First Stakes Success for Pins Filly Reputabelle

Media Release - Saturday March 5

With a dominant performance at Wingatui by a rising star of the South Island’s three-year-old ranks, Michael and Matthew Pitman have added some black-type glow to a highly successful family association.

Reputabelle dashes away with the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui Photo Credit: Tayler Strong

The Riccarton trainers saddled Reputabelle for a runaway victory in Saturday’s Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m), powering clear in the hands of Tina Comignaghi to beat runner-up Irish Red by five and three-quarter lengths.

Reputabelle was bred by Waikato Stud and is by Pins out of Really Reputable. That makes her a full-sister to the former Pitman runner Morse Code, who won nine races and was also a two-time fourth placegetter in the Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m). Another full-sister, the John Morell-trained Florence Jean, was a Group Three placegetter.

“The full-sister Morse Code was a very good mare that we had in our stable, and now we’ve got this really nice filly as well,” Michael Pitman said. “You don’t see many horses win Listed races as easily as that – that was a big performance.”

Unplaced in three starts in the spring, Reputabelle has turned the corner in the New Year with a hat-trick of increasingly impressive victories. In contrast to her speedy sister Morse Code, she appears to be relishing longer distances.

That is set to be put to the test in her next two starts – the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on April 9 and the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at the same venue two weeks later. Those two features are the third and fourth legs of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, in which Reputabelle now shares first place on the table with Art De Triomphe. They have earned 7 points apiece.

Advertisement

“This is a filly who’s really put everything together over the last few weeks,” Pitman said. “We knew that she was always going to be a nice horse – she just needed a little bit of time. We’re seeing the results now of that patient approach, and it’s very pleasing.

“I’m not sure that it was necessarily an exceptional field that she beat today, but she did it in very good style. She’ll carry on through the rest of the Southern Filly Series now, starting with the 1600-metre race at Riccarton and then stepping up to 2000 in the Warstep.

“A lot of fillies who are going well at this time of the year, you’re not sure how they’ll handle that trip when they get to the Warstep. But I think she’ll absolutely love it.”

Reputabelle has now won three of her six starts and $59,190 in stakes for a syndicate of owners that features long-time Pitman stable clients Jim Bruford, Chris Griffin and Sue Bourke. – NZ Racing Desk

Advertisment

Race Result - Airfreight Stakes LR 1400m

Wingatui Track: Good(3) Time: 1:24.26
1
Reputabelle
- 3f Pins (AUS) x Really Reputable (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: M & M Pitman Rdr: A Comignaghi 56.5
2
5.8
Irish Red
- 3f Burgundy (NZ) x Niamh Elizabeth (NZ) (Per Incanto (USA))
Tnr: J W Richards Rdr: J D Laking 56.5
3
6.2
Just Maybe
- 3f Tivaci (AUS) x Will She (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: Ms K Williams Rdr: Ms K Williams 56.5
4
7.2
Shameless Tart
- 3f Shamexpress (NZ) x Clos De Tart (NZ) (Darci Brahma (NZ))
Tnr: Andrew Carston Rdr: T R Moseley 56.5
5
7.5
Burgie
- 3f Ghibellines (AUS) x Norah (NZ) (Gallant Guru (AUS))
Tnr: B & S Anderton Rdr: C A Campbell 56.5
6
8.8
Zacat
- 3f Zacinto (GB) x Compact Pussycat (NZ) (Al Akbar (AUS))
Tnr: N W Coulbeck Rdr: C W Johnson 56.5
7
8.9
Sorrento
- 3f Iffraaj (GB) x Needlly (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: J & K Parsons Rdr: K Mudhoo 56.5
8
9.4
Roca Fundeeda
- 3f Road To Rock (AUS) x Te Toro Lass (NZ) (Ekraar (USA))
Tnr: Andrew Carston Rdr: W F Pinn 56.5
9
10.7
No Bouquet
- 3f Telperion (AUS) x La Celestina (NZ) (Don Eduardo (NZ))
Tnr: Jo-Ann Gordon Rdr: Rohan Mudhoo 56.5
10
13.2
Venturesome
- 3f Ocean Park (NZ) x Ransom Success (AUS) (Red Ransom (USA))
Tnr: Ms S Cunningham Rdr: L Callaway 56.5
11
16.2
Show Me Champagne
- 3f Showcasing (GB) x Dancing Light (NZ) (Darci Brahma (NZ))
Tnr: M & M Pitman Rdr: K Chowdhoory 56.5
12
19.5
Duck Duck Goose
- 3f Rageese (AUS) x Code Black (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: K & A Tyler Rdr: Brandon May 56.5
13
24.5
Miss Otis Regrets
- 3f Rageese (AUS) x Honor And Cherish (NZ) (Coats Choice (AUS))
Tnr: S B Marsh Rdr: B M Murray 56.5
14
43.0
Roussanne
- 3f Belardo (IRE) x Triage (NZ) (Volksraad (GB))
Tnr: M & M Pitman Rdr: D L Turner 56.5
More Reading...
Sires With Winners - Tuesday June 3
Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Kicked out of Australia - Jan Brueghel Wins G1 Coronation
The horse kicked out of Australia last spring as not having suitable scans to race in the Melbourne Cup, Jan Brueghel showed just what we missed out on seeing when taking out the Group I Betfred Coronation Cup (1m4f) at Epsom overnight.
Sires With Winners - Wednesday June 4
Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
North Pacific 2YO Ready to Win
Byerley Park trainer Steven Cole will head to Ellerslie with a quartet of runners on Saturday, and he is particularly upbeat about the chances of Pacific Breeze in the Network Visuals 1200.
Juvenile Trial Watch – Rosehill
There were six heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Friday that featured some interesting winners including stakes-placed filly Horseshoe Hill, a couple of unraced youngsters by Zoustar and the highest priced yearling by Prague.
SWs in foal to Wootton Bassett and Snitzel headline the June (Early) Online Sale
Stakes winners in foal to Wootton Bassett and Snitzel, along with a significant number of young, well-bred racing and breeding prospects headline another intriguing catalogue for the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale.
Breeding To Win - 2025 G1 Queensland Oaks
Unbeaten this preparation, Philia will be looking to emulate her half-sister Duais in winning the $1million Group I BRC Queensland Oaks (2200m) on Saturday, but a swarm of up and comers are nipping at her heels, so who are they?
Impressive First Winner for St Marks Basilica
Coolmore shuttler St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) was the 2021 European Horse of the Year and the son of Siyouni is on the board as a sire with his first winner after Rogue Supremacy scored an impressive debut victory.
Sires With Winners - Thursday June 5
Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sires With Winners - Friday June 6
Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.