PROVOCATIVE
filly, Zabeel-Betwixt
Trainer: Tony Pike (no Derby wins)
Jockey: Leith Innes (Wahid 2006)
4 starts
2 wins
0 seconds
0 thirds
NZ$18,275
6th Avondale Guineas
Her win at Ellerslie two starts ago was unbelievable. Front-runners were winning that day, but she came from the back and blew them away.
I thought she would be hard to beat in the Avondale Guineas, but she got a long way back and had too much work to do in the stretch. But she was finishing well, and she is definitely one of the leading chances in this race.
Zabeel has sired three Derby winners - Zonda (1997), Hades (1999) and St Reims (2002). This is the first Derby since the legendary sire died in September 2015.