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Per Incanto Filly Leads Karaka List

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Per Incanto filly Tennessee sits on top of the Karaka Million Order of Entry after she remained unbeaten with her first black type win Saturday’s Listed Wellesley Stakes at Trentham on Saturday.

Tennessee
Tennessee Picture: Race Images PN

Making the trip from trainers Stephen McKee and Eddie Chippendale’s Ardmore base, Tennessee was stepping up from her winning debut at Ruakaka six weeks ago.

With two wins from two starts, she is on top of the leaderboard for the $1 million Karaka Million – New Zealand’s richest race – with combined earnings of $39,060.

“She can have a couple of weeks off now and when she comes back she can have a run in something like the Eclipse Stakes before the Karaka Million,” commented McKee.

“She’s a natural and that seems a trait of the Per Incantos, they all coming out running. She’s a very fast filly with quite a big stride.”

Purchased by Trevor McKee at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2015 Festival Sale for $15,000 from Mapperley Stud, the two-year-old filly’s owners include rugby legend Sir Colin Meads and Pinehaven Racing.

Bred by Mapperley Stud’s Simms Davison, the daughter of Per Incanto is out of the winning O’Reilly mare Bella Carolina.

Tennessee’s second dam is a half-sister to G1 winner Dress Circle (Zabeel) and is a full-sister to stakes placegetter Flying Flight (Centaine).

Karaka graduate Xiong Feng (Iffraaj) made a wining debut at Ellerslie over 880m to move to third on the Karaka Million order while What Choux Want (Jimmy Choux) is second after finishing runner-up at Riccarton.
Racing and Sports

Trentham

Saturday, 24th October 2015

4
14:28
(local)

Linwood Park Wellesley Stakes (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN
NZD $50,000
1000m TURF DEAD
4
14:28
(local)
NZD $50,000
1000m DEAD

Linwood Park Wellesley Stakes (LR)

Age: 2yo Type: OPEN

The Listed juvenile event over 1000m at Trentham saw the visiting filly Tennessee remain unbeaten and show leader speed plus fight when challenged to win by almost a length. She clocked 58.92 down the chute, which is notorious for posting bionic times, and is yet another by the sire of Per Incanto that is leaving a plethora of readymade youngsters. The race was marred after 300m when a green debutante in Fortaleza, bounded in the air for no reason and Savasava behind reacted badly then clipped heels and dislodged his rider. Dontpokethetiger, a South Island prepared filly, ran a brave second after being handy wide then a threatening second at the 200m. Fortaleza found the line well for third and looks to have good scope when she learns what the racing game is all about. Hiphop was an okay fourth while Fibonaci and Shezachoux wee not too bad in fifth and sixth respectively. The luckless run was Just You that copped a pole-axing when the rival Savasava lost his rider and ended up being tailed out across the junction to the home turn. The fact he kept coming down the outer to be beaten just under six lengths was meritorious as he lost almost that amount when checked. The winner Tennessee is very professional and has tactical speed so more in store for her this season with a main aim at this stage likely to be the Karaka Million early next year. The runner with the most upside is Fortaleza while the next time out name if not mentally scarred by the bad check has to be Just You.



FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 7. TENNESSEE (NZ) 2yo F
PER INCANTO (USA) - BELLA CAROLINA (NZ)
SAM SPRATT
STEPHEN MCKEE & EDDIE CHIPPENDALE
$2
54.5kg
T A Green, T J McKee Onzm, Sir Colin Meads & Pinehaven Racing Ltd

Sales Information

2nd 8. DONTPOKETHETIGER (AUS) 2yo F
BENETEAU (AUS) - LA LUNE (AUS)
KELLY MYERS
PETER RUDKIN
$2.29
54.5kg
Stirling Bloodstock Ltd

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3rd 9. FORTALEZA (NZ) 2yo F
DARCI BRAHMA (NZ) - BUNYAH (IRE)
MATTHEW CAMERON
MICHAEL MORONEY & ANDREW CLARKEN
$2
54.5kg
G P Bartlett, N Bidois, W R Boyd, M & Mrs M J Caro, J P Clapham, Ms D Harris, B B Kennedy, R Kinnaird, T Lysaght, A M & T Nicol, J A Peters, Ms L Stanley, B R Trimmer & Ms S Whiting

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4th 5. HIPHOP (NZ) 2yo G
SHOWCASING (GB) - MISSY ELLIOTT (NZ)
DARRYL BRADLEY
LISA LATTA
$1.88
56.5kg

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5th 3. FIBONACCI (NZ) 2yo G
PER INCANTO (USA) - DA VINCI CODE (NZ)
KANE SMITH
STEPHEN MERCER
$2
56.5kg

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6th 10. SHEZACHOUX (NZ) 2yo F
JIMMY CHOUX (NZ) - HISTORIC FILLY (AUS)
R J MYERS
JOHN BARY
$2
54.5kg

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7th 2. JUST YOU (NZ) 2yo G
POUR MOI (IRE) - MONTE MAKEMYDAY (AUS)
ROBERT HANNAM
LISA LATTA
$2
56.5kg

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8th 6. QUANTUM (NZ) 2yo G
KEEPER (AUS) - GINA MAY (NZ)
DANIELLE JOHNSON
BRENDON HAWTIN
$2
56.5kg
9th 1. THE DUKE OF JAZZ (NZ) 2yo G
ECHOES OF HEAVEN (AUS) - SUCH SWEET THUNDER (AUS)
SAMANTHA COLLETT
JESSE MACMILLAN & RACHEL BERRY
$1.89
56.5kg

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LR 4. SAVASAVA (NZ) 2yo G
SAVABEEL (AUS) - CHAI LATTE (AUS)
JOHNATHON PARKES
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON
$2
56.5kg

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