News

Two mares bought for a combined total of $14,000, and another who was passed in with a $10,000 reserve, played starring roles in an all-Karaka finish to Saturday’s $70,000 Group Three Rydges...

Prominent judges made up a strong buying bench at New Zealand Bloodstock’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, with a buoyant market continuing an upwards trend.
NZB’s Managing Director Andrew...

NZB Airfreight have confirmed a direct flight leaving from Auckland to Brisbane on Friday 11 June 2021. 
NZB Airfreight will also be offering a direct flight returning from Brisbane to...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, set to be held this Friday 14 May, is a prime opportunity for astute judges to purchase their next lucrative pinhooking investment.
Over...

A select catalogue of 120 for this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale at Karaka boasts dozens of high-quality pedigrees, and black-type race results through the five weeks...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever dedicated National Weanling Sale has been bolstered with six further entries, bringing the total amount of youngsters offered to...

While all are welcome to join New Zealand Bloodstock for their live sale at the Karaka Sales Centre, both domestic and international viewers can look forward to the 2021 National...

Three-year-olds bred and sold in New Zealand have been an unstoppable force in Australia this season, winning the Victoria Derby (2500m), Tasmanian Derby (2200m), West Australian Derby (2400m),...

Karaka graduates fought out the finish of a talent-packed edition of the $50,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, with Turn the Ace (NZ) (Turn Me...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale at Karaka features progeny by an outstanding range of stallions, including rising stars whose early sons and daughters are...

Foal NZ co-founder Leigh Wills will be presenting two free talks on foal education at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale later this month.
The 30-minute talks entitled ‘Does foal...

A pair of champion racehorses bought at Karaka for a combined total of only $130,000 have been enshrined in New Zealand racing history with induction into the New Zealand Racing Hall of...

An enormously influential career spanning more than 40 years in the New Zealand thoroughbred industry was recognised and celebrated in Hamilton on Sunday night with Sir Peter Vela’s induction...

After a series of near-misses in black-type company, Karaka graduate Pierina (NZ) (Savabeel) earned a valuable first stakes success with a scintillating performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group...

The New Zealand thoroughbred industry played a starring role in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Two Queen of the South Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville, with both of the first two placegetters being...

Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn (NZ) is the headline act in the quality 37 Lot Autumn Online Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus.
Recently retired, Yearn won the Group Two Auckland...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale will unveil the first progeny of an exciting new crop of first season sires.This year’s catalogue includes freshmen from both sides of the...

Some of the circumstances were different in the HK$20m Group One FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, but superstar Karaka graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) ensured that the...

The class and stamina of three-year-olds bred and sold in New Zealand has repeatedly shone through on the biggest stages in Australia this season, and Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed VRC St Leger...

A good track was the only thing top-class Karaka graduate Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) needed to make a triumphant return to the peak of his powers in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group One Schweppes All...

Quality Karaka graduate Demonetization (All Too Hard) took his career to a new level at Ellerslie on Saturday, leaving a talented field in his wake in the $100,000 Group Two Manco Easter Handicap...

Saturday’s $100,000 Group Two Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie marked a breakthrough moment for a three-year-old who cost a mere $18,000 at Karaka and began his racing...

Two Karaka graduates cleared away from the rest of the field to fight out the finish of the $50,000 Listed Staphanos by Deep Impact Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, and it was...

Cambridge visitor Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) completed a superb two-race raid on the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series with another spectacular come-from-behind performance in...

Group One stars Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) and Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) have vividly illustrated the calibre of weanlings that can be found at Karaka, and the catalogue for New...

Two weeks on from one of the most dominant performances in the 20-year history of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) will attempt to clinch the...

Entries are now open for a high calibre broodmare sale set to be hosted on leading online auction platform Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding on the dedicated broodmare sale catalogue is scheduled to launch...

A dispersal of 135 Lots for the Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry (NZ) Ltd group is now live online on gavelhouse.com.
The 135 listings include mares and foals, weanlings, yearlings,...

Karaka graduate Avantage (Fastnet Rock) added a ninth Group One victory to her remarkable record in Saturday’s $200,000 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te...

Breeders and part-owners Little Avondale Stud passed in Roch ‘n’ Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto) at Karaka 2018, and a victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Power Turf Sprint (1200m) at Hastings has...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale saw its second-ever online session conclude on Gavelhouse Plus on Wednesday 14 April. 
Astute kiwi judges were are the forefront of the...

Bidding for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 South Island Sale hosted on Gavelhouse Plus is set to close incrementally today, starting with Lot 1 from 7PM (NZT).
Several of the 63 quality lots on...

The 2021 South Island Sale hosted on Gavelhouse Plus affords buyers the opportunity to secure progeny by an array of freshman sires based around the country, many of which proved popular at New...

Thoroughbred breeders often make the annual pilgrimage to the yearling sales at Karaka hoping for the result to be life changing.
For Willow Glen Stud’s Barbara Cooney, Karaka 2021 was exactly...

The stamina and class of New Zealand-sourced three-year-olds has again shone through on the big stage in Australia with a New Zealand-bred, Karaka-sold trifecta in Saturday’s A$2m Group One...

North Island raider Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) has soared into an equal lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series with a breathtaking performance in the $50,000 Listed NZB...

Low-priced Karaka purchase Whale Song (NZ) (Ocean Park) claimed the biggest win of his career with a bold performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m) at...

With New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of yearlings now live to view on Gavelhouse Plus, a pair of graduates have provided a timely illustration of the quality product that routinely...

After a superb Karaka 2021 yearling sale, attention quickly shifts to New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 South Island Sale, hosted for the second year on online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
There are...

At the halfway point of the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, two fillies share the lead with 7 points apiece. But that could all change in the third leg – the...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale is now available to be viewed online with the Sale due to take place at Karaka on Friday 14 May.
The dedicated weanling only...

Karaka Million hero On the Bubbles (Brazen Beau) signed off a superb two-year-old season with another memorable triumph in the $225,000 Group One Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes...

A brilliant late burst carried Karaka graduate Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) to a career-best victory in Monday’s HK$4.5m Group Two Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.
Bought for $30,000 from the...

With the 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale now live on Gavelhouse Plus, star graduate Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto) played a timely starring role in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed...

Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler paid just $8,000 to buy Our Boy Ritchie (NZ) (He’s Remarkable) at Karaka four years ago, and on Saturday he landed a home-town feature victory in the $50,000 Listed...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale of yearlings is now live and available to view on their leading online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding on the online Sale will commence from...

Three weeks on from a luckless second in the Randwick Guineas (1600m), high-quality colt Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) bounced back and got his Group One in Saturday’s A$600,000 Sky Racing Rosehill...

A golden run for New Zealand-bred or sourced horses in the HK$24m BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) continued on Sunday with a sparkling performance by Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in the 2021 edition...

Saturday’s $400,000 Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham showcased the class and superiority of standout filly Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel), who went undefeated...

$130,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase Need I Say More (No Nay Never) boasts a black-type trophy collection that no other New Zealand three-year-old this season can match, and he carried on his winning...