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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...

Tomelilla (NZ) (Tavistock) and She’s Poppy (NZ) (Alamosa), both Karaka graduates and both black-type winners at their previous starts, fought out an exciting finish in Saturday’s $50,000...

With a powerful performance in Saturday’s S$1 million Singapore Guineas (1600m) at Kranji, Mr Clint (NZ) (Power) added his name to a proud recent record for New Zealand-breds and Karaka...

Talented stayer Yogi (NZ) (Raise the Flag) took his earnings past A$300,000 with a black-type win in Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed Heineken 3 Port Adelaide Cup (2500m) at Morphettville – an...

In her first start for more than six months, $40,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase She’s Poppy (NZ) (Alamosa) produced an outstanding performance to win Saturday’s $50,000 Listed James Bull...

Tomelilla (NZ) (Tavistock) has delivered an outstanding return on her $15,000 purchase price at the 2014 Festival Sale at Karaka, capped by a valuable win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 ISCL...

A strong finish on Day 2 of the 2018 Karaka May Sale, with a run of quality broodmares, posted figures to increase on the aggregate, average and median results seen at the Sale last year.The...

Passion Cut, catalogued as Lot 468 at the Karaka May Sale, has the renowned Cambridge Stud bloodlines coming from the great Eight Carat family.While the new owners of Cambridge Stud, Brendan and...

Brighthill Farm’s well-bred mare Firostefani (Stratum) (Lot 415) is among the top lots of the Karaka May Sale with Haunui Farm purchasing the broodmare for $130,000.Firostefani is a half-sister...

Curraghmore have yet again delivered a highlight lot with the winning Fastnet Rock filly Mongolian Beauty on Day 2 of the Karaka May Sale.Setting a new top price at the 2018 Sale, Andrew Williams...

Day 2 of the bidding action at NZB’s Karaka May Sale saw the son of Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto make $80,000.Consigned by Trelawney Stud, Lot 299 is out of stakes-winning Zabeel mare...

Day 1 of the newly named Karaka May Sale provided total receipts of $2,096,250 with 141 lots selling to a predominantly domestic and Australian buying bench.Competition for commercial stock was...

Dan Myers has all the assets for a repeat leading vendor title at the Karaka May Sale and his Written Tycoon colt (Lot 190) has provided the new top-priced Lot on Day 1.

Sydney-based Bloodstock Agent Andrew Williams went to $140,000 to secure Brighthill Farm’s Lot 146, a colt by first crop sire Pride of Dubai, at the Karaka May Sale.The weanling is out of Group...

Day 1 of the Karaka May Sale saw two lots in the Yearling session fetch over $100,000 with Curraghmore providing both highlights.A Snitzel filly (Lot 64) out of stakes-winning mare Tip The Wink...

Multiple bidders were drawn to a Savabeel filly out of a sister to Group One winner Velocitea (Volksraad) on Day 1 of the Karaka May Sale.The bidding action started quickly and was closed when Te...

The Select Sale was where it all began for this season’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Dijon Bleu(NZ) (Burgundy), and the same trainer and owners struck black-type gold with another...

Savabeel filly Santa Catarina(NZ) was unable to reach her $80,000 reserve as a yearling at Karaka, but an impressive win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes...

Viviano(NZ) (Keeper), who was bought for $85,000 at the 2013 Select Sale at Karaka, took his prize-money earnings to the brink of S$500,000 with a gritty win in Friday’s S$100,000 Kranji Stakes...

Eight supplementary lots have been added to NZB’s Karaka May Sale catalogue on 7 and 8 May and will be offered at the end of each session they are catalogued in:NZB’s Karaka May Sale will be...

International performances since NZB’s Karaka May Sale catalogue went to print have provided timely updates to a large number of horses entered for the Sale on 7 and 8 May.The Hong Kong Jockey...

Graduates of the Karaka sales complex fought out a thrilling finish to Friday night’s S$500,000 Listed Merlion Trophy (1200m) at Kranji, with Distinctive Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) edging out...

New Zealand based stallions continue to produce talented offspring with performances on the track showcasing the distinctive Kiwi-bred traits to the world. The results achieved by these local...

Superstar miler Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock), bought for just $60,000 at the 2014 Select Sale at Karaka, won his third Group 1 of the Hong Kong season in Sunday’s HK$18 million...

Buyers had two opportunities to buy Kingsguard (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) at Karaka, but the gelding was still carrying the colours of his co-breeders Windsor Park Stud when he capped a consistent form...

The upcoming Karaka May Sale received a timely boost when untapped filly Power O’Hata (NZ) (Power) stepped up to black-type level with a win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’...

A sparkling win by Our Abbadean (NZ) (Lookin at Lucky) in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa was further proof that Wentwood Grange’s draft at the 2014 National...

Less than two weeks out from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2018 Karaka May Sale, low-priced graduates from the broodmare section of previous Sales have experienced major black-type upgrades.Trujillo...

Famed as the world’s toughest horse race, the Mongol Derby attracts adventurers every year and this year our very own Kilgravin Lodge chief Eion Kemp is contesting the 1,000km challenge along...

Victorian trainer Colin Little’s $25,000 purchase of Vassilator (NZ) (Zacinto) at the 2017 Select Sale at Karaka was richly rewarded on Wednesday when the colt won the A$120,000 Listed Anzac Day...

Sire power, impeccable female bloodlines and the enviable reputation of the New Zealand thoroughbred’s performance on the track are set to combine in NZB’s Karaka May Sale.Heading into the...

After failing to meet his $80,000 reserve as a yearling at the 2013 Select Sale, Saint Emilion (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) has risen to the very highest tier of New Zealand’s racehorses. On Saturday...

With a gutsy win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, the $600 weanling purchase Courte Zarindi (NZ) (Any Suggestion) ended one of the best...

Versatile galloper Megablast (NZ) (Shinko King), who could have been bought for $25,000 at the 2013 Ready to Run Sale, collected the biggest win of his career in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2...

At the close of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2018 South Island Sale the key trend that prevailed throughout the day was demand for new blood – with the top three leading sires by average, with...

Breeders, trainers and owners alike will flock to NZB's Karaka May Sale on 7 and 8 May to tap into New Zealand’s matriarchal strength that is the impeccable pedigrees of New Zealand-bred...

An exciting New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series draws to a close in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, with four fillies...

The 2018 Karaka May Sale is exhibiting a major enhancement to the Yearling section with all yearlings offered now eligible to be nominated for the lucrative Karaka Million Series. The Yearling...

Recent Group 1-performing Kiwi-breds have provided a timely boost to several pedigree pages, along with other outstanding performances, for the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale...

Unforgotten (Fastnet Rock) stormed home for an impressive win in Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 James Boag’s Premium Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick, becoming the fourth consecutive Karaka...

A horse named after his Lot number at Karaka has delivered a big black-type win for his connections, taking out Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed Ladbrokes Galilee Series Final (2400m) at...

Well-bred mare Indecision (NZ) (Per Incanto) picked up the fourth and most valuable win of her career in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hastings.

NZB’s upcoming Karaka May Sale has gained widespread attention from racing enthusiasts with proven racetrack success coupled with a golden opportunity for pinhooking prowess.With no hard and...

NZB’s upcoming Karaka May Sale has produced a cast of outstanding international performers in recent seasons with their individual sale histories reflecting the quality and value that can be...