G1 Zabeel Classic, NZ$240,000, 2000m
It was the late O'Reilly's (NZ) (Last Tycoon {Ire}) time to shine with this Group 1 quinella - leader Tiptronic (NZ) so game holding off a late run from a game Vernanme (NZ).
A magical moment for Mauritian rider Ashvin Goindasamy whose twitter account read "dream to be a G1 jockey" and he was very excited with the fulfilment of that dream!
Now a dual Group 1 winner having taken out last year's Group 1 Herbie Dyke S, Tiptronic was bred by Waikato Stud and purchased for $NZ100,000 at the 2015 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale.
One of his sire's 95 stakes winners and 16 Group 1 winners, he is one of the 17 stakes winners whose pedigrees combine O'Reilly and Pins (Snippets) - a combination that provides for a cross of the lovely mare Netherton Maid (GB) (Nearco {Ity}), stakes winning dam of Chatsworth II (GB) (Chanteur II {Fr}) and Pirate King (GB) (Prince Chevalier {Fr}).
Tiptronic is out of the winning mare Tiptoes, daughter of the stakes placed River Century (NZ) (Centaine) who produced five other winners including the dual Group 1 winner Legs (NZ) (Pins) and O'Reilly's WA Derby winner Guyno.
Group winners Arletty (NZ) (Centaine), Flying Mascot (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}), Xtravagant (NZ) (Pentire {GB}), He's Remarkable (NZ) (Pentire {GB}), Sixty Seconds (NZ) (Centaine), Spottswoode (NZ) (Centaine) and Firetaine (NZ) (Centaine) hail from this family - one that has as its ancestress the influential Teppo (GB) (Ladas {GB}).
Tiptoes was served last spring by Savabeel (Zabeel {NZ}) having previously produced a colt and a filly by Sacred Falls (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}).
G2 Eight Carat Classic, NZ$120,000, 1600m
Getting clear from the 150m and staying strong to the line, Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy{NZ}) won in the fashion as a short priced favourite should - in doing so recording the third win of her seven start career.
A home-bred for Karyn Fenton-Ellis, Belle En Rouge is the seventh stakes winner for her late sire (a Group 3 winning son of Redoute's Choice by Danehill {USA} and the G1 Australasian Oaks winner Grand Echezeaux (NZ) by Zabeel (NZ), making him a 3/4 brother to Darci Brahma (NZ) by Danehill (USA) and is a member of his penultimate crop of just 33 living foals.
A full sister to the Singapore winner Little Master (NZ), Belle En Rouge is out of the unraced Cavendish Belle (NZ) (Thorn Park), half-sister to the Listed QTC Metropolitan H. winner Filante Etoile (NZ) (Soviet Star {USA}) and to the stakes placed Vega Sicilia (NZ) (Rodrigo de Triano {USA}) who produced the G2 Avondale Guineas winner Valbuena (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}).
Carrying crosses of the prolific stallions Northern Dancer (Can) (Nearctic {Can}), Sir Ivor (USA) (Sir Gaylord {USA}), Nureyev (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}) and Bletchingly (Biscay), Belle En Rouge also boasts a 6 X 7 cross of the wonderful mare Best In Show (USA) (Traffic Judge {USA}) via her descendants Redoute's Choice (Danehill {USA}) and Spinning World (USA) (Nureyev {USA}).
Belle En Rouge hails from the same branch of the Blue Denim (USA) (Blue Larkspur {USA}) family as the Group 1 winners Naturalism (NZ) (Palace Music {USA}), Crystal Palace (NZ) (Palace Music {USA}) and Star Dancer (NZ) (Star Watch).
Listed Uncle Remus S., NZ$80,000, 1400m
Group 1 winner On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau) was back in winning form, always travelling well on pace and getting clear from the 100m.
It was the fifth success from just eight starts for the Australian bred three-year-old (Burnewang North Pastoral) who also has on his resume the Group 1 Manawatu Sires Produce S.
Making his way through the sales ring on two occasions, On The Bubbles was sold for $60,000 at the 2019 William Inglis Melbourne Great Southern Weanling Sale (purchased by B Kwok & Bevan Smith Bloodstock Hong Kong) and for $NZ90,000 at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale (Book 1) purchased by David Ellis.
One of 15 stakes winners (and to date the sole Group 1 winner, also the first Group 1 winner for Sebring as a broodmare sire) for his Darley Victoria based dual Group 1 winning sire, On The Bubbles is the first foal for the lightly raced place-getter More Bubbles who went close to a Geelong maiden from just five starts.
Missing last spring to Frosted (USA) (Tapit {USA}), More Bubbles has just one other foal so far, an Impending (Lonhro) colt who fetched $150,000 to the bidding of James Bester at this year's Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale.
More Bubbles is a half-sister to the Group 1 Myer Classic winner Politeness (Street Sense {USA}) out of Berengaria (Commands), a half-sister to dual Group 2 winner Thackeray (At Talaq {USA}) and the Listed Toy Show winner Fairytales (Night Shift {USA}) who has produced the dual Group winner Parables (Lonhro).
On The Bubbles boasts three strains of the prolific Windy Answer (Can) (Windfields {USA}) family, one which has produced Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible), his dam sire Snaadee (USA) and Sebring's dam sire Flying Spur (Danehill {USA}).
Listed Hallmark Stud H., NZ$80,000, 1200m
A good result for Yarraman Park's I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) providing the quinella - Festivity (NZ) too strong for Vamos Bebe.
Bred by Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry (NZ) and purchased by David Ellis for $NZ410,000 from Book 1 at the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale, Festivity was deserving of her stakes success having won five of her first eleven starts.
Stakes winner number 70 for her sire, Festivity is out of the stakes placed Flemington winner Mabsam (Stratum), half-sister to the G3 Eclipse S. winner Viking Hero (Elvstroem) and to the dam of I Am Invincible's dual Group 3 winner Invincible Star.
Hailing from the family of the G1 AJC Derby and G1 Rosehill Guineas winner Innocent King (Tolomeo {Ire}) and the G1 Australasian Oaks winner Invest (Dehere {USA}), Festivity is the ninth I Am Invincible stakes winner line-bred to Canny Lad (Bletchingly) - carrying a 3 X 5 cross.
Festivity is a descendant of the acclaimed matriarch Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}), also ancestress of I Am Invincible who is picking up strongly on her influence.
Wingatui: Listed Hazlett S., NZ$60,000, 1200m
It was an exciting finish with topweight Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel) doing a great job getting up in the last stride under the considerable steadier of 60kg, conceding the runner-up King Cougar (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}) 4 1/2kg and the third placed Ocean Point (NZ) (Ocean Park {NZ}) 7kg!
Bred by I O'Shea & Waikato Stud and purchased by Go Racing Auckland for $NZ220,000 at the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale, Hasabro is the 123rd stakes winner for her Waikato based G1 W.S Cox Plate winning sire.
And he is the son of a remarkable broodmare, the lightly raced Swettenham Stud bred Halloween (Encosta de Lago) who was in the placings at her two Mornington starts for the Lee Freedman stable.
Whilst her first four foals were either untalented or limited, she started to really hit her straps with her fifth foal - then her sixth, her seventh and her eighth, all of whom are stakes winners!
First up was the G1 NZ 1000 Guineas hero Hasahalo (NZ) (Savabeel), then Hasabro, then the G3 Tibbie S. winner All Saints' Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}) and then the G3 H.B Carr S. winner All Hallows' Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}).
Sadly Halloween died after a return visit to Savabeel in 2019, leaving behind two yet to race foals - the three-year-old Rosemont Stud owned, Henry Dwyer trained three-year-old Lampkin Lane (NZ) (Savabeel) - a $NZ230,000 Karaka graduate - and a two-year-old Savabeel colt who was withdrawn from this year's William Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
Halloween's dam is the Listed Quezette S. winner La Lagune (Danehill {USA}) who finished second to True Jewels (Brief Truce {USA}) in the 2001 G1 Blue Diamond S. Another of her daughters is doing very well at stud - Generous Nature (Carnegie {Ire}) producing Savabeel's Group winners Savvy Nature (NZ) and Addictive Nature.
A great grandson of the dual stakes winner Commercial Choice (USA) (Knights Choice {USA}), Hasabro boasts a 5 X 5 cross of the aptly named matriarch Special (USA) (Forli {Arg}) via her son Nureyev (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}) and her grandson Fairy King (USA) (Northern Dancer {Can}).
