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The win of the LA bred Viadana ( Towkay - Yeah Nah by Kinjite) in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes 1600m at Ellerslie on Saturday has extra significance for the farm as we will be offering her full brother at the Karaka Select Sale on 1 February. Her rider, the internationally experienced Mark du Plessis predicted even bigger things in store for the five-year-old mare when commenting to the media post race. “I’m very confident she can win a group one race,” du Plessis said. “The win was very...

As Last weeks Ready To Run Sale results testify, Towkay is a great option if you are considering having your mare served late in the season and taking the resulting progeny to this Sale rather than the earlier and more traditional yearling sale route. The three lots by Towkay who sold last week realised in excess of $360,000, fantastic value for a stallion standing this season at a service fee of just $5,000 plus GST. Overall it was a great couple of days at Karaka for LA . Our three entries,...

Glorious Days (Hussonet-San Century) who won the Gr.2 Jockey Club Mile in Hong Kong on Sunday joins a number of recent group winners descending from female lines developed by LA and its predecessor Te Parae . His second, third and fourth dams, Sandrac, Sellou and Sanderae were all bred by the family. This is the same family as the New Zealand Broodmare of the Year Gussy Godiva who left AJC Derby winner Roman Emperor and the Waikato Stud stallion Rios. LA will take two close relatives of...

Exciting Nadeem four-year-old Mujaarib ( Nadeem - defied his lack of experience to win the Gr.2 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile at Turffontein racetrack in Johannesburg on 3 November. A member of Nadeem’s oldest crop, the Mike De Kock trained entire, who is raced by his breeder Sheik Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, now heads to the Gr.1 Summer Cup, one of the feature races on the South African racing calendar. Mujaarib is Nadeem’s sixth individual stakeswinner and his second at group two...

With a career record of ten wins and 15 minor placings from 63 starts the LA and Sue Harty bred Acquit ( Towkay -Out On Bail) epitomises many of the...

Few horses have been more deserving of stakes success than the LA bred and raced mare Aspinal (Pins- Clermont Rose ). In her swansong campaign the six-year-old mare, who is safely in foal to Zabeel, won the Listed Lion Red Plate over 1400m at Rotorua on Saturday. A half sister to group three winner Grand Dancer, Aspinal is from the same family as star three-year-old and stablemate Sacred Falls. Stakeswinning Nadeem gelding Specter ( Nadeem - Woman in White) hinted at a return to something like...

Displaying his trademark home straight acceleration, Sterling City ( Nadeem -So Gorgeous) beat a strong Class 3 field over 1200m at Sha Tin on Sunday and in doing so registered his third win from just seven career starts. Included amongst the beaten brigade were the short priced favourite The Peak, a horse widely regarded as one of the most promising gallopers in Hong Kong, and former New Zealand Derby runner-up Corporal Jones. She may have only finished midfield but there was a lot to like...

Mujaarib ( Nadeem -Mihnah) who won over 1800m at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday remained unbeaten after three starts. His assistant trainer Mathew De Kock commented to journalists post race: “He wasn’t fully wound up today which makes this win really impressive. He’s a little dumb still too, the penny hasn’t dropped, but he showed his class when he was headed and came again, this after being caught wide early. He’s one to watch.” Mujaarib was bred by Shadwell Stud who own Nadeem and...

The weekend of racing once again highlighted to breeders the wonderful versatility of Towkay. Firstly, diminutive Surf Patrol ( Towkay -Out on Bail) defied her record of not having won on a firm track when she scored over 1600m at New Plymouth on Saturday . The Sue Harty bred mare has been a most consistent performer with Saturday’s success her sixth from 42 career starts which have also seen the six-year-old mare register ten minor placings. Sunday’s meeting at Te Rapa saw How True ( Towkay...

Xanadu (Elusive City- Forest Dream ) firmed to favourite for the Group One Spring Classic at Hastings in a fortnight following her third placing in...

All the signs were that Per Incanto would leave great foals but you are always a little nervous awaiting their arrival. The big wet has meant the mares are running over, actually the foaling paddocks are like an Auckland Supermarket at dinner time, but his first foals have finally arrived and they are everything we could have hoped for and more. The first foal on the farm belonged to the Canny Lad mare One Keen Lass. He is a striking brown colt with all his dad’s quality features; a striking...

Xanadu (Elusive City- Forest Dream ) showed with her fast finishing third in Saturday’s Listed Foxbridge Plate that she will be a force for New Zealand’s best WFA gallopers at the upcoming Hawkes Bay Spring Carnival. Having her first start since running third in the Group One New Zealand Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha back in April, the LA bred mare made very good ground late in the Te Rapa feature and will undoubtedly derive significant benefit for her immediate target the Group One Makfi...