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Having performed all the way up to the very highest level in Hong Kong, Karaka graduate Packing Eagle (NZ) (Pins) took his career full-circle with a win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Sweynesse...

The Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) is one of the few races missing from the resume of champion Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse, but Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes...

Breeze Up videos for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now available for viewing online.393 youngsters breezed into gustily winds down the home straight at Te Rapa...

A quality field of three-year-old fillies will put their prospects for next month’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) to the test on Saturday when they run in a race which carries special significance...

Day 2 saw another 194 two-year-olds gallop down the straight at Te Rapa Racecourse and the conclusion of the 2017 Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs.

A steady start set the tone of Day 1 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale Breeze Up’s with 199 two-year-olds breezing at Te Rapa Racecourse.

Despite an unplaced finish in Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield Stakes (2000m), Hartnell (Authorized) has won the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Spring WFA Championship.The...

In the space of just over 90 seconds on Saturday, Mighty Boss (Not a Single Doubt) made his $180,000 purchase price at the 2016 Premier Sale at Karaka look very, very small.The flashy chestnut...

Azamour filly Aloisia (NZ), who could have been bought for just $60,000 at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka, took on some of Australia’s finest fillies and won in Saturday’s A$500,000 Group 1...

The race to the richest meeting on the calendar has begun with a number of talented youngsters vying for a coveted start.2018 is set to showcase the enhanced Series with the $1,000,000 Karaka...

The 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship is set for an exciting conclusion with the running of the fourth and final leg, the A$1m Group 1 Ladbrokes Caulfield...

Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale will take place next week on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October with each day commencing at 10am.View the Breeze Ups schedule here.

With overall betting turnover of HK$117.4 billion (up 10.7%), 26 Hong Kong horses in the world rankings and attendance of 2.17 million last season, the Hong Kong Jockey Club continues to shatter...

An astute $38,000 purchase at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka became a Group Two winner when Hard Merchandize (NZ) (Burgundy) scored a brave all-the-way win in Saturday’s $100,000 Sacred Falls...

There was an incredibly strong Kiwi flavour to the result of Saturday’s A$120,000 UCI Stakes (1800m) at Flemington.It was won by the $150,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase Main Stage (NZ), by...

Next month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka will showcase the first two-year-old crops of 14 exciting freshman sires.Sires with their eldest Australasian crop in the Sale...

In addition to the growing reputation the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka upholds for its Group 1-winning graduates and rich selection of outstanding young equine athletes,...

With a bold front-running performance, Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) overcame a wide draw for an emphatic victory in Sunday’s HK$3 million Celebration Cup (1400m) at Sha...

With an irresistible finishing burst to win Sunday’s S$700,000 Panasonic Kranji Mile (1600m) at Kranji, low-priced Karaka weanling purchase Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock) became the first horse since...

The Kiwis crashed the NZB Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship party on Sunday as New Zealand’s reigning Horse of the Year Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) made her first start in the Series a...

After returning to top form with an outstanding win in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group 2 Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley, Group 1 mare I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) has now earned 100...

The step up to 2040 metres in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group 3 MSC Signs JRA Cup was all the top-class Karaka graduate Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj) needed to show his true colours at Moonee Valley...

Sunday’s A$750,000 Hyland Race Colours Caulfield Stakes (1800m) is the third leg of the four-race New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring WFA Championship Series, with a spectacular field and...

The perception that thoroughbred breeding is an old man’s game is quickly laid to rest with a stroll around Karaka’s sales complex. With an increasing number of young men and women taking up...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the appointment of Joe Miller to the role of Bloodstock Representative – North America.Based in Kentucky, Joe is widely known for his passion for...

Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj) flew the flag for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale with his spectacular three-year-old heroics last season, and at Hastings on Saturday he picked up right...

Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta won the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year title three years ago with Platinum Witness (California Dane), and she has taken the early lead in the 2017-18 edition...

The opening leg of the 2017-18 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the $50,000 Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton on Saturday, was taken out impressively by...

It’s been a significant year for racing in Singapore, the Singapore Turf Club welcomed a new CEO, Laurie Laxon called time on his career there while fellow Kiwi Mark Walker is well placed to...

Bonneval’s win in the $A1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks represented the fourth consecutive win by a New Zealand bred in the world’s richest Oaks. Over the past five years New Zealand...

On the same day that the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series gets underway at Hastings, the cream of the South Island’s three-year-old filly crop will get their time to shine as the...

The 45th edition of the prestigious New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will kick off at Hastings on Saturday with the running of the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders Gold Trail...

An impressive front-running win in the A$120,000 Listed Sofitel (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday has set up a possible Group 1 bid for Theanswermyfriend (High Chaparral), who was purchased at...

If a dominant display in Wednesday’s $60,000 Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m) is anything to go by, the $30,000 that trainer Andrew Campbell paid to buy Waldorf (NZ) (Highly Recommended)...

Burgundy filly Dijon Bleu (NZ), who cost just $26,000 at the 2016 Select Sale, provided an outstanding return on that investment and took a massive step forward from her two-year-old season with...

A brilliant three-year-old season by Karaka graduate Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) was honoured with four awards at Sunday evening’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards, including the...

Exciting galloper Countofmontecristo (NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) scored the sixth win in his seven-start career in Sunday’s Jumbo Jet Trophy (1400m) at Kranji, leading home a trifecta of Karaka...

$150,000 Premier Sale purchase Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) was a standout three-year-old filly on both sides of the Tasman last season, and at Moonee Valley on Saturday she picked up right where she had...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds is now available online and on the free iPad application, with catalogues due to be mailed out late next...

Defending champion Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars) had to settle for second this time around as Vega Magic (Lope De Vega) delivered a block-buster performance to lead all the way and win...

The 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship heats up on Saturday with the running of the second leg, the A$1m Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m)...

For the 45th straight season, New Zealand Bloodstock is proud to sponsor the prestigious New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series.Beginning with the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders...

Savabeel colt Addictive Nature was one of the headline acts of the sale ring at Karaka 2016, and he is showing the same star quality on the racetrack.Bought for $775,000 at the 2016 Premier Sale,...

Dee I Cee (NZ) (Istidaad), who cost just $1,000 as a weanling and $7,000 as a two-year-old at Karaka, bounced back to his high-class best with a dominant win in the A$125,000 Listed New Caledonia...

Hartnell (Authorized) claimed the first points towards the New Zealand Bloodstock Spring WFA Championship with victory in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 Charge Of The Light Horse P.B. Lawrence...

A star-studded field will clash in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 Charge Of The Light Horse P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m), the first of four races in the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield...

Entries are closing soon for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds – the most successful sale of its kind in Australasia – with a deadline of Friday 18 August.The 35th...

Faaltless (Faltaat), who cost $65,000 and $160,000 in his two trips through the Karaka sale ring in 2012, took his prizemoney earnings past S$500,000 with a second win in the S$200,000 Listed...

Dual Group 1 winner Nashville (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who was bought for $40,000 at the Ready to Run Sale back in 2010, picked up a sixth stakes win and moved within sight of $1 million in prizemoney...

Saturday’s $25,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Three-Year-Old (1200m) at Riccarton could be a stepping stone towards bigger things for Humble Pie (NZ) (Sakhee’s Secret), who scored an impressive...