Savabeel
| Savabeel | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Zabeel |
| Grandsire | Sir Tristram |
| Dam | Savannah Success |
| Damsire | Success Express |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 23 September 2001 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Glenlogan Park & Graeme Rogerson |
| Owner | Graeme Rogerson, B Reid, M Whitby et al |
| Trainer | Graeme Rogerson |
| Record | 14: 3-3-1 |
| Major wins | |
| Spring Champion Stakes (2004) Cox Plate (2004) | |
Savabeel is a retired Australian Thoroughbred race horse and active sire. He is best known for his win in the 2004 Cox Plate.
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] was trained by Graeme Rogerson, and ridden by Chris Munce in his most important wins.
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 Spring Champion Stakes and at Group One level.
After an excellent run 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]
Savabeel has sired 17 individual Group 1 winners:
- Brambles - Queensland Derby (2012)
- Costume - Herbie Dyke Stakes (2014), Ormond Memorial (2014)
- Diademe - New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (2015)
- Embellish - New Zealand 2000 Guineas (2017)
- Hall Of Fame - Levin Classic (2017)
- Hasahalo - New Zealand 1000 Guineas (2017)
- Kawi - Challenge Stakes (2015, 2016), Zabeel Classic (2015), Thorndon Mile (2016), Horlicks Plate (2016), Haunui Farm Classic (2016), Captain Cook Stakes (2017)
- Lucia Valentina - Vinery Stud Stakes (2014), Turnbull Stakes (2014), Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC) (2016)
- Pasadena Girl - Champagne Stakes (ATC) (2015)
- Sangster - Victoria Derby (2011), International Stakes (2013), Auckland Cup (2013)
- Savaria - New Zealand Oaks (2015)
- Savvy Coup - New Zealand Oaks (2018), Livamol Classic (2018)
- Scarlett Lady - Queensland Oaks (2011), New Zealand Stakes (2012)
- Shillelagh - Kennedy Mile (2017)
- Soriano - Zabeel Classic (2014), Herbie Dyke Stakes (2015)
- Sound Proposition - Easter Handicap (2016)
- Sword Of Osman - Sistema Stakes (2018)
References
- ^ "Savabeel pedigree". Equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ Joel Zander (2004-10-23). "Savabeel cruises to stunning Cox Plate win". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ "Savabeel". Waikato Stud. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
- ^ "Savabeel dominates sire awards". Breednet.
See also
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