( CNN ) -- Undefeated wonder horse Black Caviar maintained her perfect record with a convincing win on Saturday in a race named after her -- the Black Caviar Lightening Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne . The six-year-old superstar , who has now won all 23 of her races , had been on the brink of retirement after sustaining muscle damage during a narrow victory in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last June . Read : Last hurrah for Black Caviar ? But she has been gradually regaining full fitness under trainer Peter Moody , who used a combination of hydrotherapy and laser treatment to get his charge back in racing trim . `` We were on a hiding to nothing by bringing her back , '' Moody said . `` The job was done and we thought it was over , but to come back and do that and run a record , I 'm lost for words , '' he added .
Wonder horse Black Caviar returns to action after injury layoff . The horse, who was injured in a training accident last year, has been recovering at the Equine Center of America in Lexington, Kentucky.