Savabeel mare Saavoya returns to top form

11 January 2016

One of last season’s top fillies was back in business at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Savabeel’s quality daughter Saavoya was making the third start of her current preparathion when she triumphed in the Rating 85 sprint.

Trained by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, she enjoyed an outstanding three-year-old season with three wins. They featured Group Two victories in the Eight Carat Classic and the Royal Stakes and she was also placed in the Gr 2 Sir Tristram Fillies’ Classic and the Gr 3 Sunline Vase.

The Corner with Garry Chittick

It is not the easiest role, that of Chairman of our Thoroughbred Racing Board. Like all chairmanships, one’s mind is rarely not occupied with the responsibility. To our Chairman, I say thanks. A lifetime in the industry, Chairman of our largest club, it is difficult to identify someone more suited to the role.

14 May 2026

Sav’s girl Chispa targeting the Gr.1 Oaks

Savabeel filly Chispa enhanced her Queensland Oaks credentials with a dominant Randwick victory for Chris Waller and James McDonald, with the Pencarrow Stud-bred and raced filly surging clear over 1800 metres in impressive fashion.