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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...

Karaka graduate Waldorf (NZ) (Highly Recommended) has shown his class at both ends of the New Zealand two-year-old season, capped by a determined win in Monday’s $50,000 Listed Courtesy Ford...

Savabeel gelding Bobo So Cute (NZ), who went through the Karaka sale ring three times, picked up the most significant win of his career in Sunday’s M$800,000 Listed Macau Gold Cup (1800m).Ridden...

Festival Sale graduate Mr Hanks (NZ) (Showcasing) completed a juvenile feature double for both his sire and the Karaka Sales Centre when he scored a narrow but authoritative win in the S$200,000...

New Zealand Bloodstock has signed a two-year deal with the Melbourne Racing Club to continue its title sponsorship of the Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes, the New Zealand Bloodstock...

Taranaki owner-trainer Marilyn Paewai landed the biggest win of her training career, and a healthy return on her $4000 investment at Karaka, when her gutsy mare Rosewood (NZ) (Redwood) won...

Longchamp (NZ) (Tavistock), who cost $40,000 at the 2013 Select Sale, broke through the $200,000 barrier in prize-money earnings when he successfully defended his title in Sunday’s $65,000...

New Zealand-breds have won the S$1.15 million Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m) three times in the last four years following an outstanding win at Kranji on Sunday by Infantry (NZ) (Tavistock), who...

Unbeaten Karaka graduate Be Bee (NZ) stepped up to the big time and delivered a blockbuster performance in the Listed S$325,000 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe (1200m) at Kranji on Friday.The son of...

The second running of the New Zealand Bloodstock Cup (2000m) for three-year-olds was held at Korchin in Inner Mongolia, China today.The three-year-old race is a partnership between NZB and Mr Lang...

New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) in partnership with the Auckland Racing Club (ARC) can now confirm the six races that are carded for New Zealand’s richest race day – the Karaka Million Twilight...

Following his victory in Sunday’s S$500,000 Patron’s Bowl (1600m) at Kranji, Karaka graduate Alibi (NZ) (Darci Brahma) is now two-thirds of the way to an unprecedented clean sweep of...

Luen On Treasure (Dane Shadow), who cost $60,000 at the 2015 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, picked up the first black-type win of his career with a dominant performance in Saturday’s M$550,000...

NZB subsidiary gavelhouse.com’s record breaking Sale on Monday saw the business hit major milestones.A total of 40 lots were sold for an aggregate of $587,800, pushing the total turnover for...

Exciting mare Ladies First (NZ) (Dylan Thomas), who cost just $8000 at Karaka as a weanling, collected her sixth win and her second at stakes level when she ran away with the $50,000 Listed Civics...

Exciting mare Bonny O’Reilly (NZ) (O’Reilly), who cost $100,000 at the 2014 Premier Sale, scored her seventh win in nine career starts and her fifth in a row when she picked up a first stakes...

Hard Merchandize (NZ) (Burgundy), who cost just $38,000 at the 2016 Select Sale at Karaka, capped a highly successful two-year-old season with his first stakes success in Saturday’s $50,000 John...

Sunday’s S$300,000 Listed Stewards’ Cup (1400m) at Kranji saw Karaka graduates fill four of the first five placings.The winner was Alibi (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who was a $90,000 purchase at the...

Karaka graduate Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) has starred on both sides of the Tasman this season, adding Saturday’s A$250,000 Group 2 Mitavite BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm...

One of the Queensland winter carnival’s signature staying races, the A$125,000 Group 3 Channel Seven Premier’s Cup (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, was dominated by graduates of the Karaka...

Talented two-year-old Haussmann (NZ) (Pour Moi), who cost just $14,000 as a weanling at Karaka, became a stakes winner and set up some ambitious targets for next season when he won Saturday’s...

Pacorus (NZ) (Tavistock), who was bought for just $15,000 at the 2013 Select Sale at Karaka, scored the eighth and most significant win of his career when he took out Sunday’s $75,000 Group 3...

Graduates of the Karaka sales complex filled the first two placings in Sunday’s prestigious fillies and mares’ feature, the $70,000 Group 3 ISCL Rotorua Stakes (1400m).The winner Let Her Rip...

Racing in his third different country, Karaka graduate Huka Eagle (NZ) (Swiss Ace) was a star performer on Saturday in one of Macau’s biggest races – the M$1,000,000 Listed Chairman’s...

Ladies First (NZ) (Dylan Thomas), who cost just $8000 as a weanling at the 2014 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale, became a stakes winner with an impressive performance in...

In his first start for almost eight months, superstar Karaka graduate War Affair (NZ) (O’Reilly) made a triumphant comeback with a dead-heat win in Sunday’s S$200,000 Listed Saas Fee Stakes...

The dominance of New Zealand-bred three-year-olds in Australia this season continued with an impressive win by Volatile Mix (NZ) (Pentire) in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group 1 South Australian Derby...

The tangerine colours of Te Akau and trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards have already won the New Zealand Derby this year with low-priced Weanling Sale and Ready to Run Sale graduate...