Lady Kipling (NZ) Continues Savabeel's Hot Run

The high class mare Lady Kipling (NZ) was labelled early as a black-type mare and she lived up to that billing on Saturday when winning the $85,000 Group 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa.

Competing against some tough opposition, including the Group 1 Queensland Oaks placed Shez Sinsational (Ekraar), Lady Kipling (Savabeel x Akela) proved too good when asked by jockey Matthew Cameron to quicken at the 200 metres, taking the Group 2 by a length at the post.

The four-year-old daughter of Savabeel has taken four victories this season for trainer Murray Baker and came into the race off the back of a good win at Counties over 1600 metres in a $40,000 Open Handicap.

Now the winner of six of her sixteen starts, Lady Kipling is the 13th stakes winner for her sire Savabeel who can do little wrong at present. Making a solid start to the season, the Cox Plate winning son of Zabeel has also seen Sangster (NZ) win the Group 1 VRC Derby and Strike the Stars (NZ) take the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes.

Standing at Waikato Stud, Savabeel has a draft of 54 yearlings at the 2012 Karaka Yearling Sales.

Bred by Alchemy Family Trust and Windsor Park Stud, Lady Kipling was purchased by her trainer Murray Baker from Windsor Park Stud for $62,500 at New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Karaka Select Sale. She is now raced by Geoff Candy and Lawrence Redshaw.

The 2012 Karaka Premier Sale will offer a half-sister to Lady Kipling by High Chaparral at Lot 36 from Windsor Park Stud.

Saturday's Te Rapa meeting saw NZB graduates notch up a stakes double with Mydiamond Bracelet (NZ) (Al Akbar x Plain Jill) taking the Listed Ag and Turf Sprint (1400m) after kicking clear and holding her lead to the post to win by a neck.

A five-year-old mare, Mydiamond Bracelet is trained by Graham Richardson for owners G A Andrew, J D Clark, J J Lawrence, R L Pearson & The Bohemian Trust, and was stakes performed coming into the race, improving dramatically on her luckless last start in the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes.

Running fourth in the Listed Rotorua Stakes to Dowager Queen (Savabeel) and Fleur de Lune (Stravinsky) in May, Saturday's victory was her second this season after winning at Te Rapa in late October.

Bred and sold by Mark Corcoran, Mydiamond Bracelet was purchased by her trainer Graham Richardson from the 2008 Karaka Festival Sale for $26,000. She has now won $59,000 in stakes.