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Exciting Karaka graduate Rock On Wood (NZ) has continued his perfect four-year-old season, recording his first black-type win in Thursday’s $50,000 Listed Manawatu ITM Anzac Mile (1600m) at...

Horses sold through the Karaka sale ring in recent years are now providing timely pedigree updates to the 61 yearlings catalogued in New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale.Dual Group One...

Karaka graduate The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) is now a stakes winner on both sides of the Tasman, adding a brilliant win in Saturday’s $160,000 Group 3 Cellarbrations Frank Packer Plate (2000m)...

The beautifully bred Lord Arthur (Camelot) took his career to a new level with a spectacular performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Valachi Downs Championship Stakes (2100m) at...

Quality mare Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park), who was a $260,000 yearling purchase at Karaka in 2014, picked up her sixth stakes win with a dominant performance in Friday’s A$100,000 Listed...

In less than two weeks, 61 southern bred yearlings will make their sale ring appearance at New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale – many presented by the same vendors of stakes-winning...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale has played a leading part in the recent successes of Group One winners Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) and Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj). Not only has the Sale been...

There were three Karaka graduates in the field for Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) at Riccarton, and they finished first, second and third.The winner was the...

Beyond The Fort (NZ) (Niagara) made only one appearance during the 2018-19 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, but the Group 1 performer made a big impression.The Waverley...

Felaar (NZ) (Ekraar), who could have been bought for just $10,000 at the 2015 Festival Sale at Karaka, picked up his first stakes win with a thrilling victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Listed...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hawke's Bay was another highlight in a sensational campaign for Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins), who was passed in with a $40,000 reserve at...

The 2019 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale promises to deliver terrific value for money. Here are four big reasons to be ringside at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on...

An exciting New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series will conclude on Saturday with the fourth and final leg, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at...

At the 2014 Select Sale at Karaka, $60,000 was enough to buy a future megastar of Hong Kong racing.His name is Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock), and at Sha Tin on Sunday he continued his...

The remarkable Hong Kong sprinting success of horses sourced from Karaka continued with a clean sweep of Sunday’s HK$4.25 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.Karaka graduates have...

Singapore champion Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) produced another sparkling performance in Sunday’s S$500,000 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Kranji, heading a trifecta for gradates of New...

Karaka graduate Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly) produced a brilliant performance on Saturday to beat a stellar field of older horses in one of Australia’s most famous races, the A$3 million Group 1 The...

$180,000 Premier Sale purchase Naantali (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) picked up her first stakes win in Saturday’s A$140,000 Listed Ladbrokes Anniversary Vase (1400m) at Caulfield, leading home a Karaka...

$90,000 Select Sale graduate Nicoletta (NZ) (Savabeel) added a deserved Group 1 victory to a long line of big-race placings when she led all the way in Saturday’s $200,000 Fiber Fresh New...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton was dominated by Karaka graduates, who went clear of the rest of the field and fought out an exciting finish.The...

Local heroine Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins) has clinched the title of 2018-19 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year, despite being upstaged by North Island visitor Secret Allure (NZ)...

Already the winner of the first and second legs of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins) goes into this Saturday’s third leg with an almost...

Karaka Million 2YO placegetter Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) is now a two-time Group One winner having stormed home from near-last for a brilliant victory in Saturday’s Group One Sires’ Produce...

Two-time Karaka graduate Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) is now a two-time Group 1 winner, having stormed home from near-last for a brilliant victory in Saturday’s $225,000 Group 1 Courtesy Ford...

Karaka graduates dominated the finish of Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m) at Awapuni, headed by the blue-blooded Savabeel colt The Chosen One (NZ).From the...

Well-performed galloper The Bandito (NZ) (Pins) claimed a first black-type win with a powerful front-running performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at...

The tough southern-bred product has left impressions not only in the South Island racing scene, but further north in New Zealand and across the Tasman in Australia. At affordable prices, a new...

Star Karaka graduate Avantage (Fastnet Rock) made a triumphant Australian debut at Rosehill on Saturday, fighting back after being headed to win the A$160,000 Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes...

Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) secured her seventh black-type victory with a classy performance in Saturday's $100,000 Group 2 Windsor Park Stud Japan NZ International...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales dominated the finish of Saturday's $80,000 Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton.The winner was...

Premier Sale graduate Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) scored her first black-type win with a stylish performance in Friday’s A$160,000 Group 3 Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Moonee...

New Zealand's largest breeding stock sale, New Zealand Bloodstock's 2019 Karaka May Sale, can now be viewed online with printed catalogues arriving in the post from the start of April.The 240-lot...

For the second year in a row, the HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) has been won by a Karaka graduate.Following on from Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) 12 months earlier, the $210,000...

Saturday’s $400,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks at Trentham was the 10th and final leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, and it was expected to be a...

For the second time in less than an hour at Trentham on Saturday, graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales filled the first three placings in a black-type race.First, the $100,000 Group 2 Norwood...

Among a star-studded line-up for Saturday’s Group 2 Norwood Family Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham, Karaka graduates dominated the finish with a trifecta by Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins),...

Multiple stakes-winning Karaka graduate Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination) produced another top-class performance at Trentham on Saturday, winning the Listed Yealands Family Wines New Zealand St...

Global Exchange (Dundeel) won his second consecutive Group 2 race in Friday night’s A$200,000 Crown Resorts Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley, leading home a Karaka quinella in the...

The stage is set for a thrilling finish to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, with a star-studded field assembled for Saturday’s final leg – the $400,000 Group 1 Al Basti...

Karaka graduate Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) has stepped up to the big time in style, winning Monday’s A$400,000 Group 2 TAB Adelaide Cup (3200m) with a spectacular breakthrough...

The revamped National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka has celebrated its first Group 1-winning graduate – Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) in Saturday’s $200,000 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.New...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) and Danzdanzdance (Mastercraftsman) are two outstanding, multiple Group 1-winning mares who went through the Karaka sale ring as yearlings. They met for the first time...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series heads south to showcase the South Island Session with the 61-lot catalogue available online now and arriving in the post from late...

Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) was a second victory during the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series for Pinmedown (NZ) (Pins), who has moved into third...

Two legs of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series have been run, and Emily Margaret (NZ) (Pins) has won both of them.The classy grey was too good when the Series began with...

Group 1 performer Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins) broke through for her first stakes win in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Waikato Stud Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie.Passed in at the 2015 Select Sale at...

Qiji Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) and She’s a Thief (NZ) (Showcasing) cost just $57,500 between them at Karaka in 2017, but they fought out the finish in a high-quality running of the $60,000...

Just three days after an exciting Lowland Stakes at Hastings, the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series action continues thick and fast with the ninth leg, the $70,000 Group 3 McKee...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series resumes after a summer break on Saturday with the second leg, the $50,000 Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui.The first leg...

After Wednesday’s $100,000 Group 2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings, two fillies are deadlocked at the top of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table...