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

No Corner last week; this week the Annual Thoroughbred Racing Awards night certainly deserves acknowledgment. It is the second of two nights of measurement of Thoroughbred achievements for the year, with the first focussing on our Breeders’ awards.

9 September 2026

Savabeel’s Group 1 daughter Belle Cheval retired

Belle Cheval, by champion sire Savabeel, enjoyed a stellar career: placing in the NZ 1000 Guineas, winning the Almanzor Trophy and Uncle Remus Stakes, finishing second in The Kiwi, then claiming Group 1 glory in Australia’s Vinery Stud Stakes before retiring to broodmare duties.