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While injury sadly denied Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) a crack at the summer three-year-old filly pattern races, the LA bred filly's effort for third placing in the Group One Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha on April was a timely reminder of her class and that her debut stakes success is all bit inevitable. Faced with a wide draw, rider Michael Coleman had little choice but to settle towards the rear of the field early and ride the filly for luck on a Te Aroha track that lived up...

The stud look's to have quality representation in the upcoming Group One New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha judging by results over the last few days. Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) returned to form in emphatic style with a comprehensive performance to win the three-year-old event at Tauranga on Saturday. Bred by LA and sold privately to our good client John Gilbert, the long striding filly should be well suited to the expansive Te Aroha track. Kekova (Elusive City-Racing...

The thrill of owning a winning horse you have bred is hard to beat but there is something even more special when that horse is raced with a group of close friends. LA are part of the BLEAP (Blokes and Ladies Expecting Astronomical Profits) Syndicate who enjoyed a lot of thrills and fun a few seasons back racing the Listed winning filly Rapid Kay ( Towkay –Racing Waters ) and who now race the promising four-year-old mares Kekova (Elusive City – Racing Waters) and Skittle (Pins – Rapid Kay ),...

Group two winning filly Chicharita ( Towkay -Trisynd) is a confirmed starter in this weekend’s Group One Telecom New Zealand Derby, where she is likely to be ridden by champion international jockey Douglas Whyte. With her pattern success coming at 2000m and being unbeaten at Ellerslie in two starts, the filly is not without a chance of capturing more black-type in the blue riband Classic. Viadana ( Towkay -Yeah Nah) made it three consecutive victories, and all at Premier meetings, with her...

Michael ( Towkay -La Grandezza by Flying Spur) looked a live Singapore Derby chance when stepping up in distance and winning nicely over 2000m at Kranji last Friday. The three-year-old who was recording consecutive victories, was bred by Mark, John and R Carter and T Cheetham. Towkay has another promising Singaporean three-year-old in Good Towkay (Towkay-Outstripping), who won his second race when successful over 1600m last week. The group two winning Towkay filly Chicharita has been sold to...

Our strong Premier Sale results carried over into the Select Sale which finished at Karaka on Friday afternoon. LA finished the session as the third...

LA came away well satisfied with its returns from the Premier Sale which finished last night at Karaka. In significantly tougher trading conditions...

While there are some lovely pedigreed fillies at Karaka this year, few if any will have more residual value than the Alamosa filly we present from the multiple group producing mare Vedodara. Selling as Lot 5 early on the first morning of the Sale, the filly also has the looks to match her royal breeding, a pedigree which was further strengthened by the success of the three-year-old Schiffer in the$176,000 Myer Magic Millions Sprint at the Gold Coast on Saturday – Schiffer’s dam, the Montjeu...

Towkay’s three-year-old crop continues to shine with Michael ( Towkay -La Grandezza by Flying Spur) the latest winner, over 1600m in Singapore on Saturday evening. Bred by John, John and Mark Carter along with T Cheetham, the gelding was sold from our 2010 Karaka Select Draft. Three year-old filly Chicharita’s ( Towkay -Trisynd) win in the Group Two Royal Stakes on New Year’s Day has lifted Towkay inside the top 20 stallions on the Sires Premiership. LA has an outstanding draft of Towkay...

Happy New Year everyone! The champagne corks popped a little earlier at the farm thanks to Zed’s first winner on 10 December. To add to the Xmas...

Following on from the recent upgrades for Lot No’s 105 and 392 in our Karaka Premier draft comes more good news with the latest performances from Tiger Stripe in Australia and domestically, the highly promising Darci Brahma colt Nashville. Tiger Stripe who recorded his third consecutive success in Victoria earlier this month is from a half sister to our first lot through the Premier Sale, an Alamosa filly from the multiple stakes producing mare Vedodara, which sells as Lot 5 . Opportunities to...

The LA bred Kina Win (Zed-Maggs ) became Zed's inaugural winner when scoring over 1400m at the Southland meeting at Ascot Park on Saturday. Trained by Michael Pitman for local identity Siobhan Kirkland, Kina Win is from the Towkay mare Maggs and was purchased for his current owners from our 2009 National Weanling Sale draft by Phil Cataldo. Towkay filly Chicharita ( Towkay- Trisynd) vindicated her owner's confidence for the major age-group staying races in the New Year with an outstanding...