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Karaka graduate Tulip became the first stakes winner for her sire Pierro when she scored impressively in the A$175,000 Group 3 Chandon S Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill.The $400,000 Premier...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 South Island Sale will feature the progeny of a wide range of both proven and up-and-coming stallions, with a particular focus on those based in the South Island.

Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock) led home a one-two finish for graduates of the Karaka sale ring when he won Sunday’s S$350,000 Sgp-2 Merlion Trophy (1200m) at Kranji.Infantry was purchased for just...

A horse that cost just $42,500 at the Ready to Run Sale rose to the pinnacle of New Zealand racing when he won the country’s most prestigious classic, the $1m Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby...

Blue-blooded Karaka graduate Splurge (NZ) (Savabeel) added his first stakes win to an outstanding summer when he beat a quality field of sprinters in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Darley Plate...

Speedy Karaka graduate Ferrando (NZ) (Fast ‘N’ Famous) earned himself the chance to take on some of Australia’s best with a strong win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Mongolian Khan Trophy...

Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie will be the one and only appearance in the 2016-17 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series for Eleonora (NZ)...

Quality filly Residential (NZ) (Pins) won her third stakes race in a row and took a prominent place on the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series table when she stormed home to...

Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) is the new leader in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series after producing a flying finish to win the $70,000 Group 3 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at...

A talented field of 11 fillies will clash in the ninth leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the $70,000 Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.In...

After a summer hiatus, the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series resumes with nine fillies set to do battle in the $50,000 Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui on...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale can be viewed online now and will be mailed out on the 17th of March.The Sale will be held at the Riding for the Disabled Building...

The first three fillies home in both the sixth and seventh legs of New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will clash once again in Thursday’s eighth leg, the $70,000 Group 3 Little...

Select Sale graduate Kiss Me Ketut (NZ) (Danroad) scored her first stakes win when she took out Sunday’s A$125,000 Group 3 Armidale Stud Vamos Stakes (1400m) at Launceston.Ridden by Boris...

With this year’s South Island Sale now just two months away, a filly purchased at the Sale two years ago for $20,000 scored a timely stakes win in Australia over the weekend.Parthesia (NZ), a...

He cost only $42,500 at the 2015 Ready to Run Sale, but Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj) has emerged as the latest racetrack star for Karaka’s perennial leading buyers Te Akau Racing with a...

Our King Sway (NZ) (Shinko King) cost just $5,200 as a weanling at Karaka, and an impressive win in Saturday’s $80,000 Group 3 Platinum Homes Taranaki Cup (1800m) took his career earnings...

Well-bred filly Residential (NZ) (Pins), a graduate of the 2015 Premier Sale, picked up her second consecutive stakes win when she romped to victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed ILT Ascot Park...

Pentire filly Sacred Rhythm (NZ), who won Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Bob Sharrock Memorial Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth, became the latest in a long line of black-type performers to come...

Karaka graduates won 23 Group 1 races last season and have won the most Group 1 races at The Championships of any sales company.NZB graduates Lucia Valentina (NZ), Tavago (NZ) and Sofia...

The $50,000 that Donna Logan paid to buy Volkstok’n’barrell (NZ) (Tavistock) at the 2013 Select Sale at Karaka has been dwarfed by his racetrack accomplishments, including a fourth Group 1...

The Cambridge stable of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stole the show in Saturday’s seventh leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the $100,000 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram...

Exciting filly Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) will try to add to her perfect record and strengthen her lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series when she contests Saturday’s $100,000...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 91st National Yearling Sales Series concluded on Sunday after six action-packed days of selling.The increased international presence at Karaka 2017 was a highlight of...

Charmont (High Chaparral), who was passed in at the 2013 Premier Sale, snapped a long line of stakes placings with her first black-type win in Monday’s $50,000 Listed Te Power Rapa Wairarapa...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Festival Sale concluded the National Yearling Sales Series today with pleasing results in terms of clearance and the day’s top price.In total 157 horses sold for a...

The final day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lots 1107 to 1347 going under the hammer from 11am for the Festival Sale session.The Sale will be...

Highly talented Pins filly Legless Veuve (NZ), a graduate of the 2015 Premier Sale, added another stakes win to her CV with an impressive display in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 Manfred Stakes...

Karaka graduate Wyndspelle (NZ) (Iffraaj) is one of the most consistent horses of his generation, and he scored a richly deserved win in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Darci Brahma Waikato Guineas...

Pins filly Residential (NZ) failed to meet her reserve when she went through the ring at Karaka two years ago, but on Saturday she became a Listed winner with victory in the $50,000 Living...

A clear drop in domestic spend has had a significant impact on this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale and was the difference between matching last year’s healthy results.After a...

The fifth day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lots 921 to 1106 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

Little Avondale Stud sire Per Incanto starred on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Select Sale with two Victorian-based trainers entering a fierce bidding duel to secure one of his...

The fourth day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 701 to Lot 920 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

After two solid days of selling in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale, buyers found securing the Lots they wanted an easier task on day one of the three-day Select Sale.Total turnover in the...

This year’s edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale held steady off the back of last year’s record-smashing Sale.After 17% increases in median and average last year this year saw...

The third day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 466 to Lot 700 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

The second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale commences today with Lot 241 to Lot 465 going under the hammer from 10am.The Sale will be streamed live online. To view the live...

Some of the bloodstock industry’s biggest names descended on New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Sales Centre today.The international buying bench provided the bulk of the investment in...

The first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 1 to Lot 240 of the Premier Session going under the hammer from 10am.The Sale will be streamed...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), purchased for $57,500 by perennial leading buyer David Ellis at Karaka last year, won ten times that amount in just over a minute when she scored an outstanding win...

The NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile was billed as an epic, mouth-watering showdown and it lived up to expectations as Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) extended her unbeaten record to seven out of seven with...

Quality staying mare Chenille (NZ) (Pentire) bounced back to top form with a determined win in the $100,000 Windsor Park Stud Karaka Stayers Cup at the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting today.Ridden...

Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) returned to racing in style on Saturday with a polished win in the A$200,000 Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill.Music...

Last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi) carried the colours of Lib Petagna’s JML Bloodstock, and the prominent owner has now also made a splash in the...

Maybe Miami (NZ), a two-time visitor to the Karaka sales complex, pushed his prize-money earnings to the brink of $150,000 with a win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes...

On Monday the hammer will fall on the first of over 1300 of the finest thoroughbreds on offer.Last season the Carnivals, the Cups, the Derbies, the Classics and the Miles were all impacted by the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series has become an enormously popular and richly rewarding initiative in New Zealand racing, and results show that the National Yearling Sales Series...

There is the potential for more major movement on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year points table when the sixth leg of the Series, the $70,000 Group 3 Wellfield Desert Gold Stakes...

A full field of 14 plus one emergency has been confirmed for the 10th Karaka Million, to be held at the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting Ellerslie on Sunday 29 January.New Zealand’s equal richest...