News & Events

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...

Per Incanto Arrives and Pedigree Updates for Karaka Sale Yearlings Our new stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry-Papa Reale) arrived on the farm last...

Santa's present for us this year arrives a few days early with our new stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry-Papa Reale) due on the farm around...

We didn't have our own draft at the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka but the LA influence was still strong throughout the two days of selling. Towkay averaged $118,000 to finish second behind O'Reilly in the sire averages, proving once again what a versatile stallion he is following on from the Karaka Yearling Sale Series earlier in the year where he averaged $68,000. Two colts bought from us at Karaka as yearlings produced excellent pinhooking results for those purchasers when both were resold...

Little Avondale Stud are pleased to announce the purchase of the first son of leading international sire Street Cry for stud duties in New Zealand...