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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...

Ballymore Stables have identified the NZ Derby in March for Tuesday’s seven length Kilmore maiden winner Arbitrage (Rip Van Winkle-My First Fifteen by Danasinga). Bred by JML Bloodstock and sold from our 2014 Karaka Premier draft to Paul Moroney for $100,000, the three-year-old colt clearly appreciated the firm track conditions and step up in distance. Arbitrage hails from the same family as Saturday’s sensational 2000 Guineas winner Xtravagent (Pentire-Axiom by Zabeel). The Wolf (Rip Van...

Check out the New Zealand Owners Bulletin November 2015. A fantastic celebration of all the recent success's on the track.

Two of our biggest supporters look to have bred nice horses judging by a couple of performances this week. Hawkes Bay’s Don Gordon bred impressive Avondale winner All Roads (Road To Rock-Dancing Daze by Dance Floor). Tony Cole bought the horse from our 2013 Karaka Select Sale draft for $40,000. Just You (Pour Moi-Monte Makemyday by Fusaichi Pegasus), a three length winner of the two-year-old event at Otaki on Melbourne Cup day was bred by the Spyglass Hill syndicate, owners of the LA bred...

Skybird ( Towkay -Cassandra by Centro), who comprehensively outstayed her R85 opponents to take the $30,000 2400m event at Trentham last Saturday, is another example of the great all-purpose ability of her sire. The Richard Cottle bred and Sandie Cookson trained mares success follows Slazenjah’s ( Towkay -Crisp by Zeditave) victory in the 2100m Raukawa Cup at Otaki the previous Saturday. Meanwhile in Hong Kong last Thursday, Idyllic Wind (Towkay-Wake Up Suzie by Hereward The Wake) was simply...