Final Touch Wins Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes

The leaderboard for the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series is looking very top heavy with three fillies now having a share in the lead, with Final Touch winning the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday.

A brilliant win, Final Touch (Kashani x My Lydia) came from near last on the rail coming into the straight. Ridden by jockey David Walsh, the pair weaved their way through the field and ranged up to the leaders in the final furlong and took the lead to win by a comfortable length-and-three-quarters.

Trained by John & Karen Parsons, the three-year-old came into the race off the back of a winning performance at Banks Peninsula only a week prior. The win gives her seven points in the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series; she is now locked in a three-way tie with Princess Emmy and No Choice also on seven points.

I'm Your Venus (Show a Heart x Oaky Miss) ran a good second in the race to pick up three points after being very wide on the turn, and Miss Maximuss (Castledale x Missprynt) stayed on well for third, earning one point, after working early in the race.

The last leg of the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series - the Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) - is shaping up as a beauty and will be held at Riccarton on 16 April.

To view the current points table for the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, click here.