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KIng's Rose; Showcasing; Per Incanto; Iffraaj; Guillotine.

* ONE of the highlights during the yearling session at the 2015 JRHA Select Sale in Japan was the first foal of the outstanding New Zealand-bred mare King’s Rose.

Winner of the G1 NZ 1000 Guineas for trainer Jason Bridgman, King’s Rose is one of a number of high profile Australasian mares that have been bought by the Japanese in recent years.

Consigned for sale by Northern Farm, the striking brown colt with four white feet by champion Japanese sire Deep Impact was knocked down to Hajime Satomi for 195,000,000 yen, a sum that equates to around $NZ2.4 million.

• HAUNUI Farm’s stallion duo of Iffraaj and Showcasing have dominated their respective sire’s tables in New Zealand this season.

Iffraaj heads the three-year-olds table and Showcasing is set to be crowned Champion First Season Sire and may also win the General 2YO Sires premiership.

Showcasing’s first crop has included stakes placed filly Platinum Express, G2 winning colt Showboy and Karaka Million winner Hardline.

Last weekend another Showcasing youngster Boodles – unbeaten in two New Zealand starts and now racing as Lim’s Showcase in Singapore - proved his class and ability with an impressive win at his second start at Kranji.

He was bred by Wayne and Vicki Pike – shareholders in Showcasing – and was trained in NZ by their son Tony Pike.

Showcasing has served over 400 mares in his first four seasons at stud. His book in 2015 has been limited to 125 mares.

• LITTLE Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto extended his lead as the top first season sire by winners in NZ when Rule The World (Per Inacanto x Ruling Secret by Viking Ruler) won at Ruakaka.

He is the seventh winner for Per Incanto, a son of Street Cry whose first crop includes two stakes winners led by the G1 winner Dal Cielo.

• IFFRAAJ’s three-year-old crop has yielded 26 Australasian winners headlined by the G1 2000 Guineas winner Turn Me Loose and two other G1 performers.

His most successful Southern Hemisphere season had another boost last Saturday when Raposo was an impressive winner of the Silver Bowl Final on Winter Finals Day at Flemington.

Iffraaj has sired 11 stakes performers for the season and boasts 10% stakes winners to winners ratio with his oldest crop just 5YOs.

His book has been limited to 100 mares this spring.

* DANIEL, a son of Windsor Park Stud’s Guillotine, showed he is a lethal fresh runner when storming home late to win the G3 Paititi Gold Trophy over 1200m in Singapore last weekend.

He now boasts a record of two wins and a second first-up from three separate spells for trainer Laurie Laxon.

Daniel was set to be a major force in the Singapore Four-Year-Old Challenge race series this year but plans had to be shelved after he bled in a barrier trial and was spelled.

With this sixth win Daniel has now won $S584,749 in stakes for Phua Chian Kin's Oscar Racing Stables and continues a good season for Guillotine that has included G1 performer Allez Eagle and stakes winner Beauty's Beast.