New Zealand Bloodstock | Thoroughbred Auction House

First horse through Karaka ring 1988

Karaka 1994, Lot 121 - Octagonal

1950 'The New Zealand Thoroughbred' featuring Trentham

Karaka Sales Centre Construction in 1987

2008 - Rodney Schick on So You Think & Hall of Fame

100 Years recap: Octagonal

Hall of Fame | Tom Lowry

Hall of Fame | Goosman

2008 Mark Chittick on first season sire Savabeel & 2025 Hall of Fame

NZB's 100th National Yearling Sale | Jim Bruford

NZB's 100th National Yearling Sale | James Jennings

NZB's 100th National Yearling Sale | Mary Jane Harvey

Mary Jane Harvey joined the NZB team over 30 years ago, and has since established herself as our well known Bloodstock Administrator 🐴✍️ She has also played a huge part in bringing the 100th year celebration to life, and with her dedicated research, she has even more stories to tell to you all at Karaka 2026!

NZB's 100th National Yearling Sale | Sir Peter Vela

Karaka 2026 | TVC

100 Years of NZ's National Yearling Sales | TVC

Record $3.6m Yearling: Don Eduardo (Lot 341) at the 2000 National Yearling Sale

1986 National Yearling Sale - Colour Shots

2003 National Yearling Sale - Xcellent (Lot 73)

2002 National Yearling Sale - Starcraft (Lot 151)

1984 National Yearling Sale - Colour Shots

Joe Walls the 'Voice of Karaka' auctions Lot 449 Shamexpress - The Opera House

Watch the legendary Joe Walls in action at the 2017 Premier Sale where he auctions his very last crop of yearlings including Lot 449, a colt by Shamexpress out of The Opera House, presented by Windsor Park Stud and knocked down to the bid of Michael Wallace for $510,000 on behalf of China Horse Club / Ciaron Maher Bloodstock.