Millionaire status beckons top mare

24 December 2015

Durable mare Soriano will join an elite club if she can win the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic for a second time.

The six-year-old will take her stake earnings beyond $1 million if she successfully defends her title in the Ellerslie feature on Boxing Day.

Soriano is in the twilight of her career – she is in foal to Pins – with upcoming starts in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile at Trentham and the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa to complete her racing days.

The Corner with Garry Chittick

I don’t know if the two of you have ever had the thrill of travelling at high speed across the water on a single ski, totally dependent on the driver of the boat. Fall off and you are left treading water, reminds you of racing. Here we are, with multiple hints of navigation hanging on to the rope hoping for salvation.

20 May 2026

Icebath’s half-sister goes back-to-back

Well-bred mare Superfabulistic (Super Seth ex Fabulist) continued her rise through the grades at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, making it back-to-back victories with a strong performance in the Precise Air Handicap (1600m).