

SERVICE FEE SET FOR CHAMPION SAVAGLEE
Group One Classic winner SAVAGLEE, the best credentialed stallion prospect of exceptional sire SAVABEEL has been confirmed to stand at Mapperley Stud. Purchased by a syndicate headed by Windsor Park Stud, Mapperley Stud and Lion Rock Bloodstock, SAVAGLEE was trained by Pam Gerard to win 7 races and over $1.3 million in prizemoney. A debut winning two-year-old, and Group One performed at that age - just like his illustrious sire Savabeel - SAVAGLEE was subsequently crowned


STUD SYNDICATE SWOOPS ON CHAMPION 3 YEAR-OLD SAVAGLEE
A syndicate headed by Windsor Park Stud, Mapperley Stud & Lion Rock Bloodstock have secured Champion Three-Year-Old SAVAGLEE as he begins the next chapter of his career at stud. The son of 10-time champion sire Savabeel retires as one of the standout colts of his generation, combining precocity, brilliance and toughness throughout a career that produced seven wins from 900 metres to 1600 metres, along with elite-level performances on both sides of the Tasman. Prepared by


SANTA CATALINA STRIKES IN GR3
It may not have been on the horse she crossed the Tasman for, but premiership-winning Queensland hoop Angela Jones got her Group victory at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. The 24-year-old jockey had accepted the invitation of Wexford Stables to partner Smart Love in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m), and while she was unplaced on the mare, she was victorious for the stable on the undercard aboard Up The Anti in the Horizon By SkyCity 1600. When fellow Matamata trainers Peter and S


BUSUTTIN MOVES QUICKLY TO SECURE MAPPERLEY GRADUATES
Leading Australian stable Busuttin Racing made a double swoop for a pair of progressive Mapperley Stud graduates to bolster their 3 year-old ranks for the Australian Autumn carnival. Last start Gr.1 placegetter Shoma and 2-time winner Rising Fast will join their Cranbourne stable Shoma, a 3 year-old son of Contributer was last seen running a fast-finishing third behind Romanoff and Affirmative Action in Gr.1 2000 Guineas at Riccarton. “He’s run third in a Group One and while


STELLA BELLA INDEED
A sister to Te Akau bought and trained Group One winner and million-dollar earner Campionessa, Stella Ma Bella (3 f Contributer – Bella Carolina, by O’Reilly) confirmed her ability with an impressive victory in the $18,500 Shackell Electrical Maiden 3YO 1400 metres on 7 December at Te Aroha - becoming the stable's seventh win in under 48 hours. Stella Ma Bella finished strongly for third in a trial on 30 October at Taupo, with jockey Craig Grylls aboard, who stuck with her to


TAURANGA TRIUMPH FOR AGERA
Agera (NZ) (Complacent) carried on his career-defining campaign at Tauranga on Saturday, bringing up his sixth win of the season in the $150,000 Group Two Gartshore Construction Tauranga Stakes (1530m). Bought by Waikato Bloodstock for $70,000 from Book 2 of Karaka 2021, Agera has now had 26 starts for eight wins, eight placings and $340,990 in stakes – almost five times his purchase price Agera has risen rapidly through the ranks has a six-year-old, having come into the seas

