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Karaka weanling graduate Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) continued her dominance of three-year-old racing in the South Island with an extraordinary eight-length runaway in Saturday’s $120,000...

Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) at Matamata was the first start in almost a year for Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), and New Zealand’s highest-rated racehorse put on...

Te Akau Racing’s La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) earned a piece of history on Saturday as the first filly to win both the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and the $225,000 Group Two J Swap...

Karaka graduates filled the quinella in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m) at Matamata, headed by first-time stakes winner What You Wish For (NZ)...

The lightly raced Jade Dragon (NZ) (Time Test) exited maiden company in style in Wednesday’s $25,000 NZB Mega Maiden Series (1150m) at Te Aroha, striking a lucrative bonus in the process.The...

Entries for NZB’s 2025 National Online Yearling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held on Gavelhouse Plus.

The catalogue will be available to view online from Tuesday 18 March, with...

After an action-packed five days of trading at Karaka 2025, results have been accumulated from the Book 1 and Book 2 yearling sessions held from 26 January to 30 January at the Karaka Sales...

Kiwi-bred Karaka graduate Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) returned to the country of his birth and scored a superb Group One victory in Saturday’s $500,000 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.Here...

Barely a year after being bought for $500,000 from Book 1 of Karaka 2024, exciting two-year-old Field Of Play (Deep Field) earned himself an early Group One opportunity with a brilliant victory in...

If the result of Saturday’s $250,000 Group Three Asahi Super Dry Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick is anything to go by, three-year-olds sourced from the Karaka sale ring are set to have...

Last-start $1m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) placegetter Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci) stepped up to 2000 metres for the first time at Te Rapa on Saturday and blew his rivals off the track in the...

Prolific winner Wild Imagination (NZ) (Makfi) took her career to new heights with a first black-type victory in Saturday’s A$120,000 Listed Premier’s Plate (2000m) at Morphettville.Wild...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Harlech (NZ) (Darci Brahma) turned back the clock with a runaway performance in the $80,000 Listed Nellies Restaurant & Bar Hazlett Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui on...

Saturday’s $275,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa delivered a third win in the NZB Filly of the Year Series for standout filly Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn),...

Saturday’s $275,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa could continue a rapid rise up the NZB Filly of the Year Series leaderboard by Leica Lucy (NZ)...

NZB’s National Yearling Sale attracts buyers from far and wide in search of the classic-type horses this country is famous for producing, and a new name joined that list during the Book 1...

Karaka weanling graduate Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) produced one of the most dominant black-type performances of the season on Sunday, romping to a six-length victory in the $80,000 Listed...

A productive week of shopping at Karaka has helped to put up-and-coming horseman Nick Kneebone on a path towards New Zealand’s training ranks.Kneebone made eight purchases under the Patella...

The curtain came down on the final day of selling at NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sales Series with the last day of Book 2 continuing the trend of steady trade. At the close of...

Following a strong Book 1, the momentum continued into NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series Book 2 session where 122 yearlings sold on Wednesday.While the Book 2 format has condensed into a...

The inaugural NZB Mega Maiden Series had its fifth winner when Dramatic Miss (NZ) (El Roca) produced an impressive performance in Wednesday’s $25,000 NZB Mega Maiden Series (1200m) at...

Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results.At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate...

Day Two of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series was one for the history books, with the sale of a $2.4 million filly the highlight on a strong day of selling.  At the close of trade for the...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series started on the right note today, with a strong first day of trade for Book 1.At the close of selling for the opening session, a total of 163 lots sold for...

Last year’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) heroine Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) returned to the same stage on Saturday and delivered a repeat result in the $1m Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic...

A year after a gallant second in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in only the second race of her career, high-class filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) came back and went one better in the...

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Te Akau Racing reigned supreme in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie with a dazzling performance by La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) in...

A stellar mix of representatives by Waikato Stud’s proven stallions and their exciting younger residents has the champion vendor ready for the defence of their Book 1 aggregate title at Karaka...

NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sale Series is just days away, set to take place on 26 January to 30 February at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.Various international buyers will be...

Thanks to a series of big-race performances by high-class siblings, the catalogues for Karaka 2025 have received some significant pedigree updates in the countdown to the sale.Book 1 features...

The 15 runners entered for Saturday’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie were sourced from a range of NZB Sales.Eight were bought from Book 1 of Karaka 2024, five from Book 2, one...

Saturday’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie will be the eighth running of the prestigious race, which already boasts Group One winners Probabeel (Savabeel), Aegon (NZ) (Sacred...

Last year’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) runner-up Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) will jump from an awkward position in gate 12 in her quest to go one better in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions...

The stage is set for an action-packed 18th running of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday after a barrier draw that delivered mixed results for leading contenders.The...

The live barrier draw for NZB’s sale graduate races, the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), will take place on Wednesday 22...

Group One power has fuelled Cambridge Stud’s 42-strong Book 1 draft at NZB’s National Yearling Sale.The farm’s proven stallion duo of Almanzor and Hello Youmzain and exciting younger...

The first half a decade of Bourbon Lane Stable’s expansion into New Zealand has exceeded even the most optimistic predictions of the American investors.“We are loaded right now and have a...

Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison is heading towards NZB’s National Yearling Sales on a winning note after breeding last Saturday’s Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) victor Wolfgang. A son of...

A Proisir filly out of Donna Marie put Hallmark Stud’s name up in lights at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales last year.Baker’s thoroughbred nursery topped the 2024 sale with...

Less than a week out from the start of Karaka 2025, Sunday’s star-studded Hong Kong race meeting shone a bright spotlight on the quality of the New Zealand thoroughbred.The headline act at Sha...

Windsor Park Stud has drawn on a diverse range of sires from across Australasia to make up its Karaka 2025 yearling draft, but a week out from the sale, all eyes will be on one of their own...

A brilliant breakthrough by Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini) headed a one-two finish for Karaka graduates in the time-honoured $400,000 Group Three NZCIS Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham on...

Back-to-back runaway victories at Trentham have put classy filly Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) well within striking range in the NZB Filly of the Year Series.The Robbie Patterson-trained runner lived...

After almost two years of close-up finishes, million-dollar earner Osipenko (NZ) (Pierro) made a long overdue return to winning form in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Asahi Super Dry January Cup...

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...