Coincidentally, that is the same streak that trotter Sushi Sushi is targeting in the Ballarat Cup tomorrow night.

Black Caviar is, of course, the world champion sprinter, a crown imprinted on her figurative forehead for the past two seasons, the world's best racemare and the highest-ever ranking Australian horse.

She has her own website, her own cheer squad and keeps the turnstiles clicking like no other horse in the modern era, and with women and men decked out in her salmon and black spots colours. It is no coincidence the Caulfield Guineas meeting, which featured Black Caviar, outdrew the Caulfield Cup, which was minus Caviar.

This equine locomotive is a fast-moving headline that transcends the sport much in the way Makybe Diva, Kingston Town, Tulloch, and, of course, Phar Lap did.

While Black Caviar is known worldwide, Sushi Sushi is relatively unknown outside the cottage industry of the standardbred.

That is not to downplay the achievements of Sushi Sushi - a champion in his own right - but simply a reflection of where harness racing sits in today's super-competitive sporting landscape.

Numbered among Black Caviar's unbeaten 16 straight wins is seven Group 1s and a bankroll of $4.3 million, a figure that's likely to grow to more ... [Read More]