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The trio of Waikato Stud, Te Akau Racing and Savabeel provided fireworks on Day 2 of the 2019 National Yearling Sales Series setting a new top price of the Sale and exceeding that of the top lot...

Premier Sale graduate Furore (NZ) (Pierro) emerged as one of Hong Kong’s budding four-year-old stars with a powerful come-from-behind performance in Sunday’s HK$10 million Hong Kong Classic...

The second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 Sale continues today with Lot 101 through to Lot 320 going under the hammer from 11am.The Sale will be streamed live online, on the NZB facebook...

Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s first yearling draft under the Cambridge Stud banner delivered a host of highlights at the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2019 National Yearling Sales...

The 2019 National Yearling Sales Series kicks off this afternoon seeing the first 100 yearlings catalogued in Book 1 go under the hammer from 3pm.The Sale will be streamed live on www.nzb.co.nz,...

Saturday’s A$140,000 Listed John Dillon Stakes (1400m) featured a Karaka quinella as Rock ‘n’ Gold (Rock of Gibraltar) beat Manolo Blahniq (NZ) (Jimmy Choux).Manolo Blahniq had scored a...

Three Australian raiders have won the $1m Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie, and on Sunday the $1m Karaka Million 3YO Classic had its first Australian-trained winner.The $750,000 Premier...

Ellerslie has been an outstanding venue for Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge), and the Premier Sale purchase returned there on Saturday for another big win in the $100,000 Group 2 Westbury Classic...

Te Akau Racing and Brendan and Jo Lindsay are set to be major players in a huge week of selling action at Karaka 2019, and they joined forces for an unforgettable victory by Probabeel (NZ)...

Carrying a testing topweight of 60 kilograms, gutsy gelding Five To Midnight (NZ) (Domesday) showed all of his fighting qualities to win Saturday’s $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup (2200m) at...

Karaka weanling purchase He Kin Fly (NZ) (Darci Brahma) scored his first stakes win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton.Given a ground-saving ride by...

The stage is set for another spectacular Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), with a quality field assembled for the 12th edition at Ellerslie on Saturday.Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards has won the race in...

The Karaka Million 3YO Classic is a race with growing importance on the New Zealand calendar, as illustrated by an outstanding field assembled for the 2019 edition at Ellerslie on Saturday.The...

A spectacular twilight race meeting at Ellerslie on Saturday will begin with an exciting clash of stayers in the $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup (2200m).Introduced in 2014, the Karaka Cup is...

A live barrier draw at Karaka’s iconic Sales Centre has confirmed the final fields for Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 2YO and $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie.Second on...

The stars of the 2018 Singapore racing season were honoured during Monday’s Racing Appreciation Night at the JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach, with Karaka graduates claiming three...

While the fields are shaping up for the two million dollar Karaka Million races at Ellerslie this Saturday, the performances of the runners that have placed them high in the order of entry are...

Superstar Select Sale graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) is building a reputation as one of Hong Kong’s all-time great milers, and he gave that growing reputation another big boost...

Another major sprint race in Hong Kong has been dominated by graduates of the Karaka sale ring, this time with $200,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook) winning Sunday’s...

The same owners, trainer and jockey as last year’s winner Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy) struck again in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Williment Travel Group Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at...

Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto), who was passed with a $10,000 reserve at the 2014 South Island Sale, became a Group 1 winner with a sparkling performance in front of a big crowd at Trentham on...

Air Max (NZ) (Nadeem) followed in the footsteps of his classy half-brother Boots ’N’ All (NZ) (Perfectly Ready) when he scored his first black-type win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed...

An exciting New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series continues on Saturday with the sixth leg, the $70,000 Group 3 Williment Travel Group Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham.The talented...

On both sides of the Tasman there is an all-conquering stallion rewriting the record books and creating a powerful and enduring legacy. Both of those stallions are set to play a big role at Karaka...

The sky appears to be the limit for some of Australasia’s emerging star stallions, and Karaka 2019 will be the perfect time to get on board with their progeny.Second-season sensation Zoustar...

Karaka 2019 will showcase the first crops of yearlings by a quality group of new sires, including some who themselves went through the ring and are now bringing their careers full-circle.Mongolian...

Karaka graduate Manolo Blahniq (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is now a stakes winner on both sides of the Tasman.The winner of the Group 3 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie as a two-year-old, the $115,000...

$36,000 Select Sale purchase Madison County (NZ) (Pins) scored his second consecutive Group 1 win with a never-say-die performance in Saturday’s $225,000 Group 1 Fusion Electrical Levin Classic...

A live barrier draw at Karaka’s iconic sales complex will set the scene for the two $1 million Karaka Million races in the lead up to the twilight meeting at Ellerslie on the 26 January – the...

When January 26 rolls around the lights will come down on New Zealand’s richest sporting event of the year, the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse.Connections of potential...

Classy Karaka graduate Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) scored the fifth black-type win of her career with a dominant performance in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 Mrs Mac’s La Trice Classic...

Bought for just $20,000 at the 2011 Festival Sale at Karaka, Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination) took his earnings past $400,000 with his third black-type win in Saturday’s $55,000 Listed Gallagher...

On The Rocks (NZ) (Alamosa) headed a Karaka trifecta in the $100,000 Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.Bought for $40,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, On The Rocks beat...

Karaka graduate Surely Sacred (NZ) (Rock ‘n’ Pop) announced his arrival at the top level of three-year-old racing in New Zealand this season with a scintillating performance in the $100,000...

Low-priced Karaka purchase Imelda Mary (NZ) (Ferlax) stepped up to the big time with a breakthrough victory in the $100,00 Group 2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s...

In a mouth-watering taste of what might be to come in the Karaka Million (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 26, three highly rated Karaka graduates fought out an exciting finish in the $70,000 Group...

The 2013 Ready to Run Sale Graduate Davinci (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) picked up his eighth and most significant win in Sunday’s RM350,000 Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup (2000m) at Penang.The...

Passed as a yearling at the 2014 South Island Sale, Boots ’N’ All (NZ) (Perfectly Ready) took his stakes earnings to the brink of $250,000 with an impressive victory in Friday’s $50,000...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series extends beyond 1600 metres for the first time with the running of the fifth leg, the $100,000 Group 2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at...

$5,000 Select Sale purchase Danzdanzdance (Mastercraftsman) became a dual Group 1 winner with another sensational performance on Boxing Day at Ellerslie.Having won the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes...

Pinmedown (NZ) (Pins) made her New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year debut and her black-type debut in the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing...

Premier Sale graduate Indecision (NZ) (Per Incanto) faced a tough task in the $60,000 Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, but she made it look easy and recorded the...

Graduates of the 2017 Select Sale at Karaka dominated the inaugural running of the $60,000 Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, finishing first and...

Karaka graduates filled the quinella in Saturday’s $100,000 Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni, with Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto) claiming the second Group Two win of...

$70,000 Select Sale purchase Rock On (NZ) (Road to Rock) completed his comeback from injury with a supreme staying performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group Three Hotel Coachman Manawatu Cup...

In 2019, New Zealand Bloodstock will host its first dual code auction event of thoroughbred and standardbred horses at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on 29 April.The South Island Sale of...

Ellerslie’s famous Boxing Day races will feature the fourth leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m), with a...

Time and again the quality New Zealand thoroughbred attracts the industry’s heavy hitters from near and far. Their phenomenal record in Australasia’s biggest three-year-old races, and some of...

With a classy come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa, Karaka graduate Belle du Nord (NZ) (Reliable Man) claimed a valuable Group 2 win to sit...

Making her first start in a New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series race, Queen of Diamonds (NZ) (Savabeel) lived up to her blue-blooded pedigree with a dominant performance in...