One to Watch – Canberra

Tara Madgwick - Friday January 22

Savabeel gave us a ‘One to Watch’ on Thursday and another on Friday with an impressive debut juvenile winner from the powerful Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable.

Sent to Canberra for her first start following some nice efforts in recent barrier trials, Tilianam was sent out favourite and cruised home to win by two lengths.

A $270,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase for her trainers from the Waikato Stud draft, Tilianam is a three-quarter sister -in-blood to Group II winner Splurge and is the second winner from Spending, a stakes-placed full sister to Group winners Shopaholic and Packing Pins.

Waikato Stud will offer the full brother to Tilianam as Lot 138 and he is pictured below,


Lot 138

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Race Result - John McGrath Auto Group Hcp 1000m

Canberra Track: Good(3) Time: 0:58.06
1
Tilianam
- 2f Savabeel (AUS) x Spending (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Q Krogh 56
2
2.0
Baden Road
- 2f Brazen Beau (AUS) x Military Operation (AUS) (All American (AUS))
Tnr: J G Sargent Rdr: Mitchell Bell 56
3
5.0
Loose Love
- 2g Turn Me Loose (NZ) x Exclusive Love (USA) (Bernstein (USA))
Tnr: Todd Smart Rdr: Aaron Sweeney 56.5
4
5.2
State Capital
- 2c Capitalist (AUS) x Delphic (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: S Guymer 58
5
7.0
Delightful Denni
- 2f Denman (AUS) x Special Mention (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Michelle Ritchie Rdr: Brock Ryan 56
6
7.2
Astern's Girl
- 2f Astern (AUS) x Muscovado (AUS) (Big Brown (USA))
Tnr: T Sergi Rdr: Ms K Nisbet 56
7
7.9
Keynes Time
- 2g Capitalist (AUS) x Peppermint Patty (AUS) (Denman (AUS))
Tnr: G P Vella Rdr: Simon Miller 58
8
9.0
Harderthantherest
- 2f All Too Hard (AUS) x Friendly Donna (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: K R Dryden Rdr: B Mc Dougall 56
9
9.7
Tia Karete
- 2g Sweynesse (AUS) x Signorina Svelta (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: G P Vella Rdr: P Scorse 58
10
10.3
Lunar Ashes
- 2f Odyssey Moon (AUS) x Yorked (AUS) (Foreplay (AUS))
Tnr: Ms S Murray-Leslie Rdr: Ellen Hennessy 54.5
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