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The fifth day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lots 921 to 1106 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

Little Avondale Stud sire Per Incanto starred on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Select Sale with two Victorian-based trainers entering a fierce bidding duel to secure one of his...

The fourth day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 701 to Lot 920 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

After two solid days of selling in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale, buyers found securing the Lots they wanted an easier task on day one of the three-day Select Sale.Total turnover in the...

This year’s edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale held steady off the back of last year’s record-smashing Sale.After 17% increases in median and average last year this year saw...

The third day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 466 to Lot 700 going under the hammer from 11am for the Select Sale session.The Sale will be...

The second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Premier Sale commences today with Lot 241 to Lot 465 going under the hammer from 10am.The Sale will be streamed live online. To view the live...

Some of the bloodstock industry’s biggest names descended on New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Sales Centre today.The international buying bench provided the bulk of the investment in...

The first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series commences today with Lot 1 to Lot 240 of the Premier Session going under the hammer from 10am.The Sale will be streamed...

Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), purchased for $57,500 by perennial leading buyer David Ellis at Karaka last year, won ten times that amount in just over a minute when she scored an outstanding win...

The NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile was billed as an epic, mouth-watering showdown and it lived up to expectations as Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) extended her unbeaten record to seven out of seven with...

Quality staying mare Chenille (NZ) (Pentire) bounced back to top form with a determined win in the $100,000 Windsor Park Stud Karaka Stayers Cup at the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting today.Ridden...

Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) returned to racing in style on Saturday with a polished win in the A$200,000 Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill.Music...

Last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi) carried the colours of Lib Petagna’s JML Bloodstock, and the prominent owner has now also made a splash in the...

Maybe Miami (NZ), a two-time visitor to the Karaka sales complex, pushed his prize-money earnings to the brink of $150,000 with a win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes...

On Monday the hammer will fall on the first of over 1300 of the finest thoroughbreds on offer.Last season the Carnivals, the Cups, the Derbies, the Classics and the Miles were all impacted by the...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series has become an enormously popular and richly rewarding initiative in New Zealand racing, and results show that the National Yearling Sales Series...

There is the potential for more major movement on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year points table when the sixth leg of the Series, the $70,000 Group 3 Wellfield Desert Gold Stakes...

A full field of 14 plus one emergency has been confirmed for the 10th Karaka Million, to be held at the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting Ellerslie on Sunday 29 January.New Zealand’s equal richest...

A star-studded field of nine three-year-olds has been attracted for the $250,000 NZB Insurance 3YO Mile (1600m), which will be held at the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie on...

A field of 12 horses has been assembled for the $100,000 Windsor Park Stud Karaka Stayers Cup (2200m) during the Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie on Sunday.Added to New Zealand...

The 2017 National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka is shaping up to be an exciting clash for vendor supremacy between three powerhouses of the New Zealand breeding industry.Leading vendor honours...

With a half-brother catalogued for the Select Sale, high-class Karaka graduate Savaria (NZ) (Savabeel) made a timely and welcome return to top form when she scored a stirring win in Saturday’s...

Signify (NZ) (Perfectly Ready), who cost just $5,500 at the 2013 South Island Sale, upstaged a star-studded field of sprinters for a career-defining victory in the Group 1 $250,000 JR & N Berkett...

In-form Karaka graduate Ecuador (NZ) (High Chaparral), who also has a half-sister catalogued for Karaka 2017, carried on his winning way with a stylish performance in Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed...

Significantly boosting the appeal of all Karaka 2017 yearlings is the lucrative Karaka Million Series, which all graduates of the Sales Series are eligible to be entered for.The Karaka Million...

The National Yearling Sales Series is a proven formula for racetrack success for a number of trainers, syndicators and bloodstock agents, bringing them back to the Karaka Sales Centre year after...

The 2016 Singapore Racing Awards, held at Fullerton Hotel on Tuesday night, featured an outstanding haul for Karaka graduates including five awards for the superstar Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn...

Tonight at 7pm (AEST) on Sky Thoroughbred Central Foxtel channel 528 take a big step towards finding your next champion of the turf!The 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Premier Yearling Sale...

Karaka 2017 will showcase the first yearling crops of 18 exciting new sires from throughout Australasia.Camelot retired to Coolmore Stud as one of the Irish powerhouse’s finest racetrack...

One of the most exciting aspects of the upcoming National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka is the strong representation of talented young sires who are rapidly making names for themselves with...

All of the biggest names in New Zealand and Australia’s sire ranks will be represented in force at the upcoming 2017 National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka.Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel had a...

The Karaka Million dream remains alive for the connections of Padraig (NZ) (Power) and Felton Road (NZ) (Pins), who both clinched a spot in the field for the $1m feature with impressive wins on...

A year after finishing second in the Group 3 Tui Anniversary (1600m), Karaka graduate Seize The Moment (NZ) (Pins) returned to Trentham on Saturday and went one better in the $70,000 race.Ridden...

With a dominant win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Mills Reef Winery Trentham Stakes (2100m), Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination) boosted his career prize-money earnings to more than 10 times what...

Ready to Run Sale graduate Hall Of Fame (NZ) (Savabeel) has delivered another Group 1 triumph for perennial leading Karaka buyers Te Akau Racing, claiming Saturday’s $225,000 Randwick Meats...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Kuro (NZ) (Denman) picked up the fifth stakes win of his career when he won Friday’s A$125,000 Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford. 

Imposing Lass (NZ) (Makfi), who won the A$150,000 Group 3 Gosford RSL Belle of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford on Friday, boasts a dual Karaka connection – she is a graduate of the 2014...

Two-year-old races at Ellerslie and Trentham this Saturday will give a number of Karaka Million hopefuls the chance to secure their place in the field for the $1 million feature at Ellerslie on...

In exciting news announced today, a group of private investors have established the New Zealand Chinese Jockey Club to cater for the high level of interest in racehorse ownership by the Chinese...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka has impressive depth with a large quantity of siblings and progeny of Group 1 winners.For the second consecutive year, the...

An impressive Group 2 win in the $100,000 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) made She Brings Joy (NZ) (Sebring) one of the stars of the recent Ellerslie Christmas carnival, and a half-brother to...

Top fillies Gift of Power (NZ) (Power) and Hasahalo (NZ) (Savabeel) filled the quinella in a Group race for the second time this season when they clashed in the $70,000 Group 3 Barneswood Farm...

The National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka gained an important pedigree update when Blizzard (Starcraft) won Sunday’s HK$3 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin.A...

Karaka Festival Sale graduate Swissta (NZ) (Swiss Ace) earned almost three times his purchase price in one hit when he won Sunday’s $100,000 Group 2 Jamieson Park Great Northern Guineas (1600m)...

Karaka graduate Ruud Not Too (NZ) (Bernardini) completed a notable Ellerslie carnival double when she won the $100,000 Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on Sunday.Trained by Stephen...

Karaka graduate Cylinder Beach (NZ) (Showcasing) delivered a blockbuster performance in Saturday’s Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm, breaking the track record at the Brisbane...

For the second time this season, Karaka graduates Gift Of Power (NZ) (Power) and Hasahalo (NZ) (Savabeel) finished first and second in a two-year-old stakes race – but this they were the other...

With a perfectly timed charge, She Brings Joy (NZ) (Sebring) got up in the last stride for a thrilling win in the fifth leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the $100,000...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series stretches beyond 1600 metres for the first time in the 2016-17 season when a field of 12 fillies contests the $100,000 Group 2 Stella Artois...