Jedibeel cuts it fine in Razor Sharp

Gifted five-year-old Jedibeel (ex Starry) has bridged the gap to stakes company in style with a last-gasp victory in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick.
The Waikato Stud-bred and sold son of Savabeel has been a genuine performer throughout his career and added black type with his seventh win from 17 appearances and a record that also features six runner-up finishes.
Trained at Hawkesbury by Brad Widdup, Jedibeel settled in the body of the field and his prospects looked bleak when held up behind traffic in the run home.
A gap presented one off the fence deep into the straight and the five-year-old was through in a flash under the urgings of Tyler Schiller to claim the 1200 metre feature.
“It was a hard watch until the last few strides but full credit to Tyler, he knows him, and it is great to see the horse get rewarded,” Widdup said.
“He has got a great record. I think he is a black-type horse every day of the week and he has proved that today.”
Schiller said Jedibeel was an honest performer who possessed sharp acceleration.
“I was pretty patient and I didn’t want to expose him too early and do anything rash on him.
“He has got a great turn of foot and I thought I put him into a dead-end at one point but I was very grateful I was on a very good horse. He is probably better off ridden like that, but maybe not that close.”
From the family of Waikato Stud’s glamour sprinter I Wish I Win, Jedibeel is a son of the unraced O’Reilly mare Starry, who is the dam of five winners including the Group-performed Starrybeel.
A half-sister to the Listed Widden Stakes winner Delta Girl and from a well-performed family that also features the Gr.1 Livamol Classic winner Savy Yong Blonk.
Jedibeel was originally sold by the Matamata farm at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale for $35,000 and was later purchased by Widdup for A$190,000 at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
He became the fourth stakes winner in seven weeks for Savabeel with Group 1 wins by Atishu (ex Posy) at Flemington on Derby Day, Savaglee (ex Glee) in the Gr.1 NZ 2000 Guineas and Nereus (ex Eudora) in the Gr.3 Counties Cup at Pukekohe.

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