With Brenton Avdulla sporting the Dynamic Syndications silks, Savapinski defeated Payroll (Not A Single Doubt) by two and three-quarter lengths with Token Of Love (Al Maher) a length back in third. (photo Grant Courtney)
"I won on this horse at Hawkesbury one day and I said she won't be at her peak until she reaches 2000 metres," Avdulla said.
"They obviously had her set for
The leading trainer at the Flemington carnival, Gai Waterhouse said she had this race on the agenda for some time.
"She's a mare on the rise and I've targeted this race for a while. I thought she would be very hard to beat. I knew that if Brenton used her speed she would be very hard to run down," Waterhouse said.
"She just skipped away like a little bunny rabbit.
"We'll come back and may be win this race again next year."
A $70,000 purchase by Dynamic Syndications/Gai Waterhouse Racing from the Waikato Stud draft at the 2015 NZB Select Yearling sale, Savapinski is the second foal of the unraced Pins mare Swarovski a half-sister to Listed winner Glitzy (O'Reilly).
Savapinski becomes the 69th stakes-winner for Savabeel while Embellish credited the Waikato stallion with his 14th Group 1 winner.
