Zanbagh gives Bernardini another Stakes success in G3 Tibbie Stakes

Filly defies tough run to score G3 Tibbie Stakes at Newcastle

Zanbagh became Bernardini’s ninth Black Type winner of 2017 on Friday, September 15, after winning the G3 Tibbie Stakes at Newcastle in Australia, a win which took her earnings well beyond the A$1 million mark.

The seven-year-old mare had already shown herself to be one of the best of her sire Bernardini’s Australian offspring with a G2 Emancipation Stakes win and a G1 placing in the Queen of the Turf Stakes.

Bred by Olly Tait, whose family raced her G1 AJC Oaks-winning dam Wild Iris, Zanbagh travelled smoothly despite being off the track and when called on she rallied strongly for rider Hugh Bowman to win with something in hand.

In a one-two for the Darley stallions, Perfect Rhyme (Poet’s Voice) ran the best race of her current preparation to take second place.

Bernardini stands at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky.