Robusto is SW13 for Zed winning the Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) at Riccarton.
Settled just behind the early speed, Robusto was full of running before the home turn and ran to the lead with 300m to travel, staying on strongly to defeat Who Dares Wins by one length, her sixth win from 23 starts for the Forsman Baker trained mare.
Inbred 4×3 to Nureyev, Robusto is raced by her breeders, John, Mark and Rachel Carter, under their Jomara Bloodstock banner and is a sister to Sydney winner and Gr2 Championship Stakes at Ellerslie third Bobby Dee.
The granddam Turquoise Sea (Shirley Heights) is a winning half-sister to Gr3 Desmond Stakes at The Curragh winner and sire Swift Gulliver (Gulch) and to North American Listed winner and Gr3-placed Abderian (Machiavellian).
The fourth dam Belle Epoque) is a sister to Gr1 Kings Stand Stakes and Prix de l’Abbaye winner Double Form.
Zed (Zabeel) is advertised at $6,000 at Grangewilliam Stud in New Zealand in 2020.