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A horse who could have been bought for $55,000 as a yearling at Karaka produced a high-class sprinting display to win Sunday’s HK$3.25 million Group 3 Sha Tin Vase (1200m) in Hong Kong.Carrying...

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have trained two Karaka yearling purchases in the white, red and green colours of the Zame family, and both of them are now black-type...

$110,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase Forsa Eclipse (NZ) (Showcasing) produced a dominant front-running performance to win Sunday’s RM100,000 Malaysia Listed 3YO Championship (Heat 2) (1200m) at...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka May Sale Weanling session has concluded with a pleasing increase in average and median price from last year’s edition of the Sale.The average weanling price...

The 2019 Karaka May Sale has been boosted by a number of black-type race results since the catalogue went to print.The catalogue features more than a dozen horses who are closely related to recent...

The catalogue for the 2019 Karaka May Sale has been bolstered by three supplementary entries – a weanling and two broodmares to be offered at the end of each session they are catalogued...

Group 1 performer Zacada (NZ) (Zabeel), who could have been bought for $150,000 as a yearling at Karaka in 2014, has taken his prize-money earnings past $700,000.The milestone came through a tough...

$60,000 Premier Sale graduate Purple Sector (NZ) (Pins) took his career to a new level with a dominant performance in Saturday’s A$140,000 Group 3 National Road Safety Week Rough Habit Plate...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale features the usual big names on the stallion scene, headed by the undisputed current champion Savabeel.The Waikato Stud resident has won four consecutive...

Belardo (Lope de Vega – Danaskaya) – A Champion 2YO who won the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, Belardo also won the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes as a four-year-old. Shuttling to Haunui Farm, Belardo will...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale is set to offer 240 of the country’s best mixed bloodstock on Friday 17 May and in a first-time event for the Sale, New Zealand’s Deputy Prime...

Some of New Zealand’s most influential and established families feature throughout the 240-lot catalogue at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale, with quality young stock, racing stock and...

Ho Ho Khan (NZ) (Makfi) could have been bought for $65,000 at the 2016 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, and he took his earnings past HK$6 million (NZ$1.2 million) with a victory in Sunday’s HK$3.25...

With the 2019 Karaka May Sale less than two weeks away, an astute broodmare purchase at the 2016 edition of the sale earned a valuable black-type reward at Riccarton on Saturday.Well-bred mare...

Rising star filly Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral), who was bought for $120,000 at the 2017 Premier Sale at Karaka, took her exciting career to a new level in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1...

With another quality group of weanlings about to be offered in the 2019 Karaka May Sale, a graduate of the 2013 edition of that Sale played a starring role in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Daphne...

Bought from Book 3 for just $14,000, quality filly Rainbow Dash (NZ) (Showcasing) added a valuable black-type win to her CV in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO...

Southern vendor White Robe Lodge is no stranger to New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale having produced recent stakes winners Civil Disobedience (NZ) (Raise the Flag) and Parthesia (NZ)...

New Zealand-bred megastar Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) cost just $60,000 at the Select Sale at Karaka, but he is now the highest prize-money earner in the history of Hong Kong racing.His...

Graduates of the Karaka sales complex have done it again in a major Hong Kong sprint, sweeping the first three placings in Sunday’s HK$16 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha...

Declarationofheart (Declaration of War), who was a $135,000 purchase at the 2017 Premier Sale at Karaka, showed class and courage to win Saturday’s A$120,000 Group 3 Heineken Chairman’s Stakes...

Ready to Run recruit Vigor Winner (Declaration of War) produced a brave performance to share the spoils in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa, which ended...

Exciting Karaka graduate Rock On Wood (NZ) has continued his perfect four-year-old season, recording his first black-type win in Thursday’s $50,000 Listed Manawatu ITM Anzac Mile (1600m) at...

Horses sold through the Karaka sale ring in recent years are now providing timely pedigree updates to the 61 yearlings catalogued in New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale.Dual Group One...

Karaka graduate The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) is now a stakes winner on both sides of the Tasman, adding a brilliant win in Saturday’s $160,000 Group 3 Cellarbrations Frank Packer Plate (2000m)...

The beautifully bred Lord Arthur (Camelot) took his career to a new level with a spectacular performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Valachi Downs Championship Stakes (2100m) at...

Quality mare Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park), who was a $260,000 yearling purchase at Karaka in 2014, picked up her sixth stakes win with a dominant performance in Friday’s A$100,000 Listed...

In less than two weeks, 61 southern bred yearlings will make their sale ring appearance at New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale – many presented by the same vendors of stakes-winning...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale has played a leading part in the recent successes of Group One winners Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) and Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj). Not only has the Sale been...

There were three Karaka graduates in the field for Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) at Riccarton, and they finished first, second and third.The winner was the...

Beyond The Fort (NZ) (Niagara) made only one appearance during the 2018-19 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, but the Group 1 performer made a big impression.The Waverley...

Felaar (NZ) (Ekraar), who could have been bought for just $10,000 at the 2015 Festival Sale at Karaka, picked up his first stakes win with a thrilling victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Listed...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hawke's Bay was another highlight in a sensational campaign for Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins), who was passed in with a $40,000 reserve at...

The 2019 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale promises to deliver terrific value for money. Here are four big reasons to be ringside at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on...

An exciting New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series will conclude on Saturday with the fourth and final leg, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at...

At the 2014 Select Sale at Karaka, $60,000 was enough to buy a future megastar of Hong Kong racing.His name is Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock), and at Sha Tin on Sunday he continued his...

The remarkable Hong Kong sprinting success of horses sourced from Karaka continued with a clean sweep of Sunday’s HK$4.25 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.Karaka graduates have...

Singapore champion Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) produced another sparkling performance in Sunday’s S$500,000 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Kranji, heading a trifecta for gradates of New...

Karaka graduate Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly) produced a brilliant performance on Saturday to beat a stellar field of older horses in one of Australia’s most famous races, the A$3 million Group 1 The...

$180,000 Premier Sale purchase Naantali (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) picked up her first stakes win in Saturday’s A$140,000 Listed Ladbrokes Anniversary Vase (1400m) at Caulfield, leading home a Karaka...

$90,000 Select Sale graduate Nicoletta (NZ) (Savabeel) added a deserved Group 1 victory to a long line of big-race placings when she led all the way in Saturday’s $200,000 Fiber Fresh New...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton was dominated by Karaka graduates, who went clear of the rest of the field and fought out an exciting finish.The...

Local heroine Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins) has clinched the title of 2018-19 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year, despite being upstaged by North Island visitor Secret Allure (NZ)...

Already the winner of the first and second legs of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins) goes into this Saturday’s third leg with an almost...

Karaka Million 2YO placegetter Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) is now a two-time Group One winner having stormed home from near-last for a brilliant victory in Saturday’s Group One Sires’ Produce...

Two-time Karaka graduate Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) is now a two-time Group 1 winner, having stormed home from near-last for a brilliant victory in Saturday’s $225,000 Group 1 Courtesy Ford...

Karaka graduates dominated the finish of Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m) at Awapuni, headed by the blue-blooded Savabeel colt The Chosen One (NZ).From the...

Well-performed galloper The Bandito (NZ) (Pins) claimed a first black-type win with a powerful front-running performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at...

The tough southern-bred product has left impressions not only in the South Island racing scene, but further north in New Zealand and across the Tasman in Australia. At affordable prices, a new...

Star Karaka graduate Avantage (Fastnet Rock) made a triumphant Australian debut at Rosehill on Saturday, fighting back after being headed to win the A$160,000 Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes...