Lot 121 Savabeel (AUS) ‐ Shoulders (AUS) Bay or Brown Filly

Lot 121 bay or brown filly Savabeel – Shoulders (Snitzel) $360,000 (draft: Jamieson Park)

The filly is by Cox Plate (Gr. 1, 2040m) winning three-year-old and 10-time Champion Sire Savabeel, who serves so well the trilogy of breed shaping stallions in New Zealand: Savabeel – Zabeel – Sir Tristram.

She is out of mare by four-time Champion Sire Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), who rose to third in the Australian Broodmare Sires’ List last season, while approaching 50 individual stakes winners, and no doubt will keep becoming more impactful in that role.

No other buyer (David Ellis) or stable (Te Akau Racing) has had more success with the progeny of Savabeel.

Ellis has selected, bought, and Te Akau has trained more Group One winning and Group winning progeny by Savabeel than anyone else.

The list includes Group One winners now at stud: Embellish, Cool Aza Beel, and Noverre, and other Group One winners: Probabeel (4), a dual NZ Horse of the Year, Prise De Fer, Amarelinha (NZB Filly of the Year), Hall Of Fame, Sword Of Osman, Skew Wiff, The Perfect Pink, and a host of other stakes winners by this remarkable sire.

Ellis also purchased Damask Rose (Savabeel) as a yearling at Karaka, and last year she won the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (Restricted Listed, 1600m) and inaugural running of the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (Restricted Listed, 1500m).

While on Karaka Millions Night, Te Akau trainers Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson produced another Savabeel rising star filly when Belle Cheval impressively won the Almanzor Trophy (Gr. 3, 1200m), having finished third in the 1000 Guineas (Gr. 1, 1600m) at her previous start.

Adding to the quality dam line of the filly, third dam Bollinger (Dehere) won the Coolmore Classic (Gr. 1, 1500m), and in turn produced Group winners in both Australia and America.

“She’s been bred by a breeder that has a very select band of high-class broodmares from outstanding families, and it’s great to able to buy a Savabeel filly from them,” said David Ellis.

“She has a lot of physical substance, a great mix of the cross between Savabeel and Snitzel, and we had to be strong in order to buy her, because there was plenty of competition.

“The pedigree suggests she can get over ground and she certainly has the physical scope to develop into that sort of filly.”

The filly has a clean page, without any bloodline crosses through the first five removes, the same as 10-time Champion Sire Savabeel (Zabeel).

SHARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE:

* 2.5% – NZD$9,300
* 5% – NZD$18,600
* 7.5% – NZD$27,900
* 10% – NZD$37,200
* 20% – NZD$74,400

PLEASE NOTE:

Share price includes pedigree research/analysis & sale expenses at cost, as well as full pre purchase veterinary inspection & x-ray examination. Your share of post-sale transport, Karaka Millions' Series and Pearl Bonus Series (fillies only) entry, insurance, post-sale shoe removal & drench additional - as are breaking in and training costs to date of purchase. Ongoing costs per month approx. $600 +GST per 10% share. Full disclosure document available on request. Note - share prices stated are NZD and GST exclusive.