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Karaka graduate Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) added another Group 1 to her sparkling CV with an easy two-length win in Saturday’s $250,000 Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings.The $65,000...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has unearthed numerous big-race performers in recent years, and a dominant victory in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at...

Madison County (NZ) (Pins), a Karaka graduate from the draft of race sponsors Waikato Stud, scored an outstanding victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas...

In 2015 a new wave of Group One-performing colts joined the stallion rosters of Australasia’s leading studs and three years on their first crop of two-year-olds are now ready to go through the...

The synergy between expertly prepared two-year-olds and Group One accolades will be unleashed at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds.In the thirty-eight year history of...

Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) made the perfect return to racing at Sha Tin on Monday, leading home Hong Kong Derby winner Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom du Jeu)...

In his first start in the New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield WFA Championship, Homesman (War Front) moved into title contention with a thrilling victory in Sunday’s A$750,000 Group 1 Hyland Race...

High-class mare I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) defended her crown in the Group 3 Sporting Globe Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night, heading a Karaka quinella in the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield WFA Championship continues with the third leg, Sunday’s A$750,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield, which has drawn an outstanding field with...

Karaka graduate Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) reaffirmed his place among Singapore’s very best with a come-from-nowhere win in Sunday’s S$1 million Raffles Cup (1600m) at Kranji.Bought for...

With a dominant performance in Sunday’s $50,000 Listed Haunui Farm Karaka Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe, the $15,000 Festival Sale purchase Tomelilla (NZ) (Tavistock) scored her third black-type...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) continued her amazing spring with another Group 1 win in Saturday’s $200,000 Windsor Park Plate (1600m), completing a huge day at Hastings not only for her...

Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings was the first leg of the 47th New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, and it has set the bar...

A clash of the islands was won by the locals in the first leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year series, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes...

Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) was named the South Island’s Horse of the Year during the 2017-18 South Island Racing Awards at Riccarton Park Racecourse on...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton Park marks the beginning of the 19th New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series.The...

The 47th New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series begins at Hastings on Saturday with the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m).The prestigious Series is made...

Three in a Row for Brutal (NZ)Exciting colt Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly), a graduate of the 2017 Premier Sale at Karaka, extended his perfect record to three out of three in Saturday’s A$120,000...

I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible), who cost just $12,000 as a weanling at Karaka, scored the seventh stakes win of her career in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at...

She’s Poppy (NZ) (Alamosa), who cost $40,000 at the 2013 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, took her earnings past $200,000 with victory in Saturday’s $80,000 Group 3 Boehringer Ingelheim 1550 at...

Six months on from his victory in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington, high-class Karaka graduate Grunt (NZ) (O’Reilly) returned to Australian racing’s headquarters and won...

After closing out her juvenile season with an impressive Listed win, the $260,000 Premier Sale purchase Peaceful (NZ) (Savabeel) has begun her three-year-old campaign on the same note.Trained by...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds has cemented itself as the leading sale of its kind in Australasia with an incomparable 17 Group One wins and 117 stakes wins claimed...

The $60,000 Ready to Run Sale recruit Nova Strike (NZ) (Red Giant) collected the second stakes win of his career with an impressive performance in Sunday’s S$200,000 Listed Moonbeam Vase (1600m)...

The $57,500 Premier Sale purchase Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) became a millionaire when she scored her second Group One victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at...

Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m) was won by a New Zealand-bred as Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo) captured the Caulfield feature with an incredible late...

Unforgotten (Fastnet Rock), the $360,000 Premier Sale purchase who captured the Group One Australian Oaks (2400m) in the autumn, began her spring campaign on a perfect note at Randwick on...

Graduates of the Karaka Sales Centre dominated the first black-type feature of the 2018 Hawke’s Bay spring carnival at Hastings on Saturday, filling the first three placings in the $50,000...

Theanswermyfriend(High Chaparral), who cost $70,000 at the 2015 Premier Sale, took his earnings to the brink of A$500,000 with victory in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Penny Edition Stakes (1400m)...

Following an exciting first leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring WFA Championship, an even bigger clash looms on Saturday in Melbourne’s first Group 1 race of the 2018-19 season...

River Control (NZ) (Choisir), who was purchased for $40,000 at the 2014 Premier Sale, picked up the eighth and most significant victory of his career to date in Sunday’s M$800,000 Macau Gold Cup...

Graduates of the Karaka sales complex had a spectacular night at Sunday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards in Auckland, scooping seven awards including a second Horse of the...

Impressive debut winner Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly) stepped up to stakes level on Saturday and kept his unbeaten record intact, heading a Karaka quinella in the A$120,000 Listed McMahon’s Dairy...

Close up behind some of Australia’s very best last season, Showtime (Snitzel) went to a new level and greatly enhanced his value with a gritty win in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 Sir John...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), the $57,500 Premier Sale purchase who found fame in the 2017 Karaka Million 2YO, began her four-year-old campaign with an immediate big-race impact at Te Rapa on...

The Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship series, sponsored for the eighth time by New Zealand Bloodstock, gets underway this Saturday with the A$200,000 Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes...

Savabeel six-year-old Preditor (NZ) produced an electrifying finishing burst to come out on top in an all-Karaka finish to Sunday’s S$200,000 Listed Jumbo Jet Trophy (1400m) at Kranji,...

Graduates of the Karaka sales complex finished first and second in the opening black-type race of the 2018-19 New Zealand racing season, the $100,000 Group 3 Winning Edge Presentations 121st...

National Yearling Sales Series graduate Atenartin (NZ) (Showcasing) proved too good for his age group compatriots when he led all the way to take out the final black-type feature of the season,...

New York Minute (NZ) (Iffraaj) bolstered her resume with a second black-type feature in a commanding front-running performance in Saturday’s $65,000 Listed Powerworx Opunake Cup (1400m) at New...

$60,000 Select Sale purchase Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) capped a dream season with two awards during Friday night’s Champion Awards ceremony, including the title of Hong Kong Horse of...

Scheduled to open its doors in 2020 a new property will debut at Karaka with a 120-room hotel under the management of DoubleTree by Hilton.Attending New Zealand Bloodstock’s Sales and inspecting...

After going through the 2015 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka with a reserve of just $25,000, Megablast (NZ) (Shinko King) has now earned his connections more than $400,000 in stakes.The classy grey...

Sir Patrick Hogan was acknowledged for his exemplary services to the export sector having been awarded the Exporters’ Champion award at the 2018 Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ...

New Zealand Bloodstock topped the shortlist at the 2018 Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Awards having achieved finalist status in the Best Large Business category. The other finalists in the...

New York Minute (NZ) (Iffraaj), who cost just $15,000 at the 2013 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka, collected a valuable first black-type win in Saturday’s $50,000...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales won five races at Kranji on Sunday, and remarkably that winning quintet included two half-brothers – Refresh (NZ) (Rock ‘N’ Pop) and Soonbaby (NZ)...

New Zealand Bloodstock announced today their plans for a major move into the standardbred market where they will offer a full complement of their leading auction sales and ancillary...

Two-year-old Karaka graduate Peaceful (NZ) (Savabeel) bolstered her resume with a black-type win in the $50,000 Listed Ssangyong Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, but her...

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2019 National Yearling Sales Series are now open with the Sale taking place next summer at the Karaka Sales Centre from 27 January until 3 February.With an...