Half-Sister to Lady Kipling at Karaka 2014

Half-Sister to Lady Kipling at Karaka 2014

Classy Savabeel mare Lady Kipling (NZ) (Savabeel) improved her already impressive race record and added to the family’s pedigree page as she raced away with the Group 3 $70,000 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
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Lady Kipling (NZ) wins the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes.

A half-sister to Lady Kipling by first season sire Rip Van Winkle has been catalogued at Lot 350 for the 2014 Karaka Premier Sale with catalogues online now for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series.

The well-performed daughter of Savabeel entered Saturday’s feature race in good form having had two starts this season, winning fresh up and finishing third in the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes seven days earlier.

Trained by the partnership of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Lady Kipling was astutely ridden by Leith Innes who positioned the mare well, mid-field with cover, from a tricky barrier draw of 12 in the 14-horse field.

The Karaka Select Sale graduate loomed up to the leaders at the 200m mark and raced away from the field, quickly putting the race out of doubt with a comprehensive 1.5 length victory in a good time of 1.34.79 on a Good 3 track.

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Bred: Alchemy Family Trust & Windsor Park Stud Ltd Offered: Windsor Park Stud Purchased: Murray Baker at New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Karaka Select Sale for $62,500
Another Top Filly for Savabeel

The lightly tried filly Lucia Valentina (NZ) (Savabeel) claimed an impressive stakes victory at just her third start as she landed the Group 3 $70,000 Ekraar @ Linwood Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki on Friday’s premier race meeting.
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Lucia Valentina (NZ) winning the Group 3 Ekraar @ Linwood Park Wellington Stakes at Otaki.

The win by Lucia Valentina was the start of a rewarding weekend for her sire Savabeel as the Waikato Stud-based sire claimed further stakes glory through another daughter, Lady Kipling (NZ) (Savabeel), who prevailed in the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes on Saturday. Savabeel’s season tally of stakes winners climbed to seven in New Zealand and Australia.

Trained in Cambridge by Stephen Marsh, the filly entered the race with two starts under her belt, a comprehensive winner on debut before running a desperately unlucky sixth at her second start.

The daughter of Savabeel had a slow start from the inside barrier draw in the 11-horse field for leading jockey Leith Innes and settled worse than mid-field in the early running.

As the field entered the straight, Innes was able to get to the outside of the Dead 5 track at Otaki and Lucia Valentina produced a devastating sprint to reign in the leaders over the concluding stages and win by a long neck.

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