Fred Peisah, breeder of good horses for forty years on his Lomar Park Stud in the historic Camden region on the southwestern perimeter of Sydney, has had a joyful June as far as input into racing results is concerned.

In the main they were his contribution to the breeding of Takeover Target, the rags to riches Australian galloper who deserved to push even the sockeroos aside in the sporting pages of the newspapers for his deeds at Royal Ascot, and more good performances from the progeny of Lomar Park's resident Danehill sire Arena.

Lomar Park gets into the Takeover Target picture as the breeding ground of his dam Shady Stream, a daughter of one of the half dozen good sires used at this stud, Archregent. Her dam Merry Shade, a Spectacular Spy stakes winner, was bred by the late Dan Buffier of the Wingarra Stud, Bylong using Parasol, a Sostenuto mare who did not win but who produced nine winners. She was owned for a time by Tiger Holland, the trainer and part owner with Betty Lane of Athelnoth, a good class sprinter who was successful at Randwick on Saturday.

Fred Peisah's Lomar Park also had an input into the breeding of new sprint star Natural Destiny, the winner on Saturday at Eagle Farm of the W.J. Healy Stakes. Like Takeover Target, he is from a mare by Archregent.

Also visiting the winner's stall on Saturday was the second crop Arena three-year-old Impatient Star, a Lomar Park bred gelding by their resident Danehill sire Arena. In landing the big end of the prize money in the1600m event that wound up Saturday's Randwick program, Impatient Star was recording his fourth Sydney win and suggesting he could be an Epsom hope in the spring.

His Randwick victory made Impatient Star the second Sydney winner in a week for Arena as his two-year-old daughter Rena's Lady broke through at Warwick Farm at the mid week meeting. In the Gary Portelli stables, she romped to a 6.5 lengths win.

The successes of Impatient Star and Rena's Lady contributed to a treble of Arena metropolitan winners in less than a fortnight as another of his three-year-olds, the Woodlands Stud bred and raced filly Creole, won a 1110m event at Doomben on June 14, scoring by 1.25 lengths and in class record time. She is from a Yeats mare bred by Woodlands but disposed of after she produced the foal who was to become Creole.

Arena has now had 40 winners of 60 races of $1.7 million for 2005-06 with the top performer being the Lomar Park bred Regal Cheer. Also a daughter of an Archregent mare, Regal Cheer has won seven races, including the STC Coolmore Classic-Gr.1 and AJC Surround Stakes-Gr.2, and landed second money in the STC Queen of the Turf Stakes-Gr.1 and AJC Light Fingers Stakes-Gr.2.

A brilliant middle distance performer whose six wins included the Victoria Derby, Canterbury Guineas, Hobartville Stakes, Hill Stakes and Gloaming Stakes, Arena is a Danehill sire whose progeny could keep on doing well as five and six-year-olds and who can be expected to supply good performers at all distances.

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© Brian Russell Bloodstock Media Service Published 28/06/06