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Another Stakes Double For Savabeel

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Exciting Savabeel filly Savvy Coup got her New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series campaign underway in style on Saturday with a classy win in the G3 Eulogy Stakes at Awapuni.

South Island-trained Savvy Coup cut down the favourite Dijon Bleu in the last 100 metres for the father-son Riccarton training combination of Michael and Matthew Pitman and their long-time stable clients the Bruford and Coupland families.

Savvy Coup was bred by Waikato Stud and is a daughter of the Pins mare Eudora, a full-sister to the stakes winners Legless Veuve and Tootsie.

The latter is the dam of the recent G2 winner Ocean Emperor (Zabeel).

Savvy Coup
Savvy Coup Picture: Race Images Photo

Bought for $65,000 at the NZB Karaka Premier Sale in 2016, Savvy Coup has now had eight starts for three wins, two placings and $86,125 in prize-money.

Waikato Stud will offer a full-brother to Savvy Coup during Book 1 of Karaka 2018 in January.

The Eulogy Stakes second by the Burgundy filly Dijon Bleu has seen her extend her Filly of the Year Series lead. With 16 points she leads from Savabeel’s NZ 1000 Guineas winner Hasahalo (12 points) with Savvy Coup now third with 6 points.

The next leg of the Series is the G2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) on Boxing Day at Ellerslie followed by the G2 Royal Stakes at the same venue six days later.

That will be an opportunity for other fillies to stake their series claim as Savvy Coup and Dijon Bleu are not expected to travel north to Auckland.

Dijon Bleu had previously won the G3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) and ran second in the 1000 Guineas (1600m).

Savabeel sired his 71st stakes winner on Saturday when his highly rated son Royal Success took a big step forward with his first black type win in the G3 Swap Contractors Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.

The 5YO Royal Success, who fetched big prices in two trips through the Karaka sale ring, was having just his 12th start for his sixth win for the Te Akau syndicate.

Bred by the late Jim Campin at Chequers Stud, Royal Success was first sold at Karaka as a yearling at the 2014 Premier Sale for $130,000. He returned as a 2YO for the 2014 Ready to Run Sale where he made $250,000.

His dam is the multiple Listed winner Royal Show (Deputy Governor), who has produced another five winners including the three-time Australian Group winner Folding Gear (Johar).

Domesday’s consistent performer Five To Midnight claimed the biggest win of his career in Saturday’s G3 Waikato Cup at Te Rapa, lifting his prize-money to almost double his purchase price at Karaka.

Five To Midnight
Five To Midnight Picture: Race Images Photo

The Lisa Latta-trained gelding had previously won the Listed Hawke’s Bay Gold Cup and had been placed in the G2 Awapuni Gold Cup, G3 City of Auckland Cup, G3 Counties Cup, G3 Manawatu Cup and G3 Manawatu Classic.

Five To Midnight has now won six of his 27 starts, earning $272,710 for owners Kamada Racing after Latta paid $165,000 to buy him from The Oaks Stud’s draft at the 2014 NZB Karaka Select Sale.

Five To Midnight is out of the winning Fastnet Rock mare Fastnet Lady, who has a filly by Roc de Cambes entered for at Book 2 at Karaka 2018 in January.


Racing and Sports

Awapuni

Saturday, 16th December 2017

7
16:13
(local)

Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (G3)

Age: 3yo Sex: F Type: OPEN
NZD $70,000
1550m TURF GOOD
7
16:13
(local)
NZD $70,000
1550m GOOD

Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (G3)

Age: 3yo Sex: F Type: OPEN

This G3 for 3yo fillies over 1550m was run at a solid clip throughout and saw the two most favoured runners quinella the event. Savvy Coup came with a good sustained surge from eighth on settling and getting a nice cart into the race near the home turn before being drawn wide and primed to unload. Her rider pushed the unleash button and the response was potent as she threatened at the 200m and reached second at the 100m before momentum took the front 50m out. She won by half a length in 1:32.37 and that was the best time of day notably with it superior to a Benchmark 85 of older horses by two and a half lengths. It was her third win in eight starts and first piece of blacktype after two failures earlier in her career but she has clearly come solid with racing and as the tracks have dried out. In her last four outings she has won three times and finished a close second the other time. She is expected tackle a G1 mile for her age group next month and then be set for the G1 NZ Oaks (2400m) in the Autumn safely through that. Dijon Bleu sat sixth and moved wide before the home turn then was unleashed the run home and led at the 100m but could not hold out the winner that came with her down the outer. She had her chance to win but is racing so consistently it is hard to give her a break but the better tracks will soon start to take a toll. The luckless runner was Contessa Vanessa that trailed the leaders on the inner and then got held up turning for home and only got into clear air to detonate fully the final 100m. She was beaten over two lengths but may well have won if not having to wait for so long the run home before able to lengthen out fully. Larima ran on stoutly from second last and had only cleared maidens prior to this so has upside for sure. Craggy Range, a maiden, set the constant clip and after being headed at the 300m she was still third at the 100m before being swamped late to finish fifth beaten just over four and a half lengths. Divine Power sat outside the leader and briefly led at the 300m before wilting. In The Clear was not too bad and Satin Belt after being wide throughout fifth then fourth across the top and third turning for home had to feel the pinch after such an overland outing. Lady Rossa was just fair and the rest outclassed or the better footing not suitable. Savvy Coup had Dijon Bleu covered and had more left on the line but to be fair the latter had not raced for a month and the former has had two runs in that time. Contessa Vanessa is better than a one-win filly clearly and from an Oaks perspective it was hard not to notice Larima sustaining a strong finishing run from well back. The manner of the Savvy Coup win and the time clocked are both big ticks but it needs to be tempered with the reality that so far this has been a season of suspect 3yo form for both sexes. Hasahalo absolutely demolished Dijon Bleu at G1 in November so has these today well covered it would appear.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. SAVVY COUP (NZ) 3yo F
SAVABEEL (AUS) - EUDORA (NZ)
MICHAEL MCNAB
MICHAEL & MATTHEW PITMAN
$3.5
56.5kg
Mrs A M, A R, C J, F H & J F Bruford & Mrs J D, L R & R A Coupland

Sales Information

2nd 1. DIJON BLEU (NZ) 3yo F
BURGUNDY (NZ) - PRISTINO (AUS)
MASA TANAKA
LISA LATTA
$2.8
56.5kg
K T J Dixon, P Finlayson, Miss L M Latta, Ms D A Masters, M G Passey, A J Rennie & T D Tomlins

Sales Information

3rd 5. CONTESSA VANESSA (NZ) 3yo F
BULLBARS (AUS) - DI LUSSO (AUS)
RYAN ELLIOT
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON
$14.9
56.5kg
B W Amies, G A Rogerson Mnzm & L H M Salvidge

Sales Information

4th 7. LARIMA (NZ) 3yo F
POUR MOI (IRE) - SPLINTER (NZ)
T JOHNSON
JANELLE MILLAR
$14.4
56.5kg

Sales Information

5th 11. CRAGGY RANGE (NZ) 3yo F
SAVABEEL (AUS) - AUDI (NZ)
SHAUN M MC KAY
JOHN BARY
$31.2
56.5kg

Sales Information

6th 2. DIVINE POWER (NZ) 3yo F
POWER (GB) - LAZAAN (NZ)
R J MYERS
KEVIN GRAY
$5.4
56.5kg

Sales Information

7th 6. JUST IN THE CLEAR (NZ) 3yo F
ROC DE CAMBES (NZ) - INNOCENT LADY (NZ)
MARK HILLS
GRAEME SANDERS
$25.8
56.5kg
8th 4. SATIN BELT (NZ) 3yo F
POWER (GB) - MARCEY'S BELT (AUS)
HOLLY ANDREW
KEVIN GRAY
$17.6
56.5kg
9th 9. LADY ROSSA (AUS) 3yo F
BERNARDINI (USA) - CONTESSA ROSSA (AUS)
SAM WEATHERLEY
MURRAY BAKER & ANDREW FORSMAN
$27.9
56.5kg

Sales Information

10th 12. SAINTED PEARL (NZ) 3yo F
POWER (GB) - STRACILE (NZ)
DYLAN TURNER
NIGEL AURET
$42.1
56.5kg

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11th 8. DANCE FOR MONEY (NZ) 3yo F
SHOWCASING (GB) - SAVE THE LAST DANZ (NZ)
DARRYL BRADLEY
GARY VILE
$26.7
56.5kg

Sales Information

12th 10. VEUVE CLICQUOT (NZ) 3yo F
ROCK 'N' POP (AUS) - MEGAN'S TOUGH LOVE (USA)
MADAN SINGH
TONY BAMBRY
$109.4
56.5kg

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