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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...

Progressive Nadeem mare Ammirata ( Nadeem -Iguana Jo by Dynaformer) added to an impressive record when winning over 1500m at Rosehill on Saturday. The four-year-old Joe Pride trained mare was registering her fourth win in a ten start career which also includes three minor placings. You Can’t Be ( Nadeem -Sirius Miss by Galileo) appreciated the step to 1800m when breaking his maiden impressively in Victoria on Sunday. Nadeem has some outstanding types in the NZB Karaka Yearling Sales which...

Competitive in the best two-year-old company last season, Bella Court ( Per Incanto -Belle Chantecler by Redoute’s Choice) showed her class with a strong finish for second in the Group 3 1600m Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes at Awapuni on Saturday. Bella Court’s latest effort follows Shadows Cast’s ( Per Incanto -Ages Past by Slavic) second placing in the Group 3 Wellington Stakes on 27 November. Per Incanto now has three stakes performng 3YO's over a mile. Sam always said the older they get, the...

The last foaling for the season was certainly worth waiting up for. Shortly before mid-night on Friday, Cent From Heaven , the dam of Group 1...

Two LA bred gallopers added further black-type to their records with placings in the stakes features at Ellerslie and Doomben last Saturday. Irish Moon (O’Reilly-Moonstrummer by Stravinsky), who was bred in partnership with Graeme Gimblett, and is raced by valued clients the Spyglass Hill Syndicate, raced into Group 1 Sistema Railway calculations with his strong finish for second in the Group 3 1200m Concorde Stakes. The Ken and Bev Kelso trained six-year-old filled the same minor placing at...

Shadows Cast ( Per Incanto -Ages Past by Slavic) put up a tremendous performance for one so inexperienced to run a close second in the Group 3 1600m Wellington Stakes at Otaki on Friday. Coming off a second place finish behind Per Incanto filly Cantilena at Riccarton over 1400m at his previous start, the Ron Cunningham owned and Mark Oulaghan trained gelding ran the 1600m out strongly, failing by just a short half head to deliver Per Incanto his fourth individual stakeswinner. Shadows Cast...

Promising stayer Shotover River (Savabeel- Rivertaine by Centaine) resumed with a very encouraging second placing over a distance well short of his best, when second in the 1600m Listed Recognition Stakes at Doomben on Saturday. The LA bred who was an $85,000 purchase from the 2011 Ready To Run Sale, was coming off a three month spell after winning his last three starts of his last preparation, all at 2200m. It came as little surprise then that Shotover River’s co-trainer Dan Meagher purchased...

N.Z’s current leading two-year-old sire on the track, Per Incanto , top the ranks of the second season sire list at the RTR sale as well with his eleven to sell averaging just under $100,000. Hong Kong got in on the Per Incanto action with Magus Equine’s Willie Yeung securing the colt from Viking Angel for $210,000. Following his purchase, Leung said “He’s a sire who is going very well in New Zealand and he’s by Street Cry so I wanted to get one to Hong Kong”. LA shared directly in some of the...

Dal Cielo’s ( Per Incanto-Cent From Heaven by Centaine), pictured right, solid form throughout a Victorian spring campaign that has seen him pitted...