Dam of G1 Winner Catalogued in NZB Winter Sale

9 July 2015

Catalogued in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale is the dam of this season’s Group 1 New Zealand Oaks winner Savaria (NZ) (Savabeel).

SAVARIA. NZ Oaks 14.03.15. Race Images PNth

Savaria (NZ) winner of the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks.
Photo courtesy of Race Images Palmerston North.

Catalogued at Lot 27 is O’Reilly mare Amathea, the dam of Savaria, who will be offered by Bluegables Farm.

Savaria’s biggest win came in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks having earlier won the Group 3 Lowland Stakes. The Savabeel filly has had seven starts, including a tilt at the Group 1 Australian Oaks in Sydney.

Bred by Richard Moore of Soliloquy Lodge, the nine-year-old mare will be offered in the upcoming Sale in foal to young sire Niagara.

Another stakes producing mare catalogued in the Sale is Milord A Lady (Lot 8) from Phoenix Park. Milord A Lady’s daughter Elusive Catch (NZ) (Elusive City) won the Listed Champagne Stakes at just her second start as two-year-old and was recently a winner during the Queensland Winter Carnival.

Milord A Lady is the dam of four named foals, all winners, and will be offered in foal to Highview Stud’s sire Bullbars.

Also catalogued by Phoenix Park is a half-brother to Elusive Catch, a weanling colt (Lot 42) by Ekraar.

Other notable stakes performers catalogued in the Sale include:

  • Lot 10 – Mistrale (Volksraad), winner of the Group 2 Queen Elizabeth Handicap.
  • Lot 29 – Chaparella (High Chaparral), winner of the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes.
  • Lot 60 – Ataahua Daydream (High Chaparral), out of Group 3 winner Just a Dream (Volksraad).
  • Lot 65 – Miss Lightning (Falkirk), out of Listed winner D.J. Lightning (Doneraile Court).
  • Lot 68 – Stunner (Pentire), out of Listed winner Danasia (Danehill).
  • Lot 70 – Bettorock (Fastnet Rock), out of Listed winner Astounded (Encosta de Lago).

Also of note are 11 lots which have stakes-winning siblings, including Stunner (Lot 68), in the Racehorse section, who is a half-sister to Group 1 Rosehill Guineas winner Zabrasive (NZ) (Zabeel).

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale will take place on Friday 31 July at 12pm. To request a catalogue email reception@nzb.co.nz or click here to view online.