Savabeel

Savabeel is a retired Australian Thoroughbred race horse and active sire. He is best known for his win in the 2004 Cox Plate. He was trained by Graeme Rogerson, and ridden by Chris Munce in his most important wins.

Savabeel
SireZabeel
GrandsireSir Tristram
DamSavannah Success
DamsireSuccess Express
SexStallion
Foaled23 September 2001
CountryAustralia
ColourBrown
BreederGlenlogan Park
OwnerGraeme Rogerson, B Reid, M Whitby et al
TrainerGraeme Rogerson
Record14: 3-3-1
Major wins
Spring Champion Stakes (2004)
W S Cox Plate (2004)

Breeding

Savabeel, foaled on 23 September 2001, is a brown horse sired by champion New Zealand sire Zabeel out of the multiple Group 1 winner Savannah Success.[1]

Racing career

In Spring 2004 he won the race considered the Weight for Age Championship of Australasia, the Cox Plate, beating the previous year's winner Fields of Omagh. He was the first three-year-old to win the race since another son of Zabeel, Octagonal won the race nine years earlier in 1995. At the time of Savabeel's Cox Plate win, Rogerson described him as the best horse he had ever trained.[2]

Savabeel also won the 2004 Spring Champion Stakes at Group One level over 2000m.

After an excellent run for second behind Elvstroem in the C F Orr Stakes in February 2005, Savabeel had an unsuccessful autumn campaign which saw him only place once and was retired to stud in 2005.

All in all, he retired the winner of $2,760,460 in stakes. Savabeel started on 14 occasions, winning 3 and placing on 4 occasions.

Stud career

Savabeel stands at Waikato Stud in the North Island of New Zealand, as one of the primary stallions.[3]

Savabeel made a clean sweep of New Zealand's three stallion categories for the 2016–17 season. For the second straight year the stallion won the Grosvenor Award for New Zealand stakes earnings, the Dewar Stallion Trophy for Australasian earnings and the Centaine Award for global earnings.[4]

Notable stock

Savabeel has sired 20 individual Group 1 winners:

'c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
2007 Scarlett Lady f Queensland Oaks, New Zealand Stakes
2008 Brambles g Queensland Derby
2008 Diademe f New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes
2008 Sangster g Victoria Derby, International Stakes, Auckland Cup
2009 Costume f Herbie Dyke Stakes, Livamol Classic
2009 Soriano f Zabeel Classic, Herbie Dyke Stakes
2010 Kawi g Challenge Stakes, Zabeel Classic, Thorndon Mile, Horlicks Plate, Haunui Farm Classic, Captain Cook Stakes
2010 Lucia Valentina f Vinery Stud Stakes, Turnbull Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes
2011 Savaria f New Zealand Oaks
2011 Shillelagh f Kennedy Mile, Empire Rose Stakes
2011 Sound Proposition g Easter Handicap
2012 Pasadena Girl f Champagne Stakes
2013 Hall Of Fame c Levin Classic
2015 Nicoletta f New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes
2014 Embellish c New Zealand 2000 Guineas
2014 Hasahalo f New Zealand 1000 Guineas
2014 Savvy Coup f New Zealand Oaks, Livamol Classic
2015 Sword Of Osman c Sistema Stakes
2016 Probabeel f Bill Ritchie Handicap, Surround Stakes, Epsom Handicap. Also the winner of the Karaka Million 2YO and 3YO races
2017 Cool Aza Beel c Sistema Stakes

References

  1. "Savabeel pedigree". Equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  2. Joel Zander (2004-10-23). "Savabeel cruises to stunning Cox Plate win". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  3. "Savabeel". Waikato Stud. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  4. "Savabeel dominates sire awards". Breednet.

See also


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