SOBIG was a great racehorse and sire in New Zealand many years ago and his daughter Davante was an outstanding racemare who numbered the New Zealand Oaks among her nine victories. More than four decades after Devante was winning all around her, a descendant of hers is making waves.

Last weekend Gingernuts won the Group 1 New Zealand Derby at Ellerslie and added this victory to a prior success in the Group 2 Avondale Guineas. He has now won four of his seven starts and his fourth dam is the aforementioned Devante.