Flying Embellish mare strikes again

Luberon continued her golden run of form to effortlessly collect a second black-type title on the bounce following a dominant performance at Pukekohe.

Our high-class daughter of resident sire Embellish is unbeaten as a four-year-old after she resumed with a Rating 75 victory at Ellerslie and has subsequently risen to two stiffer challenges in style for trainer Lance Noble.

Luberon romped home in the G3 Sweynesse Stakes at Rotorua last month and again thumped a highly competitive line-up of sprinters over 1100 metres in the G3 Counties Bowl to put her hand up for higher honours.

“We’ve just been keeping her fresh and happy and she’s very exciting,” Noble said.

“Obviously, the sprint series is pretty tempting and the Telegraph (Gr.1, 1200m) fits in nicely as I think she may be slightly better left-handed.

“We’ll just take it one day at a time, but that’s the plan.”

Luberon began quickly before settling in the trail and rider Joe Doyle had her into the clear at the top of the straight.

The mare strode to the front 150 metres from home and surged clear to triumph by two and a-half lengths without being fully extended.

“The race played out as planned beforehand and she won so easily, she cantered to the line,” Doyle said.

“I’m very grateful to Lance and everyone at Cambridge Stud for calling me up. I haven’t been on one quite as fast for a while.”

We bred Luberon who is a daughter of the unraced Fastnet Rock mare Elegant Achiever and her pedigree features the G1 July Cup winner Mill Stream and fellow European stakes winners Wunder’s Dream, Grecian Dancer, Muffri’ha and Asymetric.

Elegant Achiever has a two-year-old brother to Luberon named So We Go and is due to foal to Almanzor.

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