NEWS & EVENTS

Impressive Win To LA Debutant

Fyodor (Darci Brahma-Rites of Spring by Stravinsky) justified his short priced favouritism with a win on debut in the 1200m Silver Farms Maiden Sprint at Hastings on Sunday. His dam Rites of Spring has a Nadeem colt at foot. Our focusis now on the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on the 19th and 20th of November. The first of our offerings, prepared under the Lyndhurst banner, is LOT 10, a Pentire...

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Double For Nadeem

Franking some good trial form in Sydney, Spring Rose (Nadeem-Rosa Brava by Thunder Gulch) resumed from a spell to win over 1100m at Hawkesbury yesterday, running her last 600 in sub 34 seconds in the process. Spring Rose’s success bought up a double for her sire in Australia this week following the win of Nodeemn (Nadeem-Angels by Quest For Fame) at Newcastle on Saturday. The LA bred Albion...

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Ninth Stakeswinner For Nadeem

With multiple stakesplacings throughout her career, including a third placing behind champion fillies Atlantic Jewel and Mosheen in the Group 1 1000 Guineas, Sharnee Rose (Nadeem – Farasha by Jeune )was overdue the black-type success that finally came her way in the 1400m Group 3 Golden Pendant at Rosehill in Sydney on Saturday. The five-year-old mare got home in a driving finish to beat the...

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LA Bred Wins Hastings Group 1

Three weeks ago it was Survived (Zed-Liberal by Generous) who had us celebrating following his win in the 1400m Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings, the first leg of the Rush Munro Spring Carnival, then on Saturday it was the turn of the LA bred Xanadu(Elusive City-Forest Dream) who took out the second leg, the 1600m Group 1 Windsor Park Plate. Saturday’s win was Xanadu’s second at the elite...

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LA Bred Debuts In Style

Unbeaten at the trials this season and carrying the weight of expectation from the bevy of friends and family who are part of our LA North and South Syndicate, the LA bred Alchemy’s Flight (Darci Brahma-Eloa by Volksraad) opened her career in fine style taking the 1200m Te Akau Supports Dave Smith Maiden at Te Rapa last Thursday. We have a yearling half brother to Alchemy’s Flight by Zabeel in our...

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Zed Heads Sires Premiership

Former LA domiciled stallion Zed (Zabeel-Emerald Dream by Danehill) moved to the top of the NZ Sires Premiership this week on the back of his four-year-old son Survived’s (Zed-Liberal by Generous) recent win the Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes. Zed’s latest winner is the LA bred Raf Lanac (Zed-Maggs by Towkay) who was successful over 1400m at Te Aroha on Friday. The LA, Don Gordon and Bryan Hutchinson...

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Group 1 Winner For ZED Double Cause For Celebration

The scenes in the birdcage at Hastings on Saturday after the win of Survived(Zed-Liberal by Generous) pictured right in the Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes reconfirmed to us why we are involved in the thoroughbred industry. Much has been made in the media about the rags to riches story of our former stallion but the real barometer of stallion success is the ability to leave group 1 WFA winners...

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LA Flavour To Group 1 Makfi

The LA bred Xanadu (Elusive City-Forest Dream) is currently the $4.50 equal favourite for this Saturday’s Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings as she attempts to add another group 1 victory to go alongside her win in last season’s Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeder Stakes. A lot of interest will also centre on the Don Gordon owned local Survived (Zed-Political), and his chances...

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History, tradition, family, good values and lots of fun. Also when we inspect an LA yearling we do so with confidence in the horses’ upbringing, soundness and temperament. It’s a theory that has worked well because with Dominic we’ve bought the likes of Redeem The Dream and the stakeswinner Sir Lovesalot

George Simon, Cambridge Racing Commentator