HAVING won last year’s edition of the 1,200 metre Karaka Million 2YO, Te Akau Racing repeated the dose at Ellerslie on Saturday, adding the quinella for good measure.

With five of the 14 runners, Te Akau had the strongest hand, with punters right on the mark, sending out the Fastnet Rock filly Avantage out as favourite. Utilising early tactical speed, Opie Bosson had Avantage one pair back off the rail. Finishing the best, she beat her stablemate, the Exceed And Excel colt Al Hasa (a NZ$625,000 yearling) by three-quarters of a length, with the Foxwedge colt Bocce ($105,000) third.