No exceptions
Different tracks, different rivals, the same result. Her unbeaten record covers her entire racing career, not just a winning streak.
Black Caviar Unbeaten
Twenty-five starts. Twenty-five victories.
Every time Black Caviar walked into a starting gate, the unbeaten record was on the line. Twenty-five times, she brought it home intact.
Peter Moody’s Australian mare made her debut at Flemington in 2009. With her powerful stride and the familiar salmon-and-black colours, she became a star far beyond the racing crowd. Luke Nolen was the jockey most closely associated with her extraordinary run.
In 2012, the story travelled to Royal Ascot. A tense finish in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes preserved her perfect record on the other side of the world. Back in Australia, three more victories followed. Her final appearance, in the 2013 T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick, ended exactly as all the others had: with Black Caviar in front.
The day Australia held its breath- Career starts
- 25
- Career victories
- 25
- Group 1 victories
- 15
- Winning record
- 100%
Beyond the record
Perfection, in three snapshots.
Lightning by name
In 2013 she won the Lightning in 55.42 seconds, breaking the Flemington 1000-metre course record. The race already carried her name.
Her own race
She won the Lightning in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Today, the Black Caviar Lightning keeps her name at the heart of Flemington’s sprinting calendar.
The international chapter
Royal Ascot. 23 June 2012.
A long journey. A close finish. Victory number twenty-two.
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The unbeaten run goes global
Black Caviar won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. It was the overseas chapter in a career otherwise raced in Australia.
The Victoria Racing Club’s retrospective follows every one of her victories, including the Royal Ascot challenge. Explore the race history, then discover the course in the G1Stars archive.
Explore all 25 victories at the VRC →The races that tell the story
From first promise to a perfect farewell.
Flemington · Australia
The first of twenty-five
Her debut victory began a sequence that would last for the rest of her racing career.
Explore Flemington →Royal Ascot · Great Britain
The world is watching
The Diamond Jubilee took her story to Britain. She left with her unbeaten record intact.
Discover the Ascot chapter →Randwick · Australia
A perfect farewell
The T.J. Smith Stakes was her twenty-fifth win and her final start. There would be no defeat on the record.
Explore Randwick →Her place in history
Fifteen Group 1 wins.
An entirely unbeaten career.
Black Caviar’s story belongs alongside the greatest without needing to be the same as theirs. Her defining achievement is the complete record: every start, every opponent, every finish — twenty-five victories.
Compare the Group 1 greats →Watch the story
Races, voices & memories.
race replay
Royal Ascot · 2012
The Diamond Jubilee Stakes and victory number twenty-two.
Watch on YouTube →documentary
To Set Before a Queen
The story behind Black Caviar’s journey to Royal Ascot.
Watch on ABC →Hero portraits are AI-created editorial images.