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Four-year-old mare Savoureux ( Nadeem- Ripe Plum by Spectrum) pictured right, added further black-type to her record with a win in the Group 3 1200m...

Just a week after Saracino ( Per Incanto -Donna Italia by O’Reilly) almost pulled off the rare feat of a group race victory on debut, his three-quarter paternal brother Incantation ( Per Incanto -Venus Bay by O’Reilly) furthered demonstrated the potential of the cross of Per Incanto over a mare by O’Reilly, with an impressive all the way win in the Maiden 1400m at Otaki on Saturday. To date Per Incanto has had five progeny from O’Reilly mares to the races. Aside from the afore mentioned, they...

Per Incanto colt Saracino was thrown in the deep end when asked to debut in a very strong edition of the 1200m Group 3 Phoenix Park 2 Year Old Classic at New Plymouth on Saturday. And it was confidence that was clearly vindicated when after leading most of the way, Saracino ( Per Incanto -Bella Daniela by O’Reilly) was only run down just short of the post, finishing second and becoming the latest black-type performer for his sire. Owned by Lib Petagna, the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman...

Savoureux ( Nadeem -Ripe Plum by Spectrum) showed that she is approaching the form that saw her win a Listed race last season with a third placing in the Group 3 Triscay Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. The Kris Lees trained four-year-old Nadeem mare came from second last turning for home in Saturday’s 1200m event to finish third behind classy mares Sultry Feeling and Peeping.

Magnum showed why he was considered to be one of the leading three-year-olds this year when he walked over his rivals in the $75,000 Health &...

Once again buyers have endorsed LA's decision to send a small but select offering to the Inglis Classic Sale with the sale of the Pins half brother...

Impressive first starter Glorious Beijing ( Per Incanto -Summer Nymph by Danske) was the highlight of a treble for Per Incanto at Hastings on Wednesday. Patrick Campbell’s In Another Life ( Per Incanto -La Singa by Danasinga) kicked the treble away with a strong win in the R75 1400m, his second win from his last three starts. Then Pakapunch ( Per Incanto -Cancun by Flying Spur) made it a race to race double for the local trainers, leading all the way to win the maiden 1200m. Bred by Tony Rider...

A record price for a horse sold by the farm and buyer confidence in resident stallions Per Incanto and Nadeem were the highlights of an overall extremely positive National Yearling Sales which concluded on Sunday with the Festival sale. The $775,000 paid by Ultra Thoroughbred’s Toby Koenig for LOT 301, the Savabeel colt from Generous Nature , surpassed the $700,000 LA received for the Redoute’s Choice filly Pachanga, a subsequent dual stakesplaced performer, from our 2007 Karaka Premier draft....

Centaine Gu Li has provided LA stallion manager Helen Phinney with plenty of sale ring highlights since Helen began breeding from the Centaine mare...

Celebrating 75 years of the family breeding thoroughbreds has in its own right made this year one to remember at LA. How apt therefore, and possibly...

Nadeem’s week, which included a new black-type winner and a Sydney winner amongst four winners in Australia, has culminated with a stakes placed performer in Dubai and a winner on Premier Day at Trentham. Group 2 winner Mujaarib ( Nadeem -Mihnah by Lahib) began a new campaign with a third place finish in the 1800m Listed Singspiel Stakes at Meydan in Dubai on Thursday. At Trentham on Saturday, the former Hong Kong galloper Flying Ibis ( Nadeem -Fiery Sunset by Cape Canaveral), now trained at...

The addition of blinkers and a change in ridding tactics seemed to work the oracle for the Nadeem mare Savoureux ( Nadeem -Ripe Plum by Spectrum),...