High Octane (Towkay-Trendy and True) showed the inherent Towkay toughness in spades with an outstanding win in Saturday's Group Three L.J Hooker Manawatu Cup at Awapuni. The Cup was the gelding's ninth career win and took his stake earnings to $230,000.
She may have just gone under but there was a lot to admire about the debut second of Kallisan (Stratum-Eloa) at Awapuni on Manawatu Cup day. A $220,000 purchase from our 2009 Karaka Premier draft by Stephen Gray.
Two fillies offered by LA at the 2008 Karaka sales series registered wins over the last fortnight.
Loose Lover (Towkay-Tycoon Lover) who won at Waipukarau on 6 December has a Darci Brahma half sister in our Karaka Premier draft next year for her breeders D and V Duncan.
Blonde Bombshell (Towkay-Millie Munro) won most impressively at the Ellerslie Twilight meeting on 9 December and was purchased by Patrick Hogan, Peter Walker and Alistair Sutherland for $150,000 from our 2008 Premier draft.
The Fast ‘N' Famous - Oh Blue Angel colt in our 2010 Karaka Select draft is an athlete who will sell himself on type but his pedigree got a boost with the win of his half brother Deep Heat in Victoria this week.
The LA bred Cracker Tee Pee (Towkay-Imperial Inn) broke his maiden with a 1600m success at Trentham on 5 December.
Grable (Pins-Centrefold Angel) showed she may have inherited some of her half sister Marquardt's ability judging by her win first time to the trials at Avondale on 8 December. The two-year-old who has been leased by LA to the staff at New Zealand Bloodstock has a yearling half sister by Fast N Famous heading to the Sydney Easter Sale next year.
The group one and two victories of Ekstreme over the last fortnight have been well received by LA client Alan Jackson. Alan bought Ekstreme's dam Cashacde in a private transaction earlier this year.
