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Sophia Magia ( Per Incanto -Heloise by Towkay ) added to a growing list of late season two-year-old winners for her sire when she scored a strong win on debut over 1000m at Trentham on Saturday. While the Roydon Bergerson trained filly had shown a good deal of promise at the jumpouts on good tracks, there was some doubt she would handle the challenging Trentham track conditions. However the Lowell Goddard bred and owned filly showed natural ability to sit wide but still draw away over the...

Well bred filly Indecision (Per Incanto-Yeah Nah by Kinjite) pictured here as a yearling, lived-up to her trials form with a decisive win on debut...

Per Incanto’s contest with Savabeel for the title of leading NZ sire of individual three-year-old winners continues neck and crop with the LA stallion getting one back on his Waikato Stud counterpart courtesy of the debut win of Malacanto (Per Incanto -Malaya by Towkay) at Tauherenikau on Queens Birthday Monday over 1000m. Malacanto’s success was a real local affair with the filly bred by LA, AE von Sturmer and her trainer Ian Wyeth and owned by Ian and AE von Sturmer. Her dam also happens to...

Debutant Longhu ( Per Incanto -Sacred Steps by Elusive City) added to the reputation in Singapore of his sire with an impressive win over 1000m at Kranji on Friday. He was given his early education by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young and left N.Z shores without racing. He is Per Incanto’s 4 th individual winner in Singapore from six runners. Per Incanto clawed another winner back on his rival Savabeel in the race for the title of leading N.Z based sire of individual three-year-old winners when...

The leading Victorian stable of David Hayes and Tom Debernig look to have unearthed an exciting prospect for spring racing following the impressive...

After placing in the first two legs of the Singapore Three-Year-old Challenge when caught wide from difficult draws, Per Incanto colt Magnum (Per Incanto-Sound Lover by Sound Reason) once again lost little caste in defeat against the best three-year-old sprinter-milers in Singapore with a brave third in the 1600m Group 1 Singapore Guineas on Sunday making him Per Incanto's fourth Gr 1 performer Ridden positively by Corey Brown to take a sit outside the leader after 400m, the James Peters...

It may have taken until the very last lot of the weanling section but Trelwaney Stud’s purchase of our Savabeel-Kahurangi filly for $135,000 on Tuesday capped a successful start to the National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Bloodstock Sale for the farm. It was the second highest priced filly of the sale. On the back of strong yearling sale results and racetrack performances that currently have him equal with Savabeel as N.Z’s leading three-year-old sire of individual winners, Per Incanto had...

Fittingly in a week that saw his sire ascend to the position of New Zealand’s leading progenitor of three-year-old individual winners, Lanciato (Per...

Magnum (Per Incanto-Sound Lover by Sound Reason) lost few admirers with a brave third in the 1400m Group 2 Singapore Classic at Kranjii on Sunday. Despite been posted five wide for a greater part of the race, the LA bred colt fought all the way to the line in the second leg of Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge and looks well suited to the 1600m Group 1 Singapore Guineas in three weeks. Magnum’s performance capped another strong weekend for Per Incanto , led domestically by the debutant Don...

A 1600m Group 3 winner at her last start in early January, promising Nadeem mare Ammirata (Nadeem -Iguana Joe by Dynaformer) was expected to need...

Since his narrow defeat by subsequent AJC Derby winner Tavago in the Group 3 Levin Stakes back in November, progressive three-year-old Shadows...

Mark Oulaghan Put Two Previous Trentham Defeats With Shadows Cast Behind Him On Saturday When The Three-Year-Old Showed His True Worth. The Awapuni trainer’s fortunes belatedly turned around with the son of Per Incanto, who was successful for the third time in his short career when proving too good in the Have Faith In Me Cup. Shadows Cast finished sixth in the Gr.1 Levin Classic behind Dukedom and last time out he came from the tail of the field to finish less than five lengths off The...