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The first three horses home in Saturday’s prestigious $100,000 Group 2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa were all graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales at Karaka.The Karaka gold rush was led...

A Group 1 winner in Brisbane last winter, Karaka graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) returned to Queensland on Saturday and scored another big-race win in the A$200,000 Group 2 Ellyce...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale will feature drafts offered by 51 proven and highly respected New Zealand thoroughbred nurseries.

Savabeel four-year-old River Treasure (NZ), who was sold at Karaka as a weanling and a yearling, scored a highly impressive win in Saturday’s M$750,000 Listed Macau Guineas (1500m).Ridden by...

The broodmare category of the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale is set to be the source of quality producers, breeding prospects and mares in foal to...

A major review of NZB's annual yearling showcase has resulted in a brand new sales format for Karaka 2018.The first session of the 2018 National Yearling Sales Series will now take place on the...

As part of NZB's newly enhanced Sales Series in 2018, one of the best race days in the country is set to showcase a major upgrade, with two key changes to the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at...

North Island raider Nikita (NZ) (Shamoline Warrior) won the battle in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, but it was Invercargill filly Showemup...

Exciting two-year-old Qiji Phoenix (Not A Single Doubt), purchased for $75,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, extended his unbeaten career record to three out of three with a dominant win in...

The 2017 edition of the National Yearling Sales Series: South Island Sale drew to a close at the RDA Building in Christchurch today after an action-packed day of inspections and bidding.A total of...

The NZB National Yearling Sales Series: South Island Sale commences today with Lot 1 to 106 going under the hammer from 11am at the RDA Building, Canterbury Agricultural Park, Christchurch.This...

NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) winner Showemup (NZ) (Showcasing) will attempt to clinch the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year title when she runs in the final leg, the $50,000...

Iffraaj gelding Listen (NZ), a $50,000 weanling purchase at the 2010 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale, recorded the eighth win of his career when he went back-to-back in the...

Recent race results have provided numerous significant pedigree updates for New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale, which will be held at the Riding for the Disabled Building at the...

With the National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka less than a month away, weanling graduate Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock) was an impressive and very timely winner of Sunday’s...

After a series of close-up finishes in major races, Karaka graduate Five To Midnight (NZ) (Domesday) broke through for a first stakes win in Saturday’s $75,000 Listed Winning Edge Presentations...

Highly talented mare Bonniegirl (NZ) (Darci Brahma) greatly enhanced her value as a broodmare with a first stakes win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at...

Mongolian Wolf (Pluck), who was bought for $200,000 at the 2015 Ready to Run Sale and was Group 2-placed in New Zealand, made a winning start for new connections in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3...

Undefeated Ready to Run Sale graduate Countofmontecristo (NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) made it five out of five when he captured the second leg of Singapore’s Three-Year-Old Challenge, the S$350,000...

A high-class field of 14 speedsters will clash at Hastings on Saturday in a high-octane renewal of the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Finance Sprint (1200m).One of the feature sprints of...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale has recently received widespread attention as an early part of the story of dual Group 1 winner Gingernuts (NZ)...

Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel), a $250,000 purchase at the 2014 Premier Sale, stepped up to the big time in Hong Kong with a stylish win in Sunday’s HK$4 million Listed Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha...

Star filly Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi), who sold for $150,000 at the 2015 Premier Sale at Karaka, became the first filly since 1990 to win the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks-Australian Oaks double when she...

Invercargill filly Showemup (NZ) (Showcasing) joined a tight race for the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series title when she scored a dominant win in Saturday’s third leg,...

There was a missed Group 1 opportunity at the 2013 Premier Sale at Karaka as one of the yearlings passed in at that Sale was Saturday’s $200,000 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Southern Filly of the Year Series will heat up on Saturday with the running of the third leg, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at...

The flags of the Kiwi breeding industry and New Zealand Bloodstock flew high yet again in the A$2 million Group 1 BMW Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj)...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), who cost just $57,500 at the 2016 Premier Sale at Karaka, capped an outstanding two-year-old campaign with an easy win in Saturday’s $225,000 Group 1 Courtesy Ford...

Bought for just $20,000 at the 2011 Festival Sale at Karaka, well-performed stayer Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination) lifted his career prize-money earnings to $266,025 with victory in Saturday’s...

Karaka graduate Charles Road (Myboycharlie) capped a strong run of form with Group 3 victory in the $70,000 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m) at Awapuni on Saturday.The Lance O’Sullivan...

Maybe Miami (NZ) (Iffraaj), a two-time visitor to the Karaka Sales Centre, scored the second stakes win of his career in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Café Cuba Flying Handicap (1400m) at...

The yearlings at New Zealand Bloodstock’s upcoming South Island Sale will be presented by a host of respected and skilled vendors, including a newcomer to the vendor ranks.

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale can be viewed online now and will be arriving to letterboxes in April.The Sale will this year be...

Unbeaten Ready to Run Sale graduate Countofmontecristo (NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) added to his growing reputation when he boosted his race record to four out of four in Sunday’s S$250,000 Sgp-3...

The National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka and the sales preparation company Phoenix Park stole the spotlight at Rosehill on Saturday with a quinella in the A$500,000 Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes...

New Zealand-breds and Karaka graduates have enjoyed wonderful success at the Sydney autumn carnival in recent years, and 2017 is proving to be no different.Last week it was the New Zealand Derby...

Karaka graduate Bassett (NZ) (Savabeel) scored his second consecutive stakes win when he took out Saturday’s A$120,000 Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) at Mornington.A last-start winner of the...

Exciting galloper All Roads (NZ) (Road To Rock), a graduate of the 2013 Select Sale, scored the biggest win of his career to date in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Windsor Park Stud Japan-NZ...

Six weeks out from the 2017 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka, one of the Sale’s star graduates delivered another supreme performance to win the A$200,000 Group 2...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale, which will be held in Christchurch on April 21, is developing a reputation for offering incredible value for money, with a number of high-quality...

Lightly raced four-year-old Consommateur (NZ) (Roc de Cambes) tackled stakes company for the first time in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 Bradford Black Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill, and she...

Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj), who cost just $5,000 and $42,500 in his two visits to the Karaka sales centre, continued his remarkable rise to stardom with Group 1 victory in his Australian debut in...

After only collecting her first points in late January, Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) was crowned the 2016-17 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year when she won the $300,000 Group 1 Wellfield New...

Select Sale graduate Rock On (NZ) (Road To Rock) put himself on the road towards some of New Zealand’s biggest staying races with an impressive victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Lincoln...

With the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale just around the corner, one of the greatest bargain buys in the Sale’s history hit the headlines again on Saturday when Signify (NZ)...

On-pace galloper Bassett (NZ) (Savabeel), who was purchased at the 2014 Premier Sale for just $60,000, scored the first black-type win of his career when he dominated Friday night’s A$120,000...

Quality mare Chenille (NZ) (Pentire), who was purchased at the 2013 Premier Sale for $55,000, won a race worth almost 10 times that amount when she scored a dominant victory in Thursday’s...

The 2016-17 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series is going right down to the wire in Saturday’s 10th and final leg, the $300,000 Group 1 Wellfield New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at...

Karaka graduate I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) landed the fourth black-type win of her 12-start career when she took out Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 TAB Kewney Stakes (1400m) at...

High-class galloper Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock) showed his true colours with a dominant display in Saturday’s Group 3 McGrath Estate Agents Sky High Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill, leading home a...