Top Tauranga effort from Argo

Stakes performer Argo produced a grand second-up performance at Tauranga to add to his winning record.

The son of Almanzor had finished midfield when resuming during the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival and showed the benefit of that outing to account for a competitive Rating 75 line-up over 1200 metres.

We bred and race Argo who has now won three of his 11 starts from Tony Pike’s stable and finished third in last season’s G2 Levin Classic.

He began swiftly at Tauranga for rider Warren Kennedy to settle third before angling into the clear at the top of the straight and the four-year-old held a strong gallop to prevail.

Argo is the last foal out of the late Snitzel mare Untamed Diamond, whose seven victories included the Listed Waikato Sprint.

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