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Karaka 2018 will see a diverse first crop of yearlings representing 19 exciting new sires from New Zealand, Australia, and Europe.A brilliant Cox Plate winning son of one of the greatest sires...

Karaka graduates have made a strong start to 2018 in Hong Kong, and that red-hot run continued on Sunday as the $13,000 weanling purchase Premiere (NZ) (Dylan Thomas) took out the HK$3 million...

Fifty Fifty (NZ) (Thorn Park) continued the outstanding start he has made to his Hong Kong career with a first black-type success in Monday’s HK$3 million Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at...

Parthesia (NZ) (Raise the Flag) has come a long way since she was bought for just $20,000 at the 2015 South Island Sale, and on Monday she won a black-type race at Australian racing headquarters...

After a brilliant win in Monday’s $200,000 Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie, Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) has earned almost double her $240,000 purchase price at Karaka and stamped...

A rain-affected track proved to be no obstacle for exciting three-year-old Demonetization (All Too Hard), who powered to victory in Monday’s $100,000 Group 2 Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas...

Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy) remains at the top of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series table after Monday’s $100,000 Group 2 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, which...

Group 1-winning Select Sale graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) added another black-type win to his CV in Saturday’s $150,000 Listed Christmas Classic (1200m) at Randwick.The Bjorn...

Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) has been one of the stars of the Perth racing carnival, and she recorded her third consecutive stakes win in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Starstruck Classic...

New Zealand is known for its staying fillies and mares, and the stamina-oriented fillies in this season’s three-year-old crop will get their chance to shine when New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly...

Kamada Park principal Kevin Pratt has had an outstanding few weeks with graduates of Karaka sales, and that great run continued on Thursday when Kolonel Kev (NZ) (Darci Brahma) took out the...

Contessa Vanessa (NZ) (Bullbars) made a big move up the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series leaderboard with a stunning last-gasp win in the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat...

Quality galloper Savile Row (NZ) (Makfi) showed his true colours at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, coming out on top in an all-Karaka finish to the $60,000 Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m).

The beautifully bred Splurge (NZ) (Savabeel) fetched half a million dollars as a yearling, and on Saturday at Awapuni he delivered another big result to cap a huge 12 months for Karaka graduates...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017-18 Filly of the Year Series heads to the northern half of New Zealand’s North Island for the first time with the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat...

The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry is renowned for producing classic three-year-old types and this season’s Group 1 winners have been heavily influenced by race track stars in their...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s long-time foreign exchange provider, Collinson & Co, have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with the newly named $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup...

Formidable (NZ) (Shocking), who cost $39,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, stepped up to stakes level with a win in Sunday’s $50,000 Listed Auckland Age Concerns 3YO Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie and...

Consistent big-race performer Five To Midnight (NZ) (Domesday) claimed the biggest win of his career in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa, lifting his...

Exciting South Island filly Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) got her New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series campaign underway in style on Saturday, making her first start in the Series a...

Highly rated galloper Royal Success (NZ) (Savabeel), who fetched big prices in his two trips through the Karaka sale ring, took a big step forward in his racing career with a first black-type win...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series continues on Saturday with the running of the third leg, the $70,000 Group 3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1550m) at Awapuni.The current...

Karaka graduates had already been to the fore with a quinella in the Hong Kong Sprint, but an all-the-way win by Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) in Sunday’s HK$23 million Longines Hong...

The HK$18.5 million Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) is one of the world’s great sprint races, and graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales have played a starring role in recent years. In...

Exciting mare Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) completed a black-type double for the Perth carnival when she took out Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot.An...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Nova Strike (NZ) (Red Giant) overpowered his opposition in a runaway victory in Sunday’s S$175,000 Listed Colonial Chief Stakes (1700m) on Kranji’s PolyTrack...

Six last-start winners and several other highly rated gallopers clashed in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m) at Ellerslie, and it was the $40,000 Karaka purchase On The...

Well-bred mare All In Vogue (NZ) (Pins) cost $50,000 at Karaka as a yearling, and she boosted her earnings to almost three times that amount when she collected her second black-type win in...

A proven Group 1 performer who has had more than his share of setbacks during his racing career, the $200,000 Karaka purchase Chambord (NZ) (Zabeel) claimed a richly deserved first black-type...

The well-related Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) was a $260,000 purchase at Karaka and is quickly living up to that on the racetrack.Making the 13th start of her career in Saturday’s $100,000...

A $110,000 purchase at the Select Sale at Karaka, lion-hearted stayer Maygrove (Authorized) is becoming a king of New Zealand’s Cup races.The gutsy grey’s trophy cabinet already included the...

From relatively humble beginnings as a mere $15,000 purchase at the 2013 South Island Sale, Fully Funded (NZ) (Fully Fledged) has risen through the grades of New Zealand’s sprinters.He took...

Packed with quality, the catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 92nd National Yearling Sales Series are available online now and will be in letterboxes from early December.Posing the...

Day 2 of NZB's Ready to Run Sale continued to impress after setting the highest ever recorded average at an Australasian two-year-old sale of $108,210 on Day 1.In 2015 the Sale broke a record...

The second and final day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO’s commences today with Lot 221 to Lot 437 going under the hammer from 11am.The Sale will be streamed live online....

A diverse international buying bench featured strongly throughout the day bringing highly regarded results during Day 1 of the Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds. The Sale recorded the highest...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO’s commences today with 220 lots going under the hammer from 11am at Karaka.The entire Sale will be streamed live online. To view the live...

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds commences Wednesday 22 November with horses available for inspection now at the Karaka Sales Centre.With 437 well-trained two-year-olds catalogued, the...

Karaka graduate Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) continued his rise to the very top of Hong Kong’s sprinters with victory in Sunday’s HK$4 million BOCHK Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha...

Savabeel filly Hasahalo (NZ) was one of the best two-year-old fillies of her generation last season, and on Saturday she roared into New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year contention with a...

Beautifully bred colt Long Leaf (Fastnet Rock) was a star performer in the Karaka sale ring and may now be given the chance to shine on a New Zealand racetrack.The David and Ben Hayes and Tom...

Well-bred entire Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel) stepped up to black-type level and greatly enhanced his value with victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m).Ridden by...

Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis had big plans in mind for Al Hasa (NZ) (Exceed And Excel) when he bought him at Karaka, and the blue-blooded colt took a huge step in the right direction in the...

Racetrack’s in New Zealand, Australia, and further afield have delivered some outstanding results to further boost the calibre of pedigrees on offer at the fast approaching Ready to Run Sale of...

The 2017-18 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will hit fever pitch on Saturday with its second leg, the $300,000 Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at...

A horse that could have been bought for just $10,000 at the 2014 South Island Sale has played a starring role in a historic running of one of the biggest races in Christchurch’s New Zealand Cup...

$10,000 Festival Sale purchase Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre) hit the pinnacle of Singapore racing with a superb fightback victory in Sunday’s S$1.35 million Dester Singapore Gold Cup (2200m)...

The prestigious $500,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) is developing a reputation as a stallion-making race, and the blue-blooded $775,000 colt Embellish (NZ)...

Talented mare Savapinski (NZ) (Savabeel), who cost just $70,000 as a yearling at Karaka, picked up the biggest win of her short career to date when she dominated Saturday’s A$300,000 Group 2...

In stark contrast to the 2000 Guineas victory by a $775,000 yearling purchase, Saturday’s $75,000 Listed Redwood Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) at Riccarton was won by a horse whose two trips...