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.
Disappointingly, 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. He now stands at Waikato Stud on North Island, New Zealand as one of the primary stallions.[3]
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.