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Many of the leading lights in Malaysian racing at the moment were sourced through NZB sales, and 11 of them will clash in the lucrative NZB Open Championship (1400m) at Selangor this...

As well as launching New Zealand’s 2026-27 Group One racing season with the running of the Proisir Plate (1400m), Saturday’s eagerly anticipated 10-race card at Ellerslie also marks the return...

All roads lead to the A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) on November 29, with a golden ticket to the Warrnambool feature up for grabs in Saturday’s $40,000 NZB Airfreight Road to Jericho (3210m) at...

The catalogue for the world’s leading two-year-old sale is now online, with NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale set to take place at Karaka on 18 and 19 November. Peerless by every measure, NZB’s...

Stephen Marsh and Dylan Johnson have had an outstanding run with fillies sourced from NZB Sales, and they celebrated another new black-type winner on Saturday with Perfect Chaos (NZ) (Hello...

Taupo’s $100,000 Chittick Family Fillies’ Classic (1100m) was awarded Listed status in 2026 after a long line of high-class winners in recent years, and a graduate of Karaka 2025 added her...

Ruakaka filly She’s No Saint (Prague) has raised the bar in each start this campaign, and she continued that trend at stakes level on Saturday with a dominant performance in the $100,000 Group...

For the first time since 2014, NZB Airfreight successfully managed a flight of 15 thoroughbreds to South Africa with the horses arriving safe and sound in Johannesburg last week.   NZB...

With the 2026 breeding season now underway and the first thoroughbred foal of the season already on the ground, NZB Insurance is encouraging breeders to consider protecting their latest arrivals...

For the third season since its inception, NZB’s Mega Maiden Series is is set to continue for the 2026/27 season, with the race schedule now available.   The NZB Mega Maiden Series is...

Karaka graduate Quintabelle (NZ) (Embellish) marked her sixth birthday with her first stakes success, scoring a dominant victory in the $110,000 Group Three Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup...

Entries for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs closes today via the NZB Portal, with the Sale to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 18 and 19 November. This year’s Breeze Ups are set to...

NZB’s National Online Yearling Sale has existed for only five years but has already produced the likes of superstar filly Well Written (Written Tycoon) and fellow stakes winners Hitabell (NZ)...

The proven pathway from NZB sales to the Group One winners’ circle provided plenty more success during the 2025-26 season, headed by eight Group One victories in Australia and another five in...

Countless top-class thoroughbreds have carried Dr Gene Tsoi’s distinctive violet-and-pink colours across Australasia, but this month’s Standard 2080 Ltd Unreserved Dispersal Sale on Gavelhouse...

The NZB flag flew high in the inaugural Selangor Mile (1600m) last year, and this weekend a strong group of Karaka graduates will attempt to deliver a repeat result in the second running of...

Saturday’s $120,000 Listed AgFirst Engineering Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth delivered a dream result for Foxton trainer Suzy Gordon, who filled the quinella with two Karaka graduates she...

Karaka 2027 will take place from 24 - 28 January at the Karaka Sales Centre, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 101st National Yearling Sale in New Zealand.  The...

Eight months after being purchased out of the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, two-year-old filly Actionbelle (Bivouac) became a black-type winner in the $80,000 Listed John Turkington Forestry...

Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner and NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Invincible Ibis (Hellbent) earned two accolades during the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards at the Rosewood Hotel in Hong...

Bidding is now open for the 2026 National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus, offering breeders and investors the opportunity to secure proven broodmares and maiden mares ahead of the...

Previously a six-time stakes placegetter all the way up to Group One level, Karaka graduate Detonator Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) broke through for his first black-type success in the A$200,000 Listed...

Entries for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now open via the NZB Portal, with the Sale to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 18 and 19 November. This year’s Breeze Ups are set to...

A select offering of 17 mares in the National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus continues an exciting period of evolution and growth for Milan Park. Tony Rider’s operation is having...

Group One glory in the New Zealand Derby (2400m) in 2022 will always be the career-defining moment for Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock), but his accomplishments in Australia as a seven-year-old this...

Karaka graduate Churchillian (NZ) (Churchill) is a rising seven-year-old but still at the peak of her powers, and she added another black-type success to her record in commanding style in...

Demand was evident at NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale on Thursday, with all key metrics increasing and a total aggregate of $3,593,000 (up 49%) for the 102 weanlings sold at Karaka. The...

The NZB Filly of the Year Series has a proud history of putting high-class fillies on a path towards bigger and better things, and this season’s crop has lived right up to that...

One of the most exciting features of the NZB National Weanling Sale every year is the sale ring debuts of a new wave of first-season sires, and this month’s 2026 edition at Karaka will be no...

Mega Ace (Earthlight) proved a cut above the rest with a dominant display in the RM200,000 3YO Sprint Championship (1200m) at Sungai Besi on Sunday. Mega Ace, who landed unraced, has now won...

For pinhookers and end users alike, this month’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka is an affordable opportunity to secure progeny of some of New Zealand’s best and brightest...

In the space of less than a month, Karaka 2020 graduate War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) has collected three black-type victories and A$300,000 in stakes during the Queensland Winter...

Entries for the 2026 National Online Breeding Stock Sale are due online on Gavelhouse Plus by 10pm this Tuesday 16 June.  In addition to quality off-the-track fillies and mares, the...

Entries are now open for NZB’s Karaka 2027, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 24 January.  The 100th National Yearling Sale marked...

The tradition of presenting a quality selection is set to continue at Karaka on June 25 when Curraghmore offers its annual draft at the NZB Weanling Sale. Farm principal Gordon Cunningham takes...

Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Sky Racing Spear Chief Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm completed a Queensland feature double for War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro), and it took the Karaka 2020 graduate past...

Three quality weanlings will further boost NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale, with the bonus lots set to be offered immediately following the 140 lots originally catalogued for sale at Karaka on...

We're just a few weeks out from the National Weanling Sale, set to take place 25 June at the Karaka Sales Centre, but first we are hitting the road. The NZB team invite you to this week's on-farm...

Sunday’s HK$4.2m Sha Tin Vase (1200m) added some Group Three success to an outstanding run of form for Ready to Run Sale graduate Patch Of Stars (All Too Hard). One of the highest-priced lots...

The buying power of major Australian-based players has been an almost unstoppable force in securing well-bred and stakes-performed New Zealand mares in recent seasons, but May's Premium Broodmare...

The 140-lot catalogue for next month’s 2026 NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka is stacked with the right bloodlines and credentials for buyers to pursue those big dreams, like that on...

After multiple Group Two and Group Three placings and a fourth at Group One level, well-performed Karaka graduate War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) broke through for a well-deserved first black-type...

The catalogue for next month’s NZB National Weanling Sale went live during the week, and Saturday’s $80,000 Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Otaki provided a timely...

Karaka 2025 produced its eighth individual two-year-old stakes winner when Incandescent (NZ) (Per Incanto) stamped his class on the $100,000 Listed Cloudsoft Accounting Champagne Stakes (1600m) at...

The countdown to NZB’s 2026 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a high quality catalogue of 140 youngsters by New Zealand’s best stallions now available to view online at nzb.co.nz, with...

An upcoming Gavelhouse Plus auction that was already confirmed to contain Haunui Farm-Frantic Bloodstock mares Rondinella, Sudbina and Tinelly has been further boosted by the addition of two...

Following Wigmore's (NZ) (Sweynesse) gallant Group One South Australian Derby (2500m) win, Desert Lightning (NZ) Pride of Dubai) delivered a Group One Adelaide Carnival double for Karaka graduates...

Three weeks on from his first Australian black-type victory in the Group Three JRA Plate (2000m) at Randwick, Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) backed it up with another one on Saturday – this time under...

A pair of fillies offered at Karaka 2024 dominated the finish of Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Moet & Chandon Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m), with Nightline (NZ) (Redwood) beating Single Red (NZ)...

A commanding front-running performance by Churchillian (NZ) (Churchill) headlined an all-Karaka finish to the $100,000 Group Three Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. Churchillian was bought...