# Savabeel

Savabeel is a retired Australian Thoroughbred race horse and active sire. He is best known for his win in the 2004 Cox Plate. He was trained by Graeme Rogerson, and ridden by Chris Munce in his most important wins.

## Breeding

Savabeel, foaled on 23 September 2001, is a brown horse sired by champion New Zealand sire Zabeel out of the multiple Group 1 winner Savannah Success.

## Racing career

In Spring 2004 he won the race considered the Weight for Age Championship of Australasia, the Cox Plate, beating the previous year's winner Fields of Omagh. He was the first three-year-old to win the race since another son of Zabeel, Octagonal won the race nine years earlier in 1995. At the time of Savabeel's Cox Plate win, Rogerson described him as the best horse he had ever trained.
Savabeel also won the Group One 2004 Spring Champion Stakes over 2000m at Randwick.
After an excellent run for second behind Elvstroem in the C F Orr Stakes in February 2005, Savabeel had an unsuccessful autumn campaign which saw him only place once and was retired to stud in 2005.
All in all, he retired the winner of $2,760,460 in stakes. Savabeel started on 14 occasions, winning 3 and placing on 4 occasions.

## Stud career

Savabeel stands at Waikato Stud in the North Island of New Zealand, as one of the primary stallions.
Savabeel made a clean sweep of New Zealand's three stallion categories for the 2016–17 season. For the second straight year the stallion won the Grosvenor Award for New Zealand stakes earnings, the Dewar Stallion Trophy for Australasian earnings and the Centaine Award for global earnings.
At the 2025 Karaka sales a filly by Savabeel out of the O'Reilly mare Symphonic, full-sister to Orchestral, fetched a price of $2.4 million.

### Notable stock

Savabeel has sired 33 individual Group One winners:
'c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Dam | Dam sire | Major wins |
| 2007 | Scarlett Lady | f | On Call (NZ) | Ironclad (NZ) | Queensland Oaks New Zealand Stakes |
| 2008 | Brambles | g | Prickle (NZ) | Pins (Aus) | Queensland Derby |
| 2008 | Diademe | f | Bling (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes |
| 2008 | Sangster | g | Quinta Special (Ire) | Spectrum (Ire) | Victoria Derby International Stakes Auckland Cup |
| 2009 | Costume | f | Disguised (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | Herbie Dyke Stakes Livamol Classic |
| 2009 | Soriano | f | Call Me Lily (NZ) | Just A Dancer (NZ) | Zabeel Classic Herbie Dyke Stakes |
| 2010 | Kawi | g | Magic Time (NZ) | Volksraad (GB) | Challenge Stakes (x2) Zabeel Classic Thorndon Mile Horlicks Plate Haunui Farm Classic Captain Cook Stakes |
| 2010 | Lucia Valentina | f | Staryn Glenn (NZ) | Montjeu (Ire) | Vinery Stud Stakes Turnbull Stakes Queen Elizabeth Stakes |
| 2011 | Savaria | f | Amathea (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand Oaks |
| 2011 | Shillelagh | f | Trocair (Aus) | Flying Spur (Aus) | Kennedy Mile Empire Rose Stakes |
| 2011 | Sound Proposition | g | Ebony Babe (NZ) | Ebony Grosve (NZ) | Easter Handicap |
| 2012 | Pasadena Girl | f | Nina From Pasadena | Redoute's Choice | Champagne Stakes |
| 2013 | Hall Of Fame | c | Around The Clock (AUS) | Galileo (Ire) | Levin Classic |
| 2015 | Nicoletta | f | Celtic Crown (US) | Doneraile Court (US) | New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes |
| 2014 | Embellish | c | Bling (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand 2000 Guineas |
| 2014 | Hasahalo | f | Halloween | Encosta De Lago | New Zealand 1000 Guineas |
| 2014 | Savvy Coup | f | Eudora (NZ) | Pins (Aus) | New Zealand Oaks Livamol Classic |
| 2015 | Prise de Fer | g | Foil (AUS) | Snippets (AUS) | Captain Cook Stakes |
| 2015 | Savy Yong Blonk | f | Ampin (NZ) | Pins (Aus) | Livamol Classic |
| 2015 | Sword Of Osman | c | Bunyah (Ire) | Distant View (US) | Sistema Stakes |
| 2015 | The Chosen One | c | Glitzy One (Aus) | Flying Spur (Aus) | Thorndon Mile |
| 2016 | Probabeel | f | Far Fetched (NZ) | Pins (Aus) | Surround Stakes Epsom Handicap Futurity Stakes Caulfield Stakes |
| 2017 | Amarelinha | f | Hopscotch (NZ) | Bahroona (US) | New Zealand Oaks |
| 2017 | Atishu | f | Posy (NZ) | No Excuse Needed (GB) | Queen of the Turf Stakes Champions Stakes Empire Rose Stakes |
| 2017 | Cool Aza Beel | c | Cool 'N' Sassy | Testa Rossa (AUS) | Sistema Stakes |
| 2017 | Mo'unga | c | Chandelier (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | Rosehill Guineas Winx Stakes |
| 2018 | I Wish I Win | g | Make A Wish (NZ) | Pins (AUS) | TJ Smith Stakes |
| 2018 | Noverre | c | Magic Dancer | Rip Van Winkle (IRE) | New Zealand 2000 Guineas |
| 2018 | The Perfect Pink | f | The Solitaire | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand 1000 Guineas |
| 2019 | Major Beel | g | Gram (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | Australian Derby |
| 2019 | Provence | f | Sombreuil (AUS) | Flying Spur (AUS) | Thorndon Mile New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes |
| 2020 | Orchestral | f | Symphonic (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand Derby Vinery Stud Stakes |
| 2021 | Savaglee | c | Glee (NZ) | O'Reilly (NZ) | New Zealand 2000 Guineas |

## Honors and recognition

Savabeel will be inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame at the May 11, 2025 Hamilton dinner.

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Savabeel (AUS) 2001 :
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Sir Tristram (IRE) 1971 | Sir Ivor | Sir Gaylord |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Sir Tristram (IRE) 1971 | Sir Ivor | Attica |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Sir Tristram (IRE) 1971 | Isolt | Round Table |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Sir Tristram (IRE) 1971 | Isolt | All My Eye |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Lady Giselle (FR) 1982 | Nureyev | Northern Dancer |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Lady Giselle (FR) 1982 | Nureyev | Special |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Lady Giselle (FR) 1982 | Valderna | Val de Loir |
| Sire Zabeel (NZ) 1986 | Lady Giselle (FR) 1982 | Valderna | Derna |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Success Express (USA) 1985 | Hold Your Peace | Speak John |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Success Express (USA) 1985 | Hold Your Peace | Blue Moon |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Success Express (USA) 1985 | Au Printemps | Dancing Champ |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Success Express (USA) 1985 | Au Printemps | Lorgnette |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Alma Mater (AUS) 1988 | Semipalatinsk | Nodouble |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Alma Mater (AUS) 1988 | Semipalatinsk | School Board |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Alma Mater (AUS) 1988 | Sweetie | Without Fear |
| Dam Savannah Success (AUS) 1995 | Alma Mater (AUS) 1988 | Sweetie | Virginia |