title: Per Incanto
text: # 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.
  
  ### 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 Handicap 2022 Champions Sprint (VRC) |
  | 2017 | Belclare | f | Miss Rhythmic (NZ) | O'Reilly | 2023 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes |
  | 2017 | Bonham | f | Fortune's Choice (Aus) | Redoute's Choice (Aus) | 2021 Levin Classic |
  | 2020 | Little Brose | c | Mohegan Sky (USA) | Straight Man (USA) | 2022 Blue Diamond Stakes |
  