Good judges say the mark of a horse out of the very top drawer is its ability to keep producing career-best performances, something that Lost And Running has displayed throughout his 13 start career and although it's difficult to top his performances in the Spring, John O'Shea's rising star may just have achieved that with a spine tingling resuming winning effort in the 1200m Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Clear top weight of 61kg's was seemingly of little burden to the JML bloodstock bred 5YO as he cruised away from his opponents under a heady Hugh Bowman ride, breaking 34 seconds for his final 600.
The Per Incanto gelding, who now has a record of 8 wins from 13 starts for stake earnings of A$2.1 million, is due to run next in the Group One Canterbury Stakes at Rosehill in three weeks time.
After averaging $160,000 for three lots sold at last week's Inglis Classic Sale, the next opportunity for buyers to purchase Per Incanto yearlings is the Inglis Melbourne Premier sale which commences on 27 February. Through Sledmere Stud, LA will offer a Per Incanto colt from Not A Jaffa, along with a filly from Winehouse.
The focus then shifts to the NZB Karaka Sale from 7 March where there are 34 Per Incanto yearlings catalogued including 10 from LA.
Rounding out Per Incanto’s offering for the Australasian sales series, the son of Street Cry has three yearlings catalogued for the Inglis Sydney Easter Sale including a full sister to Lost And Running.
