Savatiano (foaled 7 September 2014) is a retired, multiple stakes winning Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

A Darley homebred, Savatiano is a half-sister to Athiri (

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), who was placed in the

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, Kindergarten Stakes and

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. Her second dam Star Shiraz won the G1 Sires' Produce Stakes and was placed in the G1

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and the TJ Smith Classic.

Racing career

Savatiano is the winner of 12 races which includes 7 Stakes races. Her most prestigious win was the 2021 Canterbury Stakes at

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level. However, twelve months later she was disqualified from this race for returning a positive swab to a prohibited substance.

Pedigree

References

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