Peter Moody, who trained the mare to her unbeaten record of 25 wins admitted the death of Black Caviar had brought him to tears.
"I rang all the family and the staff, Paddy Bell and those close with her, and I sat in the car and cried for an hour as I was ringing them," Moody said.
"I have a bloke (from the stable, Giovanni Spiga) in hospital, and I haven't shed a tear, but a horse has died, and I'm crying.
"You don't think it affects you, but it does. It's impossible not to get attached to most animals, but one like her, you cannot but do so.
"You get reminded of her almost every day whenever you turn on the TV, there she was shooting past the post."
