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The first foal out of Group 1-winning Savabeel mare Diademe (NZ) has joined the million dollar honour roll at Karaka 2018 in a bidding duel from three prominent buyers to secure the colt by...

Experienced bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster has come out guns blazing on the second day of NZB’s Book 1 Karaka 2018.Within the first half hour Kaha Syndicate and Mulcaster Bloodstock joined...

D B Pin (Darci Brahma), a close relative to the unbeaten Karaka Million winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock), completed a wonderful weekend for that family and for Karaka graduates with victory in...

The second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 Sale continues today with Lot 101 to Lot 320 going under the hammer from 11am.The Sale will be streamed live online, on the New Zealand...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Sale ring has tonight played host to a gun opening session of its 2018 National Yearling Sales Series.A brand new format has seen the first 100 Lots of the new...

Byerley Park-based training duo Bruce Wallace and Allan Peard have secured the top-equal price of the opening session with a colt by More Than Ready for $500,000 under the Wallace Thoroughbreds...

Bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne is among the early action and kiwi contingent of buyers at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2018 National Yearling Sales Series.On the first day of selling in Book 1,...

The revamped National Yearling Sales Series kicks off this evening with a new night session seeing the first 100 yearlings catalogued in Book 1 go under the hammer from 5pm.The Sale will be...

Last year it was Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), and 12 months later the tangerine colours of Te Akau have made it two in a row in the $1 million Karaka Million (1200m) at Ellerslie.The unbeaten...

Four years on from their Karaka Million (1200m) triumph with Vespa (NZ) (Elusive City), the same connections struck again in the first million-dollar running of the Karaka Million 3YO Classic...

Emerging sprinter Julius (NZ) (Swiss Ace), who cost $44,000 at the 2013 Select Sale, marked his black-type debut with a dominant win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Brighthill Farm Concorde...

Talented four-year-old Charles Road (Myboycharlie) picked up the second Group 3 win of his career with a determined display in Saturday’s $200,000 Group 3 Windsor Park Stud City of Auckland Cup...

Last year’s brilliant Karaka Million winner Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) returned to Ellerslie a year later and celebrated the anniversary of that triumph in style.The Stephen Autridge and Jamie...

Fastnet Rock colt Long Leaf extended his unbeaten record to three-from-three in Saturday’s A$150,000 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) at Caulfield, raising his value well beyond his...

A flurry of winning performances have boosted the appeal of numerous yearlings catalogued in the upcoming National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka which commences on Sunday 28.The Fastnet Rock...

Already an iconic day on the New Zealand racing calendar, the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie will go to a new level on Saturday with the addition of a second $1m race.The Karaka...

In a twilight race meeting unlike anything seen before on a New Zealand racetrack, the headline act will be saved for last.Ellerslie will host the 11th edition of the Karaka Million Twilight...

A live barrier draw at Karaka’s iconic Sales Centre has confirmed the final fields for Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 2YO and $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie.The end...

The upcoming Karaka Million Twilight Meeting and National Yearling Sales Series will showcase how exciting and rewarding the industry can be, and there are a number of different ways to get...

Ready to Run Sale graduate Rock ‘n’ Gold (Rock Of Gibraltar) collected the seventh and most significant win of his career when he took out Saturday’s A$120,000 Listed Kensington Stakes...

Top filly Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy) added to her lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series with a runaway win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Metroclad-Terracade Desert Gold...

Securing the top spots on the leading vendors table at Karaka is no easy feat with multiple vendors having the firepower to claim ultimate supremacy.The signs are strong for title holder Waikato...

Gearing up for another busy Karaka are a host of returning vendors who continue to present strong drafts by proven and up-and-coming sires.The 2017 Yearling Sales delivered for Janine Dunlop’s...

The yearlings at Karaka 2018 will be presented by a host of respected and skilled vendors, including a fresh group of consignors whose names may be somewhat new to buyer’s ears.The recently...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series continues on Saturday with the sixth leg, the $70,000 Group 3 Metroclad-Terracade Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham, and it features the...

Through its first 10 years the Karaka Million has established itself as one of the biggest events on New Zealand’s racing calendar. Now, as it moves into its second decade, the twilight...

The fact that 19% of all Group 1 winners in Australia over the past five seasons have first and/or second dams that carry the NZ suffix comes as no surprise to breeders, trainers and owners alike...

The year of 2018 brings a renewed structure to the National Yearling Sales Series and we’re excited for the fresh format to flow over with changes to the National Weanling, Broodmare and...

Low-priced Karaka purchase August Edition (NZ) (Alamosa) had the biggest payday of her career to date when she scored a determined victory in Sunday’s $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup (2200m)...

A live barrier draw at Karaka’s iconic sales complex will set the scene for the two $1 million Karaka Million races in the lead up to the twilight meeting at Ellerslie on the 27 January – the...

With a new position in the calendar, the new-look $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup is set to relaunch in style at Ellerslie on Sunday.The staying event, which is open to Karaka Million Series...

New Zealand boasts an outstanding line-up of both proven and highly promising sires. Those ranks have been further boosted in the last couple of seasons with an intake of exciting...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales at Karaka dominated Monday’s 2017 Singapore Racing Awards, winning nine of the 10 equine categories.Leading the way was Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock), who...

Global powerhouse sires from the ranks of Australasia’s best stud farms will be represented at the fast-approaching 2018 National Yearling Sales with preceding feature-race winners boosting...

Karaka 2018 will see a diverse first crop of yearlings representing 19 exciting new sires from New Zealand, Australia, and Europe.A brilliant Cox Plate winning son of one of the greatest sires...

Karaka graduates have made a strong start to 2018 in Hong Kong, and that red-hot run continued on Sunday as the $13,000 weanling purchase Premiere (NZ) (Dylan Thomas) took out the HK$3 million...

Fifty Fifty (NZ) (Thorn Park) continued the outstanding start he has made to his Hong Kong career with a first black-type success in Monday’s HK$3 million Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at...

Parthesia (NZ) (Raise the Flag) has come a long way since she was bought for just $20,000 at the 2015 South Island Sale, and on Monday she won a black-type race at Australian racing headquarters...

After a brilliant win in Monday’s $200,000 Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie, Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) has earned almost double her $240,000 purchase price at Karaka and stamped...

A rain-affected track proved to be no obstacle for exciting three-year-old Demonetization (All Too Hard), who powered to victory in Monday’s $100,000 Group 2 Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas...

Dijon Bleu (NZ) (Burgundy) remains at the top of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series table after Monday’s $100,000 Group 2 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, which...

Group 1-winning Select Sale graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) added another black-type win to his CV in Saturday’s $150,000 Listed Christmas Classic (1200m) at Randwick.The Bjorn...

Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) has been one of the stars of the Perth racing carnival, and she recorded her third consecutive stakes win in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Starstruck Classic...

New Zealand is known for its staying fillies and mares, and the stamina-oriented fillies in this season’s three-year-old crop will get their chance to shine when New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly...

Kamada Park principal Kevin Pratt has had an outstanding few weeks with graduates of Karaka sales, and that great run continued on Thursday when Kolonel Kev (NZ) (Darci Brahma) took out the...

Contessa Vanessa (NZ) (Bullbars) made a big move up the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series leaderboard with a stunning last-gasp win in the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat...

Quality galloper Savile Row (NZ) (Makfi) showed his true colours at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, coming out on top in an all-Karaka finish to the $60,000 Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m).

The beautifully bred Splurge (NZ) (Savabeel) fetched half a million dollars as a yearling, and on Saturday at Awapuni he delivered another big result to cap a huge 12 months for Karaka graduates...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017-18 Filly of the Year Series heads to the northern half of New Zealand’s North Island for the first time with the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat...

The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry is renowned for producing classic three-year-old types and this season’s Group 1 winners have been heavily influenced by race track stars in their...