KEKOVA: Black Type Run Continues For Farm

The LA bred and raced Kekova (Elusive City-Racing Waters) bought more joy to her great bunch of owners and further enhanced her broodmare value with a typically gritty performance to land the Listed D.Reynolds Electrical Great Easter Stakes at Riccarton on Saturday.  Never really comfortable in the heavy track conditions, the five-year old mare called on all her class to record  her seve... Read More...

ZED: Second Individual Group Winner With Another In The Wings

On Saturday afternoon after Usainity (Zed – Day Tripper) had won the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate at Randwick and trainer Murray Baker had given his sire a wrap on Sky Channel we were almost pinching ourselves and thinking how much better can this get. Then an hour latter Ambitious Champion (Zed – Simply Sally) comes out and wins the NZ Bloodstock Insurance Premier 3 Year Old over 2000m ... Read More...

Sacred Falls: A Colt With Deep LA Connections

It was always going to be difficult to match Gr.1 wins over consecutive weekends, and while we may not have bred this one, the win of Sacred Falls (O’Reilly-Iguazu’s Girl) in the Gr.1 Doncaster Handicap on Saturday at Randwick still had real significance for the farm.

LA bred the dam of Iguazu’s Girl, the former top racemare Iguazu and are breeding from a number of the family. I... Read More...

Group One Double For LA Breds

With the empty champagne bottles still in the recycling bin following Xanadu’s (Elusive City – Forest Dream)win in the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes, Viadana (Towkay – Yeah Nah) registered the second Gr.1 victory by a farm bred in a week with her win in the $200,000 Gr.1 Manco Easter Handicap at Ellerslie on Saturday. Patiently ridden by Mark Du Plessis, the La... Read More...

LA Bred Gains Deserved Group One Win

Even those who backed other runners in the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Te Aroha on Saturday would have found it difficult to begrudge the win of the LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream). Five times Gr.1 placed including behind the likes of Ocean Park and Final Touch, the Ken Kelso trained mare fittingly chose the always competitive and only set weight Gr.1 ra... Read More...