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Karaka graduate The Hassler (NZ) (Shocking) earned a Group 2 reward for his toughness and consistency when he won the $100,000 Valachi Downs Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on...

In a desperately close finish to the 2015-16 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the winner of Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton will claim...

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce that Debbie Hawkins has joined the team as sales representative, domiciled in Singapore, to further develop business interests in Singapore and...

Former New Zealand galloper Choice Bro (Choisir) rediscovered his best form and scored an upset win in the A$150,000 Listed Weetwood Handicap (1200m) at Toowoomba on Saturday.Ridden by Jim Orman,...

A dominant win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton has earned No Pushover (NZ) (Pins) a share of the lead in the NZB Southern Filly of the...

Prolific sprinter Passing Shot (NZ) (Swiss Ace) was too strong for his rivals in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hastings, the eighth win of the Karaka graduate’s...

In a desperately close finish to the A$150,000 Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, Karaka graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) prevailed by a nose to set up a trip to...

Exciting stayer Chenille (NZ) (Pentire) scored her first stakes success in Saturday’s $70,000 Listed Hawke’s Bay Gold Cup (2200m) at Hastings, leading home a trifecta of Karaka graduates in...

Record-breaking results were the order of the day at the 2016 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale proving demand for the Southern product is stronger than ever.Dramatic...

It’s all tied up at the top of the leaderboard in this year’s NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series, and Saturday’s third leg, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes...

A different name is set to be added to the winners’ list when the $50,000 Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) is run at Hastings on Saturday.The race is now in its third year as a Listed event,...

Hong Kong is one of the most competitive racing environments in the world, and over the last couple of months New Zealand-breds and Karaka graduates have shone brightly on that great stage.Since...

South Island-based vendors compose the entire catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale which is just two days away (Friday 15 April).Located at a new venue this year, the Riding...

The catalogue has been released online for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale to be held at Karaka on 9, 10 & 11 May and printed catalogues will be in...

A wonderful day at Randwick on Saturday for owner Lib Petagna and for the whole New Zealand breeding industry went to a new level when Lucia Valentina (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a scintillating win in...

Star filly Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi) completed a Sydney classic double for New Zealand horses and Karaka graduates when she won the A$1 million Group 1 James Boag’s Premium Australian Oaks (2400m)...

Coulee (NZ) (Gallant Guru) ended an outstanding campaign with a career-best win in the $80,000 Group 3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday,...

Six-year-old Iffraaj gelding Listen (NZ) scored the sixth win of his career when he took out the 220,000 Rgt. Listed Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) on Sunday.Ridden by Yundanyl Aify for expat New...

Quality sprinter-miler Mabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) headed a trifecta of Karaka graduates when he scored a runaway win in the $50,000 Listed Fairdale/Goodwood Studs Flying Handicap (1400m) at Awapuni on...

For the second time at Awapuni’s biggest meeting of the year on Saturday, Karaka graduates finished first, second and third in a stakes race. Leading the way was Maygrove (Authorized), who...

The A$2 million Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick was won in magnificent style by New Zealand-bred son of Tavistock who went through the sale ring at Karaka as a yearling, but it...

For trainers looking to take their horses to Australia to compete in the 2016 Queensland Winter Racing Carnival, NZB Airfreight has confirmed three flights leaving Auckland from early May and are...

Completing a big double for super sire Zabeel, Leebaz (NZ) led all the way and scored a courageous win in the A$150,000 Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.Just 20 minutes after...

Karaka graduate Preferment (NZ) (Zabeel) claimed his second consecutive Group 1 win when he won Saturday’s A$1.5 million Group 1 BMW (2400m) at Rosehill.The powerful galloper also won the...

Next month’s New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale is fast approaching and today it received a boost with the addition of an O’Reilly colt entered as a supplementary lot by Pear Tree Farm...

NZB subsidiary gavelhouse.com launched its state-of-the-art online auction platform last night and, in conjunction with the Canterbury Jockey Club, today unfurled a new partnership with the...

One of the most impressive winners at Trentham on Saturday was the classy sprinter Passing Shot (NZ) (Swiss Ace), who overcame a wide barrier for a stunning all-the-way victory in the $50,000...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series remained very much alive heading into Saturday’s final leg, the $300,000 Group 1 Wellfield New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham, and it...

High-class three-year-old The Justice League (NZ) (I Am Invincible) was right back to his best when he won the $100,000 Group 2 Go Racing Syndications Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on...

Star three-year-old Tarzino (NZ) (Tavistock) added a second Group 1 win to his highly impressive season when he dominated the A$607,000 Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) in Sydney on Saturday,...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series will go right down to the wire in the 10th and final leg, the Group 1 Wellfield New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday.Mime (NZ)...

The catalogue for this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale is now available online and will be landing in letterboxes this week.The Sale, which will be held on Friday 15 April from...

There were two Group 1 trebles completed when Preferment (NZ) (Zabeel) won the A$1,500,000 Australian Cup (2000m) via a protest at Flemington on Saturday.It was the third Group 1 win of the day...

Volkstok’n’barrell (NZ) (Tavistock) scored his second consecutive Group 1 win, and the third of his career, when he prevailed in a thrilling finish to the $200,000 Group 1 Bonecrusher New...

For the fifth consecutive year, the prestigious $200,000 Group 1 Sistema Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie has been taken out by a Karaka graduate.Te Akau Racing’s Heroic Valour (Fastnet Rock)...

New Zealand Bloodstock is immensely proud to move into a new generation with one of the biggest developments in its proud history; the launch of the exciting new online selling platform...

With a dominant all-the-way win in yesterday’s Listed Canberra Cup, Karaka graduate Hippopus (NZ) (High Chaparral) made an emphatic return to winning form.The six-year-old gelding is a decorated...

There was an upset result in the second leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series when Honor That (NZ) (Darci Brahma) scored at 22-to-one odds in Saturday’s Listed NZB...

The gripping race towards the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year title took another twist in Saturday’s Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase at Ellerslie.Mime (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) scored a...

Classy filly No More Tears (NZ) (Darci Brahma) was too good for her rivals in Saturday’s Group 3 Stella Artois Mr Tiz Trophy at Ellerslie, leading in a trifecta of Karaka graduates in the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series resumes on Saturday with its second leg, the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes at Wingatui.More than five months have passed since the first...

Three previous winners of New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series races are set to do battle in the ninth leg of the Series, the Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase at Ellerslie...

Gun Pit, a graduate of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale, will try to confirm a shot at the world’s richest horse race when he runs in the Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 at Meydan on...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series has a new leader after Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi) blew her rivals away in the Group 3 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes at Hastings on Wednesday,...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series will break new ground this week with the running of the eighth leg, the Group 3 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes at Hastings at 6.36pm on...

There was an upset in the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders’ Stakes as Gold Rush (NZ) (So You Think) upstaged a star-studded field of fillies for a gutsy victory in the $100,000 feature.

The last stakes race of the day at Matamata on Saturday was the Listed Marks Ewen & Associates Kaimai Stakes, which was won by Guarantor (NZ) (Howbaddouwantit). An outstanding come-from-behind...

Volkstok’n’barrell (NZ) (Tavistock) triumphantly returned to form in the Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA Classic at Otaki leading the charge for Karaka graduates, who achieved a clean sweep of the...

Two-year-old colt Heroic Valour (Fastnet Rock) extended his unbeaten career record to two out of two with a strong victory in the Listed Reid & Harrison (1980) Limited Slipper at Matamata on Saturday.

Turn Me Loose (NZ) (Iffraaj) flew the flag for NZB and the New Zealand thoroughbred industry when he scored an outstanding victory in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, the...