New G1 Winners For Savabeel, Mastercraftsman and Dylan Thomas

New Zealand’s champion sire Savabeel produced his 16th Group One winner when the Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained 2YO gelding Sword Of Osman won the G1 Sistema Diamond Stakes at Ellerslie.

Sword Of Osman (Savabeel x Bunyah by Distant View) is one of 73 stakes winners by Savabeel, who is racing towards more NZ sire titles this season.

Sword Of Osman led home a quinella for the Te Akau stable when he beat previously unbeaten Karaka Million winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock).

It was the third win from four starts for Sword of Osman, who previously produced explosive front-running performances to win by three lengths at Awapuni and by five and three-quarter lengths in last month’s G3 Matamata Slipper at Awapuni.

Sword Of Osman is from European-bred mare Bunyah (Distant View) who is a half-sister to G3 winner Governor Brown (Kingmambo) and Listed winner Hataab (Woodman).

Bunyah is also the dam of the stakes-placed filly Fortaleza (Darci Brahma) and four other winners.

Sword Of Osman is one of 73 stakes winners by Savabeel, who stood for a fee of NZ$100,000 in 2017.

• The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Saint Emilion provided former shuttle sire Mastercraftsman with his seventh G1 winner when he took out the New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie.

Saint Emilion (Mastercraftsman x Roseario by Pentire), now set an Australian campaign, was passed in at the 2013 NZB National Yearling Sale under his resrve of NZ$80,000.

He has since had 36 starts for 13 wins and four placings and accumulated NZ$387,045 prize money.

His is from the four-time winner Roseario (Pentire), dam of two winers from two to race.

Roseario is a half-sister to the Listed winner Raw Instinct (Housebuster) and the unraced mare Passive Rose (Zabeel), the dam of Singapore stakes winner Yastrzemski (Keeper).

• Danehill’s son Dylan Thomas sired his ninth G1 winner when the Allan Sharrock-trained Ladies First won the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie.

An NZ$8000 purchase by HT O’Leary at the 2014 NZB National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Sale Ladies First (Dylan Thomas x Just Polite by Dehere) has won nine races including two at stakes level from 16 starts and has earned NZ$480,760 prize money.

Ladies First is one of four winners out of the G3 winner Just Polite (Dehere), a half-sister to Singapore stakes-placed Take The Gold (End Sweep) and VRC Oaks placegetter Savsbelle (Savabeel).

Dylan Thomas stands at Castle Hyde, the National Hunt arm of Coolmore Stud in Ireland.