious race fall at Geelong earlier this month.
The regular rider for Black Caviar during her amazing career, Nolen sustained fractured ribs and facial injuries – including a broken nose – when he came off another Moody-Coleman runner Draw Attention.
“It goes without saying that Lukey Nolen, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity if it wasn’t for him falling on ill times. I hope Lukey’s kicking back – I’m getting the fruits of his hard work – and having a beer,” Moloney said.
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“It was a nice win. There’s no pressure riding for Mr Moody and his team and Kat (Katherine Coleman), he (Moody) just said ‘I wouldn’t be taking her to the races if she’s not good enough to rock up at Wangaratta and win a maiden’.
“He just said ride her wherever she’s happy … she sat behind the stablemate and (was) an ultimate professional. She gave me the best ride around going to the gates and you can see butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth afterwards, so pretty straight forward from my point of view.”
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Moloney said the Moody-Coleman polish was evident in Persian Caviar’s excellent racing manners.
“She’s obviously extremely well-educated by their (Moody-Coleman) program, she did everything you could have asked for a first starter going to the races, gave me an absolute pleasure to ride,” he said.
“The only thing I will say is she didn’t know how to put them away. She got there that well, she stargazed, she shied at the winning post, so there’s plenty of upside there. She’s got a long way to catch up to mum but … I can see her getting through the grades and getting up in trip as well.”
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Persian Caviar is Black Caviar’s sixth foal to reach the racetrack, and Monday’s win saw her become the first of the champion mare’s offspring to win on debut.
The filly is the second youngest of Black Caviar’s living progeny, with an unnamed yearling colt by The Autumn Sun her youngest living foal.
Black Caviar tragically died in August from laminitis. Her best-performed offspring, Invincible Caviar (four wins), died in 2023 from a suspected heart attack.
Originally published as One down, 24 to go: Black Caviar’s daughter Persian Caviar wins on debut at Wangaratta
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