Savabeel Heads Waikato Stallion Roster

New Zealand Champion sire Savabeel (Zabeel) will once again headline an impressive stallion roster at Waikato Stud for the forthcoming breeding season where he will stand for a fee of $100,000 + GST. Savabeel has now sired 23 Group 1 winners and 114 stakes-winner,s with his progeny earnings topping NZ$122 million globally. The venerable son of Zabeel (Sir Tristram) is the current leading Australasian sire of stakes-winners with 18 winners of 29 races including four Group 1 winners that incorporate Probabeel, Mo'unga, Concert Hall and Amarelinha. Savabeel is on track to record his seventh consecutive Champion New Zealand Sire title, seventh Dewar Award, and sixth Centaine award. He will once again be joined at the Matamata thoroughbred nursery by Gr1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) winner Super Seth (Dundeel; $35,000 + GST), five-time Group 1 winner Ocean Park (Thorn Park; $30,000 + GST), Gr1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) winner Tivaci (High Chaparral; $12,500 + GST), and Group 1 performer Ardrossan (Redoute's Choice; $3,000 + GST).

Concert Hall is one of Savabeel's four seasonal Gr1 winners (pic: Race Images)