Catalogues Online NOW for NZB National Yearling Sales Series

Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 89th National Yearling Sales Series are live online now.

The Premier, Select & Festival Sales have a combined 1364 yearlings entered across six days of selling, starting on Monday 26 January at Karaka.

The PREMIER SALE is the showcase of the week, combining some of the best pedigrees from around the world into its 443 horses entered for sale from 11am on Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 January.

The SELECT SALE produced seven Group 1 winners last season alone and has 592 horses catalogued for sale in 2015, selling from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 January.

The FESTIVAL SALE will once again be a bumper one-day session following last year’s success, with 329 horses entered for sale on Sunday 1 February.

Continuing to deliver results, the National Yearling Sales Series produced 15 Group 1 winners last season, the most of any Australasian auction house for the second consecutive year.

These 15 Group 1 winners are part of the bigger picture which has seen Karaka provide 35% of Group 1 yearling graduates in the past three seasons, from only 21% of the auctioned yearling crop – the best record in Australasia.

NZB’s Premier Sale is the showpiece of Karaka 2015 with the international quality catalogue featuring relations to stars of racetracks across the world. The depth of the Premier Sale is evident, with 90 progeny of stakes winners and 114 siblings to stakes winners.

There are 31 siblings to Group 1 winners including O’Marilyn (Lot 74), Brambles (Lot 124), Road to Rock (Lot 212), Shamexpress (Lot 227), Monaco Consul (Lot 261), Preferment (Lot 287) Velocitea (Lot 311), First Seal (Lot 372), Ambitious Dragon (Lot 410), Darci Brahma (Lot 413), Sacred Falls (Lot 427) and many more.

Among the 20 Group 1 winning dams with offspring in the Sale are Keep the Peace (Lot 9),  Prize Lady (Lot 127), Boundless (Lot 294), Captivate (Lot 304) Glamour Puss (Lot 406), Il Quello Veloce (Lot 429) and more.

Plus close relatives to stars So You Think, Black Caviar, High Chaparral, Atlantic Jewel, Redoute’s Choice, Dundeel, Ethereal, Starcraft, Ocean Park, Silent Achiever, Octagonal, along with many more.

The new season of racing has kicked off with a bang with six Group 1 winning graduates already including Sacred Falls (NZ) (O’Reilly), Lucia Valentina (NZ) (Savabeel), Derby winner Preferment (NZ) (Zabeel), and First Seal (Fastnet Rock) capturing the Group 1 Flight Stakes.

International success was tasted in Hong Kong with Glorious Days (Hussonet) becoming Karaka’s fourth consecutive winner of the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile, while in Singapore, War Affair (NZ) (O’Reilly) has continued on his winning way by accumulating three Singapore Group 1 races this year.

These results add to the over 100 Group 1 races won by New Zealand Bloodstock yearling graduates in the past five seasons that have seen stakes winners in America, Australia, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.

All yearlings sold at the National Yearling Sales Series are eligible for the Karaka Million with this crop of yearlings racing for the $1m Karaka Million in 2016, the $250,000 Karaka 3YO Mile in 2017 and the $100,000 Karaka Stayers Cup for the remainder of their careers.

A large selection of 137 sires have progeny catalogued at the Sale with 66 sires represented at the Premier Sale, including 15 freshman sires such as So You Think, Pour Moi, Jimmy Choux, Cape Blanco, Sepoy, Foxwedge, Redwood and more.

A strong mix of proven sires along with young sires making waves will also be featuring, with the likes of Exceed and Excel, Fastnet Rock, High Chaparral, Makfi, Mastercraftsman, O’Reilly, Pins, Redoute’s Choice, Rip Van Winkle, Savabeel, Sebring, Snitzel, Tavistock and more.

KARAKA 2014 SCHEDULE:

Karaka Million Twilight Races:   Sunday 25 January

Premier Sale:                                26 & 27 January

Select Sale:                                    28 – 30 January

Festival Sale:                                 Sunday 1 February

Catalogues will be available on the iPad application tomorrow with the Karaka 2015 Handbook also available online tomorrow.

Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales Series have started to be posted and will be in letterboxes shortly. To request a catalogue contact reception@nzb.co.nz or phone NZB on +64 9 298 0055+64 9 298 0055.