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Archives Thumbtacks Strikes Again Thumbtacks Strikes Again Chris Waller's promising three-year-old Thumbtacks continued his
progress yesterday with a commanding victory at Warwick Farm. Double Strike For Fairdale There was double delight for Fairdale Stud at yesterday's Gore
meeting with farm graduates The Jackal and River Haze taking winning
tricks. Thumbtacks Nails Sydney Win Base Continues His Winning Ways Backed by a rich Fairdale Stud pedigree, the talented three-year-old
Base has quickly added to his growing reputation. 3YO Adds Performance To Pedigree Top Family To The Fore Fairdale Mare Strikes Again Winning Heart Shows The Way Duo Rewarded For Consistency Top Fairdale Family Strikes Rich Pedigree Wins Out Smart Investment Pays Another Dividend Timely Stallion Coup For Fairdale Fairdale Graduate Coasts To Gr 1 Glory "I've been looking at Fairdale Stud drafts since I was 14 so I know how good a breeders they are," Cummings said. "I've got some good horses from them. They've had some great families there that have performed for years." By Zabeel out of the Alleged mare Miss Vita, Zavite was sold by Fairdale for $A80,000 at the Sydney Easter Sale in 2004. Miss Vita was a winner at 2400 metres in England and the stud purchased her through New Zealander Larry Stratten, a Newmarket-based bloodstock agent. He has subsequently won 10 races and yesterday's Ellerslie success took his career earnings beyond the $2 million mark. "A million in Kiwi money is still great and if the country keeps offering the money we'll be back to try and win it," Cummings said. Zavite was brilliantly-handled by champion jockey Damien Oliver
who bided his early time back of midfield. Even under his 57.5kg topweight, Zavite never looked like being headed and he crossed the line with a three and a-quarter length margin on Booming. Cummings, whose father Bart has also had his share of success with the Fairdale breed, said he gave Oliver no pre-race instructions. "If I have to tell Damien how to ride this horse I've brought the wrong jockey across." Cummings said he would now give serious thought to a start in next month's Gr 1 $A400,000 Sydney Cup provided the track was firm. Zavite On Target For Cup "He's settled in very well here and he worked nicely over a bit of ground at Ellerslie on Wednesday," McRae said. "He went over about 2000 metres and quickened up over the last 600 and pleased his work rider - everybody's more than happy with him. "He hasn't missed a beat since and he's eating well and looks nice and bright." Bred and sold by Fairdale at Karaka in 2003 for $80,000, Zavite is out of the imported Alleged mare Miss Vita who won up to 2400 metres in England. Her seven-year-old son has been an outstanding performer for the Cummings stable with nine wins up to 3200 metres and career earnings of nearly $A1.5 million. Zavite's career highlights include a Gr 2 success in the Adelaide Cup, Gr 3 wins in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Launceston Cup and Listed victories in the Australia Day and McKell Cups. He has also been placed in the Gr 2 Herbert Power Stakes and the Gr 3 Geelong and Hobart Cups. Zavite is in excellent form and boasts a last-start victory under 60.5kg over 2500 metres at Moonee Valley last Friday night. Champion jockey Damien Oliver has been booked for the Auckland Cup ride and the combination are listed as second favourites in the pre-post market. Awapuni Victory For Well-Related Mare A mare whose pedigree boasts one of the finest performers to grace the tracks of Australia in the last 20 years was to the fore for Fairdale Stud at Awapuni on Thursday. Neversaynever was bred and sold by the farm and is from the family of eight-time Gr 1 winner and former top-rated four-year-old Super Impose. He won 20 races including the Cox Plate, two renewals of the Doncaster and Epsom Handicaps and the Chipping Norton as well as a Ranvet Stakes victory. By Fairdale resident Howbaddounwantit, Neversaynever's third dam is the Taipan mare Pheroz Fancy who left the brilliant Super Impose. She was also a half-sister to Ocean Pearl who in turn is the mother of the ill-fated Gr 1 Zabeel Classic winner Mikki Street. Neversaynever was bought out of Fairdale's Festival Sale draft to Karaka in 2007 for $14,000 and is trained at Hastings by part-owner John Bary. The four-year-old has now won three races and weighed in a further seven times from her 16 appearances. Master Elite Strikes Again Master Elite posted a deserved victory at Sha Tin on Sunday night when he recorded his second career success in Hong Kong. The lightly-tried five-year-old is a graduate of Fairdale Stud and was a $90,000 Premier Sale yearling at Karaka in 2006. He was purchased by Michael Chang Racing and made one trial appearance in New Zealand before he was transferred to Hong Kong. Master Elite has only once failed to weigh in from his 10 appearances and has banked more than $375,000. He is by Van Nistelrooy from a prolific Fairdale family with his dam, the winning Oregon mare Pageant, a daughter of the former top-class racemare Harp. Pageant is also a half-sister to Encore, who in turn left the triple Gr 1 winner Miltak (BMW Stakes, Auckland Cup, NZ Oaks). Timely Stallion Coup For Fairdale Nom du Jeu possessed the pace to win as a juvenile and the class and staying ability required to meet and beat the best three-year-olds in Australasia. He trained on as an older horse to again star on both sides of the Tasman under handicap and weight-for-age conditions and acted on all types of going. That versatility combined with a rich pedigree and ideal temperament make him a top-quality and timely acquisition for Gerald and Duncan Fell's Fairdale Stud. Nom du Jeu has been secured for stud duty by their successful Palmerston North establishment where he will stand his first season this year at $6000 + GST. His arrival comes hard on the heels of a major increase in demand for potential classic performers at the recently concluded NZ Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. "Nom du Jeu was an exceptional racehorse, has wonderful looks and boasts a fantastic pedigree," Gerald Fell said. "He's the perfect stallion type for New Zealand with the pronounced shift toward our middle distance horse emphasised so clearly by their popularity at the sales series this year." Prominent Australasian owner Rob McAnulty was among the buying bench at Karaka to echo those sentiments "There's a big swing back to buying horses for races like the Rosehill Guineas and the AJC Derby," he told the New Zealand Herald. "You can make a lot of money now with a stayer and any New Zealand breeder who breeds staying horses and classic horses is going to be rewarded." Nom du Jeu is by Sadler's Wells' champion son Montjeu, who has enjoyed outstanding success after a glittering career on the track. He was the six-time Gr 1 winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Prix du Jockey Club, Prix du Saint-Cloud, Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Irish Derby. Montjeu was an immediate success at stud with his first Northern Hemisphere crop including Gr 1 winners Hurricane Run, Motivator, Scorpion, Montare, Corre Caminos and Falstaff. Subsequent elite level winners have numbered Authorized, Fame And Glory, Jukebox Jury, Frozen Fire, Jan Vermeer, St Nicholas Abbey and Montmartre. In New Zealand he is the sire of Gr 1 winners Wall Street, Tavistock and Sharvasti with Roman Emperor and Speed Gifted in Australia. Wall Street confirmed his standing as one of the country's hottest racing prospects with his dominant victory in the recent Gr 1 Thorndon Mile at the expense of a brave Tavistock. Out of the dual Gr 1 winning Prized Gem (Kelt Capital Stakes, Brisbane Cup), Nom du Jeu's second, third and fourth dams were also multiple winners. He was trained throughout his career at Cambridge by Murray and Bjorn Baker for four wins and 10 placings and stake earnings of nearly $2.5 million. "He's just a beautiful, strong horse - extremely good-looking and a lovely dark brown colour and 16.2 hands," Murray Baker said. "He's got a lovely temperament and my four-year-old grandson has been on his back in the box." Nom du Jeu's career highlight was victory in the Gr 1 AJC Derby at Randwick and he was also Gr 1 placed in the Caulfield Cup, Kelt Capital Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. "He could go on any ground and won the Waikato Guineas on a very firm track and his Caulfield Cup effort was another terrific run when he came from last on the bend," Baker said. "He had a lot of speed and won his only two-year-old start coming from last to first - he was a complete package." Nom du Jeu was bred and raced by Billie Morton, of Brisbane, whose family have retained a 50 percent holding in the stallion with fellow stakeholders Fairdale and Goodwood Studs New Zealand Bloodstock is managing the syndication of the remaining shares. For further information: Contact Gerald Fell 0274 472134, Duncan
Fell 0274 604132 Zavite, Stayer of the Year 'Fairdale-bred stayer Zavite (NZ) (Zabeel) took the title of Stayer of the Year at the New South Wales Owners' Association's 'Night of Champions' Awards Dinner in Sydney earlier this month. Fittingly, the Stayer of the Year award was presented by New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing.
Toughness and durability were also apparent of the Cummings-trained
galloper - his Adelaide Cup success came hot off the heels of a
solid performance to win the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m), with victory
in the Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) coming three starts prior.
All told, the talented million-dollar-earner has won eight from
38 starts, with additional black-type success counted in the 2007
Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth Handicap, and the Listed WJ McKell Cup two
seasons ago. Bred in New Zealand by Fairdale Stud, Zavite was sold
to a bid of A$80,000 from Anthony Cummings at the 2004 Inglis Sydney
Easter Yearling Sale. Initially labelled by Cummings as a Melbourne
Cup horse, Zavite's path to its 2008 running went awry after developing
a muscle tear when third in last October's Listed Bart Cummings
Hcp (2520m) at Flemington. Twelve months prior Cummings had plotted a campaign to assure Zavite a start the 2007 Melbourne Cup, but came-up agonisingly short of making the field. Following a second-place effort in the Gr.2 Winning Edge Presentation Stakes, and a narrow defeat in the Gr.3 Geelong Cup, Zavite was unfortunately 29th in the Melbourne Cup elimination order for the field of 24. Already qualifying for this year's renewal, 2009 could well be Zavite's year. With the benefit of two trial outings under his belt, Zavite will
kick off his 2009 Melbourne Cup campaign in Saturday's Gr.2 Warwick
Stakes at Royal Randwick in Sydney. 10 things to know about ZAVITE (NZ)
Fully Fledged to stand at Fairdale View pedigree & race
record for Fully Fledged (PDF file)
Pace and class combined with the looks to match his precocious
pedigree have made Fully Fledged a perfect stallion fit for Fairdale
Stud. The Fell family's Palmerston North operation have secured
the handsome chestnut for stud duty this season. History making Zavite on Gr.1
trail The purple patch of form enjoyed by the Fairdale Stud-bred gelding Zavite (NZ) (Zabeel) added another chapter on Monday...it’s most important so far.
Previously victorious in the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (3200m), the Anthony Cummings-trained galloper entered Australia’s racing archives earlier in the week as the first horse in history to subsequently land the jewel of Adelaide’s racing calendar, the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m).
Ridden handy to the pace by regular pilot Nash Rawiller, Zavite (NZ) thrived at what was his first attempt over 3200m on Monday, opening the field up by 3 lengths in the straight and holding the advantage to the line.
Describing Zavite (NZ) as a tough competitor who just loves to win, Cummings has now earmarked the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on April 18 for the Zabeel galloper.
Interestingly, the Adelaide/Sydney Cup double has only ever been achieved by one horse - Zavite’s paternal half-brother Gallic.
Owners Mrs N K Falconer, Ms J L Clare, G Clare, Ms S I Dalling, M J Dalling, K S Ince, Ms J M Ince & A Blood could well be treated with an additional Gr.1 outing prior to this however, with a start in the BMW (2400m) at Rosehill two weeks earlier also deemed likely.
Initially bought by Cummings as a Melbourne Cup horse, Zavite’s path to its 2008 renewal went awry after unthinkably developing a muscle tear when 3rd in last October’s Listed Bart Cummings Hcp (2520m) at Flemington.
In all, Zavite (NZ) – an A$80,000 yearling purchase, has recorded four domestic Cup wins. Namely, the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m), the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m), the Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) and the Listed STC WJ McKell Cup (2400m).
Successful also in the Gr.3 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2520m), and the Listed VRC Better Boy Hcp (2000m), Zavite’s career record now reads 36 starts for 8 wins, 7 placings and boasts a healthy stakes earnings figure of A$972,000.
Tough from the get go, Zavite’s Fairdale Stud breeder
Gerald Fell was arguably the first to see the innate fighting qualities
that would later be unleashed on the track.
In keeping with the Palmerston North based stud’s policy of
acquiring well pedigreed mares, Zavite's (NZ) existence came
to be after a phone call had between Fell and the expatriate New
Zealander and now independent Bloodstock agent in Ireland and England,
Larry Stratton.
Landing in New Zealand at a cost of approximately NZ$70,000 – NZ$80,000, Miss Vita (USA) (Alleged) was sent to Zabeel in her first season for the respectively winners Mybigfatgreekhorse (NZ) and Zavite (NZ). Subsequently sent to Stravinsky in 2004 for the Brisbane winner Trescorpioni, Miss Vita (USA) later patronised Fairdale Stud’s own Gr.1 sire Howbaddouwantit in 2006, producing a yet unnamed colt that is based in West Australia.
Looking ahead, high expectation should follow the Savabeel foal that the three-from-three producer currently carries.
The Cox Plate winning sire is a son of Zavite’s own Champion sire Zabeel – a producer of no less than 39 individual Gr.1 winners.
In 2009, Miss Vita (USA) will visit the Australian Gr.1 winning sire Alamosa (NZ) (O’Reilly) who upon racing retirement will reside locally at Palmerston North’s Wellfield Lodge. Thursday Feb 26, 2009 The underlying toughness of the Fairdale Stud-bred galloper Zavite
(NZ) (Zabeel) was made plain to see in the Gr.3 AAMI 2009 Launceston
Cup (2400m) in Tasmania on Wednesday. Karaka Premier Yearling Sale, 26th + 27th January Karaka Select Yearling Sale, 28th, 29th & 30th January: 10 December 2008 Fairdale introduces a new studmaster… Big Profit (NZ) Strikes Win Hat-Trick in HK Sale Challenge NZTM 8 December 2008 Standing for NZ$6000 plus GST, Howbaddouwantit (USA) has been best represented to date by the Gr.1 galloper Mi Jubilee and has a 58.3 per cent winners-to-runners ratio.
Fairdale breeds Canterbury Belle
Stakes winner METROPOLITAN, a 3yr old filly by Elusive City out of Our Diva by Oregon, won the listed Canterbury Belle Stakes on Saturday 20th September at Riccarton. METROPOLITAN is a product of the Fell family's Fairdale Stud, successful breeders for over 60 years, who have owned five generations of METROPOLITAN's family. She descends from Ajasco, a Group 1 winning daughter of Fairdale's great sire Pakistan ll. Grand dam Concert, a Group 3 winner, was also bred and raced by the Fell family as was Our Diva by another Fairdale sire, Oregon. This family also includes Group 1 winners Silver Liner and Petrava (champion 3 yr old in South Africa) and is strongly represented in the Fairdale broodmare band. Fairdale holds a 20% share in Elusive City who has been very successful with his first crop of 2 yr olds in the Northern Hemisphere and is shuttled to Haunui Farm. METROPOLITAN is raced by Mr. Phil Bayly, a long time supporter of Fairdale Stud. The manner of her win suggests that there are many more to come. Gerald Fell honoured Manawatu breeding and racing administrator Gerald Fell believes the foundations have been laid for the success of racing in the lower North Island. Fell was the first chairman of the Race group (Racing Awapuni Combined Enterprise), which initially was a partnership of four Manawatu racing clubs. It has since expanded to six clubs, including the Wellington Racing Club, and Fell believes it was part of the reason he was today named a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to racing in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The Race group started out as combination of the Manawatu, Rangitikei, Feilding and Marton racing clubs but has since been joined by the Wellington and Otaki-Maori racing clubs. "The thing I'm most proud of is helping create Race and putting those clubs together," Fell told NZPA yesterday. "I think it will prove the saviour of racing clubs in the lower North Island." The assets of each club are shared by the partnership as well as raceday profits and losses. Racing tracks can be shared and racing dates moved amongst the different clubs. Fell said it took some work to convince clubs to put aside their parochial stances but he believed it had helped retain racing's strength in the lower North Island. "It took quite a lot of massaging to encourage the clubs to put all their assets together," he said. "But I'm sure it has helped retain horses and horsemen in the area. "Instead of being club versus club it is now all for the common good of racing in the region." Fell was involved in setting up racing's Hall of Fame, is a past president of the Manawatu Racing Club of which he has been a member for more than 50 years and for five years was a director of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing. But he is best known as a breeder through Fairdale Stud in Palmerston North. The stud came to national prominence through the spectacular success of sire Pakistan II in the 1960s but the horse died prematurely at the age of 13. Fairdale Stud also bred 1979 Melbourne Cup winner, the Bart Cummings-trained Hyperno. Steady stream of winners continues
for Howbaddouwantit. Consistent sire Howbaddouwantit made it four winners in three different countries last week adding to what has already been a very successful season. First up was D'Mighty General who won over a mile in Malaysia, continuing his good run of form. Eager Chat was next at Tauranga who fought hard to win at just his second start. This was followed on the same card by the promising galloper Pactus, who made it two wins from two starts. Rounding out the week was All Ready Got It, a very impressive winner of the $70,000 VRC Eugene Morgan Handicap at Flemington, making three wins on end for her trainer Mike Moroney. Also in Singapore, Aces and Aces formerly known as Needuask, went under in the last stride to finish second in the $500,000 GR1 Singapore Turf Club Patrons Bowl. This adds to his already impressive CV, having won at GR 2 and Listed level and a GR 1 second in the Railway Handicap in New Zealand before being transferred to champion trainer Laurie Laxon. Master Elite Wins In Hong Kong Wednesday 25th June, 2008 Fairdale Stud-bred Master Elite (Van Nistelrooy x Pageant) won in fine style on debut in Hong Kong in the Class 1 Juvenile Sprint Trophy on Sunday night. Fairdale Stud-bred Master Elite (Van Nistelrooy x Pageant) won in fine style on debut in Hong Kong in the Class 1 Juvenile Sprint Trophy on Sunday night. Michael Chang Racing purchased Master Elite from his breeders, Fairdale Stud, at the 2007 New Zealand Karaka Premier Sale for NZ$90,000 and he is now raced by owner Chan Chau Fai. Master Elite is a half-brother to Listen Pal (Tale of the Cat) who was third in the Group 3 BTC Doomben Classic and is from the family of the outstanding filly Miltak (McGinty). Stable Adds To Success With Family Thursday 19th June, 2008 The Busuttin stable added to a fine record with the family of Revere who won at Ruakaka on Wednesday.
The Busuttin stable added to a fine record with the family of Revere who won at Ruakaka on Wednesday. The Riviera three-year-old filly is a daughter of former outstanding racemare Plume who was trained by Paddy Busuttin. Plume was the winner of 12 races including the Group 1 New Zealand One Thousand Guineas at Riccarton and she was also runner-up in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks at Trentham. Trent Busuttin, who is now in partnership with his father Paddy, recalls the brilliance of Plume on the racetrack. "She was a wonderful racemare and Dad always speaks very highly of her as one of the best horses he has trained during his career," said Trent Busuttin. "I was about 10 or 11 years old at the time and realised that she was something out of the ordinary." Revere has obviously inherited some of the family ability. Her sire, Riviera, is a son of Kris and stands at Fairdale Stud near Palmerston North which bred Revere. It was the second winner in recent weeks for Riviera who was also represented by True Intentions in the winners circle earlier in the month. Revere had registered her first success two starts earlier at Awapuni and then lined up in the New Zealand Oaks but did not finish in the money in that event. "She got well back in the Oaks and made up ground alright at the finish but nothing came from behind that day," Busuttin said. She was freshened up and returned with a three-quarter length win at Ruakaka in the hands of leading apprentice James McDonald. Revere is owned jointly by her breeders, Fairdale Stud and the Central Districts Thoroughbred Partnership Syndicate. Howbaddouwantit In Top 10 Sires Of NZ Thursday 3rd April, 2008 Howbaddouwantit is enjoying a strong season which sees him among the top 10 New Zealand sires for 2007/08. Howbaddouwantit, who stands at Fairdale Stud near Palmerston North, is currently among the top 10 leading New Zealand sires for the 2007/08 season. To date the son of Rahy"s progeny have earned $843,302 in earnings this season. This positions him in 10th position on the sires" table. Howbaddouwantit has been represented by 28 individual winners in New Zealand in 2007/08. These horses have won a total of 39 races. The latest success story for Howbaddouwantit came at Hastings on Thursday when four-year-old mare Likenonthinelsie scored in the Tremain Real Estate Sprint Rating 90 1400. Likeonthinelsie is trained at Waipukurau by Kelly Burne and was ridden by Jason Waddell. Needuask Wins Listed Newmarket Handicap Saturday 29th December, 2007 Needuask has won the Listed Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and now shoots for Group 1 glory in the $200,000 Railway Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year"s Day. Needuask has won the Listed Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and now shoots for Group 1 glory in the $200,000 Railway Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year"s Day. The Howbaddouwantit confirmed his growing reputation with stylish win and showed that he is one of the most promising sprinters in the country at present. Co-trainer Richard Yuill said the Railway is a race Needuask can win with a handy barrier draw. "If we get a good barrier draw in the Railway we are a big hope. If we don"t then she (Samantha Spratt) will have to ride him for luck and he can still be very competitive." Needuask is raced by Auckland couple Barry and Deidre Neville-White. Needuask"s win was his sixth success from only 18 starts. Success Spreads To Hong Kong Tuesday 25th December, 2007 Bullish Cash has spiralled the success of Fairdale Stud sire Howbaddouwantit to Hong Kong racing with his fine win in the feature event at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Bullish Cash has spiralled the success of Fairdale Stud sire Howbaddouwantit to Hong Kong racing with his fine win in the feature event at Sha Tin on Sunday. The New Zealand-bred galloper proved too smart for his rivals in the HK$1.6 million Cuckoo Handicap (1800m) for class one horses and was ridden in superb style by in-form rider Marco Chui who settled the gelding three horses back on the rails and pushing his way into the clear at just the right time. It was a perfect ride and one that drew the young rider many compliments. Bullish Cash is trained by Tony Cruz who celebrates his 51st birthday this week. Bullish Cash, as the name implies, is raced by the man whose colours terrorised Japan’s best milers in 2006, Wong Wing-keung, of Bullish Luck fame. Bullish Cash won four of his six starts in New Zealand, where he raced as Wewantit, and looked a sure-fire top grade horse in Hong Kong when he produced a storming run under Robbie Fradd to finish second at his local debut. Howbaddouwantit is currently in fifth position on the New Zealand general sires" premiership having been represented by 19 individual winners in the country in the 2007/08 season. His progeny earnings stand at $536,535. Spratt Has Big Opinion Of Needuask Friday 7th December, 2007 Talented apprentice jockey Sam Spratt says Needuask showed blistering acceleration in scoring an authoritative win in the Group 2 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Avondale on Wednesday. Talented apprentice jockey Sam Spratt says Needuask showed blistering acceleration in scoring an authoritative win in the Group 2 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Avondale on Wednesday. "The way he went past them in the home straight was amazing," Spratt said. "All I did was give him a slap on the shoulder and he had an amazing turn of foot which left the others in his wake." "He"s improved so much with every race he"s had and is a very talented horse," she said. "He still has a lot of improvement in him and has got a big future in the sprinting ranks," she said. Spratt, 21, comes out of her apprenticeship time on February 2 and is making every post a winner in her successfual apprenticeship with 155 wins currently to her credit. Needuask is trained at Pukekohe by Richard Yuill and is a son of Fairdale Stud sire Howbaddouwantit who has been enjoying a fantastic run of results in the 2007/08 season. Howbaddouwantit is currently lying fifth on the New Zealand general sires" premiership with progeny earnings of $462,923. He has been represented by a total of 68 individual winners including
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Trained
by Anthony Cummings, the well-travelled Zavite (NZ) was rewarded
with the supreme distance acclaim following his outstanding triple
Cup-winning season, which ultimately saw him bankroll over A$640,000
in stake-earnings. Outlining his class with a dominant win in the
Gr.2 Adelaide Cup, Zavite demonstrated his ability over the two-mile
test, romping home to a 2.3 length win when carrying 57.5kg. It
was Zavite's first attempt at the 3200m, but the tough son of Zabeel
had clearly inherited plenty of the "Z" factor as he seemingly
cruised convincingly to the line. 
