Racing industry Ministerial Advisory Committee established

Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced a five-member Ministerial Advisory Committee to inform next steps on the Messara Review of the New...

Per Incanto Mare Set Stakes Targets

Co trainer Peter Williams has black-type targets in mind for his promising charge Marzemino ( Per Incanto -Florimont by Pins) after the Per Incanto...

Time Test to Parade This Sunday

You might have seen him four months ago but you should see him now. Yes we’re talking about the only son of Dubawi standing in New Zealand this...

Stakes Performing Mare for Per Incanto

Santa Monica ( Per Incanto - Monarch by Volksraad) is Per Incanto’s 22 nd stakes performer after the five-year-old mare’s second in the 1100m Listed Counties Bowl at Pukekohe on Saturday. Another 5YO Per Incanto mare Indecision (Per Incanto -Yeah Nah by Kinjite) won her second black-type event at Te Rapa a fortnight ago. Per Incanto’s draft of 40 yearlings at this summer’s Karaka Book 1 and 2 Sale includes a half sister to Group 1 winner Saint Emilion and fillies from the stakes winners Eloa...

LA Enjoy Success RTR Sale

This week’s RTR Sale, which concluded at Karaka on Thursday, saw a continuation in the demand for Per Incanto’s progeny, particularly from our...

Proven Te Parae Bloodline Represented at RTR Sale

One’s a recognised blue hen mare, the others well on her way to attaining the status. The immortal Sunbride and the Group 1 winning Oncidium mare...

November Owners Bulletin Worth A Read

The roundup of all the areas and a little bit more, including Stud Chat With Sam

Excellent Black Type Day for LA Sires

Two stakes victories for Per Incanto and a classic placing for Nadeem were the domestic Saturday highlights while across the Tasman, more Group 1...

LA in Thick of Ellerslie Action

The courageous front running grey Saint Emilion (Mastercraftsman-Roseario by Pentire) returned to the scene of his Group 1 Zabeel Classic victory...

Per Incanto Remains Unbeaten in Australia

Saturday racing included another trio of winners for Per Incanto including two in Australia, the highlight of which was another success for the filly Kedah ( Per Incanto -Malaya by Towkay) who scorched over the 900m at Newcastle for trainer Kris Lees and part owner Lib Petagna. Resuming after a successful debut in July, three-year-old filly Kedah rattled off a 33.16 last 600m from in front to leave her opponents chasing shadows. Domestically, the ultra consistent Mauna Kea ( Per Incanto - City...

Black Type Concludes Successful Week for Per Incanto

More domestic success, including a black-type placing, has lifted Per Incanto into the top three on the sires premiership while LA Karaka graduates book ended a successful days Premier racing at Trentham. Under the steadier of 60kgs, the Sylvia Kay trained Group 3 winner Dolcetto ( Per Incanto -Our Shiraz by Nediym) just missed adding more black-type to his impressive C.V with a second placing in the 1600m Group 3 Thompson Handicap, the days feature event at Trentham. The Lisa Latta trained...

Singapore Success Spotlights RTR Sale

Fresh from exciting breeze-ups last week, LA’s representatives for the NZB Ready to Run Sale on 21 and 22 November got a further boost with the win of Nadeem Sapphire ( Nadeem-Sunbrease by Towkay ) in Singapore on Sunday. Nadeem Sapphire , also sold at last year’s sale by Riversley Park on LA’s behalf, has a half brother by Ocean Park this year and the colt showed a swift turn of foot when he breezed-up in 10.55. The colt is LOT 279 . The Centaine mare Trigon Lass , whose only previous RTR...
First and foremost, stockman and people whose interest in the animal translates into an innate ability to read how a horse will develop. I’ll see a foal at LA and Sam or Buzz will tell me how they expect it to develop. I’ll see it during my Karaka inspections 12 months later, and you could blow me over with a feather
Danny Rolston - NZ Bloodstock, Karaka