Momentum Continues At Select Sale

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 leading vendor by average, selling 12 lots at an average of $64,000, a record average for the farm at the Select Sale.

Highlights included the sale of the Towkay colt, LOT 665, from Dancing Daze for $160,000 to South Africa’s Worldwide Bloodsto... Read More...

Encouraging Premier Sale for LA

LA came away well satisfied with its returns from the Premier Sale which finished last night at Karaka. In significantly tougher trading conditions than last year, the farms average of $155,000 for 13 lots sold was marginally down on our average last year when we sold nine yearlings.

The sole Towkay representative in the Premier Sale, our colt from Centaine Gu Li, sold to the Hong Kong Jockey Clu... Read More...

Magic Result For LOTS 5 & 432

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 ... Read More...

More Success for Towkay Three Year Olds

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 Tow... Read More...

Little Avondale Newsletter January 2012

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 celebrations, on New Years Eve Zed also had his first Australian winner, followed the next day by the victory of Chicharita (Towkay-Swiftsynd)  in the Group Two Royal Stakes at Ellerslie. All in all a magic way to bring in and start the New Year!