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Metro Winner for Equiano

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday July 15
Swettenham Stud's Royal Ascot hero Equiano (Fr) featured on Wednesday with a smart winner at Moonee Valley in Equinova.

Prepared by Dean Binaisse, Equinova has shown good improvement at each run this preparation and proved too good for his rivals in forging clear to win over 1000 metres by a length and a half at his fourth start.

Equinova as a yearlingA modest $20,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold purchase from the Swettenham Stud draft for his trainer and 888 Racing, Equinova has already won back his purchase price and looks to have a bright future for his happy group of owners.

Equinova is the second winner for unraced Bianconi (USA) mare Tia Nova, who comes from the family of stakes-winners Rubilda and Tracker.

A two-time winner of the Group I King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, Equiano has sired over 40 winners including two stakes-winners in the Northern Hemisphere and his oldest Australian progeny are just two year-olds.

Equinova is his second Australian winner, the son of Acclamation set to return to Swettenham this spring at a fee of $13,750.


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