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The inaugural NZB Mega Maiden Series had its fifth winner when Dramatic Miss (NZ) (El Roca) produced an impressive performance in Wednesday’s $25,000 NZB Mega Maiden Series (1200m) at...

Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results.At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate...

Day Two of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series was one for the history books, with the sale of a $2.4 million filly the highlight on a strong day of selling.  At the close of trade for the...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series started on the right note today, with a strong first day of trade for Book 1.At the close of selling for the opening session, a total of 163 lots sold for...

Last year’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) heroine Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) returned to the same stage on Saturday and delivered a repeat result in the $1m Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic...

A year after a gallant second in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in only the second race of her career, high-class filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) came back and went one better in the...

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Te Akau Racing reigned supreme in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie with a dazzling performance by La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) in...

A stellar mix of representatives by Waikato Stud’s proven stallions and their exciting younger residents has the champion vendor ready for the defence of their Book 1 aggregate title at Karaka...

NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sale Series is just days away, set to take place on 26 January to 30 February at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.Various international buyers will be...

Thanks to a series of big-race performances by high-class siblings, the catalogues for Karaka 2025 have received some significant pedigree updates in the countdown to the sale.Book 1 features...

The 15 runners entered for Saturday’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie were sourced from a range of NZB Sales.Eight were bought from Book 1 of Karaka 2024, five from Book 2, one...

Saturday’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie will be the eighth running of the prestigious race, which already boasts Group One winners Probabeel (Savabeel), Aegon (NZ) (Sacred...

Last year’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) runner-up Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) will jump from an awkward position in gate 12 in her quest to go one better in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions...

The stage is set for an action-packed 18th running of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday after a barrier draw that delivered mixed results for leading contenders.The...

The live barrier draw for NZB’s sale graduate races, the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), will take place on Wednesday 22...

Group One power has fuelled Cambridge Stud’s 42-strong Book 1 draft at NZB’s National Yearling Sale.The farm’s proven stallion duo of Almanzor and Hello Youmzain and exciting younger...

The first half a decade of Bourbon Lane Stable’s expansion into New Zealand has exceeded even the most optimistic predictions of the American investors.“We are loaded right now and have a...

Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison is heading towards NZB’s National Yearling Sales on a winning note after breeding last Saturday’s Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) victor Wolfgang. A son of...

A Proisir filly out of Donna Marie put Hallmark Stud’s name up in lights at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales last year.Baker’s thoroughbred nursery topped the 2024 sale with...

Less than a week out from the start of Karaka 2025, Sunday’s star-studded Hong Kong race meeting shone a bright spotlight on the quality of the New Zealand thoroughbred.The headline act at Sha...

Windsor Park Stud has drawn on a diverse range of sires from across Australasia to make up its Karaka 2025 yearling draft, but a week out from the sale, all eyes will be on one of their own...

A brilliant breakthrough by Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini) headed a one-two finish for Karaka graduates in the time-honoured $400,000 Group Three NZCIS Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham on...

Back-to-back runaway victories at Trentham have put classy filly Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) well within striking range in the NZB Filly of the Year Series.The Robbie Patterson-trained runner lived...

After almost two years of close-up finishes, million-dollar earner Osipenko (NZ) (Pierro) made a long overdue return to winning form in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Asahi Super Dry January Cup...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a richly deserved reputation as a gold mine for Group One-calibre racehorses, with many of them coming from the lower end of the price range.Between...

Wellington Cup Day is one of the most time-honoured and iconic sporting events on the calendar for New Zealand’s capital city, and the NZB Filly of the Year Series gets to share in that...

Admirers of Rich Hill Stud’s leading stallions Proisir and Satono Aladdin will be spoiled for choice at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale later this month.The pair will have...

Westbury Stud will offer sizeable Book 1 and 2 drafts at Karaka later this month, showcasing their own stallion roster and with variety added by choice offerings of leading Australian-based...

Lib Petagna’s Elsdon Park will offer its third draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka later this month, and the Matamata nursery has upped the ante, with their...

Haunui Farm will head to Karaka next week with a 51-strong draft for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales, led by a number of blueblood fillies in Book 1.“We have got a very nice...

Away from the bright lights of Book 1, the Book 2 session of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a proud record of producing high-quality racehorses at much lower prices.More than a dozen...

Unbeaten colt To Bravery Born (NZ) (Snitzel) left his run late, but eventually secured himself a place in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with an Ellerslie victory just 13 days out from...

Global yearling buyers will head to New Zealand for NZB's National Yearling Sales Series from January 26 to 30 but if you want a head start on your shortlists or simply enjoy seeing the next...

Top-class Karaka graduate Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) collected his fourth consecutive Group victory with another sparkling performance in Saturday’s $400,000 Group Two Top Kat Roofing Levin...

With two scintillating Group One victories from her only two races this season, Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) has quadrupled her career earnings and instantly become one of New Zealand racing’s...

Saturday’s $120,000 Group Three Rydges Wellington Airport Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) at Trentham produced a one-two-three finish for Karaka graduates, headed by a first win at stakes level by My...

Expatriate New Zealander Simon Dunderdale has claimed his maiden Malaysian trainers’ premiership, celebrating his most successful year based in Kuala Lumpur.The well-travelled Dunderdale, who...

Cambridge stables have a proud recent record in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), and Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan) has emerged as a chance to uphold that tradition at Ellerslie later this...

Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson and respected yearling buyer Chris Rutten have had a dream start to 2025 with their $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) contenders. Too Sweet (NZ) (Satono Aladdin)...

Three months and six races after kicking off the season in Rating 65 company, Bourbon Empress (NZ) (Proisir) became a Group Two winner in the $270,000 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New...

New Zealand’s first feature race of 2025 delivered a perfect start to the year for NZB, with a clean sweep for Karaka graduates and a full-sister to the winner catalogued for Karaka 2025.The...

For the second year in a row, Byerley Park trainers Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley have taken out the $250,000 Group Three Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) with a quality stayer sourced from...

Ellerslie’s Christmas Carnival has been a significant week for Real Class (NZ) (Vadamos), who has rapidly risen to third on the NZB Filly of the Year Series points table with a pair of big...

Sunday’s RM300,000 Penang Gold Cup (2000m) was won in powerful come-from-behind style by Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), who was bought from the Karaka sale ring and also has a half-sister...

The NZB Filly of the Year Series begins to take a different look with the sixth leg, the $270,000 Group Two Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.After five races over...

Graduates of the Karaka sale ring swept the first two placings in the A$250,000 Group Three Schweppes Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick on Boxing Day, with Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock) edging out...

The $270,000 Group Two Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (1400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day marked a new career high for Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan), who was a $50,000 purchase from Karaka 2023 and...

The legacy of the late Kevin Hickman’s Valachi Downs was strongly felt in the second leg of the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series at Wingatui on Boxing Day, where both the winner and...

Low-priced National Online Yearling Sale purchase Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish) confirmed her place among the classiest and most determined fillies of her generation in Boxing Day’s $270,000 Group...

An exciting group of rookie stallions will have their first yearlings going through the Karaka sale ring late next month.The catalogues for Karaka 2025 contain the progeny of four first-season...