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The Melbourne Spring Carnival provided an exciting start on the Victoria Derby Day when Ready to Run Sale graduate Luvaluva (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) came from the back to score an outstanding win in...

The A$150,000 Listed James Boag’s Premium Stakes (1800m) on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington was taken out in impressive style by Odeon (NZ) (Zacinto), who was bought for $77,500 at the 2015...

As anticipation grows in the countdown to this month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, another big race has been added to the impressive roll of honour for Ready to Run Sale...

With the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale now just a couple of weeks away, a graduate of last year’s Sale has starred on one of Australasian racing’s greatest stages.Luvaluva (NZ)...

Karaka graduate Cismontane (NZ) (High Chaparral) showed all the attributes that New Zealand thoroughbreds are renowned for when he scored a tenacious front-running win in Saturday’s A$300,000...

Bought for $110,000 at Karaka in 2012, accomplished stayer Maygrove (Authorized) took his prizemoney earnings to almost four times that amount with another tenacious performance in Saturday’s...

Sebring gelding Ever Loyal, bought for $240,000 at the 2016 Premier Sale, stepped up to stakes level for the first time in Saturday’s $70,000 Listed Zacinto Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton and made...

Well-related mare Grazia (NZ) (Savabeel), who was bought for $100,000 at the 2014 Premier Sale at Karaka, greatly enhanced her value with a Listed win in Saturday’s $50,000 Christchurch Casino...

Burgundy filly Dijon Bleu (NZ), who cost just $26,000 at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka, won her third stakes race in a row when she took out the $50,000 Listed Partners Life Soliloquy Stakes...

Nadeem colt Sir Nate (NZ) extended his unbeaten record to two out of two with a convincing performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Anuka Smoker Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham.Bought by...

A filly that could have been bought at Karaka for just $60,000 has developed into one of the standout three-year-olds of the 2017 Melbourne spring carnival.Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour) upstaged some...

With a glittering honour roll featuring racetrack stars in New Zealand, Australia and across Asia, New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs is by far the most successful sale of its...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the appointment of Robin Lee to the role of Bloodstock Representative - South Korea.Based in Seoul, Robin is well known in the racing industry through his...

Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) continued his rich vein of form in Hong Kong on Sunday, picking up his second feature-race win in three weeks in the HK$4 million Oriental...

Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) added to his burgeoning reputation among Hong Kong sprinters when he scored his eighth win from 14 career starts in Sunday’s HK$4 million Premier Bowl (1200m) at...

Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre), who cost just $10,000 at the 2013 Festival Sale at Karaka, landed one of Singapore racing’s greatest prizes in Sunday’s S$700,000 Raffles Cup (1800m) at...

Having performed all the way up to the very highest level in Hong Kong, Karaka graduate Packing Eagle (NZ) (Pins) took his career full-circle with a win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Sweynesse...

The Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) is one of the few races missing from the resume of champion Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse, but Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes...

Breeze Up videos for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now available for viewing online.393 youngsters breezed into gustily winds down the home straight at Te Rapa...

A quality field of three-year-old fillies will put their prospects for next month’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) to the test on Saturday when they run in a race which carries special significance...

Day 2 saw another 194 two-year-olds gallop down the straight at Te Rapa Racecourse and the conclusion of the 2017 Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs.

A steady start set the tone of Day 1 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale Breeze Up’s with 199 two-year-olds breezing at Te Rapa Racecourse.

Despite an unplaced finish in Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Hartnell (Authorized) has won the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Spring WFA Championship.The...

In the space of just over 90 seconds on Saturday, Mighty Boss (Not a Single Doubt) made his $180,000 purchase price at the 2016 Premier Sale at Karaka look very, very small.The flashy chestnut...

Azamour filly Aloisia (NZ), who could have been bought for just $60,000 at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka, took on some of Australia’s finest fillies and won in Saturday’s A$500,000 Group 1...

The race to the richest meeting on the calendar has begun with a number of talented youngsters vying for a coveted start.2018 is set to showcase the enhanced Series with the $1,000,000 Karaka...

The 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship is set for an exciting conclusion with the running of the fourth and final leg, the A$1m Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield...

Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale will take place next week on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October with each day commencing at 10am.View the Breeze Ups schedule here.

With overall betting turnover of HK$117.4 billion (up 10.7%), 26 Hong Kong horses in the world rankings and attendance of 2.17 million last season, the Hong Kong Jockey Club continues to shatter...

An astute $38,000 purchase at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka became a Group Two winner when Hard Merchandize (NZ) (Burgundy) scored a brave all-the-way win in Saturday’s $100,000 Sacred Falls...

There was an incredibly strong Kiwi flavour to the result of Saturday’s A$120,000 UCI Stakes (1800m) at Flemington.It was won by the $150,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase Main Stage (NZ), by...

Next month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka will showcase the first two-year-old crops of 14 exciting freshman sires.Sires with their eldest Australasian crop in the Sale...

In addition to the growing reputation the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka upholds for its Group 1-winning graduates and rich selection of outstanding young equine athletes,...

With a bold front-running performance, Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) overcame a wide draw for an emphatic victory in Sunday’s HK$3 million Celebration Cup (1400m) at Sha...

With an irresistible finishing burst to win Sunday’s S$700,000 Panasonic Kranji Mile (1600m) at Kranji, low-priced Karaka weanling purchase Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock) became the first horse since...

The Kiwis crashed the NZB Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship party on Sunday as New Zealand’s reigning Horse of the Year Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) made her first start in the Series a...

After returning to top form with an outstanding win in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley, Group 1 mare I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) has now earned 100...

The step up to 2040 metres in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group 3 MSC Signs JRA Cup was all the top-class Karaka graduate Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj) needed to show his true colours at Moonee Valley...

Sunday’s A$750,000 Hyland Race Colours Caulfield Stakes (1800m) is the third leg of the four-race New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring WFA Championship Series, with a spectacular field and...

The perception that thoroughbred breeding is an old man’s game is quickly laid to rest with a stroll around Karaka’s sales complex. With an increasing number of young men and women taking up...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the appointment of Joe Miller to the role of Bloodstock Representative – North America.Based in Kentucky, Joe is widely known for his passion for...

Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj) flew the flag for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale with his spectacular three-year-old heroics last season, and at Hastings on Saturday he picked up right...

Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta won the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year title three years ago with Platinum Witness (California Dane), and she has taken the early lead in the 2017-18 edition...

The opening leg of the 2017-18 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the $50,000 Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton on Saturday, was taken out impressively by...

It’s been a significant year for racing in Singapore, the Singapore Turf Club welcomed a new CEO, Laurie Laxon called time on his career there while fellow Kiwi Mark Walker is well placed to...

Bonneval’s win in the $A1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks represented the fourth consecutive win by a New Zealand bred in the world’s richest Oaks. Over the past five years New Zealand...

On the same day that the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series gets underway at Hastings, the cream of the South Island’s three-year-old filly crop will get their time to shine as the...

The 45th edition of the prestigious New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will kick off at Hastings on Saturday with the running of the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders Gold Trail...

An impressive front-running win in the A$120,000 Listed Sofitel (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday has set up a possible Group 1 bid for Theanswermyfriend (High Chaparral), who was purchased at...

If a dominant display in Wednesday’s $60,000 Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m) is anything to go by, the $30,000 that trainer Andrew Campbell paid to buy Waldorf (NZ) (Highly Recommended)...