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Listed Wairarapa T'bred Breeders' S., NZ$50,000 , 1600m
Race summary
Promising mare Tabata (NZ) (Savabeel) won at her previous appearance in Rating 65 company and she successfully bridged the gap to a black-type victory.
The 4-year-old settled back in the running under rider Danielle Johnson and finished powerfully to get the deciding stride in on the post.
Cruz Ramirez (NZ) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) had skipped clear at the top of the straight and failed by the barest of margins to hold out the winner while Serena (NZ) (Swiss Ace) a gallant third.
Pedigree notes
Tabata was a NZ$100,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale purchase with the ticket signed by Brendon McCullum’s Vermair Racing and Hughes Bloodstock.
She is a daughter of Splitsecond (NZ) (Pins), who was a winner and placed in the Listed Sunline Vase and is out of the Centaine mare Lowland (NZ).
She is a sister to the G1 Arrowfield Stud S. winner Sixty Seconds (NZ) and the G3 Manawatu Classic winner Spottswoode and also the family of the multiple Group 1 winners Xtravagant (NZ), now standing at Newhaven Park, and Legs (NZ) (Pins).
