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New Zealand Bloodstock’s long-time foreign exchange provider, Collinson & Co, have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with the newly named $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup...

Formidable (NZ) (Shocking), who cost $39,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, stepped up to stakes level with a win in Sunday’s $50,000 Listed Auckland Age Concerns 3YO Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie and...

Consistent big-race performer Five To Midnight (NZ) (Domesday) claimed the biggest win of his career in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 3 Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa, lifting his...

Exciting South Island filly Savvy Coup (NZ) (Savabeel) got her New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series campaign underway in style on Saturday, making her first start in the Series a...

Highly rated galloper Royal Success (NZ) (Savabeel), who fetched big prices in his two trips through the Karaka sale ring, took a big step forward in his racing career with a first black-type win...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series continues on Saturday with the running of the third leg, the $70,000 Group 3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1550m) at Awapuni.The current...

Karaka graduates had already been to the fore with a quinella in the Hong Kong Sprint, but an all-the-way win by Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) in Sunday’s HK$23 million Longines Hong...

The HK$18.5 million Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) is one of the world’s great sprint races, and graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock sales have played a starring role in recent years. In...

Exciting mare Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) completed a black-type double for the Perth carnival when she took out Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot.An...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Nova Strike (NZ) (Red Giant) overpowered his opposition in a runaway victory in Sunday’s S$175,000 Listed Colonial Chief Stakes (1700m) on Kranji’s PolyTrack...

Six last-start winners and several other highly rated gallopers clashed in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m) at Ellerslie, and it was the $40,000 Karaka purchase On The...

Well-bred mare All In Vogue (NZ) (Pins) cost $50,000 at Karaka as a yearling, and she boosted her earnings to almost three times that amount when she collected her second black-type win in...

A proven Group 1 performer who has had more than his share of setbacks during his racing career, the $200,000 Karaka purchase Chambord (NZ) (Zabeel) claimed a richly deserved first black-type...

The well-related Celebrity Dream (NZ) (Thorn Park) was a $260,000 purchase at Karaka and is quickly living up to that on the racetrack.Making the 13th start of her career in Saturday’s $100,000...

A $110,000 purchase at the Select Sale at Karaka, lion-hearted stayer Maygrove (Authorized) is becoming a king of New Zealand’s Cup races.The gutsy grey’s trophy cabinet already included the...

From relatively humble beginnings as a mere $15,000 purchase at the 2013 South Island Sale, Fully Funded (NZ) (Fully Fledged) has risen through the grades of New Zealand’s sprinters.He took...

Packed with quality, the catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 92nd National Yearling Sales Series are available online now and will be in letterboxes from early December.Posing the...

Day 2 of NZB's Ready to Run Sale continued to impress after setting the highest ever recorded average at an Australasian two-year-old sale of $108,210 on Day 1.In 2015 the Sale broke a record...

The second and final day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO’s commences today with Lot 221 to Lot 437 going under the hammer from 11am.The Sale will be streamed live online....

A diverse international buying bench featured strongly throughout the day bringing highly regarded results during Day 1 of the Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds. The Sale recorded the highest...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO’s commences today with 220 lots going under the hammer from 11am at Karaka.The entire Sale will be streamed live online. To view the live...

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds commences Wednesday 22 November with horses available for inspection now at the Karaka Sales Centre.With 437 well-trained two-year-olds catalogued, the...

Karaka graduate Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) continued his rise to the very top of Hong Kong’s sprinters with victory in Sunday’s HK$4 million BOCHK Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha...

Savabeel filly Hasahalo (NZ) was one of the best two-year-old fillies of her generation last season, and on Saturday she roared into New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year contention with a...

Beautifully bred colt Long Leaf (Fastnet Rock) was a star performer in the Karaka sale ring and may now be given the chance to shine on a New Zealand racetrack.The David and Ben Hayes and Tom...

Well-bred entire Ocean Emperor (NZ) (Zabeel) stepped up to black-type level and greatly enhanced his value with victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m).Ridden by...

Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis had big plans in mind for Al Hasa (NZ) (Exceed And Excel) when he bought him at Karaka, and the blue-blooded colt took a huge step in the right direction in the...

Racetrack’s in New Zealand, Australia, and further afield have delivered some outstanding results to further boost the calibre of pedigrees on offer at the fast approaching Ready to Run Sale of...

The 2017-18 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will hit fever pitch on Saturday with its second leg, the $300,000 Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at...

A horse that could have been bought for just $10,000 at the 2014 South Island Sale has played a starring role in a historic running of one of the biggest races in Christchurch’s New Zealand Cup...

$10,000 Festival Sale purchase Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre) hit the pinnacle of Singapore racing with a superb fightback victory in Sunday’s S$1.35 million Dester Singapore Gold Cup (2200m)...

The prestigious $500,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) is developing a reputation as a stallion-making race, and the blue-blooded $775,000 colt Embellish (NZ)...

Talented mare Savapinski (NZ) (Savabeel), who cost just $70,000 as a yearling at Karaka, picked up the biggest win of her short career to date when she dominated Saturday’s A$300,000 Group 2...

In stark contrast to the 2000 Guineas victory by a $775,000 yearling purchase, Saturday’s $75,000 Listed Redwood Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) at Riccarton was won by a horse whose two trips...

The Melbourne Spring Carnival provided an exciting start on the Victoria Derby Day when Ready to Run Sale graduate Luvaluva (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) came from the back to score an outstanding win in...

The A$150,000 Listed James Boag’s Premium Stakes (1800m) on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington was taken out in impressive style by Odeon (NZ) (Zacinto), who was bought for $77,500 at the 2015...

As anticipation grows in the countdown to this month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, another big race has been added to the impressive roll of honour for Ready to Run Sale...

With the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale now just a couple of weeks away, a graduate of last year’s Sale has starred on one of Australasian racing’s greatest stages.Luvaluva (NZ)...

Karaka graduate Cismontane (NZ) (High Chaparral) showed all the attributes that New Zealand thoroughbreds are renowned for when he scored a tenacious front-running win in Saturday’s A$300,000...

Bought for $110,000 at Karaka in 2012, accomplished stayer Maygrove (Authorized) took his prizemoney earnings to almost four times that amount with another tenacious performance in Saturday’s...

Sebring gelding Ever Loyal, bought for $240,000 at the 2016 Premier Sale, stepped up to stakes level for the first time in Saturday’s $70,000 Listed Zacinto Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton and made...

Well-related mare Grazia (NZ) (Savabeel), who was bought for $100,000 at the 2014 Premier Sale at Karaka, greatly enhanced her value with a Listed win in Saturday’s $50,000 Christchurch Casino...

Burgundy filly Dijon Bleu (NZ), who cost just $26,000 at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka, won her third stakes race in a row when she took out the $50,000 Listed Partners Life Soliloquy Stakes...

Nadeem colt Sir Nate (NZ) extended his unbeaten record to two out of two with a convincing performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Anuka Smoker Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham.Bought by...

A filly that could have been bought at Karaka for just $60,000 has developed into one of the standout three-year-olds of the 2017 Melbourne spring carnival.Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour) upstaged some...

With a glittering honour roll featuring racetrack stars in New Zealand, Australia and across Asia, New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs is by far the most successful sale of its...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the appointment of Robin Lee to the role of Bloodstock Representative - South Korea.Based in Seoul, Robin is well known in the racing industry through his...

Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) continued his rich vein of form in Hong Kong on Sunday, picking up his second feature-race win in three weeks in the HK$4 million Oriental...

Mr Stunning (Exceed and Excel) added to his burgeoning reputation among Hong Kong sprinters when he scored his eighth win from 14 career starts in Sunday’s HK$4 million Premier Bowl (1200m) at...

Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre), who cost just $10,000 at the 2013 Festival Sale at Karaka, landed one of Singapore racing’s greatest prizes in Sunday’s S$700,000 Raffles Cup (1800m) at...