Per Incanto

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

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