Savabeel News
Innes and Savabeel a potent duo
Leith Innes completed a notable feature race double with the progeny of Savabeel at Ellerslie yesterday. He had combined with the promising filly Lucia Valentina to win Friday’s Gr 3 Wellington Stakes and followed up …
Read MoreStakes double for stallions
WS’s stallion power was again underlined at Otaki this afternoon when they made a clean sweep of the headline events. Pins’ son Barbaric struck first when he claimed the Listed Levin Stakes for trainer Stephen …
Read MoreDancer back to her best
WS graduate Savannah Dancer has bounced back to her best to reward the faith shown in her by connections. Trained by Michael Freedman for the successful Raffles Farm Stable, the mare started her Singapore career …
Read MoreSavabeel, O’Reilly tops at RTR Sale
Waikato Stud stallions ended the two-day New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale as the leading sires by average. Savabeel had eight sold lots for $1,230,000 at an average of $153,750 while 11 two-year-olds by …
Read MoreA moment to savour for Marsh
Savour The Moment opened his Group One campaign in the best possible style at Te Rapa on Saturday. The WS-bred and sold son of Savabeel surprised his trainer with a first-up victory in the Listed …
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Savvy Nature returns top Derby trial
Savvy Nature has joined his WS-based sire Savabeel as a feature race winner at Moonee Valley. Nine years after the stallion won the Gr 1 Cox Plate as a three-year-old, the John O’Shea-trained gelding triumphed …
Read MoreSharbeela deserved winner at Hawera
Sharbeela finally added another win to her record when was successful in a driving finish at Hawera to cap off a genuine run of form. The daughter of Savabeel had weighed in five times from …
Read MoreSavodan still undefeated
Exciting three-year-old Savodan has maintained his perfect record at Kranji for trainer Michael Freedman. The son of Savabeel was a debut winner last month and staged a repeat performance under international rider Alan Munro last …
Read MoreSavvy derby trial
Savvy Nature did his Gr 1 VRC Derby prospects no harm with a strong performance to place in the Gr 1 Spring Champion Stakes this afternoon. The Savabeel three-year-old found the line strongly over the …
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Savabeel 3YO hits high note at Caulfield
Savabeel’s latest rising star Éclair Big Bang staked his claim for top-level honours with a resounding victory in yesterday’s Gr.3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude. The boom South Australian three-year-old won for the third time in just …
Read MoreAustralian 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 …
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