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NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a richly deserved reputation as a gold mine for Group One-calibre racehorses, with many of them coming from the lower end of the price range.Between...

Wellington Cup Day is one of the most time-honoured and iconic sporting events on the calendar for New Zealand’s capital city, and the NZB Filly of the Year Series gets to share in that...

Admirers of Rich Hill Stud’s leading stallions Proisir and Satono Aladdin will be spoiled for choice at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale later this month.The pair will have...

Westbury Stud will offer sizeable Book 1 and 2 drafts at Karaka later this month, showcasing their own stallion roster and with variety added by choice offerings of leading Australian-based...

Lib Petagna’s Elsdon Park will offer its third draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka later this month, and the Matamata nursery has upped the ante, with their...

Haunui Farm will head to Karaka next week with a 51-strong draft for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales, led by a number of blueblood fillies in Book 1.“We have got a very nice...

Away from the bright lights of Book 1, the Book 2 session of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a proud record of producing high-quality racehorses at much lower prices.More than a dozen...

Unbeaten colt To Bravery Born (NZ) (Snitzel) left his run late, but eventually secured himself a place in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with an Ellerslie victory just 13 days out from...

Global yearling buyers will head to New Zealand for NZB's National Yearling Sales Series from January 26 to 30 but if you want a head start on your shortlists or simply enjoy seeing the next...

Top-class Karaka graduate Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) collected his fourth consecutive Group victory with another sparkling performance in Saturday’s $400,000 Group Two Top Kat Roofing Levin...

With two scintillating Group One victories from her only two races this season, Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) has quadrupled her career earnings and instantly become one of New Zealand racing’s...

Saturday’s $120,000 Group Three Rydges Wellington Airport Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) at Trentham produced a one-two-three finish for Karaka graduates, headed by a first win at stakes level by My...

Expatriate New Zealander Simon Dunderdale has claimed his maiden Malaysian trainers’ premiership, celebrating his most successful year based in Kuala Lumpur.The well-travelled Dunderdale, who...

Cambridge stables have a proud recent record in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), and Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan) has emerged as a chance to uphold that tradition at Ellerslie later this...

Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson and respected yearling buyer Chris Rutten have had a dream start to 2025 with their $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) contenders. Too Sweet (NZ) (Satono Aladdin)...

Three months and six races after kicking off the season in Rating 65 company, Bourbon Empress (NZ) (Proisir) became a Group Two winner in the $270,000 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New...

New Zealand’s first feature race of 2025 delivered a perfect start to the year for NZB, with a clean sweep for Karaka graduates and a full-sister to the winner catalogued for Karaka 2025.The...

For the second year in a row, Byerley Park trainers Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley have taken out the $250,000 Group Three Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) with a quality stayer sourced from...

Ellerslie’s Christmas Carnival has been a significant week for Real Class (NZ) (Vadamos), who has rapidly risen to third on the NZB Filly of the Year Series points table with a pair of big...

Sunday’s RM300,000 Penang Gold Cup (2000m) was won in powerful come-from-behind style by Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), who was bought from the Karaka sale ring and also has a half-sister...

The NZB Filly of the Year Series begins to take a different look with the sixth leg, the $270,000 Group Two Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.After five races over...

Graduates of the Karaka sale ring swept the first two placings in the A$250,000 Group Three Schweppes Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick on Boxing Day, with Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock) edging out...

The $270,000 Group Two Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (1400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day marked a new career high for Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan), who was a $50,000 purchase from Karaka 2023 and...

The legacy of the late Kevin Hickman’s Valachi Downs was strongly felt in the second leg of the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series at Wingatui on Boxing Day, where both the winner and...

Low-priced National Online Yearling Sale purchase Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish) confirmed her place among the classiest and most determined fillies of her generation in Boxing Day’s $270,000 Group...

An exciting group of rookie stallions will have their first yearlings going through the Karaka sale ring late next month.The catalogues for Karaka 2025 contain the progeny of four first-season...

The NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series has a different look this year, with the second leg making a move in the calendar from its previous position in March.The $100,000 Listed NZB Insurance...

The eagerly anticipated fifth leg of the NZB Filly of the Year Series is the $270,000 Group Two Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, featuring a classy cast of 11...

Karaka graduate Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) continues to get better and better with age and took his career to another new level with victory in Saturday’s A$1m The Supernova (1400m) at...

The on-farm parades for the Auckland and Waikato vendors are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 7 January through to Friday 17 January.
All prospective buyers are welcome to attend to...

Intention (NZ) (Bivouac) went into Saturday’s $175,000 Group Two Happy Hire Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) under the radar, but she emphatically changed that with an upset victory that...

Karaka graduates dominated the finish of Friday’s $80,000 Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m), headed by a piece of front-running brilliance by Khafre (American Pharoah).Offered by...

New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson unveiled an exciting NZB Filly of the Year Series contender when Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) dominated Saturday’s $100,000 Group Three Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes...

The festive season is set to deliver plenty of NZB Filly of the Year Series action, with three prestigious Group races within the space of 11 days.It all starts at Trentham on Saturday with the...

Visitors to the Karaka sale grounds every January are met by the yearling progeny of a diverse and high-quality range of sires, and Karaka 2025 will be no different.The catalogues for NZB’s 99th...

Runner-up in $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) last January, Te Akau Racing’s super-talented filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to return to Ellerslie a year later to attempt to go one...

Saturday’s A$300,000 Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm marked a new peak performance for Karaka graduate Beau Dazzler (NZ) (Ardrossan), who has a full-brother in the catalogue...

From four starts over 2400 metres, Karaka graduate Kadavar (NZ) (Tarzino) has now recorded four impressive victories including Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Max Brenner Christmas Cup (2400m) at...

National Weanling Sale graduate Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) claimed his first black-type win in the A$200,000 Listed Racing & Sports Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday,...

A shot at the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) was not previously on the radar for Sweet Ice (NZ) (Frosted), but that all changed within the space of one race at Te Rapa on Saturday.A debut...

A year on from his first taste of Group One glory, Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) returned to the top of the podium with an outstanding come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s $400,000 Group One TAB...

The on-farm parades for the Central Districts and South Island are scheduled to take place from Monday 16 December through to Friday 20 December.All prospective buyers are welcome to...

From Hong Kong’s stunning speedster Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) to a long line of Australian stars including cover girl Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), New Zealand is a world-renowned source of...

A pair of full-siblings are in line to contest back-to-back runnings of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) after a stylish win by Toretto (NZ) (Ardrossan) at Ellerslie on Saturday.Toretto is...

A brilliant front-running win in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui was a coming-of-age performance by Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish), who was bought for only...

A tilt at the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in January is on the cards for promising juvenile Romanoff following his maiden victory in the Uza Bus Two-Year-Old (1100m) at...

An impressive late surge in Thursday’s $100,000 Group Three Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki produced the second win of an unblemished two-start career for Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci),...

Vendor Barry Donoghue enjoyed a lucrative two days at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale last week and he’s now celebrated a significant result in another role.Under his BMD Bloodstock...

Prima Park has accrued an enviable record with their New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduates, and farm principal Kelly Van Dyk is hoping they can add another to that list from their...

Hot on the heels of a record-breaking Ready to Run Sale, the cream of New Zealand’s yearling crop has been revealed for Karaka 2025.The world-renowned week of selling in late January is the shop...