Te Akau Extends Karaka Million Dominance

A brilliant performance by On The Bubbles, chased home by three of his stablemates, has added another chapter to trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team’s incredible dominance of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m). The undefeated Brazen Beau gelding overcame a horror draw for an emphatic victory at Ellerslie on Saturday, scoring by a length and three-quarters from stablemates Sneaky Shark, Avonallo and Sophisticardo. Richards and the Te Akau syndication juggernaut have now won the Karaka Million 2YO five years in a row, and Saturday’s unprecedented clean sweep of the first four placings follows two previous quinellas and a trifecta. Remaining undefeated after three starts, On The Bubbles was bought for $90,000 from Leanach Lodge’s draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2020 after initially being sold as a weanling by Burnewang North Pastoral at the Inglis Great Southern Sale in Melbourne.