Iffraaj Fillies on Fire
With five fillies racing for the NZB Southern Filly of the Year title in Saturday's $50,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, it was If I Can I Can who raced to the Series victory, claiming a rare Filly Series double for her young sire Iffraaj. |
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Iffraaj Filly Joins Southern Filly Leaders
Three-year-old filly Kisses has given her sire Iffraaj a chance of
taking a rare piece of history with a dominant win in Saturday's $50,000 Listed
NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m), the third leg of NZB's Southern Filly of the Year
Series. |
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Fix Crowned NZB Filly of the Year
The wait is over for the connections of Fix (Iffraaj) who had to see out Saturday's $300,000 Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) before they could celebrate her NZB Filly of the Year Series victory. |
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New Stakes-Winner for Iffraaj A great front running performance has seen the Iffraaj three-year-old So
Wotif hold off a hot field of three-year-olds to win his first stakes race
in Saturday's $70,000 Group 3 NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mr Tiz Trophy (1200m)
at Ellerslie. |
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Fix, The One to Beat in Fillies Series
It came down to another tight finish but yet again Fix (NZ) showed
her determination and fighting spirit to take her third consecutive Group 2
victory in Saturday's $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies
Classic (2000m). |
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Iffraaj Filly Leads NZB Filly of the Year Series
Tough Iffraaj filly Fix (NZ) claimed her second consecutive leg – and the Series lead – in New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series at Ellerslie yesterday when winning the $100,000 Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes (2000m). |
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Group Two Winner for Iffraaj
Talented three-year-old filly Fix (NZ) has lived up to her billing
and produced a big result for her young sire Iffraaj in yesterday's $100,000
Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie - the fifth leg
of New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series. |
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First Southern Hemisphere Stakes-Winner for Iffraaj
Promising young sire Iffraaj was represented by his first southern hemisphere stakes winner at Wanganui on Saturday with Karaka graduate Twilight Granita heading a quinella for her sire in the $50,000 Listed Fordell O'Leary Fillies Stakes (1200m). |
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He Was Hot and Now He's Not? Last year this first season sire was the talk of Karaka and 12 months later, he had just one yearling sell in NZB Premier with a further 30 offered in the Select Sale. |
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Early betting trends - Flemington, January 14
Pre-post punters have begun to put plenty on a pair of Lloyd Williams-owned runners 48 hours out from Saturday's Elms Handicap (1400m) at Flemington. |
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