Exciting three-year-old Black Caviar gave her legion of supporters a scare when she nearly fell at the start before charging away to keep her unbeaten record run intact at Flemington.Trainer Peter Moody feared the filly had injured herself when the gates opened in Saturday's Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) but jockey Luke Nolen was able to gather her up and in the lead within 200 metres.The dominant favourite at $1.45, Black Caviar steadied in front and withstood a late challenge from stablema

Exciting three-year-old Black Caviar gave her legion of supporters a scare when she nearly fell at the start before charging away to keep her unbeaten record run intact at Flemington.

Trainer Peter Moody feared the filly had injured herself when the gates opened in Saturday's Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) but jockey Luke Nolen was able to gather her up and in the lead within 200 metres.

The dominant favourite at $1.45, Black Caviar steadied in front and withstood a late challenge from stablemate Wanted ($31) to score by three-quarters of a length with Rarefied ($10) a half-length away third.

"She needed to show a lot of courage late and that is what she did," Nolen said.

"She is a thorough professional."

Nolen said her action appeared faultless in the race and when returning to scale.

"They can pull muscles in the back (when they slip) but you normally feel that in the run and she felt fine to me," Nolen said.

Black Caviar has had starting issues in the past but Nolen said that she was never going to be slow from the gates on Saturday.

"She was going to begin good today but was a little too good at it," he said.

For Moody it seemed as though Black Caviar would never get up but the reality was that she was remarkably quick to recover from her stumble.

"Hopefully we have still got a horse," Moody said.

He said that having barrier issues at this stage of her career was a concern.

"The harder the races get the less you can afford to do that," Moody said.

"We had our hearts in our mouths today."

Moody said Black Caviar appeared more agitated at Flemington than last start at Moonee Valley where she resumed with 3-3/4 length win in the Listed Crockett Stakes (1200m).

"That might have gone some way towards the way she started today," Moody said.

Black Caviar is unbeaten in four starts and has won three stakes races including the Listed Blue Sapphire at Caulfield in May.

Her next start may be over 1400 metres at Caulfield in two weeks in either the Group Three Tranquil Star Stakes or the Group One Rupert Clarke Stakes against older horses.

The Group One weight-for-age Manikato Stakes (1200m) under lights at Moonee Valley on September 25 was also being considered.

"They are three very good options to have with her and we will just see how she does and let her guide us," Moody said.

Moody was chuffed with the performance from Wanted who made his debut for the stable after finishing 10th to Phelan Ready in the Golden Slipper Stakes on April 4.

Moody said Black Caviar's effort to beat the Caulfield Guineas prospect underlined her class.

"Wanted is a helluva good colt and he has been going as well as anything in the yard at home lately," Moody said.

"For her do that at the start and beat him was an extremely good effort because he is going to be hard to beat in whatever he runs in."

Wanted will have his next run in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) on September 19.

"I am really looking forward to that," Moody said.