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Dal Cielo Back In WInning Groove: The G1 winning 2YO Dal Cielo (Per Incanto-Cent From Heaven by Centaine), now a gelding, scored an impressive two...

LA Karaka graduates were in the thick of the black-type action at Ellerslie on New Years Day. The LA and Don Gordon bred All Roads (Road To...

Fibonacci ‘s ( Per Incanto -Da Vinci Code by Danasinga) three length win at Otaki on Boxing Day, the second leg of another multi win raceday for Per...

NZ’s feature race winner, Jacksstar (Zed-Star Guest by Pentire), put up a strong staying performance to land the 2300m G3 Manawatu Cup on Sunday. This provides an exciting pedigree update for his Per Incanto half brother who sells as LOT 426 in our 2017 Karaka Premier draft. On Saturday in Hong Kong, the Tony Cruz trained 3YO Regency Bo Bo (Denman- Tsukioka by Flying Spur), such an impressive winner on debut their last month, scored another win over 1400m. Bella Court ( Per Incanto -Belle...

A trio of four-year-old mares has given Per Incanto his third raceday treble inside 12 months, the latest achievement occurring at Waipukurau on Sunday. Relishing her first start beyond 1600m, the Roydon Bergerson trained mare Amorata ( Per Incanto- Alyssum by Prized) finished strongly to win the opening event, the maiden 2200m. The debutant Awatene ( Per Incanto -Miss Sarah by Towkay ) won the maiden 1200m for her owner and trainer Alby McGregor before the Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen trained...

NZ Derby aspirant Redeem The Dream ( Nadeem -Knocknacrea by Green Desert) looks a genuine contender for the staying Classic after his strong finish for second in Listed 2100m Life Salver 3YO at Ellerslie on Sunday, capping a productive weekend for his sirewhich commenced with a winning double at the Sydney Friday evening meeting at Canterbury. Having just his third race day start and his first at Ellerslie, a track which often trips many a good horse at their first experience, the Shaun...

Nadeem’s 3YO’s make their presence felt. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman trained gelding Ambitious Winner ( Nadeem -Goldsumware by Refuse To Bend), who was second on debut a fortnight ago, was too strong for older rivals over 1150m at Waipa last Thursday. Redeem The Dream ( Nadeem -Knocknacrea by Green Desert) recorded a tough win at Te Rapa on Sunday over 1600m. The Brown Thoroughbreds, LA and Bruce and Anna Perry bred 3YO found himself three-wide for a time on Sunday, before hitting the...

Time looks to have been a good friend to the LA bred 4YO mare Gasoline Alley (Per Incanto-Da Vinci Code by Danasinga) who returned following a decent break to score a resounding three and a half length win in Australia on Saturday, breaking 1.10 for the 1200m trip in the process. Genuine Adelaide 6YO Redeem Bounty ( Nadeem- Sparkling Bounty by Celestial Bounty) continues to add to an impressive resume, one especially favourable in terms of return on investment The Richard Jolley trained Nadeem...

He may have finished a fast finishing third in Friday evenings G2 EW Barker Trophy, however Magnum’s ( Per Incanto-Sound Lover by Sound Reason) effort to do so was one of the more significant talking points coming out of Singapore’s leading 1400m handicap event for older horses. Once again plagued by another wide draw, the LA bred entire had to navigate his way through all of his 14 opponents from the home turn, eventually finishing just short of the winner of the G2 feature. In 12 career...

It was the least experienced of the three Per Incanto fillies that competed in the 1600m G1 Gavelhouse.Com NZ 1000 Guineas at Riccarton on Saturday who produced the best performance. The Christopher Grace bred and part owned filly Sweepstake ( Per Incanto -Lottery by Carnegie), having just her fourth career start, was game in defeat, running on well to finish third behind the winner and warm favourite La Diosa. Meanwhile at Saturday’s other domestic meeting, stakeswinner and dual G1 placed 2YO...

In a performance similar to another LA connected winner on the same card, the LA bred Regency Bo Bo (Denman- Tsukioka by Flying Spur) made an impressive winning debut in Hong Kong on Sunday. Bought from LA’s 2015 Karaka Premier draft by Cambridge bloodstock agent Stu Hale, the debutant showed a turn of foot associated with horses in much higher classes of racing, making up a number of lengths over the final 300m to win the 1200m event in a slick 1.09.52. The Denman gelding may have left NZ...

The exciting Ardsley bred Baba Mama ( Per Incanto -Irish Magic by O’Reilly) pictured left, continued to cut a swath through lower class Hong Kong...