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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...

Two LA bred overseas winners last week serve to highlight the quality of mare served by Per Incanto to date. Shotover River (Savabeel- Rivertaine ) who recorded his second win from his last three starts when successful over 1670m in Queensland last Friday, has a cracking Per Incanto yearling half brother in our Karaka draft this summer. Rivertaine , whose progeny have consistently sold at Karaka Premiser, is from the family of Legs, Arletty and He’s Remarkable. She has been a successful...

Already in their short training career brothers Kris and Paul Shailer have shown a knack of finding talented racehorses at the yearling sales and we hope that trend continues with their purchase of our Per Incanto – I’m Samantha by Centaine yearling filly at last Friday’s South Island Sale. It’s always encouraging as a breeder to see your horses go into the stables of leading trainers and this result arguers well for the first crop of Per Incanto yearlings going to Karaka this summer. Lideem (...

It’s a fair hike from Masterton to Karaka and a long way to go not to sell a horse. That’s a big part of why each year we don’t bring many home but...

The dual stakes race meeting at Kranji on Sunday was notable for winning performances from Natural Nice (Towkay-Aspects of Love ) and Live In Hope ( Nadeem -Royal Yangtze). Sixth in a Gr. 3 1800m contest at his previous start, trainer Laurie Laxon admitted that he erred in stepping Natural Nice well up in distance and the tough Towkay four-year-old vindicated the return to a more suitable trip to land a 1200m event on Sunday in 1.09.65. Natural Nice was ridden to victory by three-time...