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Residential home again in guineas
Quality Pins filly Residential continued her black type roll at Ascot Park on Saturday. She was a gallant winner of the Listed Dunedin Guineas earlier this month and today she added the Listed Southland Guineas …
Read MoreWS family serving trainer well
Singapore trainer Shane Baertschiger’s success with a WS family continued at Kranji on Friday night. He produced the consistent O’What A Feeling to win for the second time in his relatively brief career. Baertschiger bought …
Read MoreTalented splurge continues winning form
Progressive galloper Splurge is in line for a crack at stakes company after striking again at Ellerslie on Saturday. The gifted son of Savabeel posted his fifth win, and the third of his current campaign, …
Read MoreSavabeel filly stakes claim for matamata
Gold Fever showed she was ready for an upcoming Group Two test with a sterling victory at Te Rapa this afternoon. The daughter of Savabeel won for the second time in her brief career and …
Read MoreSavabeel filly sizzles on debut
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman refused to take all the credit for Love Affair’s stunning debut victory at Te Aroha. The WS-bred and owned filly had been unbeaten in both of her lead-up trials and she …
Read MoreFerguson a committed Savabeel follower
International thoroughbred identity John Ferguson was quickly won over by Savabeel during his first visit to New Zealand. “Sir Peter Vela has been trying to get me here for 20 years or more and I’m …
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Ready-made name for colt
Matamata trainer Lance O’Sullivan is fairly certain he already has a name for his latest NZB National Yearling Sale purchase after fate conspired to add a theatrical conclusion to the bidding action. O’Sullivan and wife …
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Stud graduates gallant in karaka million
WS graduates produced sterling efforts to finish in the money of the Karaka Million at Ellerslie. Hasahalo roared home from the back to claim the runner-up berth while Felton Road ran on bravely for third …
Read MoreWallace successfully chases filly
Savabeel fan Michael Wallace struck early today to secure a quality filly by WS’s champion stallion. The China Horse Club’s New Zealand-based bloodstock and racing manager signed for the Cox Plate winner’s daughter out of …
Read MoreSavabeel mare adds cup to her trentham record
The Wellington stage brings out the best in Savabeel’s daughter Savaria and she gave another award-winning performance recently. She first came to prominence at Trentham in 2015 when she won the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks …
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Filly completes top run for stud
Residential crowned a big week for Waikato Stud when she trumped her stablemate in the Listed Dunedin Guineas at Wingatui. The daughter of Pins narrowly got the better of Starvoia in Saturday’s Living Corporation-sponsored three-year-old …
Read MoreGroup One pedigree to fore on opening day
Mark Chittick had the daughter of Savabeel and the multiple Group One winner Daffodil at the top of his pre-sale Karaka list and the filly didn’t disappoint the WS principal. She provided the Matamata nursery …
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