NEWS & EVENTS

Triple Treat For LA

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...

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Karaka Premier 2011

LA Share in Premier Sale Momentum Possibly it was the improved Auckland weather or just another case of

LA's Karaka Record Set To Continue

LA's Karaka Record Set to Continue and Planet Rocks Deeds Highlight Interest in Lot 81 Tonight our 14th 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...

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Little Avondale Pre-Karaka News

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...

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LA Influence Prominent At Ready To Run Sale

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...

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Generous hospitality, warm friendly faces

Ben Petro, Wellington Breeder/Owner