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Yep, it she's fit and well why not. And after what happened to Typhoon Tracey she might be safer on the track.
Trainer Peter Moody wants 'Makybe Diva treatment' to start Black Caviar in Newmarket Handicap..
by: Matt Stewart From: Herald Sun January 21, 2013 12:01am
TRAINER Peter Moody says there is a chance Black Caviar might start in the Newmarket Handicap - but she would have to be "invited".
Moody said the "Makybe Diva treatment" - meaning an enticing weight - could put the Newmarket on the legendary mare's comeback agenda.
Black Caviar won the Newmarket with 58kg in 2011 and was weighted at 61.5kg last year but did not run.
Hay List, who has emerged as a shock Newmarket entry, won the famous sprint last year with 58.5kg.
Moody was only half joking when he said a Newmarket start for Black Caviar would depend on how desperate Racing Victoria, and its handicappers, were to have the great mare run at Flemington on March 9.
"They looked after Makybe Diva to get bums on seats, why not the same for my little girl?" Moody said.
Makybe Diva was regarded by some as thrown in with 58kg when she won her famous third straight Melbourne Cup in 2005.
"Black Caviar will be entered for the Newmarket. We'll then have to wait and see," Moody said.
"A lot will depend not on what weight she is given but the weight given to those around her."
Newmarket entries are taken tomorrow.
Chief handicapper Greg Carpenter said Racing Victoria had begun to ponder a Newmarket that could feature Black Caviar and her great rival Hay List.
Source: Herald Sun
He speculated Black Caviar would receive no more than the 60.5kg she would have carried last year.
"After the weights came out last year she won the two gimme races in Adelaide and then won narrowly at Royal Ascot," Carpenter said.
"You certainly wouldn't think she's earned herself more weight."
Hay List, who has made dramatic improvement after yet another injury setback, could resume in the Newmarket, according to trainer John McNair.
Hay List is likely to receive about 60kg.
Black Caviar is likely to have a solid gallop at Caulfield tomorrow morning and resume racing in the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington on February 16.
