COURTESY FORD MANAWATU SIRES PRODUCE STAKES (GROUP 1)

AWAPUNI was the host for the Group 1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes for two-year-olds over 1,400 metre on Saturday. Te Akau racing had three of 12 starters and it was their second favourite, the Fastnet Rock filly Avantage that took the prize. January’s Karaka Million 2YO winner rounded out a near perfect juvenile campaign winning her fifth race, and first Group 1, from six starts, her only blemish a second to stablemate Sword Of Osman in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes.