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The NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series has a different look this year, with the second leg making a move in the calendar from its previous position in March.The $100,000 Listed NZB Insurance...

The eagerly anticipated fifth leg of the NZB Filly of the Year Series is the $270,000 Group Two Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, featuring a classy cast of 11...

Karaka graduate Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) continues to get better and better with age and took his career to another new level with victory in Saturday’s A$1m The Supernova (1400m) at...

The on-farm parades for the Auckland and Waikato vendors are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 7 January through to Friday 17 January.
All prospective buyers are welcome to attend to...

Intention (NZ) (Bivouac) went into Saturday’s $175,000 Group Two Happy Hire Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) under the radar, but she emphatically changed that with an upset victory that...

Karaka graduates dominated the finish of Friday’s $80,000 Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m), headed by a piece of front-running brilliance by Khafre (American Pharoah).Offered by...

New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson unveiled an exciting NZB Filly of the Year Series contender when Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) dominated Saturday’s $100,000 Group Three Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes...

The festive season is set to deliver plenty of NZB Filly of the Year Series action, with three prestigious Group races within the space of 11 days.It all starts at Trentham on Saturday with the...

Visitors to the Karaka sale grounds every January are met by the yearling progeny of a diverse and high-quality range of sires, and Karaka 2025 will be no different.The catalogues for NZB’s 99th...

Runner-up in $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) last January, Te Akau Racing’s super-talented filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to return to Ellerslie a year later to attempt to go one...

Saturday’s A$300,000 Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm marked a new peak performance for Karaka graduate Beau Dazzler (NZ) (Ardrossan), who has a full-brother in the catalogue...

From four starts over 2400 metres, Karaka graduate Kadavar (NZ) (Tarzino) has now recorded four impressive victories including Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Max Brenner Christmas Cup (2400m) at...

National Weanling Sale graduate Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) claimed his first black-type win in the A$200,000 Listed Racing & Sports Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday,...

A shot at the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) was not previously on the radar for Sweet Ice (NZ) (Frosted), but that all changed within the space of one race at Te Rapa on Saturday.A debut...

A year on from his first taste of Group One glory, Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) returned to the top of the podium with an outstanding come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s $400,000 Group One TAB...

The on-farm parades for the Central Districts and South Island are scheduled to take place from Monday 16 December through to Friday 20 December.All prospective buyers are welcome to...

From Hong Kong’s stunning speedster Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) to a long line of Australian stars including cover girl Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), New Zealand is a world-renowned source of...

A pair of full-siblings are in line to contest back-to-back runnings of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) after a stylish win by Toretto (NZ) (Ardrossan) at Ellerslie on Saturday.Toretto is...

A brilliant front-running win in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui was a coming-of-age performance by Hitabell (NZ) (Embellish), who was bought for only...

A tilt at the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in January is on the cards for promising juvenile Romanoff following his maiden victory in the Uza Bus Two-Year-Old (1100m) at...

An impressive late surge in Thursday’s $100,000 Group Three Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki produced the second win of an unblemished two-start career for Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci),...

Vendor Barry Donoghue enjoyed a lucrative two days at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale last week and he’s now celebrated a significant result in another role.Under his BMD Bloodstock...

Prima Park has accrued an enviable record with their New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduates, and farm principal Kelly Van Dyk is hoping they can add another to that list from their...

Hot on the heels of a record-breaking Ready to Run Sale, the cream of New Zealand’s yearling crop has been revealed for Karaka 2025.The world-renowned week of selling in late January is the shop...

Karaka graduate Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) has been through some tough times since he appeared to have the world at his feet a year and a half ago, but a brilliant front-running win in Saturday’s...

Waikato Stud homebred Nereus (NZ) (Savabeel) flexed his staying muscle with a tough win in Saturday’s $170,000 Group Three TAB Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe.Nereus was offered by Ohukia Lodge...

Expectations were exceeded at Karaka with tremendous results witnessed across two days of selling at NZB’S 2024 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the demand for proven racetrack results and quality...

Day One of NZB’S 2024 Ready to Run Sale witnessed incredible results across the board, including an Australasian record for a two-year-old at auction.The aggregate reached $18,547,000, an...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale is just moments away, set to take place on 20 and 21 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.Inspections and parades and well and truly...

Chad Ormsby has had a phenomenal 12 months with horses he has retained from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sales, but this week at Karaka he is hoping to go home with an empty truck....

The retirement of Hong Kong megastar Golden Sixty has done nothing to slow the momentum of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale, with buyers from across Australasia and Asia converging on Karaka for the...

The catalogue for NZB’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka was already loaded with quality, but a number of big-race performances by siblings and close relatives this spring have added even more...

Outstanding spring campaigns on opposite sides of the Tasman have propelled Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) and Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) to the top of the order of entry for the $1.5m TAB Karaka...

On a Newcastle raceday with extensive NZB sponsorship, a Karaka graduate fittingly spent some time in the spotlight in Saturday's A$300,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock The Beauford (2300m).The...

Karaka graduate Mehzebeen (NZ) (Almanzor) was one of the standout performers of the 2024 New Zealand Cup Carnival, winning two black-type staying races including Saturday’s iconic $400,000 Group...

Arch-rivals Captured By Love (Written Tycoon) and Alabama Lass (Alabama Lass) treated a big Riccarton crowd to a memorable duel on Saturday in the third leg of the NZB Filly of the Year Series –...

Exciting sprinter Mystic Park (NZ) (Ocean Park) faced his first black-type test in Saturday’s $140,000 Listed Lindauer Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton, and his performance left no doubt...

The 2024-25 NZB Filly of the Year Series will up the ante this Saturday with the running of the hugely anticipated third leg, the $550,000 Group One Barneswood Farm 52nd New Zealand 1000 Guineas...

The quality on offer in the 404-lot strong catalogue of NZB’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale due to kick off next week, is further boosted by the eligibility of 28 Karaka Millions nominated lots on...

A pair of fillies moved into prominent positions on the order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with impressive winning performances over the weekend.First up was Te Akau...

The fifth edition of NZB’s popular Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series has boosted local trainers’ chances of holding their own against the powerful overseas market during the Ready to Run Sale...

A notable trend through the last decade of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale is the ever-growing number and quality of fillies featuring in the catalogue for the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds.In...

The build-up to the 2024 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka has been boosted by blockbuster graduate performances in Australia – a trend that continued with Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) and Antino...

The sensational Savaglee (NZ) became the third Karaka-sourced son of Savabeel in the last seven years to win the $650,000 Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at...

Group One-winning Karaka graduate Smokin’ Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines) made a welcome return to winning form in the A$300,000 Group Three Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington on...

Already a valuable proposition as a Group One placegetter, Karaka 2021 graduate Mehzebeen (NZ) (Almanzor) added another string to her bow with a first black-type victory in Saturday’s $100,000...

Kenny Rae’s $30,000 purchase from Book 2 of Karaka 2022 has turned out to be a quality sprinting mare that has performed at black-type level at the ages of two, three and four.Illicit Dreams...

Trainer Liam Howley and jockey James McDonald believe there are much bigger and better things in store for Karaka graduate Opening Address (NZ) (So You Think), who claimed his first black-type win...

With the 2024 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka only two weeks away, a previous graduate of the standout two-year-old sale scored a timely win in the A$3m Listed Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick on...

For Kiwi syndicators Go Racing, the $260,000 purchase of Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) from breeders Waikato Stud's Karaka 2019 draft, has turned into more than A$5m and memories to last a...