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NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale is just days away, set to take place on 18 & 19 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre. Inspections and parades are set to get underway Sunday with many...

After dominating the NZB Ready to Run Sale vendors’ standings for the past decade, Riversley Park is set to present another draft big on both quality and quantity at Karaka next Wednesday and...

NZB are thrilled to announce the appointment of Mike McMahon and Jamie Hill as American-based Sale Representatives. The bloodstock-duo are actively managing Bourbon Lane, an American-owned...

Gavelhouse Plus is giving breeders the chance to add a Group One performer to their broodmare band with the auction of multiple black-type placegetter Myakkabelle. The daughter of War Decree has...

As he prepares a select draft of four colts for next week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Riverrock Farm’s Chad Ormsby has been given a timely boost by another branch of his business. The...

The $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) dream is well and truly alive for two big groups of owners following first-start victories by two-year-old fillies at Te Rapa and Tauherenikau last...

With the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale just over a week away, a graduate delivered some well-timed publicity for the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds with his victory in Sunday’s Group Three...

A bright new star soared to the top of the NZB Filly of the Year Series standings when Angels Halo (NZ) (Proisir) triumphed in the $600,000 Barneswood Farm 54th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at...

Karaka 2023 graduate Hyperbolic (NZ) (Proisir) claimed the sixth and most significant win of her career in the A$200,000 Listed Evergreen Turf Ladies Day Cup (1500m) at Hawkesbury on...

In only his eighth career start, a horse that could have been bought for $20,000 from the National Weanling Sale took out the $100,000 Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa on...

Previously a multiple black-type performer in the North Island, National Weanling Sale graduate Moving Melody (NZ) (Deep Field) has quickly struck at stakes level in the south with success in...

It’s all action at Kiltannon Stables ahead of what may well be a landmark month for Mark and Lorraine Forbes. As usual at this time of the year, the Cambridge couple’s key focus is another...

Asturia (NZ) (Almanzor) has wasted little time in stamping herself as an early standout in the 2026-27 NZB Filly of the Year Series, and Saturday’s $600,000 Group One Barneswood Farm 54th New...

Graduates of NZB’s National Online Yearling Sale have scored Group victories at Flemington on each of the last two Saturdays. A week after Soverato (NZ) (Vadamos) won the Group Three Tesio...

Ohukia Lodge has a proud record and a well-earned reputation as one of the NZB Ready to Run Sale’s top vendors, so they don’t need much in the way of extra publicity – but a pair of Group...

The Sha Tin meeting on Sunday featured three smart winners sourced from this sale – Megastar Heart (Star Turn $825,000 sale-topper in 2023, now a winner of four from nine starts), Speedy Power...

The on-farm parades for NZB's 2026 Ready to Run Sale are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 3 November through to Monday 9 November. All prospective buyers are welcome to attend, with the...

During more than a decade as a vendor at the annual NZB Ready to Run Sale, Prima Park has risen through the ranks to become one of the go-to sources at the Karaka two-year-old auction. Prima...

The NZB National Online Yearling Sale is developing a reputation for producing stakes winners, with Soverato (NZ) (Vadamos) becoming the latest addition to that list in Saturday’s A$300,000...

Bought for $30,000 as a yearling at Karaka 2022, Tisse (NZ) (Belardo) lifted his career earnings to almost $250,000 with his first black-type success in the $100,000 Group Three Gee & Hickton...

Peter McKay holds a special place in the history of the TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), and the Matamata trainer set himself up for another shot at the $1m feature when Aquila Veloce (Capitalist)...

NZB National Weanling Sale graduate Sir Albert (NZ) (Savabeel) has gone back-to-back in the $80,000 Listed Spring Classic (2000m), emphatically defending his crown at Riccarton on Saturday. Sir...

The connections of promising stayer McGrath (NZ) (Savabeel) have some exciting options to choose from after a highly impressive performance in the $50,000 NZB Airfreight Road to Jericho (3000m) at...

Exciting filly Sword Of Stars (NZ) (Sword Of State) stamped herself as a leading contender for Group One spoils at Riccarton next month with a sparkling performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group...

The 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale will be the fourth appearance for Barry Donoghue’s BMD Bloodstock and is shaping up to be the biggest one yet. A multi-talented horseman, Donoghue was a...

Two tickets to the A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) are available for New Zealanders every season, and the second of them is up for grabs with the running of the $50,000 NZB Airfreight Road to...

Woburn Farm’s Ready to Run Sale drafts have been a proven recipe for racetrack success in recent seasons, headed by multiple Group One-winning Hong Kong star Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse),...

Less than five weeks out from the NZB Ready to Run Sale, one of the star Group One graduates of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds made a timely return to peak form in the A$240,000 Group...

Saturday’s $175,000 Group Two Windsor Park Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie was the first appearance by Asturia (NZ) (Almanzor) in the 2026-27 NZB Filly of the Year Series, and the Te...

Next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale will be the third appearance for Taui Johnson’s Apex Bloodstock, whose first two drafts have produced a 100% clearance rate and a black-type graduate. Apex...

The highly anticipated Breeze Up videos  for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale are now available to view online at nzb.co.nz.  On Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October, almost 390...

The NZB Filly of the Year Series has a reputation for unveiling elite three-year-old filly talent, and the $175,000 Group Two Windsor Park Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie has been a big...

The final day of NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw a further 198 two-year-olds gallop down the home straight at Te Rapa Racecourse on Tuesday. The rail was moved in five metres...

NZB’s Breeze Ups kicked off on Monday at Te Rapa Racecourse with consistent times, weather and track conditions throughout the day. 191 two-year-olds breezed up over the course of the first...

The $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) is still more than three months away, but exciting colt Zanardi (NZ) (Spirit Of Boom) has already put himself in prime position to contest the lucrative...

Karaka graduate Satono Glow (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) has the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) squarely in her sights after a superb come-from-behind victory in the A$300,000 Group Two TAB Roman...

Manawatu mare War Princess (NZ) (US Navy Flag) has made three trips to the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival in recent weeks and has come away with three wins, culminating in a gargantuan performance...

Karaka graduates filled the quinella in Saturday’s $100,000 Group Three Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton, headed by a winner who was bought for just $19,000 from Book 2 of Karaka...

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October at Te Rapa Racecourse. All two-year-olds entered in NZB’s Ready to...

New Zealand bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo has enjoyed a rewarding weekend, with Australian recruits Miss Waititi (NZ) (Circus Maximus) and De Armas (NZ) (Ardrossan) enhancing their Classic...

The South Island’s Inglewood Stud is renowned for the quality of yearling drafts they bring north to Karaka on a regular basis, but next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale takes the respected...

Next month’s Group One VRC Oaks (2500m) is looming large on the horizon for Karaka 2025 graduate Miss Waititi (NZ) (Circus Maximus) following an emphatic victory in the A$175,000 Listed Super...

Two years after making his pinhooking debut with a $350,000 profit, Tim Askew is returning to the NZB Ready to Run Sale with his very first draft in his own name. The young horseman will offer...

Buyers heading to Karaka for next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale can do so with confidence, knowing that recent editions of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds have delivered a return on...

With the countdown to NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale underway, the seventh edition of the Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series has also kicked off across the country. Thanks to the long-term...

Hong Kong Derby-winning NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Invincible Ibis (Hellbent) began his new season on a perfect note in Sunday’s HK$4.2m Group Three Celebration Cup (1400m) at Sha...

Two years in a row but at two different venues, Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall have staked an early claim in the NZB Filly of the Year Series with a super-impressive victory in the Group...

Excitement is growing in the countdown to the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka in November, and a new star graduate of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds emerged in Saturday’s $175,000...

There’s been a fair bit of banter in NZB’s Karaka office this week, with fillies owned by a pair of the auction house’s longest-serving employees going head-to-head in the Gr.3 HBPB...

Timaru hosted the second race of the 2026-27 NZB Mega Maiden Series on Wednesday, and Southland filly Midnight Oak (NZ) (Derryn) put her name on the board as the season’s first bonus...