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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...

Unbeaten at the trials this season and carrying the weight of expectation from the bevy of friends and family who are part of our LA North and South Syndicate, the LA bred Alchemy’s Flight (Darci Brahma- Eloa by Volksraad) opened her career in fine style taking the 1200m Te Akau Supports Dave Smith Maiden at Te Rapa last Thursday. We have a yearling half brother to Alchemy’s Flight by Zabeel in our Karaka Premier draft this summer and their dam, the Group 3 Gold Trail Stakes winner Eloa is set...

Former LA domiciled stallion Zed (Zabeel-Emerald Dream by Danehill) moved to the top of the NZ Sires Premiership this week on the back of his four-year-old son Survived’s ( Zed -Liberal by Generous) recent win the Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes. Zed’s latest winner is the LA bred Raf Lanac (Zed-Maggs by Towkay ) who was successful over 1400m at Te Aroha on Friday. The LA , Don Gordon and Bryan Hutchinson bred Let’s Go Fratelli (Pins- Nikki’s Bride by O’Reilly) who won over 2000m at Wanganui on...

The scenes in the birdcage at Hastings on Saturday after the win of Survived ( Zed -Liberal by Generous) pictured right in the Group 1 Makfi...

The LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) is currently the $4.50 equal favourite for this Saturday’s Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings as she attempts to add another group 1 victory to go alongside her win in last season’s Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeder Stakes. A lot of interest will also centre on the Don Gordon owned local Survived ( Zed -Political), and his chances will increase if he strikes similar soft track conditions to those he encountered when scoring such an...