Savile Row
Trish Dunell
Class was the word freely bandied around after Savile Row beat his older opposition at Ellerslie.
The three-year-old was making a fresh start in Thursday's viva.co.nz 1200 and he returned in a blaze of glory, coming from off the pace to account for Cartell and Latin Rose, with the latter coming off a runner-up finish in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders Stakes.
"We're getting him ready for the Group One at Wellington so he needed a good hit-out," said Mike Moroney, who prepares the son of Makfi with Pam Gerard.
"We weren't quite sure what to expect, but he's got class. He's quite casual on the track and he obviously saves it for race day."
Runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas, Savile Row has the Gr.1 Randwick Meats Levin Classic at Trentham on January 14 on his immediate programme.
"He's still a colt and we'd like to win that Group One mile and then go for the Derby," Moroney said. "He's as good a type as you'd see."
Jockey Michael Coleman has now ridden Savile Row in both his career victories, having partnered him to a debut victory at Te Awamutu last season.
Coleman was also pleasantly taken aback by the colt's latest winning effort.
"He surprised me - I thought he might have been a bit outpaced over 1200 metres on a good track, but he's got class," he said.
"When the pace went on from the half mile it helped us and as soon as I got him to the outside I knew he was home." – NZ Racing Desk.
The three-year-old was making a fresh start in Thursday's viva.co.nz 1200 and he returned in a blaze of glory, coming from off the pace to account for Cartell and Latin Rose, with the latter coming off a runner-up finish in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders Stakes.
"We're getting him ready for the Group One at Wellington so he needed a good hit-out," said Mike Moroney, who prepares the son of Makfi with Pam Gerard.
"We weren't quite sure what to expect, but he's got class. He's quite casual on the track and he obviously saves it for race day."
Runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas, Savile Row has the Gr.1 Randwick Meats Levin Classic at Trentham on January 14 on his immediate programme.
"He's still a colt and we'd like to win that Group One mile and then go for the Derby," Moroney said. "He's as good a type as you'd see."
Jockey Michael Coleman has now ridden Savile Row in both his career victories, having partnered him to a debut victory at Te Awamutu last season.
Coleman was also pleasantly taken aback by the colt's latest winning effort.
"He surprised me - I thought he might have been a bit outpaced over 1200 metres on a good track, but he's got class," he said.
"When the pace went on from the half mile it helped us and as soon as I got him to the outside I knew he was home." – NZ Racing Desk.
