Article by NZ Racing Desk: Legarto’s last-gasp triumph in the G1 Australian Guineas at Flemington was a tonic for New Zealand’s bloodstock industry – and it was fully enjoyed by a father-and-daughter breeding team ob opposite sides of the globe.
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Racing fans were left shaking their heads at Ellerslie on Saturday evening after witnessing exciting mare Levante take out the Group 2 Westbury Classic (1400m).
For those who had never seen the Proisir four-year-old in action before, they could have been forgiven for ripping up their betting tickets up at the 600m as the $1.40 favourite was dead last in the ten-horse field and struggling to catch the runners immediately ahead of her.
What happened next was succinctly summed up by Levante’s rider Sam Collett when she admitted later that ‘there are good horses and then there are horses like her’.