G3 Soliloquy S., NZ$80,000, 1400m
Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) sustained a long run out wide to snatch victory close to home, showing plenty of determination to make it four wins from just five starts; and her third at stakes level.
Bred by Raffles Dancers and purchased by David Ellis for $360,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, she is one of 66 stakes winners for Yarraman Park's high achiever I Am Invincible.
She is the second foal and first winner for Berimbau (Shamardal {USA}), who earned her black type with a G3 Moonee Valley Fillies Classic third to Lumosty (Fastnet Rock) on Cox Plate Day seven years ago.
Producing a Press Statement filly in mid-August, Berimbau is out of the winner Percussive (Encosta De Lago), half-sister to the G2 Todman Slipper Trial winner Royal Courtship (Royal Academy {USA}). She also has a Fastnet Rock filly (Cabaca) in the Chris Waller stable - a $300,000 graduate of this year's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Imperatriz boasts crosses of the wonderful mares Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}), Somethingroyal (USA) (Princequillo {Ire}) and Lalun (USA) (Djeddah {Fr}).
G3 War Decree S., NZ$90,000, 1600m
Getting up on the inside of the odds-on favourite Field Of Gold (Starspangledbanner) at the 100 metres, Noverre (NZ) (Savabeel) was game getting clear late at his sixth outing.
It was an apt day for his sire, Waikato Stud's winner of the 2004 W.S Cox Plate, to have a new stakes winner - his 117th.
Bred by Chittick Investments and purchased by David Ellis for NZ$800,000 from Book 1 at last year's New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale, Noverre is the first foal for the G3 Taranaki 2Y0 Classic winner Magic Dancer (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) whose dam is the dual Listed winner Dazzling Belle (NZ) (Desert Sun {GB}).
Noverre is bred on a 4 X 5 cross of Nureyev (USA), also boasting a strain of that great horse's three-quarter brother Sadler's Wells (USA) - giving him a 5 X 6 X 6 cross of the famed matriarch Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}).
Magic Dancer has only ever visited Savabeel and has another two colts by him including a 2-year-old colt who was purchased for $190,000 by Import Racing at Easter this year.
Listed Spring Classic, NZ$60,000, 2000m
He had to dig deep but he did just that, Southern Ocean (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}) gutsy providing his G1 W.S Cox Plate-winning Waikato Stud-based sire with an anniversary victory!
Bred by his part-owner JR Orr, Southern Ocean is the 17th stakes winner for his sire and the first for his Listed Spring Classic-winning dam Viana (NZ) (Volksraad {GB}).
Back in New Zealand having been served last spring by Nicconi, Viana is a half-sister to the Group 2-placed C'mon Cuba (NZ) (Thorn Park) out of a daughter of the G2 Hollidale Cup winner Melora (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}) whose half-sister is the dual Group winner Piper Star (Kaapstad {NZ})
Southern Ocean is bred on a 4 X 4 cross of Sir Tristram (Ire) with Natalma (USA) (Native Dancer {USA}) and Somethingroyal (USA) (Princequillo {Ire}) duplications.
