Savabeel News
Colt posts poignant win at Matamata
Emotions ran high in the Matamata birdcage after Byzantine won Wednesday’s two-year-old event in the hands of Opie Bosson. Jockeys wore black armbands in respect of the recent passing of Gloria Autridge, whose son Stephen …
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Heys’ patience rewarded with well-bred 3YO
Good things come to those who wait as Bryce Heys found to his delight yesterday with the regally-bred Waikato Stud graduate Subban. The Warwick Farm trainer’s waiting tactics paid off handsomely at Goulburn where the …
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Doncaster birth on the line
A higher prize beckons the New Zealand Group One winner Sound Proposition if he is successful on Saturday. The son of Savabeel will be exempt from the A$3 million Group 1 Doncaster Handicap (1600m) ballot …
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Savvy Coup on target for Group One double
Outstanding Waikato Stud graduate Savvy Coup has the right credentials to continue New Zealand’s run of success in next month’s A$1 million Australian Oaks (2400m). The daughter of Savabeel bagged the first leg of a …
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Savabeel’s son top of the 2YO tree
Sword Of Osman has taken pole position in the race for this season’s champion two-year-old honours. The slick son of Savabeel went to the top of the juvenile rankings when he produced another powerful front-running …
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Stud graduate posts top Oaks trial
The Waikato Stud-bred and sold Savvy Coup continued the southern sparkle at Hastings on Thursday when she trumped a smart field of fillies in an impressive dress rehearsal for an upcoming classic challenge. The Michael …
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Savabeel sires his 73rd individual Stakes winner
Opie Bosson’s judgment was again emphasised at Matamata where Savabeel’s son Sword Of Osman distanced his rivals. Te Akau’s stable jockey tipped him as a rare talent before the two-year-old had raced and his prediction …
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Kawi at peak for Group One sprint
Allan Sharrock believes seven-time Group One winner Kawi is in the best form of his career leading into Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. The New Plymouth trainer admits he is brimming …
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Black Type win top priority
Stephen Marsh has only one thing on his mind with Rosa Carolina. “We had her as a two and three-year-old before she went to Australia where she got some black type – we now have …
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Oaks hope opens account
Lightly-raced Savabeel filly Lincoln Melody has made an immediate impression over ground to boost her classic prospects. The daughter of Savabeel stepped up beyond a mile for the first time in the Hits Maiden 2050m …
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Shillelagh to run in C F Orr Stakes
While excitement builds for the return of champion Winx, her stablemate Shillelagh (NZ) (Savabeel) will bid for a second Group One victory in Melbourne in the C F Orr Stakes. Shillelagh won the Group One …
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Savabeel filly a Karaka cracker
A family that has served Waikato Stud so well was again to the fore at Karaka this afternoon when the daughter of Savabeel and Posy set the ring alight. The good-looking filly certainly filled the …
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