Broodmare Sire Greatness Possible for Champ

When Savatoxl won the Gr1 Goodwood (1200m) it provided a significant milestone for sire-leviathan Savabeel (see above item) with his first Group 1 winner as a broodmare sire, a capacity in which he is represented by 13 stakes-winners already and 35 stakes-performers overall. Among that winning baker’s dozen are also Group winners Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt), Fascino (Charm Spirit), Tokorangi (Redwood), Courier Wonder (Sacred Falls) and Force of Will (Power). “As he ages, we are now starting to see him climb up as a broodmare sire as he is represented by more broodmare daughters,” Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick told NZ Racing Desk. “If they are going to be a good broodmare sire, they start doing it at around 20. That side of things really should be a no-brainer being by Zabeel out of a Success Express mare. They were both fantastic broodmare sires. That really does make him the complete package and I think off the back of the three stallion premierships again, seeing him climb the broodmare sire ranks, he ticks every box.” Progeny of Savabeel’s daughters either won or placed in 27 Australian and New Zealand Black Type races in 2020-21.