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Even those who backed other runners in the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha on Saturday would have found it difficult to begrudge the win of the LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City- Forest Dream ). Five times Gr.1 placed including behind the likes of Ocean Park and Final Touch, the Ken Kelso trained mare fittingly chose the always competitive and only set weight Gr.1 race for fillies and mares in the country to land her inaugural win at racings elite...

With his dam residing on the farm and selling his half sister at Karaka last year we have always taken a keen interest in the fortunes of Nashville (Darci Brahma- Royal Kiss ).It was immensely satisfying to see him claim a well deserved maiden Gr.1 win and in such emphatic fashion when successful in the Haunui Farm WFA Classic over 1600m at Otaki on Saturday. Royal Kiss is safely back in foal to Darci Brahma, we look forward to offering a full sibling at Karaka in 2015. Mendoza ( Towkay -Dusky...

From the same family as her part owner Don Gordon’s fine gallopers Mun Lee, Secrecy and Dancing Daze, 3YO filly Pit A Pat (Towkay-Secret Step) showed some of the family ability with a four length maiden win over 1100m at Wairoa on Sunday. Those of you with good memories who attended our annual mid winter stallion parade and weanling walk in 2010 may remember a strongly made Zed weanling colt in one of the open yards next to the new yearling barn. Well fast forward two years and that horse...

What a week for the farm! The fun started on Waitangi Day when with the friends whom we race the LA bred Kekova (Elusive City- Racing Waters )...

Solid without any spectacular results - in rugby analogy a Crusader type performance - would be an apt description of our Karaka Sale. It was pleasing to see so many good judges, many of them previous purchasers of our yearlings, buying our horses. Cameron Cooke Bloodstock from Victoria paid $200,000 for the full brother to Larry’s Never Late, which made the Pentire colt our highest priced yearling at Karaka this year. The week culminated with our two lots in the Festival Sale realising in...

It has taken another high class performer to defeat the LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City- Forest Dream ); this time in the Gr.1 Telegraph Handicap at...

A still, warm Masteron Sunday morning provided the perfect setting for over 100 clients and visitors who came to the farm for our annual yearling...

We'd like to thank everyone for a great Parade Day. Just over 100 viewing this years draft from sires Zabeel, O'Reilly, Pins, Darci Brahma, Nadeem, Mastercraftsman, Stratum, Pentire, Towkay, Savabeel, Thewayyouare, Align, Road To Rock, Elusive City, Ifraaj, Keeper and Tavistock. The weather was perfect and it was magic to be able to use the new parade area. Great racing this weekend at Trentham, hoping to see many of you there.

This Sunday sees the annual parade of our Karaka yearlings. The yearlings will be paraded first at 10.30am followed by the stallions Nadeem, Per Incanto and Towkay. We would be delighted if you could then stay on for some refreshments. For directions to LA please click here. What a Xmas for Nadeem ! In the space of ten days the stallion has had 12 individual winners. Some of the more impressive winners were the John, Wayne and Michael Hawkes trained three-year-old Happy Galaxy ( Nadeem -Seven...

THE winner is Alistair Murdoch from Wanganui and his Per Incanto/Summer Nymph colt pictured right. Congratulations Alistair a case of URLAR...

A wide draw, equal topweight and the prospect of a wet track are the obstacles facing the LA bred Viadana (Towkay -Yeah Nah) as she chases a hatrick of wins and her second consecutive group win, in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile at Ellerslie on New Years Day. Purchased from our 2010 Karaka Select Sale draft for just $29,000 by her trainer Lance Noble, Viadana has a full brother in our 2013 Karaka Select Sale draft as LOT 1035. The LA bred Stella Bella (Savabeel- Chatto Creek ), a barnmate of Viadana...

Our Karaka 2010 Premier draft featured a number of good looking individuals. Arguably our two most popular in pre sale inspections were the Darci Brahma- Sound Lover colt –now racing as Sir Lovesalot and a stakeswinner last weekend at Te Rapa – and an Elusive City - Shahiid colt, who racing as Cosmo King , recorded his second win from his last three starts when successful in Sydney last Thursday. Trained by Bart Cummings who purchased him at Karaka, Cosmo King was a big colt who was going to...