Savabeel News
Australian Stakes Double for Savabeel
Waikato Stud sire Savabeel enjoyed a notable stakes double in Australia last week, with sons Savvy Nature and Classique Ivory successfully escalating the Gr.1 Zabeel sire’s stakes winner count to 26. Giving rise to Gr.1 …
Read MoreFancy Dress comes to the winning party
Fancy Dress made an impressive return to racing at Newcastle yesterday with an emphatic first-up win over 1200 metres. The Savabeel mare sat off the pace and finished powerfully under James McDonald to post the …
Read MoreSavvy win from Gr 1 hope
John O’Shea has a pair of Group One targets in mind for Savvy Nature following his win in the Gr 3 Spring Stakes (1600m) at Newcastle yesterday. The WS graduate was having just his fourth …
Read MoreAnother Savabeel makes a Guineas case
Savabeel produced another Caulfield Guineas hope at the weekend when Best Case posted a first-up victory at Gosford. The well-related three-year-old holds a nomination for the Group One feature, as does Éclair Big Bang, also …
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Unbeaten Eclair Big Bang on Exciting Gr.1 Mission
Caulfield Guineas fancy Eclair Big Bang sounded off a warning to his three-year-old peers with a bold season resuming win at Morphettville on Saturday. The unbeaten three-year-old son of Savabeel was believed to be vulnerable …
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Henwood Points to Stakes Class Ahead
Clear-cut Savabeel favourite Henwood finished strongly off a good speed to record the fifth win of his brief career in the Melbourne Signage Concepts 0-90 Handicap (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The John Sadler-trained …
Read MoreSangster on ground breaking G1 Melbourne Cup Mission
Savabeel gelding Sangster is on a ground breaking mission to become the first horse to land the Gr.1 Victory Derby – Auckland Cup-Melbourne Cup treble. As it stands, the triple Gr.1 star has already set …
Read MoreSavabeel Tops NZB Weanling Sale
Savabeel ended NZB’s National Weanling Sale on a high as the leading stallion by average and the sire of the auction’s top lot. WS’s Cox Plate-winning son of Zabeel had seven lots sell for $311,000 …
Read MoreWinning end to satisfying day
WS complemented a solid day in the Karaka sale ring this afternoon with success on the track at Avondale. Highlighted by the sale of a $40,000 Savabeel yearling, the Matamata farm-bred and owned Posy then …
Read MoreSavabeel shines on opening day
A son of Savabeel led the way for WS on the opening day of NZB’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka. The bay youngster is out of the unraced Pins mare Dita von Teese and was …
Read MoreWS stallions in Gr 1 frame
WS stallions were in the thick of the Group One action on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday. O’Reilly’s daughter Silent Achiever was narrowly denied victory in the BMW Stakes at Rosehill where she …
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Diademe ready to bounce back in Breeders’
About the only difference for talented Cambridge mare Diademe (NZ) (Savabeel) leading into Saturday’s Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Te Aroha will be her price. That’s the view of co-trainer Andrew …
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