FLEMINGTON STRAIGHT
A s the Resimax Group Rapid Racing Race Day celebrates racing down the famous Flemington straight, we look at the stars who stopped the clock over 1000 metres, 1100 metres and the ‘straight six’: 1200 metres .
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Current record: BLACK CAVIAR 55.42 secs 2013 Lightning Stakes G1 Previous record: BLACK CAVIAR 55.53 secs 2012 Lightning Stakes G1 Also: SPECIAL 55.5 secs 1988 Lightning Stakes G1 SCHILLACI 55.9 secs 1992 Lightning Stakes G1 TESTA ROSSA 56.04 secs 2000 Lightning Stakes G1 It certainly isn’t surprising to see Black Caviar topping the list here as she thrilled the crowds at Flemington over the short courses. Special, a speedster of the last 1980s who kept the 1000-metre record until Black Caviar set her sizzling time in 2012, held the mark before the introduction of times narrowing down to one-hundredth of a second in the late 90s.
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