Per Incanto
{{Short description|American-bred thoroughbred racehorse and stud stallion}}
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{{Infobox racehorse| horsename = Per Incanto
| image = 120px
| caption = Racing silks of Per Incanto
| sire = Street Cry (IRE)
| dam = Pappa Reale (GB)
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 14 March 2004
| country = United States
| colour = Bay
| breeder = Scuderia Archi Romani
| owner = Scuderia Archi Romani
| trainer = Roberto Brogi
| earnings = US$167,047
| race = Premio Tudini (2007)
| awards=
| honours =
| updated= 27 February 2023
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lastud.co.nz/stallions/per-incanto/about-per-incanto|title=About Per Incanto|website=Little Avondale Stud}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/per-incanto-the-latest-street-cry-heir/|title=Per Incanto The Latest Street Cry Heir|date=14 February 2017|website=TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingnews.co.nz/per-incanto-top-of-the-pops-in-hong-kong/|title=Per Incanto top of the pops in Hong Kong | NZ Racing News|first=NZ Racing|last=Desk}}
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. https://littleavondale.co.nz/stallions/little-brose/about-little-brose
=Notable progeny=
c = colt, f = filly/mare, g = gelding''
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! width="35px" | Foaled ! width="120px" | Name ! width="25px" | Sex ! width="120px" | Dam ! width="120px" | Damsire ! width="320px" | Major wins |
| 2012
| g | Cent From Heaven | Centaine | 2015 Diamond Stakes |
| 2012
| g | Ages Past | Slavic (1987) | 2019 Thorndon Mile |
| 2013
| f | Monarch | Volksraad (GB) | 2019 Railway Stakes |
| 2016
| f | Rochfort | Cecconi | 2022 Newmarket Handicap |
| 2017
| f | Miss Rhythmic (NZ) | O'Reilly | 2023 & 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes |
| 2017
| f | Fortune's Choice (Aus) | Redoute's Choice (Aus) | 2021 Levin Classic |
| 2019
| g | Anniesstar (NZ) | Zed (NZ) | 2025 Oakleigh Plate |
| 2020
| 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).