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Class Towkay mare Viadana ( Towkay -Yeah Nah), who is already a Group 1 winner, took her performance to a new level with a courageous 2 nd in one of...

As a daughter of Sound Lover , the young mare Rites of Spring (Stravinsky- Sound Lover by Sound Reason) had a lot going for her when retired to the LA paddocks in 2005. Injury sadly cut short the promising career of her second foal Bare Bear (Zabeel), but her two most recent progeny of racing age both look horses of considerable talent going by their respective maiden wins recently. The strongly built 4YO Fyodor (Darci Brahma- Rites of Spring ) won his debut by three and a half lengths over...

Our leading lot at last week’s Ready To Run Sale has been bought for clients of the Chris Waller stable. Despite selling in the first half hour of the Sale the Pentire – Foxtrot gelding was the medium of spirited bidding with Guy Mulcaster Bloodstock eventually signing for the gelding at $150,000. Riyadh (Darci Brahma-Tempestra by O’Reilly) who won over 1650m in Hong Kong last week was bought from our 2011 Karaka Premier draft by Beamish Bloodstock. The Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham...

There were divided loyalties on the farm when Survived (Zed-Liberal by Generous) and Viadana ( Towkay- Yeah Nah by Kinjite) both pictured right,...

Fyodor (Darci Brahma- Rites of Spring by Stravinsky) justified his short priced favouritism with a win on debut in the 1200m Silver Farms Maiden Sprint at Hastings on Sunday. His dam Rites of Spring has a Nadeem colt at foot. Our focusis now on the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on the 19 th and 20 th of November. The first of our offerings, prepared under the Lyndhurst banner, is LOT 10, a Pentire gelding from the stakespaced Rory’s Jester mare Foxtrot . There looks to be some real upside to the...

Franking some good trial form in Sydney, Spring Rose ( Nadeem -Rosa Brava by Thunder Gulch) resumed from a spell to win over 1100m at Hawkesbury yesterday, running her last 600 in sub 34 seconds in the process. Spring Rose’s success bought up a double for her sire in Australia this week following the win of Nodeemn ( Nadeem- Angels by Quest For Fame) at Newcastle on Saturday. The LA bred Albion (Pins- Rites of Spring by Stravinsky), was successful over 1200m in Queensland on Sunday. Albion’s...

Sterling City ( Nadeem- So Gorgeous by Brief Truce) pictured left, made it consecutive group wins with his latest success in the 1200m Gr.2 HKJC...

Last season’s Gr.1 Easter Handicap winner Viadana (Towkay-Yeah Nah by Kinjite) pictured left, looks in for another successful season given her...

Quality Nadeem mare Sharnee Rose ( Nadeem -Farasha by Jeune) (pictured left photographer: Dallas Kilponen) took her stake earnings to $465,000 with...

The Hawkes Bay Triple Crown remains elusive for another year but on Saturday we went within a whisker of a rather unique treble of our own when...

With multiple stakesplacings throughout her career, including a third placing behind champion fillies Atlantic Jewel and Mosheen in the Group 1 1000 Guineas, Sharnee Rose ( Nadeem – Farasha by Jeune )was overdue the black-type success that finally came her way in the 1400m Group 3 Golden Pendant at Rosehill in Sydney on Saturday. The five-year-old mare got home in a driving finish to beat the Group 1 winning mare Red Tracer with the well fancied dual group 1 winning mare Appearance ending up...

Three weeks ago it was Survived ( Zed -Liberal by Generous) who had us celebrating following his win in the 1400m Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings, the first leg of the Rush Munro Spring Carnival, then on Saturday it was the turn of the LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) who took out the second leg, the 1600m Group 1 Windsor Park Plate. Saturday’s win was Xanadu’s second at the elite level following her win in the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha...