NEWS & EVENTS

A domestic G2 winner with a galloper LA bred in partnership and a 2nd placing in a G3 event in Sydney with a son of Per Incanto that the farm also bred highlighted a very successful Saturday afternoons racing. All Roads (Road To Rock-Dancing Daze by Dance Floor), victorious in the 1600m G2 Windsor Park Japan New Zealand Trophy at Tauranga, was part of a winning double for the partnership of LA and...

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Per Incanto’s daughters Yemanya (Per Incanto-Romantic Liaisons by Danasinga) and Royal Ruby (Per Incanto-Proof by Maroof) gave their sire a race to race winning double at the Waipukurau meeting on Thursday. The Lowell Goddard bred three-year-old filly Yemanya, a full brother to the dual Group 1 placed Rocanto, led all the way to win the R65 1200m, before Tony and Penny Ebbett’s mare Royal Ruby did...

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The country’s leading 3YO sprinter delivered Per Incanto a winning double on a Premier Day’s

Per Incanto had winners on both sides of the Tasman on Wednesday. At Matamata, Iain Kennedy’s consistent four-year-old mare Awakening (Per Incanto-Viking Angel by Viking Ruler) broke through for a well deserved maiden win, over 1000m, while in Australia, the Shadwell bred mare of the same age, Ansaam (Per Incanto-Tanaami by Gods Own) scored over 1200m. Awakening is Per Incanto’s 38th individual winner for...

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In a week that culminates with Nadeem’s ’first NZ conceived runner in a G1 event, it’s fitting that the milestone comes on the back of a very productive period for the stallion. Over the last month nine progeny of the G1 winning son of Redoute’s Choice have won and he’s had 16 minor place-getters during the same period. In South Africa, his progressive son Fareeq (Nadeem-Azwa by Haafhd), 4th...

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The latest issue of the NZ Owners Bulletin is now online. Some excellent articles about all your winners over the couple of months along with some thought provoking racing views. ...

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Two half-sisters born in England in the 1940's are still exerting a major influence on the breed in Australasia. The unraced Sunbride (GB) was imported to New Zealand where she spent her life at Te Parae Stud. (Now Little Avondale) The daughter of the Solario stallion Tai Yang would ultimately cover herself in glory claiming the honour of Broodmare Of The Year twice. But that seemed a long way off when...

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The increasing profile of Nadeem’s oldest NZ crop three-year-olds, in particular of late his fillies,

It's the Little Avondale G3 Lowland Stakes Twilight meeting at Hawkes Bay this Thursday 2nd March.

Shared Secrets (Nadeem-Eva Kelly by O’Reilly) win in The Dominion Post NZ St Leger Trial at Otaki on Saturday continues an excellent run of form by the progeny of her sire Nadeem. Coming off a fast finishing 4th in the 1600m Group 3 Desert Gold Stakes at her most recent start, the Mark Oulaghan trained filly was entitled to be the modicum of good support at Otaki. However stepping to 2100m...

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Consistent 4YO Lanciato (Per Incanto-Surreptitious by O’Reilly) gained a well deserved first Australian success when finishing strongly to win over 1400m at Rosehill on Wednesday. A dual winner when trained by Graham Richardson, the LA and JML Bloodstock bred gelding had placed in four of his last five starts, all in Sydney, prior to Wednesday’s success. Lanciato’s win follows Cantare’s (Per...

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Leading trainer Gai Waterhouse has her first Per Incanto. In conjunction with First Light Racing and Paul Willetts, Gai and co-trainer Adrian Bott signed for the Per Incanto-Fast Quickstep filly on the final day of the Inglis Classic Sale earlier this week. LA’s two other yearlings in the Classic Sale were also well sought after. Christopher Grace’s Darci Brahma colt was purchased by O’Gorman Racing...

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