Per Incanto (foaled 2004) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Group 3 Premio Tudini at age 3 and has gone on to forge a successful career as a stud stallion, siring a number of Group 1 winners.
He was bred by Scuderia Archi Romani.
Racing career
Per Incanto's wins were:
September 2006 - Premio Brook (1200m), Rome November 2006 - Premio Olimpio (1200m), Rome March 2007 - Premio Trofeo Breez-Up (1400m), Rome April 2007 - Premio dei Laghu (1200m), Milan May 2007 - Premio Tudini (1200m Group 3), Rome, ridden by Gabriele Bietolini. March 2009 - Allowance Optional Claiming (1200m) at Aqueduct Racetrack, USA.
Stud career
Per Incanto stands at the Little Avondale Stud in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. He started his career with a low fee of NZ$4,000. However, in the 2014/15 season he became the: leading first-season sire in New Zealand by winners. runner-up sire for 2-year-olds.
In the 2020-21 Hong Kong racing season Per Incanto finished top of the stallion premiership for:
winners (17), ahead of Exceed And Excel and Snitzel, wins (30), ahead of Snitzel and Deep Field.
Per Incanto's 2024 Service Fee was $NZ50,000 (+ GST). From 2025 he was joined at Little Avalon by his son, Little Brose, the 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes winner.
Notable progeny
c = colt, f = filly/mare, g = gelding
Foaled Name Sex Dam Damsire Major wins 2012 Dal Cielo g Cent From Heaven Centaine 2015 Diamond Stakes 2012 Shadows Cast g Ages Past Slavic (1987) 2019 Thorndon Mile 2013 Santa Monica f Monarch Volksraad (GB) 2019 Railway Stakes 2016 Roch 'n' Horse f Rochfort Cecconi 2022 Newmarket Handicap2022 Champions Sprint (VRC) 2017 Belclare f Miss Rhythmic (NZ) O'Reilly 2023 & 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes 2017 Bonham f Fortune's Choice (Aus) Redoute's Choice (Aus) 2021 Levin Classic 2019 Jimmysstar g Anniesstar (NZ) Zed (NZ) 2025 Oakleigh Plate 2025 All Aged Stakes2025 C F Orr Stakes 2026 Manikato Stakes 2020 Little Brose c Mohegan Sky (USA) Straight Man (USA) 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes
Per Incanto is the Dam Sire of Hong Kong Sprint winner Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress - Missy Moo).
See also Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
References