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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...

Malaysia continues to emerge as a leading racing jurisdiction, and the major racing club in Selangor Turf Club (STC), has had a long-standing relationship with NZB.  As a result of the...

Multiple Group One winner Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) overcame a testing heavy track and 59.5-kilogram topweight to prevail in a tight finish to Tuesday’s A$300,000 Group Three Precise Air Neville...

Moving into the final few weeks of her racing career, Karaka graduate Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) broke through the A$1m barrier with her fourth black-type success in Tuesday’s A$300,000 Group...

Demand for emerging sires was evident throughout NZB’s 2025 National Online Yearling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus, which saw 102 lots catalogued in a quickfire digital session. Siring his first...

Bidding for the 2025 National Online Yearling Sale closes tonight from 6pm (NZT), with the quality 102-lot catalogue available to bid and view on Gavelhouse Plus.
To ensure a smooth bidding...

Earlybird entries for the Entain-NZB Insurance Pearl Series close today Monday 31 March 2025, for 2023-born yearling fillies.  The earlybird entry of $1,000 + GST saves you $500, and gives you...

Te Akau Racing's star filly La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) had already made history with her unprecedented double in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and Group Two Matamata Breeders' Stakes...

Super-consistent Karaka graduate Kiwi Skyhawk (NZ) (Contributer) got his turn in the sun on Saturday with a richly deserved first stakes win in the $150,000 Group Three Higgins Concrete Manawatu...

Bidding is now open on Gavelhouse Plus for NZB's National Online Yearling Sale, a 102-lot catalogue set for sale on the premium online platform. Bidding will run for a five-day period,...

The 102-lot catalogue for the 2025 NZB National Online Yearling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus features the progeny of 44 different stallions, from proven big names to first-season sires and...

The popular National Online Breeding Stock Sale is due to take place again on Gavelhouse Plus this July with dates now confirmed for the popular stand-alone breeding sale.
Breeders will have the...

Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) became the fifth Ready to Run Sale graduate to win a Group One in Australia this season when he triumphed in a three-way photo finish to the A$1m George Ryder Stakes...

Emerging talent Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) has gone back-to-back at Group Two level in Melbourne, adding Saturday’s A$500,000 DCE Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) to his last-start victory in...

 Bought for only $32,000 from Book 2 of Karaka 2022, quality mare Grinzinger Belle (NZ) (Shamexpress) is now a four-time stakes winner with more than $800,000 to her name. Saturday’s A$300,000...

Karaka graduate Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon) added a second black-type victory to her record with a nail-biting triumph in Saturday’s $130,000 Listed Bill Tito Book Repair Specialist...

Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) was an unstoppable force during the 2024-25 NZB Filly of the Year Series, winning all of the five races she contested including a fitting finale in Saturday’s $1m Group...

Victory in a 1600-metre Riccarton feature put Epee Beel (Epaulette) on a path towards the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series title last season, and she lined up over the same course and...

NZB Airfreight are global equine travel agents, flying precious horses around the world. We are looking for a hardworking, organised Airfreight Operations team member to join our fast-paced team...

Saturday’s $1m Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham will be the 11th and final leg of an NZB Filly of the Year Series that has been completely dominated by...

NZB’s 2025 National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the quality 102-lot catalogue available to view on Gavelhouse Plus.    For the fifth year, the digital edition to NZB’s...

Entries for NZB’s 2025 National Weanling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 26 June.  Continuing as a dedicated weanling only format, the...

Within the space of a week, Karaka graduates sired by Super Seth have won both the A$1m Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) and the A$1m Group One Randwick Guineas (1600m). Seven days after...

South Island Sale graduate Palmetto (NZ) (Ghibellines) collected his first black-type win in Australia with a relentless front-running performance in Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed TAB Canberra Cup...

Hours after Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) dazzled in the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) and Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) won Sydney’s Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m), the A$150,000 Listed Swan Draught...

The tangerine colours of Te Akau Racing backed up their $1.5 million Listed Karaka Millions win on Saturday when they captured the country's richest ever horse race. Te Akau won the inaugural...

NZB celebrated a fourth consecutive $1.25m Group One Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner when Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) blew his rivals away in the Ellerslie classic on Saturday. Willydoit...

Champion stallion Savabeel has sired countless top-class NZB graduates who excelled over 2000 metres and further, but Saturday's Group Two-winning sprinter Jedibeel (NZ) is something...

Promising filly Island Life (NZ) (Vadamos) hinted at a strong finish to the NZB Filly of the Year Series with her victory in the $150,000 Group Three Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (2100m)...

The inaugural Champions Day kicked off at Ellerslie on Saturday with the $120,000 Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m), and there could have been no more appropriate winner than Francee...

New Zealand racing will move into an exciting new era with the first running of the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Proudly sponsored by NZB, the Kiwi is New Zealand’s first...

The Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series provides lucrative returns to owners, breeders and trainers throughout the New Zealand racing calendar, but its undisputed pinnacle comes with the running of...

The NZB Filly of the Year title has been locked up by Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn), but the two remaining races in the series both carry plenty of prestige in their own right – starting with the...

The Group One New Zealand Derby (2400m) is perhaps the most prestigious and coveted prize in New Zealand racing, and its illustrious history is littered with top-class winners sourced from the...

This weekend’s $600,000 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) will be the 151st running of the iconic Ellerslie two-miler, which has been won by dozens of supreme stayers sourced from the...

A dominant come-from-behind win in Sunday’s RM200,000 Perak Derby (2000m) may have earned Karaka graduate Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn) an opportunity to represent Malaysia on the world...

Another breathtaking performance in Sunday’s $150,000 Group Two Jennian Homes Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Trentham has put Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) as far in front of her rivals on the NZB Filly...

The A$1m Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) became an all-New Zealand affair at Flemington on Saturday as Karaka graduates fought out a thrilling finish won by Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth). Beaten...

Speedy filly Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) has topped the points table since the NZB Filly of the Year Series began last September, but that could be about to change this weekend. The ninth leg...

In an exciting move, the date for the NZB National Weanling Sale (thoroughbred) and NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale (standardbred) has been finalised, with both weanling sessions selling...

The incomparable Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) continued to climb the list of Karaka’s all-time greats with a ninth Group One triumph in Saturday’s A$750,000 Lamaro’s Hotel Futurity Stakes...

The well-related Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) fetched $750,000 in the Karaka sale ring two years ago, and he has lived up to that price tag with an increasingly impressive winning treble that...

Classy Karaka graduate Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) returned to winning form in spectacular style with a four-length demolition in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Three Catanach’s Jewellers...

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...