Black Caviar..  Famously famous.  Smashing the track record in the G1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes.  It was great theatre. I know I'm not the only one who wondered if we'd ever see this GREAT racehorse appear on a racetrack again.  Overseas travel is fraught with danger.  For all the accolades heaped upon recently retired English star Frankel, it should be remembered that the furthest this horse ever travelled was about 200km from his base.   Black Caviar could never be accused of not running the gauntlet, or hiding from the opposition, or being a meat pie champion.  She's carried weight to win, she's travelled not only all over Australia, winning right and left handed, but she also travelled half way around the world, and won at Royal Ascot.  While injured. So to see her back at the track was a special thing.  I've of course been lucky, and have spent a number of moments getting close to the Famous Pony, in the proce...

There's no nicer way to spend a morning than watching Black Caviar in the water at the beach.  This January I was again lucky enough to capture the Famous Pony through my lens.  This time was a real bonus, because her regular strapper Donna Fisher was in the water with her for the first time when I've been around.  So that was a lot of fun..  The trip home was horrendous, because I got hopelessly lost and disorientated, and that was horrible.  But I was saved by a kind word and a cup of tea from an old photographer mate.  Pictures were pretty though..  As was the Famous Pony.

Mark Knight's brilliant cartoon on the size of the Famous Pony's equally famous bottom.  We've been at pains to point out that she's not fat, although granted, she's certainly carrying more condition than we've seen her with before.  It seems that the subject of female bottoms can indeed be a hot one. The Famous Pony Black Caviar has been in the headlines since her comeback was announced. She also had an exhibition gallop at Caulfield yesterday.  The overwhelming opinion is that she looked fabulous, worked keenly, and looks ready to rumble.  And that yes, she's still carrying that little bit of extra condition. The Famous Pony Black Caviar leaving the beach, on Thursday 24 January 2013, with regular strapper Donna Fisher. The world of Twitter, into which I've only just been brave enough to venture (under the name @FamousPony46 for those who are interested), was flooded with 'tweets' (sorry, still think it is a silly term! bu...