Savabeel

by Kit Gow/TTRAusNZ Ten-time New Zealand Champion Sire Savabeel has died from a paddock accident, Waikato Stud announced on Friday. The son of Zabeel was 24. "He will be sorely missed, but he departed this world in good nick," said George Chittick, Waikato Stud's sales and nominations manager. "Ryan Figgins, the stallion manager, has kept the horse picture perfect for the last eight years. He was happy the whole way through, and he went with all of our team and the Waikato Stud family around him. "Looking around and seeing...

By Dane McLeod/TTRAusNZ Savabeel, who is currently sitting second on the New Zealand Sires' Premiership behind Proisir, will stand for a Private fee at Waikato Stud in 2026. The 24-year-old Savabeel has recorded eight individual stakes winners in New Zealand this season alone - the most of any sire, with Belle Cheval becoming a new Group 1 winner in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Savabeel's tally now stands at 36 individual Group 1 winners, a figure that may yet rise given he has covered books of 108, 90 and 88 mares...

Savabeel (Aus) will join his sire Zabeel (NZ) and grandsire Sir Tristram (Ire) in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. The Waikato Stud-based 23-year-old will be inducted at the 2025 Hall of Fame function in May.  Savabeel completed his 20th season at stud late last year and has sired 988 winners to this day. Of those 148 are stakes winners, 99 of them are Group winners and his 35 Group 1 winners have won a total of 58 races at that level. "He's ticking over at around a dozen...