News & Events

LA Invitation Sam and Catriona are looking forward to seeing you at the stallion parade and farm tour next Sunday the 17 th , commencing at 10am. If you are unsure of directions, CLICK HERE for the map. The mild autumn has meant the farm is in excellent condition for this time of year and of course their hot new Street Cry Sire Per Incanto is looking forward to meeting you. LA's wonderful run has continued in Hong Kong with the highlight been Just Fantastic's winning effort at his first run in...

Double For Towkay The LA bred Eternal Beauty (Towkay-Follow the Sun ) showed his liking for the 1000m with another Hong Kong win over the trip, this...

LA June 2011 Newsletter First and foremost we'd like to extend our thoughts to our friends in Christchurch. None of us can truly understand what you...

Shezazed ( Zed -Shezdabomb by Desert Sun) has given Zed, pictured below , a near perfect start to his stallion career, running second on debut in...

LA Treble in Hong Kong The likes of Armada, More Bountiful and Special Day's have given the farm its share of highlights in Hong Kong over recent seasons but Saturday's treble at Sha Tin was a first for us as two of the last three races fell to LA bred horses while the other leg of the cards final treble went the way of an LA reared and sold horse. LA bred National Treasure (Pins- Trigon Lass ) won brilliantly fresh-up over 1400m on Saturday and recorded his fourth success for the season from...

LA April 2011 Newsletter We had two yearlings in Sydney for the Sale this year and it's been a busy last month following the LA connected horses...

The tote told the story of the expectations for the debut of the LA bred and owned Eagle Pass (Catbird- Monashees) pictured here as a foal at...

Life goes on at the farm but really our minds have been miles away over the last fortnight as we focus on Christchurch and look for positive news...

The strong Premier Sale results were replicated in the Select Sale which concluded at Karaka on Friday afternoon and LA again had its share of...

LA Share in Premier Sale Momentum Possibly it was the improved Auckland weather or just another case of first day sale blues, but the second and...

LA's Karaka Record Set to Continue and Planet Rocks Deeds Highlight Interest in Lot 81 Tonight our 14 th Karaka Premier draft under the LA banner will board the horse transporter for their ten hour trip to Auckland. We sat down the other day and worked out that since 2000 the farm has either bred, reared, sold, or in a combination of each, 15 group one performers, most of those having been presented for sale through our drafts at the Karaka Yearling Sale Series. It's a proud tradition and one...

LA Newsletter January 2011 Happy New Year everybody. This fantastic kiwi spring and summer just rolls on and on - the new LA caps have been most welcomed by many of the trainers and bloodstock agents who have come through to the farm over the last month for the yearling inspections. Overall this year's draft probably has a touch more bone and condition than recent memory just due to the combination of exceptional spring grass growth and sunshine. Sam has even had to be like Jenny Craig to a...