Cape Sire Relative Makes NZ Racing History
New Zealand Horse Of The Year Melody Belle, a relative of Cheveley Stud’s promising young sire Wylie Hall, made yet more racing history
6th October 2019
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New Zealand Horse Of The Year Melody Belle, a relative of Cheveley Stud’s promising young sire Wylie Hall, made yet more racing history
Melody Belle, who, like Cheveley Stud sire Wylie Hall, descends from the mare Belle Time, made it an eighth Gr1 victory when she won at Hastings on Saturday
With a sensational five Gr1 victories to her name during the 2018-19 season, Melody Belle (NZ) was a runaway winner of the New Zealand Horse of the Year title
Superstar Melody Belle (NZ) was outstanding yet again in Saturday’s NZ$200,000 Gr1 Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki
‘Fortune favours the bold, so kudos to Peter de Beyer for retaining Sylvie, a moderate race filly many breeders would have shunned as a broodmare’
A race steeped in history, previous winners include champion sires Jet Master and Gimmethegreenlight, as well as multiple Equus award winning champions Pocket Power, Do It Again, Jet Dark and Charles Dickens
There was a unique South African connection in the background as the Ralph Beckett-trained Bluestocking charged to victory under Rossa Ryan to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday
