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Australian stayer Zavite - Source: Getty Images
Australian stayer Zavite will contest next week's Stella Artois Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie.
The Anthony Cummings-trained stayer showed his class under 60.5kg in taking out the Moonee Valley Night Cup last Friday which clinched the trans-tasman trip
It represented his ninth win from 49 starts to date and he has earned stake earnings of more than $1.1 million.
The gelding is a previous winner of the Adelaide Cup at Morphettville nearly a year ago.
He will be ridden by Australian jockey Damien Oliver in the Auckland Cup next Wednesday in which he has to carry 57.5kg.
The New Zealand TAB currently has Zavite as the $6 second favourite for the Auckland Cup. The clear favourite for the Group 1 feature is the John Sargent-trained Passchendaele who is paying $3.50.
Zavite is a son of Cambridge Stud sire Zabeel who has already sired four Auckland Cup success. These have been Jezabeel (1998), Able Master (2000), Our Unicorn (2001) and Bazelle (2005).
