Options aplenty for first serve 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 - 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, they all matter. Potential suitor: Snitzel. Photo: Tertius Pickard Her first son or daughter 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 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 the aim, hopefully taking advantage of the size and talent from Black Caviar with a proven sire. 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 not a risk worth taking. The need for a proven stallion was one of the reason 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 Snitzel, which had his first $1 million yearling at Easter, and Exceed And Excel more likely candidates. Snitzel is known for producing running types. Exceed And Excel is the sire of the moment of two-year-olds after Overreach and Guelph won the Golden Slipper and Sires Produce in the past month. Black Caviar's managing owner Neil Werrett has an interest in Vinery Stud, so its flagship stallion More Than Ready, who has already produced a couple of Golden Slipper winners, is a likely contender. "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 bred so matching the right type is just as important as to going to high-profile stallions. 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 her first couple of foals out of a champion like her would be highly sought after, if they went on the market. A colt that was good type would be in the millions but I think the owners are going to keep it, so it's all speculation. Black Caviar will make one more racecourse appearance as she is paraded at Caulfield on Saturday. The Melbourne Race Club will throw the gates open to allow the public which has taken Black Caviar to their hearts to honour the winner of 25 of all her starts. "Everyone is invited and they can have one final look at her on a racecourse," trainer Peter Moody said.