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Courtesy of Paul Vettise Sam Spratt paid tribute to It’s Time For Magic’s fighting qualities after they upset the commanding favourite at Wanganui. The Pukekohe-based jockey’s trip south on Saturday was made worthwhile by the tenacious filly, who downed last season’s Group One winner Luna Rossa in the Listed O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes. It’s Time For Magic, who had placed in two of her three starts, jumped to the front and she showed her steely resolve in the straight by rallying for a half-head...

Article courtesy of Singapore Turf Club Trainer James Peters is banking on Magnum's consistent form behind the best three-year-olds of his...

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Singapore four-year-old Satellite Man (Per Incanto-Double Okay by Towkay) continued the strong start to the new season by Per Incanto’s oldest crop with a three length success at Kranji on Sunday afternoon. A wide draw was little hindrance to the LA bred gelding as he crossed quickly to lead from where it became an unsuccessful case of catch me if you can for his ten rivals. Satellite Man is another example of the value add regularly attributable to Per Incanto progeny. A $16,000 purchase from...

Lord Barrington’s (Darci Brahma-Della Lobra by Stravinsky) win at Caulfield on Saturday continued the fine run of form by horses bred by our clients and good friends, the Gilbert’s. Bought from our 2013 Karaka Premier draft by the astute Paul Moroney, the consistent 5YO has struck a rich vein of form with Saturday’s win capping a five start run in which the Mike Moroney trained gelding hasn’t finished further back than third. Della Lobra foaled a Per Incanto colt on 22 nd August. The...

Progressive mare Malacanto ( Per Incanto -Malaya by Towkay) showed she was well and truly ready for a crack at Saturday racing with another winning performance at Otaki on Thursday. Trained at Opaki just north of Masterton by her co-breeder and part owner Ian Wyeth, the four-year-old Per Incanto mare had to call on all her toughness to win her third race in five career starts. Positioned in the worst of the going closest to the rail turning for home, Malacanto hit the front shortly after but...

Nothing beats the racing and breeding industry for the wonderful relationships it generates, which is why there was extra satisfaction at LA following wins in Singapore on Sunday to horses bred by two of our most loyal clients. Purchased from our 2012 Karaka Select draft and re-sold eight months later at the Ready To Run Sale, the Gilbert family bred Cheetah King ( Towkay -Jabeske by Prized) recorded his fifth Singapore win when successful over 1600m. The lightly raced LA and Bryan Hutchinson...

Melbourne bound three-year-old Per Incanto colt Saracino ( Per Incanto -Bella Daniela by O’Reilly) capped a big 48 hours for his sire when he led...

Three winners on the same card sired by one stallion is a relatively rare achievement. To accomplish it twice within six months takes some doing which is exactly what Per Incanto managed at the Woodville meeting on Wednesday, following an earlier treble at Hastings back in February. Tony Bambry’s promising filly Enchanting Secret ( Per Incanto -Ruling Secret by Viking Ruler) backed-up some super impressive trials form to land the maiden three-year-old fillies’ event by over four lengths. The...

Longhu ( Per Incanto -Sacred Steps by Elusive City) made it two wins from four starts with his latest win in Singapore on Sunday. Another success in...

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 Luck y 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....

Per Incanto, New Zealand’s Champion First Season Sire by winners in 2014/15 and second in the Two-Year-Old Sires Premiership, has delivered on the promise of an outstanding debut season to annex two New Zealand three-year-old sires titles in 2015/16. Little Avondale’s exciting young sire prospect has taken out the Champion Three-Year-Old title for individual winners, heading off his nearest challenger Savabeel by three winners, and Champion Second Season Sire by individual winners, comfortably...