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As Karaka 2009 draws closer there is no slow down in the incidence of pedigree updates for yearlings in our drafts across each of the three Sales. In the Premier Sale, the half brother to Lot 149 - the Pins colt from Nikki's Bride - a son of Montjeu called Environment Patron won in Adelaide on 12 December. Another half brother in the form of Jervois (Pentire) has won in Adelaide and being placed in recent weeks from just three career starts, so there should be plenty of South Australian...

Don't Look Past an LA Stud Passing Young LA broodmare Ashley Downs breeding career received a wonderful fillip when her first foal, Can't Keeper...

It's been a quite a last month for Towkay with 13 individual winners of 14 races across Australasia and Asia plus a fortnight ago we saw the eye...

Spring Tides success down south on Friday afternoon and Armada's slashing return to racing in Hong Kong on Sunday night top and tailed quite some weekend for Towkay. Sandwiched in between were the wins of Tycoon (Towkay-Clermont Lass) and Madam Butterfly ( Towkay -Golden Butterfly) at Hastings on Saturday, Analytic (Towkay-Kentucky Lass) at Te Rapa and Cash Money ( Towkay -Also) in Hong Kong. Hawkes Bay's Sue Harty bred and owns both Spring Tide ( Towkay- Perfect Sunrise) and Madam Butterfly....

This last fortnight of race results domestically and in Australia will have heightened the interest in at least three of LA' s draft for the 2009 Karaka Yearling Sales Series. Victorian bloodstock agent Shane Moore was obviously privilege to some insider information when making his sole purchase at the Karaka Yearling Sales earlier this year. Shane had purchased a Pentire - Nikki's Bride colt from LA's 2006 Karaka Premier draft for $220,000 and when he returned to the South Auckland...

October race results have seen significant pedigree upgrades for some of LA's Karaka 2009 cast, including leaving one very satisfied client with an...

This weekend sees the running of the time honoured Group One VRC Derby at Flemington and we'll be cheering on current third favourite Larry's Never Late (Pentire- Laebeel ) as he attempts to topple the undefeated Whobegotyou, currently the hottest property in Australian racing. Bred by Angela and Tom Williams, Larry's Never Late was sold through the LA draft at the 2007 Karaka Premier Sale where he was a $77,500 purchase by Robert Roulston Bloodstock for owner Jonathon Munz. Laebeel who is now...

Once again stakesplaced three year-old Larry's Never Late (Pentire- Laebeel) had no luck when fourth in Saturdays Group Two Norman Robinson Stakes at Caulfield; in fact jockey James Winks must still be looking for gaps! Bred by Angela and Tom Williams of Te Parae Stud and sold through LA's 2007 Karaka Premier draft, Larry's Never Late's dam is the Zabeel mare Laebeel who was bred by Tom and Buzz Williams. Best remembered for her fighting second to Sky Heights in the 1999 Caulfield Cup, Laebeel...

LA OCTOBER 2008 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Once again September has been a very busy month around the farm. We've welcomed new staff from all over the globe...

Double Better Than Okay Backing up from a five and a half length win at Awapuni last start, Yelracm ( Towkay -Our Secret) scored again, this time over 990m at New Plymouth on Saturday. Success in the next race on the Taranaki Racing Club card went the way of the debutant LA bred three-year-old colt City Newton (Elusive City- Double Okay ) who dispatched a maiden field packed full of reputations. City Newton 's win was a wonderful way to start the broodmare career of his dam the young Towkay...

We invite you to our annual open day this Sunday 28 September starting at 1pm . Not quite sure where to find us then just click on the home icon at the top of this page and hit where to find us. A selection of the first foals by our new stallion Zed (Zabeel-Emerald Dream) will be paraded along with Towkay and Zed. This will be followed by a walk (or mini bus if you prefer) of the farm where you can see Karaka Premier and Sydney Easter bound yearlings by Zabeel, Pins, Fastnet Rock, Savabeel and...

Kay's Awake (Towkay-Wake up Suzie), who was retired last week, really epitomized the kind of horse her sire has become re known for producing, namely speed (placed in a Telegraph) class (four times group one placed) and durability (winning two -year-old races in September and picking up over $100,000 in prizemoney in her final season of racing as a five-year-old). Bred by Te Parae and sold through LA's 2007 Karaka Premier draft to Robert Roulston Bloodstock, Larry's Never Late (Pentire- Labeel...