Te Parae’s Angela Irving only breeds from a couple of mares these days but one of those, the O’Reilly mare Lutine Belle, delivered the very excited breeder a day at Taupo on Wednesday that she won’t forget in a hurry.
The full relations by Per Incanto, Cutting Up Rough and Carillion won their respective 1300m and 1000m events. Carillion’s maiden victory was particularly satisfying for connections and a real credit to the patient handling of the five-year-old mare by her trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen.
Meanwhile there was a lot to like about the debut of La la Lola (Per Incanto-Roseario by Pentire) at Pakenham on Tuesday over 1000m. The LA bred half sister to Group 1 winner Saint Emilion came from a near hopeless position turning for home to get-up for second. With Trilli’s (Per Incanto- Tinkermia by Johar) last start effort behind Tony Niconni franked by the colts Group 3 win last Saturday, Per Incanto looks to have a couple of nice three-year-old fillies for the Melbourne spring.