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Lightly raced Towkay mare Waikawa ( Towkay -Harinui by Generous) showed her serious potential with an outstanding performance to finish third in the Group 3 Hiremaster Cuddle Stakes over 1600m at Trentham on Saturday. The Christopher and Susannah Grace bred and owned 4YO was having just her third raceday start following previous wins at Trentham and Hastings. Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby meeting may have unearthed another exciting Towkay performer in the form of four and a half length 1200m winner...

Nadeem mare Sharnee Rose ( Nadeem- Farasha by Jeune) added to her impressive black-type record with a second place finish in the Group 3 ATC Wiggle Stakes in Sydney on Saturday, and in doing so created more interest in her yearling half brother by Makfi who sells as part of our draft at the Sydney Easter Yearling Sale on 8-10 April. A dual group winner last spring in Sydney, five-year-old Sharnee Rose is looking like a major player in upcoming Group 1 races the Coolmore Stud Classic and Queen...

Statisticians must have been busy following the remarkable achievement of Towkay full brother and sister Tainui ( Towkay -Harinui) and Waikawa (Towkay-Harinui) winning their respective 1400m and 1600m assignments at Hastings on Saturday. The achievement in itself is unique but given that they did exactly the same thing on the middle day of the Wellington Cup Carnival almost defies belief. The Christopher and Susannah Grace bred pair have now had five starts between them for four wins and a...

Exciting sprinter Precision King ( Towkay -Quasi Stellar by Catrail) justified his short odds with a strong win in a Class 3 event over 1200m at Sha...

Unfortunately luck once again deserted Nadeem’s exciting sprinting son Sterling City as he bid to atone for his unlucky fifth in the Group 1...

Long regarded as consistently one of the most competitive Gr.1 events on our calendar, this season’s renewal of the Gr.1 NRM Sprint at Te Rapa was...

Momentum which commenced from his first parade at LA in the autumn of 2011, then spiked at the Sydney Classic Sale a fortnight ago, has now literally jumped off the Richter scale with Per Incanto’s (Street Cry-Pappa Reale by Indian Ridge) outstanding Karaka debut this week. The sprinting son of Street Cry had 13 yearlings sell at Karaka for an average of just over $54,000, including 12 in Select for $50,500, stunning value for his first season service fee of $4,000 plus GST. This week’s...

LA had a Top 10 finish by aggregate ($1,620,000) with an average of of $147,275 for 11 lots sold. a fantastic result and we head into the Select Sale buoyed by the last two days and full of optimism for the week ahead. Once again it was pleasing to see the familiar names of proven buyers returning to buy with confidence from LA . Names like Lisa Latta, Paul Moroney, Kris Lees, David Ellis, Dean Hawthorne and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Congratulations to Brendan and Jo Lindsay on their purchase...

Not sure what caused more shaking at the farm; the big earthquake just a few km away or Per Incanto’s (Street Cry-Pappa Reale) results at the Sydney Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. Some of the most astute yearling buyers in Australia voted with their chequebooks, securing the Per Incanto yearlings we took to Sydney for an average of $60,875, including the second top priced filly on the first day, and in the process landing Per Incanto the title of leading first season stallion by average and...

If the healthy crowd who turned out on a warm if somewhat blustery Masterton Sunday morning to view our Karaka Yearling Sale draft were left with one thought it was undoubtedly about the buzz around the parade ring whenever one of the eleven Per Incanto (Street Cry – Pappa Reale) yearlings was led out of the stable block. The feedback from agents and trainers about the Per Incanto yearlings has been overwhelmingly positive but it was really encouraging to let the cat out of the bag so to speak...

What a black-type record Sterling City ( Nadeem -So Gorgeous by Brief Truce) is compiling in Hong Kong. His latest victory in the Gr.3 Chinese...

Our yearling sale preparation has started in earnest. Our consignment of 4 Per Incanto yearlings leaves on 13th January for the Inglis Classic Sale in Sydney on 19 and 20 January where Sledmere Stud will present the yearlings on our behalf. All four yearlings have been selected specifically to appeal to the local market. The colt from Silk Spur hails from the family of recent VRC Derby winner Polanski, while Da Vinci Code the dam of LOT 111 is a half sister to the dam of recent impressive...