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Awapuni, G3 Manawatu Breeders' S., NZ$70,000, 2000m
Race summary
Savy Yong Blonk (NZ) (Savabeel) was sent out a short-priced favourite and her army of supporters were on good terms some distance from home.
Rider Danielle Johnson had her travelling sweetly near the pace and was poised to challenge at the top of the straight. The mare extended strongly and scooted clear to win untested and the seventh victory of her career.
Yatima (NZ) (Savabeel) came on well from the back to finish runner-up with Platinum Rapper (NZ) (Makfi {GB}) home for third ahead of Jessiegee (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}).
Pedigree notes
Bred and raced by Gartshore Bloodstock, Savy Yong Blonk is a sister to the G2 Autumn Classic winner Adelaide Ace (NZ) and they are out of the unraced Pins mare Ampin (NZ).
Her two winning offspring are three-quarter relations to the G3 Gloaming S. winner and G1 Australian Guineas runner-up Strike The Stars (NZ), a son of Ambitious (NZ) (Last Tycoon {Ire}) who was second in the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas.
The G3 Premier’s Cup winner Another Dollar (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}), also second in the G1 Queensland Oaks, features in the pedigree as does the multiple Group 2 winner Sportsman (Supremo {USA}) and his half-sister Prisoner Of Love (Canny Lad) won an edition of the G2 Tea Rose S.
