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$11,000 Karaka weanling purchase Mackintosh (NZ) (Pins) scored his sixth win from nine career starts on Saturday and earned himself a shot at an upcoming Group 1 feature.Ridden by international...

Valuable colt Heroic Valour (NZ) (Fastnet Rock) is already on the honour roll of Group 1-winning Karaka graduates, but another stakes victory at Ruakaka in his first start of the new season on...

Throughout his outstanding three-year-old campaign, Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) was a great advertisement for the opportunities available at Karaka. On Sunday he began his four-year-old...

An astute weanling purchase was rewarded with a valuable black-type win at Wanganui on Saturday as Its Time For Magic (NZ) (Per Incanto) claimed the $50,000 Listed O’Leary’s Fillies’ Stakes...

Exciting filly Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) scored a spectacular win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui, extending her unbeaten career record...

Proven galloper Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars) made a triumphant start to his new campaign, winning a high-class renewal of the Group 1 A$500,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m) at...

The first Group 1 race in Australia for the new season has attracted a phenomenal field, with seven Group 1 winners among the 14-horse line-up for the Group 1 A$500,000 New Zealand Bloodstock...

En Lauder (NZ) (Zabeel), a graduate of the Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka, picked up a feature win in yesterday’s Listed Rgt. 320,000 Piala Emas Sultan Selangor (2000m) in Malaysia.The...

A smart fresh-up win by Miss Rose de Lago (Encosta De Lago) in Saturday’s Group 2 A$200,000 Back To Caulfield PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) earned her an early lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock...

A filly purchased as a weanling at Karaka for just $12,000 scored an outstanding win in the Group 3 A$150,000 Winslow Group Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and is now a leading...

A yearling sibling to the history-making three-year-old Saracino (NZ) (Per Incanto) will go under the hammer at Karaka 2017.Saracino led all the way for a brilliant win in the Group 2 $100,000...

A season of extraordinary racetrack success for Karaka graduates was recognised with a flurry of trophies at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards at Auckland’s Langham Hotel on...

Jochen Rindt (NZ) (Ishiguru) scored a runaway win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Woods Contracting Taumarunui Gold Cup (2200m) at Rotorua, providing an outstanding return for his breeder and...

Two alumni of the Karaka sale ring played a starring role as champion expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller enjoyed a record-breaking treble at Rosehill today.Waller went into the meeting with...

An impressive win in today’s $65,000 Listed Powerworx Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth may have earned a Group One opportunity for Karaka graduate Longchamp (NZ) (Tavistock).A stakes...

When she impressively won a New Zealand Bloodstock-sponsored race at New Plymouth today, Ladies First (NZ) (Dylan Thomas) also provided a wonderful example of an astute purchase in the Karaka sale...

Impel (NZ) (Gonski), who fetched a combined total of only $25,000 in two trips through the Karaka sale ring, lifted his prize-money earnings to almost 10 times that mark with a dominant win in...

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates achieved an incredible one-two-three-four finish in the S$1.15 million Sgp-1 Emirates Singapore Derby headed by Well Done (NZ) (Falkirk), but their dominance of...

Star four-year-old Well Done (NZ) (Falkirk) scored his second elite win in a row in Sunday’s S$1.15 million Sgp-1 Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m) at Kranji, heading a grand slam for Karaka...

The New Zealand and Chinese racing industries broke new ground today with the inaugural running of the RMB500,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Cup (1800m) at Korchin in Inner Mongolia, a race that lived...

Tune in to Trackside at 6:40pm (NZ time) to catch the inaugural New Zealand Bloodstock Cup for three-year-olds live from Korchin in Inner Mongolia, China.The 1800m race has attracted a 10 strong...

Ruettiger (NZ) (Duporth), a three-time visitor to the Karaka sale ring, scored the biggest win of his career to date when he took out Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed All Victorian Series Final...

An outstanding win in Friday’s S$325,000 Sgp-2 Golden Horseshoe (1200m) at Kranji by Lim’s Racer (NZ) (Red Giant), was a reminder of the quality of horseflesh available at the Festival session...

New Zealand Bloodstock together with the Canterbury Jockey Club and the Otago Racing Club announce changes to the format of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series for the...

This Sunday will mark an historic event with the inaugural New Zealand Bloodstock Cup for three-year-olds being run at Korchin in Inner Mongolia, China.The 1800m race has attracted a 10 strong...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale can be viewed online now.This year’s catalogue features 76 horses. There are 51 broodmares, one weanling, three...

After a well-deserved first stakes win in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed ATC Winter Cup (2400m) at Rosehill, in-form stayer Tucanchoo (NZ) (Pentire) has now earned twice what he cost as a Karaka...

Karaka graduate Amexed (NZ) has enjoyed a second wind in his racing career in recent weeks, and he hit another high with an upset win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Cellar Maintenance Australia...

With six wins from his last seven starts, Lochan Ora (NZ) (Towkay) is an emerging star of South Island racing. He is also a great example of the type of horses available for astute purchasers to...

Karaka graduate Summer’s Day (NZ) (Darci Brahma) greatly enhanced her broodmare value with an outstanding win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m).Purchased at...

With a powerful finish, Well Done (NZ) (Falkirk) took out Sunday’s S$500,000 Sgp-1 Patron’s Bowl (1600m) at Kranji and raced his way into contention for next month’s Singapore Derby.Trained...

Sacred Elixir (NZ) (Pour Moi) blazed down the Eagle Farm straight to score a powerful win in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group 1 BMW JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m).The favourite for the season-ending...

A tour de force by Zabeel filly Provocative (NZ) in Saturday’s A$500,000 Treasury Casino & Hotel Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm completed a stellar day for the New Zealand thoroughbred...

The outstanding racetrack exploits of Group One winning Karaka graduates Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor) and Vespa (NZ) (Elusive City) have been rewarded with the opportunity to embark on new...

Exciting filly Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) scored a spectacular win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui, extending her unbeaten career record...

Karaka graduate Ichiban (NZ) (Swiss Ace) secured his first black type victory on Saturday, winning the $50,000 Listed ARC Great Northern Foal Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie.Trainer and co-owner of...

The Gai Waterhouse trained Karaka graduate Ecuador (NZ) (High Chaparral) outstayed his rivals to win the A$101,000 Listed WJ McKell Cup (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.Although it was Ecuador’s...

The formerly kiwi-trained Mackintosh (NZ) (Pins) followed a well-travelled course towards the Group 1 Queensland Derby with his victory in the A$150,000 Group 3 Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at...

Tavistock four-year-old Titanium (NZ) (Tavistock) won the biggest race of his career to date when taking out the $300,000 Sgp-2 Stewards’ Cup (1400m) at Kranji on Sunday.The gelding, who has...

A season that has gone from strength to strength just got even better for ex-pat kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker when he produced Karaka graduate Music Magnate (NZ) (Written Tycoon) to win the A$750,000...

I Am A Star (NZ) (I Am Invincible) completed a long-term plan early with a comfortable victory in Saturday’s A$119,100 Group 3 National Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.Jockey Steven King took...

Three-year-old Karaka graduate Spieth (NZ) (Thorn Park) cleaned up his rivals in Saturday’s A$84,000 Merman and Sydeston Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill.Spieth was sent out as the $2.80 favourite...

Karaka graduate Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) has risen to stardom with a spectacular winning streak in Singapore, and he further enhanced his growing reputation with a stunning performance in...

When Illuminati (NZ) (Keeper) won Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Classic Cuisine Rotorua Stakes (1400m), she capped her rise from a bargain buy at the Ready to Run Sale to an enormously valuable...

Storming The Tower (NZ) (Storm Creek), who cost just $4,200 at Karaka, took his earnings to the brink of $200,000 when he won Saturday’s $75,000 Group 3 Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup...

The formerly Kiwi-trained Mackintosh (NZ) (Pins) headed a New Zealand-bred quinella in Saturday’s A$125,000 Group 3 Mittys Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben when he romped to victory over...