Black Caviar still looking for her perfect match The racing career of Black Caviar might be over but the race of suitors has only just begun. The unbeaten mare will make her first visit to a stallion this year and the obvious choices are Fastnet Rock and Redoute's Choice - but breeding isn't easy. It is a science that is precise, if you ask the experts. Crosses, size and type all matter. Illustration: Ron Tandberg. The first son or daughter of Black Caviar will attract a lot of attention and need to hit the ground running. So it is more likely that a smaller, more athletic stallion will be the one to get the nod in the first season with a shortlist likely to include Snitzel and Exceed And Excel. A running two-year-old would be aim that would hopefully take advantage of the size and talent from Black Caviar with a sire that is proven. The big, imposing Black Caviar might not work with a Fastnet Rock or Redoute's Choice because of their size. Two big horses are likely to produce another big horse. That is a risk not worth taking with great mare. "Fastnet Rock is walking his box in Ireland at the thought of the possibilities," Coolmore's Tom Magnier tweeted on Wednesday. The fact a proven stallion is preferred for Black Caviar was one of the reasons a dream mating with Frankel was shunned. Another Royal Ascot winner and dual Cox Plate hero, So You Think, can also be counted out because he has only just started his career. It makes stallions such as Snitzel, who had his first $1 million yearling at the Easter sales, and Exceed And Excel more likely candidates than Fastnet Rock and Redoute's Choice. Snitzel is known for producing running types. Exceed And Excel is the sire of the moment of two-year-olds after his daughters Overreach and Guelph won the Golden Slipper and Sires Produce Stakes in the past couple of weeks. Black Caviar's managing owner, Neil Werrett, has an interest in Vinery Stud, whose flagship stallion More Than Ready has already produced a couple of Golden Slipper winners. "It will be interesting to see where she goes," Inglis bloodstock director Jonathan D'Arcy said. It is a combination of sire and dam when you breed so matching the right type is just as important as to going to high profile stallions. There are plenty of people out there who will have ideas where she could and should go. I would think that every stud in the country would like to have her see one of their stallions. The value of her progeny is hard to work out until you see the foals, but it would be fair to say that her first couple of foals out of a champion like her would be highly sought after. A colt that was a good type would be in the millions, but I think the owners are going to keep it, so it is all speculation. Black Caviar will make one more racecourse appearance at Caulfield on Saturday. The Melbourne Racing Club will throw the gates open to allow the public to see Black Caviar parade for the final time. "Everyone is invited and they can have one final look at her on a racecourse," trainer Peter Moody said.