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Next week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale is packed with Karaka Million eligible horses. 70 lots are in contention for New Zealand Bloodstock’s lucrative Karaka Million Race Series, significantly...

Purchased at the 2014 Festival Sale at Karaka for just $6,000, quality mare First Serve (NZ) (Swiss Ace) greatly enhanced her value with a stylish win in Wednesday’s $80,000 Group 3 Valachi...

New Zealand’s leading three-year-old fillies will battle for supremacy in Saturday’s $300,000 gavelhouse.com 44th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.The classic is being run under a...

A string of successes in recent months has further enhanced the proud record New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale enjoys as a source of racetrack performers across Asia.Aided by...

Melbourne’s spring carnival is respected the world over for its prestigious and highly competitive racing, and this year’s carnival has provided some notable pedigree updates for New Zealand...

Karaka graduate Anaheim (Fastnet Rock) may have narrowly missed out on a run in the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington, but he eased any disappointment for connections with a stylish win...

A remarkable period of dominance by Karaka graduates of the $400,000 Group 1 Sothys New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) continued at Riccarton on Saturday as Ugo Foscolo (NZ) (Zacinto) led home an...

Lady Zafira (NZ) (Iffraaj), who was purchased for only $7,500 as a yearling at Karaka, greatly enhanced her value with her first black-type win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Yesberg Insurance...

The 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale will feature the quality drafts of 62 proven and highly skilled vendors.NZB�s Ready to Run Sale has established itself as the leading Sale of...

Saint Emilion (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) stormed to an emphatic win in Tuesday’s $70,000 Group 3 OMF Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie taking his total earnings to more than $200,000.The grey gelding was...

Hard Merchandize (NZ) (Burgundy) made a stylish winning debut at Otaki on Tuesday and in doing so earned his chance to run in the $1m Karaka Million (1200m) at Ellerslie Racecourse on January...

The countdown is on to next month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale and, with another timely win, Sale graduate Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) has bolstered his reputation as...

Ably playing a supporting role to the Sgp-1 Raffles Cup heroics of Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park), fellow New Zealand-bred galloper Bahana (NZ) (Elusive City) made it a day to remember for Ready...

A graduate of the Karaka Weanling Sale made history on one of Australasian racing’s biggest stages, Derby Day at Flemington, when I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) won Saturday’s A$500,000...

Accomplished galloper Pump Up The Volume (NZ) (Savabeel), who was purchased for just $10,000 at the 2010 Select Sale at Karaka, scored the second stakes win of his career when he won Saturday’s...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has established itself as an impressive source of winners of some of Australasia’s most prestigious classic races.Graduates of the Ready to Run Sale,...

Two juveniles with Karaka Million aspirations produced sparkling performances on Saturday to take prominent positions in the order of entry for the $1 million feature at Ellerslie on January...

The calibre of horses sold at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale, which swings into action for 2016 on November 16 and 17, was again showcased over the weekend when Happy Agility (NZ)...

Whether he goes by his original name of Gaultier (NZ) (Rios) or his new name Simply Invincible, the Group 1-winning galloper continues to excel on racetracks, flying the flag for next month’s...

It was a case of winning in emphatic style when the super-talented Karaka graduate Ugo Foscolo (NZ) (Zacinto) picked up his second stakes win in the $100,000 Group 2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial...

High-class Karaka graduate Sacred Elixir (NZ) (Pour Moi) picked up his third Australian stakes success with a superb performance in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group 2 LUCRF Super Vase (2040m) at...

Bel Sorriso (NZ) (Keeper) cost just $5,000 at the 2013 Select Sale, and after recording the eighth win of her career in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Civics Cambridge Thoroughbred Lodge Thompson...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has produced a string of top-class graduates – Sangster (NZ) (Savabeel), Atlante (Fastnet Rock), Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor), Well Done (NZ)...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Swiss Ace Westbury Stud Wellesley Stakes (1000m) at Trentham became a battle of the unbeaten Karaka graduates as Gift Of Power (NZ) (Power) and Waldorf (NZ) (Highly...

The Breeze Up videos for NZB’s 2016 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now available for viewing online.A total of 513 two-year-olds breezed up at Te Rapa Racecourse on 17 & 18 October, with the...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups concluded today with 271 two-year-olds showcasing their potential as they galloped down the straight at Te Rapa Racecourse.

Day one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups got off to a strong start today with 262 two-year-olds galloping down the straight at Te Rapa Racecourse.

Fifteen years on from an unforgettable Caulfield Cup triumph by Ethereal (NZ) (Rhythm), there was a fitting result during the 2016 edition of Caulfield Cup day on Saturday as Eleonora (NZ) (Makfi)...

Karaka graduate First Seal (Fastnet Rock) shone brightly on one of Australia’s biggest racedays when she won the A$200,000 Group 2 Schweppes Tristarc Stakes (1400m) on Caulfield Cup day in...

Scapolo (NZ) (Bachelor Duke), who cost just $40,000 at the 2011 Select Sale, scored the 16th win of his sparkling career and lifted his earnings past $600,000 when he dominated Saturday’s...

Karaka graduate Maygrove (Authorized) has earned his owners more than three times his purchase price, and he picked up the third stakes win of his career in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Jakkalberry...

Karaka graduate Spieth (NZ) (Thorn Park) scored his first stakes success with a barnstorming performance in Saturday’s A$150,000 City Lightning (1100m) at Randwick.Ridden by Jay Ford for trainer...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups will take place next week on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 October with each day commencing at the earlier time of 9am.Held at Te Rapa Racecourse...

A talented field of 15 three-year-old fillies will try to push their claims for higher honours when they contest Saturday’s A$150,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes (2000m) at...

Well-bred filly Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) put her name forward in the race to the Karaka Million when she scored a stylish debut win at Ruakaka on Wednesday.Owned by the Fortuna Melody Belle...

A number of talented two-year-olds have already left the starting blocks in their race for a shot at New Zealand’s richest race, the $1 million Karaka Million at Ellerslie Racecourse on January...

Rip Van Winkle mare Euro Angel (NZ) continued a strong week for Karaka graduates when she won the A$150,000 Group 3 Nick Johnstone Real Estate Ladies’ Day Vase (1600m) at Caulfield on...

With the 2016 Ready to Run Sale just over a month away, there could be no better advertisement for the quality of horses on offer than the result of Sunday’s S$700,000 Sgp-1 Panasonic Kranji...

A broodmare that could have been purchased for $60,000 at Karaka became a Group 1 producer when He’s Our Rokkii (NZ) (Roc de Cambes) took out the A$500,000 IG Markets Toorak Handicap (1600m) at...

I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) cost just $12,000 as a weanling at Karaka, but her value soared massively when she ran a close second in the prestigious A$500,000 Group 1 Schweppes Thousand...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring WFA Championship is a showcase of some of Australasia’s finest thoroughbreds, so it was fitting that the 2016 Series was brought to a close by this...

Next month’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka will showcase the first two-year-old crops of 21 exciting new sires.Sires with their eldest Australasian crop in the Sale include...

Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars) is already guaranteed the New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield WFA Championship title, but he faces his toughest test yet in the small field for Saturday’s final leg...

This year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale features two-year-olds by 123 high-quality sires, including those whose progeny have shone brightly on Australasian racetracks so far this...

Inside Agent (NZ) (Stravinsky) is the most expensive yearling Nigel Blackiston has ever bought, but his purchase paid off when the three-year-old won Sunday’s A$120,000 Listed Poseidon Stakes...

Well-bred Karaka graduate Ringo (NZ) (Fastnet Rock) picked up the biggest win of his career when he claimed the $70,000 Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday.

New Zealanders shone brightly at the 2015-16 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards in Sydney on Thursday night as Karaka graduates claimed two prestigious awards and expat Kiwi trainer Chris...

A dominant victory by Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars) in Saturday’s A$500,000 Group 1 Hyland Race Colours Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield was his second win in this year’s New Zealand...

Iffraaj colt The Soultaker (NZ) dug deep to get up and win Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Manuka Doctor Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie despite heavy track conditions.Ridden by Mark Du...

High-class gelding Sacred Elixir (NZ) (Pour Moi) capped a great day for New Zealand-bred three-year-olds at Caulfield on Saturday when he scored an outstanding win in the A$175,000 Caulfield...