3rd February 2012

GREAT SALES RESULTS FOR SIR PERCY IN NEW ZEALAND

Lanwades stallion SIR PERCY had some great sales results at this week’s New Zealand’s Karaka Select Yearling Sales to end up the Leading First Season Sire there - with eight yearlings sold for an average of NZ$49,625 with top prices of NZ$120,000 for a colt and NZ$82,500 for a filly.  The Karaka Select Yearling Sales is a three day sale which ran from 1st February through to 3rd February. 

The week before New Zealand Karaka hosted its Premier Yearling Sale where Queensland agent John Foote paid the top price of the week for a SIR PERCY yearling when a bay colt out of STAR PARADE was knocked down to him for NZ$150,000.  Incidentally this colt was consigned by Rich Hill Stud where SIR PERCY has stood for the last three Southern Hemisphere seasons.  Also at this sale a SIR PERCY filly was sold for NZ130,000 from Curraghmore Stud.

Of course back in Europe in 2011 SIR PERCY ended the year as the UK’s Leading Second Crop Sales Sire with his yearlings selling at the major UK and Irish Yearlings Sales averaging 43,679gns and with a top price of 260,000 gns for a colt out of Mr and Mrs Pakenham’s mare BOMBAZINE.

SIR PERCY made an excellent start when his first crop European yearlings sold in 2010 made 80,000gns, 78,000gns, 72,000gns, etc, and averaged four times his 2008 nomination fee.

30th January 2012

THREE RUNNERS, THREE WINNERS IN 2012

Lanwades have had a great start to 2012 with three runners in the green and white colours and three winners.  First winner of the year came on 2nd January when NORTHERN CONQUEST, a three-year-old gelding by ALADO, won at Kenilworth and followed up with another win on 28th January.  His latest and fourth win came on one of biggest race days in South Africa, the J & B Met Day!  It was a strong 1600 metre handicap and he will now be campaigned at a higher level.  NORTHERN CONQUEST was purchased by Allan Bloodlines from his breeder Klawervlei Stud and managed for Miss Rausing within the support programme for her stallion ALADO.  The second winner of the year is ECOSSIASE (a four-year-old filly by SELKIRK) who won her maiden over a mile at Southwell on 10th January.  ECOSSAISE is being sold at the Tattersalls February Sale on Thursday, 2nd February (please see below).   The latest winner is NEZHENKA (a five year old mare by WITH APPROVAL) who won her second race of her career, a decent handicap at Wolverhampton by two and a quarter lengths on 27th January.

20th January 2012

Opportunity to purchase winning SELKIRK filly with Gr.1 connections

The winning four-year-old filly ECOSSAISE (by Selkirk - Diablerette, by Green Desert - Scandalette, by Niniski - Maria Waleska) is being sold by Lanwades at Tattersalls February Sales, Newmarket, on 2nd February (lot number 200) - click here to view catalogue page.

The filly whose winning run was over 1 mile (1600m) on 10th January at Southwell is sold IN TRAINING, with a Breeding Certificate, from Mark Johnston's Kingsley House Stables where she can also be inspected by appointment prior to the Sales.

Her sire, SELKIRK, was Champion Miler of Europe at both 3 and 4 years. He is Internationally recognized as one of the Leading Sires of the last twenty years, being to date the sire of fourteen individual Group One winners; the winners of over 1475 races and very nearly £30 million.

SELKIRK is now also emerging as a very important broodmare sire. His daughters have to date produced 14 Group winners incl. MOUNT NELSON (Gr.1), QUIFF (Gr.1), SIMPLY PERFECT (Gr.1), TERMAGANT (Gr.1), etc.

ECOSSAISE is the first produce of her dam, DIABLERETTE, herself a winner at two years. The dam also has a now three-year-old colt (RAINBOW GOLD, by Selkirk) in training with Mark Johnston and a two-year-old filly, MME SANS GENE (by Verglas), retained by Lanwades and in training with Ralph Beckett. There is also a 2011 colt by ARCHIPENKO and DIABLERETTE is due to foal to Champion two-year-old and Derby winner SIR PERCY prior to returning to ARCHIPENKO this year.

Lanwades currently has SEVEN mares from ECOSSAISE's immediate family in their broodmare band, including Group 1 winner LADY JANE DIGBY who is due to DUBAWI and scheduled to visit GALILEO this year.

Three two-year-old fillies currently in training complete the family group:
DAME NELLIE MELBA (Aussie Rules - Scandalette), with Mark Johnston; MARIELLA (Piccolo - Viva Maria), with Peter Chapple-Hyam, and the above-mentioned MME SANS GENE (Verglas - Diablerette) with Ralph Beckett.

This family stems from the great Champion racemare and Horse-of-the-Year in Italy, MARIA WALESKA (dual Gr.1 winner, dual Classic winner), herself dam of the European Champion Sprinter, POLISH PATRIOT.
ECOSSAISE will provide her eventual purchaser with an exceptional opportunity to breed from a daughter of a most important broodmare sire, from a very "live" family with plenty of potential for further Black Type additions.

Interestingly, both SELKIRK daughters and MARIA WALESKA, her daughters and granddaughters, have repeatedly shown excellent results when mated with DANZIG and his descendants.

Also selling at Tattersalls February Sale is chesnut colt by SIR PERCY ex ROSA DE MI CORAZON – lot number 107 – please click here for catalogue page and further details.

16th January 2012

SIR PERCY RETURNS TO LANWADES

Champion two-year-old and Derby winner SIR PERCY has just returned to Lanwades Stud after successfully concluding his third Southern Hemisphere season at Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand.

"We are of course delighted to have SIR PERCY back with us at Lanwades" said Kirsten Rausing, Owner and General Manager of Lanwades. "SIR PERCY made an immediate impact with his first crop of two-year-olds racing in 2011. Their success made for tremendous yearling sales results and therefore it is not surprising that he is booked full for the 2012 season."

Nominations are still available to Lanwades other exciting young sires ARCHIPENKO (who has his first yearlings this year) and AUSSIE RULES (a leading European second crop sire in 2011).

Lanwades operates a Limited Books policy with all its stallions.

11th January 2012

A win for lanwades selkirk filly

Lanwades-bred filly ECOSSAISE who was in the frame on five separate occasions last year finally got off the mark winning a maiden over a mile at Southwell yesterday.  By SELKIRK, and now a four-year-old ECOSSAISE is the first foal of Lanwades-bred juvenile winner DIABLERETTE who was trained like her daughter by Mark Johnston.  DIABLERETTE is a half sister to German Group 1 winner LADY JANE DIGBY and multiple Group winner GATEMAN.  She is a GREEN DESERT mare out of Lanwades-bred SCANDALETTE (the dam of eight winners and is half sister to nine winners including Group 1 winner POLISH PATRIOT).  DIABLERETTE has a now three-year-old RAINBOW GOLD also in training with Mark Johnston and who ran once at two, a two-year-old filly by VERGLAS named MME SANS GENE and a yearling colt by ARCHIPENKO.

9th January 2012

lANwades 2011 six to follow results

We can now reveal the final results of the Lanwades 2011 Six to Follow Competition and they are as follows:

1st Laurene Guiseppi - £3000

2nd Cheryl Powell - £1500

3rd Daniel McKeown - £750

4th Joe Woods - £500

5th Debbie Kitchin - £200

6th Anita Moller - £100

Congratulations to all the prize winners.

FAME AND GLORY was again top scorer in 2011 with a total of 125 points after winning the Gr.1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, the Gr.3 Long Distance Cup at Ascot and two Listed races at Leopardstown and Navan.

Two year old filly KINETICA was second with a total of 60 points after winning her maiden, the Listed Star Stakes at Sandown and finishing third in two Gr.3 races.

Third was MOTRICE with 55 points who in 2011 won the Listed Windflower March Stakes at Goodwood, was 3rd in the Gr.2 Doncaster Cup and 3rd in the Gr.3 Lillie Langtry Stakes.

3rd January 2012

ANOTHER WIN FOR NORTHERN CONQUEST

NORTHERN CONQUEST, a three year old gelding by ALADO, won his third race of his career at Kenilworth yesterday. The Vaughan Marshall trained son was bred by Klawervlei Stud then selected and purchased by Allan Bloodlines for the ALADO support programme operated by David Allan under the authority of owner/breeder Miss Kirsten Rausing. NORTHERN CONQUEST is now a winner of three races and five times placed in eleven starts. The three unplaced runs were all fifth, all two to three lengths off the winner and two were in Grade 3/Listed class at 2. His sire ALADO is by multiple Champion sire DANZIG out of Lanwades-bred World Champion Racemare ALBORADA and stands at Arc-En-Ciel Stud (Craig and Amanda Carey) in the Western Cape, South Africa. This season ALADO has NORTHERN CONQUEST as well as five times winner ED’S ANGEL and several placed runners waiting to win all going well and a number of recent or imminent debutant(e)s.