Probabeel top horse

Glamour mare and multiple Group I winner Probabeel led the powerful Te Akau Racing operation’s dominance of domestic racing honours for the 2020-21 season. At New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s virtual event on Monday evening, the Jamie Richards-trained Probabeel was crowned horse of the year and was also supreme in the sprinter-miler category. Her stablemate and Sistema Stakes winner Sword Of State was named champion two-year-old while former barn-mate Melody Belle, whose four Group I victories last season took her top flight tally to 14, claimed champion middle distance honours. Avantage was runner-up to Probabeel for the horse of the year award and in the sprinter-miler category while On The Bubbles polled second-highest in the race for juvenile honours.