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NZB’s 2025 National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the quality 102-lot catalogue available to view on Gavelhouse Plus.    For the fifth year, the digital edition to NZB’s...

Entries for NZB’s 2025 National Weanling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 26 June.  Continuing as a dedicated weanling only format, the...

Within the space of a week, Karaka graduates sired by Super Seth have won both the A$1m Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) and the A$1m Group One Randwick Guineas (1600m). Seven days after...

South Island Sale graduate Palmetto (NZ) (Ghibellines) collected his first black-type win in Australia with a relentless front-running performance in Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed TAB Canberra Cup...

Hours after Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) dazzled in the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) and Jedibeel (NZ) (Savabeel) won Sydney’s Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m), the A$150,000 Listed Swan Draught...

The tangerine colours of Te Akau Racing backed up their $1.5 million Listed Karaka Millions win on Saturday when they captured the country's richest ever horse race. Te Akau won the inaugural...

NZB celebrated a fourth consecutive $1.25m Group One Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner when Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) blew his rivals away in the Ellerslie classic on Saturday. Willydoit...

Champion stallion Savabeel has sired countless top-class NZB graduates who excelled over 2000 metres and further, but Saturday's Group Two-winning sprinter Jedibeel (NZ) is something...

Promising filly Island Life (NZ) (Vadamos) hinted at a strong finish to the NZB Filly of the Year Series with her victory in the $150,000 Group Three Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (2100m)...

The inaugural Champions Day kicked off at Ellerslie on Saturday with the $120,000 Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m), and there could have been no more appropriate winner than Francee...

New Zealand racing will move into an exciting new era with the first running of the $3.5m NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Proudly sponsored by NZB, the Kiwi is New Zealand’s first...

The Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series provides lucrative returns to owners, breeders and trainers throughout the New Zealand racing calendar, but its undisputed pinnacle comes with the running of...

The NZB Filly of the Year title has been locked up by Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn), but the two remaining races in the series both carry plenty of prestige in their own right – starting with the...

The Group One New Zealand Derby (2400m) is perhaps the most prestigious and coveted prize in New Zealand racing, and its illustrious history is littered with top-class winners sourced from the...

This weekend’s $600,000 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) will be the 151st running of the iconic Ellerslie two-miler, which has been won by dozens of supreme stayers sourced from the...

A dominant come-from-behind win in Sunday’s RM200,000 Perak Derby (2000m) may have earned Karaka graduate Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn) an opportunity to represent Malaysia on the world...

Another breathtaking performance in Sunday’s $150,000 Group Two Jennian Homes Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Trentham has put Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn) as far in front of her rivals on the NZB Filly...

The A$1m Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) became an all-New Zealand affair at Flemington on Saturday as Karaka graduates fought out a thrilling finish won by Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth). Beaten...

Speedy filly Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) has topped the points table since the NZB Filly of the Year Series began last September, but that could be about to change this weekend. The ninth leg...

In an exciting move, the date for the NZB National Weanling Sale (thoroughbred) and NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale (standardbred) has been finalised, with both weanling sessions selling...

The incomparable Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) continued to climb the list of Karaka’s all-time greats with a ninth Group One triumph in Saturday’s A$750,000 Lamaro’s Hotel Futurity Stakes...

The well-related Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) fetched $750,000 in the Karaka sale ring two years ago, and he has lived up to that price tag with an increasingly impressive winning treble that...

Classy Karaka graduate Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) returned to winning form in spectacular style with a four-length demolition in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Three Catanach’s Jewellers...

Karaka weanling graduate Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) continued her dominance of three-year-old racing in the South Island with an extraordinary eight-length runaway in Saturday’s $120,000...

Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) at Matamata was the first start in almost a year for Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), and New Zealand’s highest-rated racehorse put on...

Te Akau Racing’s La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) earned a piece of history on Saturday as the first filly to win both the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and the $225,000 Group Two J Swap...

Karaka graduates filled the quinella in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m) at Matamata, headed by first-time stakes winner What You Wish For (NZ)...

The lightly raced Jade Dragon (NZ) (Time Test) exited maiden company in style in Wednesday’s $25,000 NZB Mega Maiden Series (1150m) at Te Aroha, striking a lucrative bonus in the process. The...

Entries for NZB’s 2025 National Online Yearling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held on Gavelhouse Plus.

The catalogue will be available to view online from Tuesday 18 March, with...

After an action-packed five days of trading at Karaka 2025, results have been accumulated from the Book 1 and Book 2 yearling sessions held from 26 January to 30 January at the Karaka Sales...

Kiwi-bred Karaka graduate Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) returned to the country of his birth and scored a superb Group One victory in Saturday’s $500,000 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.Here...

Barely a year after being bought for $500,000 from Book 1 of Karaka 2024, exciting two-year-old Field Of Play (Deep Field) earned himself an early Group One opportunity with a brilliant victory in...

If the result of Saturday’s $250,000 Group Three Asahi Super Dry Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick is anything to go by, three-year-olds sourced from the Karaka sale ring are set to have...

Last-start $1m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) placegetter Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci) stepped up to 2000 metres for the first time at Te Rapa on Saturday and blew his rivals off the track in the...

Prolific winner Wild Imagination (NZ) (Makfi) took her career to new heights with a first black-type victory in Saturday’s A$120,000 Listed Premier’s Plate (2000m) at Morphettville.Wild...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Harlech (NZ) (Darci Brahma) turned back the clock with a runaway performance in the $80,000 Listed Nellies Restaurant & Bar Hazlett Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui on...

Saturday’s $275,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa delivered a third win in the NZB Filly of the Year Series for standout filly Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn),...

Saturday’s $275,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa could continue a rapid rise up the NZB Filly of the Year Series leaderboard by Leica Lucy (NZ)...

NZB’s National Yearling Sale attracts buyers from far and wide in search of the classic-type horses this country is famous for producing, and a new name joined that list during the Book 1...

Karaka weanling graduate Pivotal Ten (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) produced one of the most dominant black-type performances of the season on Sunday, romping to a six-length victory in the $80,000 Listed...

A productive week of shopping at Karaka has helped to put up-and-coming horseman Nick Kneebone on a path towards New Zealand’s training ranks.Kneebone made eight purchases under the Patella...

The curtain came down on the final day of selling at NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sales Series with the last day of Book 2 continuing the trend of steady trade. At the close of...

Following a strong Book 1, the momentum continued into NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series Book 2 session where 122 yearlings sold on Wednesday.While the Book 2 format has condensed into a...

The inaugural NZB Mega Maiden Series had its fifth winner when Dramatic Miss (NZ) (El Roca) produced an impressive performance in Wednesday’s $25,000 NZB Mega Maiden Series (1200m) at...

Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results.At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate...

Day Two of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series was one for the history books, with the sale of a $2.4 million filly the highlight on a strong day of selling.  At the close of trade for the...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series started on the right note today, with a strong first day of trade for Book 1.At the close of selling for the opening session, a total of 163 lots sold for...

Last year’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) heroine Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) returned to the same stage on Saturday and delivered a repeat result in the $1m Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic...

A year after a gallant second in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in only the second race of her career, high-class filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) came back and went one better in the...

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Te Akau Racing reigned supreme in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie with a dazzling performance by La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) in...