THOROUGHBRED

SAVABILL won the Listed Waikato Stud Slipper for the 2 year olds at Matamata on Saturday.

The gelding by SAVABEEL - ILLUNMINATE had to be good, not having everything go his way. He settled last on the outside of HEZA REBEL who pushed out at the 600 meter mark this unbalanced him and he looked to have a lot of work to do turning for home where he still seemed to be changing stride. It took him a while to get momentum but he flew over the last 100 meters to win well by 1 length. KARRDO having his first start did well, BESPOKE was also close up a short head back in third.

Trained by John Sargent, " He's a very laid back horse and he really lost it on the turn, he got on the wrong leg but when he got balanced he really got to the line. It was a good effort, he will go on to Auckland for the Sires but Manawatu will suit him better. He will go up a level, he is a horse that's still learning."

Jockey Hayden Tinsley, " He wasn't traveling that well underneath me and Cameron on the inside of me pushed me out, put me off balance quite bad and he chopped and changed legs for about 100 meters but once I got him balanced he found his right gear and came home good."