On a Saturday of Australasian racing, LA’s focus was on outstanding performances from a trio of hardy racemares. The highlight was the inaugural black-type win of the Lohnro mare Beirut in the 1200m Group 3 SAJC Spring Stakes in Adelaide.
LA are breeding from Lucky We Leica, a half sister to Beirut’s dam, and her first foal, an unnamed two-year-old daughter of Pins, was runner-up to the subsequent Riccarton winner and highly rated filly La Diosa (So You Think) in her only trial in February.
At Flemington Nadeem Lass (Nadeem-Danrego by Danzero) franked her last start second to Beirut with a winning performance in the 1400m VRC Member John Lee Handicap. Saturday’s win took the Nadeem mares stake earnings to Aus $467,000.
And on a day where the big wet in Christchurch ruined the chances of the Jim Barlow bred pre-post second favourite Lochan Ora (Towkay-Shivnavas by Centaine) in the Group 3 Winter Cup, the tough Towkay mare Rocknrolla (Towkay-Danness by Danehill) recorded her seventh career success over 1400m at Ruakaka.
