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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),...

Another big result in the Magic Million sale ring for the second of the two LA reared colts was capped off minutes later by Ammirata ( Nadeem -Iguana Joe by Dynaformer) winning the Group 3 Belle of the Turf Stakes at Gosford in New South Wales, giving Nadeem his 13 th individual stakes winner. The $410,000 paid for the Pierro colt from Sirani followed the sale yesterday of the Snitzel colt from Sirani’s half sister Gussy Godiva to the China Horse Club for $375,000. Both horses physically and...

The first of two colts reared at LA went through the ring at the Magic Millions Sale on the Gold Coast Thursday afternoon. Sold from the Sledmere Stud draft, the Snitzel colt from the Last Tycoon mare Gussy Godiva was bought by the China Horse Club for $375,000. Congratulations to the colt’s vendor Mick Ormond. A big round of thanks to Royston and Catriona Murphy, and the team at Sledmere for doing such a grand job prepping the good walking colt. LOT 609 , the Pierro colt from Gussy Godiva’s...

The LA bred Shotover River (Savabeel- Rivertaine b y Centaine) continued his rise through the ranks of Queensland’s middle distance gallopers when successful in the 2200m Open Handicap at the Sunshine Coast track on Saturday, which was the major metropolitan meeting in the state. Trained by the father and son training partnership of John, Dan and Chris Meagher in Brisbane, Saturday’s win was the six-year-old geldings fourth from his last seven starts which have also included two stakes...

Group 1 placed two-year-old Rocanto (Per Incanto-Romantic Liaisons by Danasinga) showed his sprinting prowess with a winning return to the races at Taupo on Wednesday. The Stephen Marsh trained three-year-old colt overcame 60Kgs and older opposition to score a strong win over 1200m. Although holding a nomination for the Group 1 Telegraph at Trentham on 16 January, connections are leaning towards a three-year-old race on the same card, feeling that he will be much better suited to NZ's premier...