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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...

The Karaka sale ring and Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were the key ingredients for the Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry’s biggest success story to date, and on Saturday...

With only one runner in the $70,000 Group 3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1550m) field already having points to her name, Saturday’s third leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series...

Superstar Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has produced another breath-taking performance, brilliantly defending his title in Sunday’s HK$25 million Group 1 Longines Hong...

Karaka graduates filled all of the first four placings in Sunday’s HK$20 million Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin, with defending champion Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel)...

Karaka graduate Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) defended her title in the A$100,000 Listed Ascend Sales-Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday, lifting her tally of career black-type...

Danzdanzdance (Mastercraftsman) cost just $5,000 as a yearling at Karaka, and on Saturday she became a Group 1 winner with an outstanding performance in the $200,000 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook...

Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie produced a trifecta of Karaka graduates, headed by Spirits Aubeer (Spirit of Boom).Spirits Aubeer was bought for $55,000 at the...

Karaka Book 1 graduate Aotea Lad (NZ) (Savabeel) began his career on the perfect note at Trentham on Saturday, winning the $100,000 Group 2 Anuka Smoker Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) in his...

Blue-blooded Premier Sale graduate Espresso Martini (NZ) (High Chaparral) greatly enhanced her value with a black-type win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m) at...

High-class Karaka graduate Gift Of Power (NZ) (Power) made a brilliant return to top form with an all-the-way win in Friday’s $50,000 Listed FastTrack Insurance Levin Stakes (1200m) at Otaki.The...

Karaka graduate Pinzu (NZ) (Pins) collected his first stakes win with a stylish come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s A$100,000 Carbine Club of WA Stakes (1400m) at Ascot.Jockey Damian Lane...

Featuring an outstanding showcase of 1,284 yearlings for the 93rd National Yearling Sales Series, buyers can now take their first look at the catalogues online with printed copies arriving in...

As the hammer fell on the final run of NZB’s 2018 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds, continued demand was evident for the progeny of leading New Zealand sires Savabeel and Tavistock.The...

Day 1 of the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds saw strong demand for proven New Zealand sires with Savabeel and Tavistock responsible for all five of today’s top...

Select Sale graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has carried on his unstoppable form, treating the Sha Tin crowd to another sparkling performance in Sunday’s HK$4.25 million Group 2...

Media Sensation (I Am Invincible) was a $425,000 yearling purchase at Karaka and already had a Group 3 victory to her name, but on Saturday she took her value to a whole new level.The classy bay...

A few hours after South Island Sale graduate Yogi (NZ) (Raise The Flag) won the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) in Australia, the $250,000 Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) at...

Karaka graduate Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel) has gone back-to-back in the $100,000 Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m), defending his title in Tauranga’s weight-for-age feature on...

Yogi (NZ) (Raise The Flag) cost just $1,000 at the 2014 South Island Sale, and he took his earnings past A$450,000 with an impressive come-from-behind win in Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed Sandown...

The $10,000 Book 2 purchase Miss Federer (NZ) (Swiss Ace) headed an all-Karaka trifecta in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Barneswood Farm Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton.A last-start winner for...

The spring racing carnivals throughout Australasia have delivered multiple delights for the pedigrees of juveniles catalogued in NZB’s upcoming Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds.With 445...

A week out from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2018 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, a budding superstar graduate of the Sale has produced a breath-taking performance during the New Zealand Cup carnival...

The 2018-19 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series goes up to Group 1 level for the first time on Saturday with the second leg, the $300,000 gavelhouse.com 46th New Zealand 1000 Guineas...

With a remarkable front-running performance, $16,000 Select Sale graduate Dee And Gee (NZ) (Darci Brahma) collected her first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Listed Redwood Metropolitan Trophy...

Classy sprinting mare Indecision (NZ) (Per Incanto) collected her second black-type win with a dominant front-running performance in the $50,000 Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa on...

Karaka graduates have shone again in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), winning the Riccarton classic for the eighth year in a row on Saturday with the impressive...

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds provides the perfect opportunity to invest in the next generation of fillies.It’s not only the New Zealand colts and geldings taking top honours in...

Saint Emilion (NZ) (Mastercraftsman), who could have been bought for $80,000 at the 2013 Select Sale at Karaka, took his prizemoney earnings to $490,095 with his fourth black-type win in...

Karaka graduate Kaonic (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a black-type win on Australian racing’s biggest stage on Tuesday, taking out the A$150,000 Listed Furphy Plate (1800m) on Melbourne Cup day at...