2023 HBV Amarillen Matriarch is crowned

Congratulations to the connections of YOUNGGIFTEDANDBLACK, the winner of our sponsored Amarillen Matriarch for mares at Melton on Saturday. This Betting Line mare from My Major Rocket (Art Major) was bred and is raced by Dougal Steele, trained by Sonya Smith and in this race was driven by Anthony Butt. She won in 1:54.9 and was her seventh victory in 36 starts and has now banked $67,000.

She won 5.6m ahead of Dream Maze (Western Terror - Classy Dream - Dream Away) and Kendys Butterfly (Bettors Delight - Naevia - Sportswriter).

Dream Maze won a heat the previous week in 1:57.3 from Blood Moon and Forgot The Wallet, while the first heat was taken by Rakero Rebel (Rock N Roll Heaven - Timeless Perfection - Christian Cullen) in 2:00.2 from Ruby Wingate and Younggiftedandblack.