BLACK CAVIAR ODDS ON FOR ROYAL ASCOT
After Black Caviar effortlessly recorded her 17th straight victory at Moonee Valley on Friday night leading UK bookmaking firm William Hill offered the mare at 4/5 to win at Royal Ascot this year.
The price allows for the mare to win either the King’s Stand Stakes over five furlongs, the Golden Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs or even the Queen Anne Stakes if she attempts the mile at the Royal meeting.
Peter Moody’s star mare was priced at 6-4 to win at Royal Ascot before she resumed on Friday night.
Lucy Rhodes for William Hill said: “Black Caviar’s winning run is showing no signs of abating, and should the Aussie speedster pay a visit to our shores we hotly fancy her to make it a winning one.”
Moody and Black Caviar’s owners are expected to resolve the mare’s overseas program in the next week now that she has successfully started her 2012 campaign.
As Moody said on Friday night, there are a myriad of options to consider including the Sydney autumn carnival, Dubai, Singapore and ultimately Royal Ascot.
William Hill may regard Black Caviar as a special to win at Royal Ascot but they still cannot see her toppling unbeaten UK star Frankel as the world’s best racehorse.
William Hill has Frankel favourite to top the world rankings again in 2012 and also prices the Australian mare as favourite to be the first of the pair to lose their unbeaten records.
They offer 6/1 about both Black Caviar and Frankel remaining unbeaten in 2012.
- To top the World Thoroughbred Rankings in 2012: 6-4 Frankel, 8-1 Black Caviar
- Lose unbeaten status in 2012 first: 4-6 Black Caviar, 2-1 Frankel, 6-1 both to remain unbeaten in 2012
I’m sure some of the big Australian punters would love odds of 5/4 on. Have the UK bookies lost the plot. She will win Ascot be it 1200m or 1400m and they can expect some big payouts if they are offering those odds.