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Many of the vendors at this month’s NZB National Weanling Sale are familiar faces who are renowned for their quality drafts at this sale every year, but the 2025 edition also sees an old friend...

Rising star War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel) brought up the 20th Group One win of the season for a Karaka graduate – and the 14th in Australia – with a powerhouse performance in Saturday’s...

Group One-winning Karaka graduate Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park) continued his love affair with the Queensland Winter Carnival on Saturday, capturing the A$1.2m Group Two HKJC World Pool Q22 (2200m)...

The thoroughbred and standardbred communities will converge on Karaka for the National Weanling Sale and National Standardbred Weanling Sale on Thursday 26 June, and vendor Ross McKay has horses...

Entries are now open for NZB’s Karaka 2026, with the iconic week on the international sales calendar due to take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 25 January, marking the 100th...

NZB’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, set to be held Thursday 26 June, is a prime opportunity for astute judges to purchase their next lucrative pinhooking investment. During the last few...

Entries are being loaded for the National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus with these due for the popular stand-alone breeding stock sale by 17th June.  Breeders will have the...

Last season a $1 million boost in bonuses was added to the lucrative Karaka Millions Series with the introduction of the NZB Mega Maiden Series. It is set to continue in the coming season with the...

NZB’s National Weanling Sale has been a popular stage for boutique vendors Brighthill Farm, who produced the top-priced lot at last year’s Sale when a filly by Satono Aladdin was knocked down...

NZB celebrated a fifth consecutive winner of the Group One Queensland Derby (2400m) when Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth) headlined a Karaka trifecta in the A$1m classic at Eagle Farm on...

The on-farm parades for the upcoming 2025 National Weanling Sale are scheduled to take place from Wednesday 4 June through to Friday 6 June. All prospective buyers are welcome to attend to...

The catalogue for the 2025 NZB National Weanling Sale features the progeny of a broad range of sires, from proven topliners to exciting up-and-comers as well as the brand-new kid on the block,...

NZB is excited to announce the addition of ten quality weanlings for the 2025 National Weanling Sale, set to take place at Karaka on Thursday 26 June.   In addition to the 134 lots originally...

Graduates of Little Avondale Stud’s drafts at the NZB National Weanling Sale have a proud record of racetrack success, and stud principal Sam Williams believes his class of 2025 compares...

There are many members of New Zealand’s stallion ranks whose progenies racetrack results far exceed their service fee. Next month’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka is an ideal opportunity...

The on-farm parades for the upcoming 2025 National Weanling Sale are scheduled to take place from Wednesday 4 June through to Friday 6 June. All prospective buyers are welcome to attend to...

The step up to 2000 metres held no fears on Saturday for Queensland’s Karaka-sourced superstar Antino (NZ) (Redwood), who added a second Group One to his collection with a stunning four-length...

Group One-winning Karaka graduate Pulchritudinous (NZ) (Wrote) added valuable Australian black type to her pedigree page with an impressive performance in the A$200,000 Group Three Fillies &...

Up-and-comer War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel) scored the biggest win of his career in Saturday’s A$300,000 HKJC World Pool BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben, and in the process he booked himself a...

The National Weanling Sale will be staged at Karaka on Thursday 26 June and has a catalogue of 134 lots plus supplementaries to be announced. While a boutique session, there is an emphasis on...

Group One-winning mare Bonny Lass(NZ) (Super Easy) will head across the Tasman after being bought by Widden Stud for $480,000 on Gavelhouse Plus on Thursday. Bonny Lass was a Group winner as a...

Karaka graduates dominated Saturday’s A$250,000 Group Three HKJC World Pool Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben, filling all of the top five placings. That clean sweep was headed by a...

The connections of Do You Just (So You Think) have never doubted that they had an exciting talent on their hands, and the two-year-old colt more than lived up to that reputation with a blockbuster...

Karaka graduate Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock) took his career earnings past A$800,000 with victory in Friday’s A$200,000 Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m). Tavi Time was offered by breeders...

The countdown to NZB’s 2025 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a compact yet quality catalogue of 134 youngsters now available to view online at www.nzb.co.nz. Set to be held on Thursday...

Saturday’s A$500,000 Group Two TAB A. D. Hollindale Stakes (1800m) on the Gold Coast was the second time this season that Antino (NZ) (Redwood) has blown his rivals off the racetrack in a major...

Karaka 2026 will mark the 100th anniversary of the National Yearling Sales in New Zealand, a significant milestone to celebrate.
In an exciting move, NZB is pleased to announce a fitting new...

Te Akau Racing’s Towering Vision (NZ) (Circus Maximus) took his career to new heights in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa, heading a clean...

Classy, tenacious and mega-durable mare Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) is set to be offered in a special sale launching next week on Gavelhouse Plus. The daughter of Super Easy was raced by her...

As featured in May's edition of Hong Kong Racing World, New Zealand has long been a source of champion milers, middle-distance and staying horses with many Hong Kong legends of the turf purchased...

Karaka graduates ran first and second in a thrilling finish in Thursday’s A$300,000 Listed Sungold Milk Warrnambool Cup (2350m), with victory going to the warhorse Smokin’ Romans (NZ)...

Karaka graduate Khafre (NZ) (American Pharoah) took his career earnings to the brink of $250,000 with another feature victory in Sunday’s $80,000 Listed Manawatu ITM Anzac Mile (1600m) at...

Victory in Friday’s A$200,000 Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington has set up a sudden Group One opportunity for Karaka graduate American Wolf (NZ) (Tivaci). The gelding has had seven...

Saturday’s A$300,000 Listed Jones & Co IGA Brisbane Mile (1600m) marked a winning black-type debut for well-performed Karaka graduate Tenzing (NZ) (Contributer). The Eagle Farm feature was...

Classy Karaka graduate Betty Spaghetti (NZ) (Stratum Star) added valuable black type to her CV with a barnstorming come-from-behind victory in the $80,000 Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great...

A superb performance in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton lifted Loose Sally (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) to a total of 9 points in the NZB Southern Filly of the Year...

With NZB preparing to stage both thoroughbred and standardbred weanling sales on the same day at Karaka in late June, a dual-code horseman chose an appropriate time to play a starring role in the...

Blue-blooded Karaka graduate Lilac (Justify) added further value to her CV with a Group Three victory in Saturday’s A$250,000 Mostyncopper James H B Carr Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. Lilac was a...

Kiwi Skyhawk (NZ) (Contributer) completed an unprecedented autumn double with his thrilling last-stride win in the $120,000 Group Three Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on...

The next NZB sale on the calendar will be a cross-code affair, with both thoroughbred and standardbred weanlings set to be sold at Karaka on 26 June. While the two breeds will be presented on...

A winning debut at Ashburton on Wednesday was made $25,000 sweeter for the connections of Gruffalo (NZ) (Proisir), who struck a NZB Mega Maiden bonus in the process. Wednesday’s $17,000 NZB...

Previously a placegetter in the Group One New Zealand Oaks (2400m), Mehzebeen (NZ) (Almanzor) returned to Trentham on Saturday and played another starring role with victory in the $120,000 Listed...

Karaka graduate Slipper Island (No Nay Never) extended his winning sequence to four in a row with a black-type breakthrough in the $80,000 Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) at Trentham on...

Karaka graduate Bona Sforza (Written By) was thrown in at the deep end for a daunting debut in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Riccarton Park Function Centre Welcome Stakes (1000m), but she rose to...

A commanding performance in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton has lifted Dream Of The Moon (All Too Hard) to the top of the points table in the NZB Southern...

The 2024-25 NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series contenders have everything to play for over the next couple of weeks, beginning with Saturday’s $80,000 Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at...

The Selangor Turf Club has teamed up with NZB to establish a series of races that incentivise purchasing from the world-leading Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. Rising star Duma (NZ) (Too Darn Hot)...

A breathtaking five-length runaway in Saturday’s A$2m Group One ATC Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick saw Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) add her name to a long list of winners of the...

A strong staying performance earned Torranzino (NZ) (Tarzino) a career-best win in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Three Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield. Torranzino...

Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino), Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) and Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) are the three favourites for Saturday’s A$2m Group One ATC Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick, where they...