Dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Melody Belle has equalled the record of the mighty mare Sunline after completing her 13th Group One win when taking out the Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham. The Jamie Richards-trained mare was having her first start since finishing a game third in the Gr.1 McKinnon Stakes (2000m) during
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Class prevailed at Trentham on Saturday when versatile mare Avantage was at her very best in taking out the Gr1 Telegraph Stakes (1200m) for the second year in succession. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old had scored fresh-up in the Gr1 Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day to take her Group One winning tally to
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Two-year-old Cool Aza Beel is the 20th Group 1 winner for Savabeel following his comfortable win in Saturday’s Railway Stakes over 1200m at Ellerslie. Cool Aza Beel has now won four of his six starts and has laid a strong claim to the Champion Two-Year-Old in New Zealand title that will be decided at the
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