Dell angled Hi Yo Sass Bomb across heels at the 500m mark and followed eventual runner-up Rareza into the contest before burying her rivals with a powerful burst that carried her to a one-and-a-half-length victory.<\/p>\n
Reid, who co-owns the mare in conjunction with her parents Josephine and Graeme Reid, cut an emotional figure after the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just love this horse, as I know she is a champ,\u201d Reid said. <\/p>\n
\u201cLast start was really disappointing and I knew she was behind the eight ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she is on, she is on and so deserves this, it really means a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is sassy but classy and really gets her game face on. Today, she was really cool and calm and that is what she gets like on race day [at her best].<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been saying all week I was 90% happy with her and there was still 10% to go, so we will see how she is over the next few days and decide where to go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dell admitted it was a strangely run race due to the lack of a true pacemaker, although he didn\u2019t want to be as handy as he was in the early running, knowing she has a devastating sprint when saved for a last run from the back.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe has been jumping and putting herself there at the trials and when she jumped and wanted to be there, I was okay with it,\u201d he said wryly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the way the races have been playing, they have been flying down the outside. I wasn\u2019t in the greatest spot and wanted to get off [the rail] as soon as I could and luckily got the drag into it behind Sam Collett [on Rareza].<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is a class horse who has been competitive at the top level and her class got her there today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she has won, she has won with authority and that has what she has done today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bred by the Reids, Hi Yo Sass Bomb has now had six wins and four placings from her 25 starts, earning $392,770 for her connections.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Matamata Cup was one of three races abandoned at Matamata on Saturday after surface water pooled on the track in back straight.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing will work with the club to find a new date for the black-type race.<\/p>\n
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