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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...

Last Wednesday in Hong Kong saw a well deserved win for the Lorraine Jameson bred Great Reknown ( Towkay -Cantante) who had raced in New Zealand as Tsonga. Later in the programme saw the debut of the LA bred Gamekeepers (Pins- Eloa ), and the three-year-old gelding who sold at last year's Ready to Run Sale to John Foote Bloodstock, franked a recent trial success to win over 1200m. The LA and Pip McCarroll bred Fun Heroes ( Towkay-Ashley Downs ), who won over 1800m at Sha Tin on Sunday has a...

We secured a share in the record figures posted at this weeks Ready To Run Sale at Karaka with our four lots selling well under the quality banner of Lyndhurst Farm. It is never easy to get a 30 November foal to the Karaka Yearling Sales, especially when the mother is by Zabeel. The Ready To Run option allowed us the opportunity to grow the youngster out naturally and top the colts sold at this strong sale. The Pins colt from Laebeel went to Hong Kong trainer David Hall and it was great to...

LA Ready to Run Sale Draft It's never easy to get the total mix right for a horse sale; sires go in and out of fashion and horses develop physically at different rates however we feel our draft for this weeks Ready To Run Sale at Karaka is as close to perfection as we have achieved in a number of years. Our draft which this year sell under the quality banner of Lyndhurst Farm, kicks off on Tuesday with Hip 74 the Darci Brahma colt from the stakes producing Sound Reason mare Clermont Rose....

Warmer days have seen the mares blossom with 111 foals now on the farm. With the World Cup hangover, sleep has certainly been at a premium but with the euphoria of the All Blacks victory and so many impressive foals about, the days are made easier. Zabeel mare Kurabeel, whose highly promising racing career was nipped in the bud after just eight starts, delivered her first foal, a lovely Pins recently, while Generous Nature , whose first foal Sir Ferrari by Testa Rossa won on debut at Trentham...