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Graduates of the Karaka sales complex starred in Sunday’s HK$4 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin, with Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook) first and Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel)...

With the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka May Sale just around the corner, $3,000 weanling graduate So Far Sokool (NZ) (Showcasing) gave the Sale a timely boost with a dominant performance in...

The opening day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday ended on a high note for New Zealand Bloodstock, with Karaka graduates filling the trifecta in the A$200,000 Group 3 TAB Adrian Knox...

Respin (NZ) (Power) thrust herself into New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year contention with victory in a thrilling four-way photo finish in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Insurance...

Quality stayer Charles Road (Myboycharlie), who cost $90,000 at the 2015 Premier Sale, made a triumphant Australian debut in Saturday’s A$300,000 Group 2 Schweppes Chairman’s Quality (2600m)...

Sporting a new name in 2018, NZB’s Karaka May Sale can now be viewed online, and on the free iPad application, with printed catalogues arriving in letterboxes mid-April.This year the Sale has...

The equal leaders in the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series will go head to head in Saturday’s third leg, the $50,000 Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton.Kiwi...

NZB’s South Island Sale is only three weeks away and our vendors are adding the final touches to their drafts which have been years in the making. These well-prepared thoroughbreds are ready to...

The Gordonian (NZ) (Remind), who cost just $5000 at the South Island Sale in 2010, took his career prize-money earnings past $200,000 with victory in Saturday’s $60,000 Listed Carriers Arms...

Our Abbadean (NZ) (Lookin At Lucky), who could have been bought for $75,000 at the 2014 Select Sale, picked up a valuable Group 2 win in Saturday’s $100,000 City of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold...

After a successful career in Singapore, Magnum (NZ) (Per Incanto) is back in his homeland and picked up a black-type win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap...

Te Akau Racing’s remarkable run of success with two-year-olds sourced from the Karaka sales complex continued in Saturday’s $225,000 Group 1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes...

Southern-based sires compose the majority of the 121-lot catalogue at New Zealand Bloodstock’s upcoming South Island Sale with the vendors offering a wide selection of the region’s best stock....

Highly talented Karaka graduate Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel) was right back at his brilliant best on his home track of Matamata on Saturday, scoring the second Group 2 win of his career in the...

Continuing on from the hype of Karaka 2018, the National Yearling Sales Series heads south with the South Island Sale set to offer a solid second round of pedigree on Friday 20 April.In recent...

Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom du Jeu), who could have been bought for $40,000 at the 2015 Select Sale, took out one of Asian racing’s greatest prizes in Sunday’s HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby...

Premier Sale graduate Unforgotten (Fastnet Rock) delivered a powerful come-from-behind performance to win Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.Ridden by Jason Collett...

Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) scored an outstanding win in the $400,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday, which confirmed Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy)...

Select Sale graduate and Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) winner Scott Base (NZ) (Dalghar) returned to action with a stunning performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Phill Cataldo...

After a relentless all-the-way win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Te Akau Racing Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham, Ferrando (NZ) (Fast ‘n’ Famous) has earned more than four and a half...

Talented stayer Daytona Red (NZ) (Sebring), who cost $75,000 at the 2015 Premier Sale, took his career to a new level with a runaway win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Yealands Family Wines New...

Ready to Run Sale purchase Luvaluva (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) warmed up for next month’s Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) with an impressive finishing burst to win Friday’s A$200,000 Carlton...

The curtain will come down on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series for another year on Saturday when an outstanding field lines up in the tenth and final leg, the $400,000 Group 1...

The future of the breeding history lies within the hands of the fillies performing on the racetracks today.Five years ago the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association worked off this...

$36,000 Select Sale purchase Almost Court (NZ) (Alamosa) picked up the seventh win of his 15 start career and his first at stakes level in Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed tab.com.au Canberra Cup...

After an outstanding win in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie, $8,000 purchase Ladies First(NZ) (Dylan Thomas) could be in line for a shot at...

Just over a month ago, the powerful stable saddled five horses in the Karaka Million (1200m) field and finished first and second with Avantage (Fastnet Rock) and Al Hasa (NZ) (Exceed and...

Select Sale graduate Best of Luck (NZ) (Thorn Park) produced a sparkling front-running performance in Macau on Sunday to win the M$550,000 Listed Sand Specialist Stakes (1510m).The gelding,...

The New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales Series heads south to showcase the South Island Session with the 121-lot catalogue available online and arriving in the post late next week for...

Lightly raced Premier Sale graduate Grunt (NZ) (O’Reilly) has rapidly emerged as one of Australian racing’s brightest three-year-old stars, and he completed that rise at Group One level in...

Superstar Ready to Run Sale graduate Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj) won the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) last year, and it was an even bigger result in 2018 as two horses sold through the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series dream remains alive for the connections of Contessa Vanessa (NZ) (Bullbars), who won the $70,000 Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) at...

Julius (NZ) (Swiss Ace), who cost just $44,000 at the 2013 Select Sale, added a win in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Darley Stallions Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie to his CV which lifted his prize...

Courte Zarindi (NZ) (Any Suggestion), who cost just $600 at the 2015 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale, moved into New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly Series contention with a...

Talented filly Astor (NZ) (Iffraaj), who cost $95,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, picked up the first black-type success of her young career with a powerful performance in Saturday’s $60,000 Listed...

Star South Island filly Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) moved up to equal third place on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table with a dominant performance in Thursday’s...

Only one filly poses any possible threat to the 2017-18 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series leader Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy).That filly is Contessa Vanessa (NZ) (Bullbars), who...

Five months after winning the first leg, the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m), Kiwi Ida (Squamosa) is back to defend her New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series continues on Thursday with the eighth leg, the $70,000 Group 3 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings – a key lead-up to Oaks...

Select Sale graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) delivered another stellar performance in Sunday’s HK$10 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin, winning his second...

Devise (NZ) (Darci Brahma) could have been bought for $175,000 at the 2015 Premier Sale, and she is worth considerably more than that after winning Saturday’s $200,000 Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA...

Premier Sale graduate Sword Of Osman (Savabeel) is rated extremely highly by his connections, and his performance in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Reid & Harrison Slipper (1200m) at Matamata made...

$400,000 Premier Sale purchase Tulip (Pierro) is set for some bigger assignments after an easy win in Friday night’s A$150,000 Group 3 Carrazzo Consulting Typhoon Tracy Stakes (1200m) at Moonee...

It’s an exciting time for all connections involved in the three Karaka graduates due to make their debut in Dubai. Group 1 winner Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) has accepted his invitation...

Highly talented Select Sale graduate On The Rocks (NZ) (Alamosa) picked up the second black-type win of his career with a tenacious victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Electrolux Avondale...

Lightly raced Premier Sale graduate Grunt (NZ) (O’Reilly) stepped up to stakes level with a stellar performance in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.The colt,...

After placing in the Listed Dunedin Guineas earlier in the month, Global Thinking (So You Think) added a Listed win to her successful South Island sojourn in Saturday’s $50,000 ILT Ascot Park...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Sale ring hosted a brand new format at the 92nd National Yearling Sales Series with key figures over the six days of trading reaching phenomenal heights.In a...

Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy) expanded her lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series with another top-class performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram...

Kiwi-bred colt Civil Disobedience (NZ) (Raise the Flag) stepped up to stakes level in style with a commanding win in Friday’s A$150,000 Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) in Hobart.From the stable...