Australia’s favourite racing mare, Black Caviar, retired in 2013 just four days after winning her 25th straight race. Here are some interesting facts and numbers about Black Caviar:
She was born on August 18, 2006, and was bottle fed as a foal.
1. At what age is Black Caviar being retired?
She stands 165 centimetres.
2. How tall is she in hands (10cm = 1 hand)?
She weighs around 590kg. The average weight of a Thoroughbred is 500 kg.
3. How many more kg does Black Caviar weigh than an average Thoroughbred?
Black Caviar was sold at the 2008 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale for $210,000 to the bid of trainer Peter Moody.
4. The average price for a yearling at the 2013 sale was $78,627. How much more did Black Caviar cost than this year’s average price?
Owners Gary and Kerryn Wilkie’s daughter came up with the jockey’s colours – salmon pink with black dots to represent the caviar.
Black Caviar winning the 2010 Schillaci Stakes.
Her 25 wins were achieved on seven different tracks.
5. Three jockeys won on Black Caviar – Luke Nolen (22 wins); Jarrod Noske (two); and Ben Melham. How many times did Ben Melham ride her?
Her aggregate winning margin for her 25 wins was a combined total of 79.7 lengths.
6. What was her average winning margin? Round off you answer to the nearest tenths.
Her unbeaten streak is the longest in world racing for more than a century. Only the great Hungarian mare of the 1870s, Kincsem (unbeaten in 54 races), has had a longer winning streak.
7. How much longer was Kincsem’s unbeaten streak than Black Caviar’s?
The eye of a champion
Her fastest 200m split was 9.98sec, equating her to a top speed of 72.14km/h.
Her beaten rivals totaled 193.
Her winning streak stretched for 1456 days.
She raced for a total of 1671.96 seconds.
8. Express Black Caviar’s total race time in minutes.
She earned $318,253.43 per race, or $4758.69 per second.
9. How do we know how much she earned per second?
Here are some other things we know about Black Caviar: her stable name is Nelly, she has an egg in her feed every day and she loves the beach and swimming.
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1. At what age is Black Caviar being retired?
Answer: April 18, 2013 – August 18, 2006 = 6 years, 8 months
2. How tall is she in hands (10cm = 1 hand)?
Answer: 165cm ÷ 10 = 16.5. She stands 16.2 hands tall.
3. How many more kg does Black Caviar weigh than an average Thoroughbred?
Answer: 590 – 500 = 90. She weighs 90kg more than the average Thoroughbred.
4. The average price for a yearling at the 2013 sale was $78,627. How much more did Black Caviar cost than this year’s average price?
Answer: 210,000 – 78,627 = 131,373. Black Caviar cost $131,373 more than this years average price for a yearling.
5. Three jockeys won on Black Caviar – Luke Nolen (22 wins); Jarrod Noske (two); and Ben Melham. How many times did Ben Melham ride her?
Answer: Step 1: 22 + 2 = 24; Step 2: 25 – 24 = 1. Ben Melham rode her in one race.
6. What was her average winning margin? Round off you answer to the nearest tenths.
Answer: 79.7 ÷ 25 = 3.188. Her average winning margin was 3.2 lengths.
7. How much longer was Kincsem’s unbeaten streak than Black Caviar’s?
Answer: 54 – 25 = 29. Kincsem’s unbeaten streak was 29 races longer.
8. Express Black Caviar’s total race time in minutes.
Answer: 1671.96 ÷ 60 = 27.866. Her total race time was 27.87 minutes.
9. How do we know how much she earned per second?
Answer: Step 1: Calculate her total winnings by multiplying how much she earned per race by the number of times she raced. ($318,253.43 x 25)
Step 2: Divide her total winnings by the number of seconds raced (7,956,335.70 ÷ 1671.96)
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