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The star-studded Christmas Carnival at Pukekohe on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day produced a number of highly impressive three-year-old winners who may be pointed towards the $1.5m TAB Karaka...

The last few weeks have seen Te Akau Racing significantly strengthen their hand in their quest for an eighth consecutive triumph in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m).
New Zealand’s leading...

Labelled as ‘the best week on the sales calendar,’ New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series is truly a unique experience over six action-packed days of selling, opened by the...

The New Year’s Day stop in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series holds fond memories for Cambridge Stud, and especially after the 2024 edition of the $225,000 race was renamed in...

Ready to Run Sale graduate Habana (Zoustar) added even more lustre to his outstanding record at Pukekohe when he scored a stunning last-stride win in the $225,000 Group Two Rich Hill Mile (1600m)...

Classy filly Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) took her career to new heights in the $225,000 Group Two Skycity Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day, staking her claim for higher...

Low-priced Karaka purchase Trust In You (NZ) (Sweynesse) completed a rapid rise through New Zealand’s staying ranks with a barnstorming win in the $220,000 Group Three Queen Elizabeth II Cup...

Karaka graduate Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) completed a treble of New Year’s Day black-type victories for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay when he scored a hard-fought win in...

The pages of the Karaka 2024 catalogues are filled with the biggest names among stallion ranks on both sides of the Tasman.
Over 100 different sires will be represented during the Book 1 and Book 2...

Classy Karaka graduate Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) added valuable black type to her pedigree page with a powerful come-from-behind performance in Thursday’s A$300,000 Group Three Gosford RSL...

The first day of 2024 will add a new dimension to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, moving beyond 1600 metres for the first time this season with the running of the $225,000...

Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) has rocketed into the lead in the 2023-24 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series with another powerhouse performance in the $225,000 Group Two Hallmark Stud...

Under-rated mare Kai (NZ) (Ocean Park) made a big trip down to Wingatui on Boxing Day and came away with a dream result in the $80,000 Listed Property Brokers-Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1200m).
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After a while between drinks, the A$250,000 Group Three Schweppes Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick on Boxing Day marked a welcome return to stakes-winning form for Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer)...

Boxing Day’s $225,000 Group Two Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (1400m) at Pukekohe marked the coming of age of Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag), who was bought from Karaka 2022 and has a...

Twice a Group One bridesmaid during her breakthrough summer last season, Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) had her turn in the spotlight in the $450,000 Group One Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic...

Karaka graduates finished first, second and third in Saturday’s $120,000 Group Three Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m) at Trentham, headed by defending champion Sagunto (NZ)...

Boxing Day has the potential to be a day of significant movement on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table.
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing’s iconic Boxing Day race meeting...

One of the most exciting features of the New Zealand thoroughbred industry at the moment is the exceptionally strong crop of up-and-coming stallion talent, and those emerging stars are set to...

In the almost five years since she failed to meet her $70,000 reserve at Karaka 2019, quality mare Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) has earned almost 10 times that amount with four black-type wins,...

Runner-up in the same race 12 months ago, well-performed stayer Dionysus (NZ) (Ocean Park) came back and went one better in the $140,000 Group Three Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa...

Paul and Maureen Guise’s homebred filly Still Bangon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) had her first taste of black-type racing on Saturday and rose to the occasion in style, moving straight into third on...

Wellington’s famous Trentham Racecourse is playing an increased role in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series this season, starting this weekend with the running of the fourth leg...

While New Zealand is renowned for the lush, natural environment that produces some of the very best thoroughbreds on the planet, buyers are also privvy to a quality Karaka 2024 catalogue littered...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series is often the moment when exciting young stallions announce their arrival in the Australasian industry, with huge demand for the debut...

The iconic TAB Karaka Millions raceday will become even bigger with New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) joining forces with Entain to introduce an additional $400,000 in available bonuses for horses...

Beau Dazzler (NZ) (Ardrossan) added some Australian flavour to the order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with his black-type victory in Brisbane over the weekend.
Saturday’s...

Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Eureka Stud Phelan Ready (1000m) at Eagle Farm announced the arrival of an exciting young Karaka graduate who also has a full-brother catalogued for Karaka 2024.
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Ready to Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) added another chapter to his legendary career with a third victory in the HK$32m Group One Longines Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on...

Twelve months after being badly blocked and finishing a luckless sixth, superstar sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) set the record straight with a brilliant win in the 2023 edition of the...

Two top-quality Karaka graduates treated the Pukekohe crowd to an enthralling battle in Saturday’s $120,000 Group Three Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m), and it was Lupo Solitario (NZ) (Satono...

The super-talented Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) added to the incredible Group One record of Karaka 2021 with a brilliant performance in Saturday’s $400,000 TAB Classic (1600m) at...

New Zealand is renowned as a nursery of world-beating thoroughbred talent, and the catalogues for Karaka 2024 are filled to the brim with those outstanding Kiwi bloodlines.
Even by its own high...

Last weekend’s impressive black-type winners Just As Sharp (NZ) (Swiss Ace) and Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon) have moved up the order of entry and likely secured spots in the starting gates...

The Oaks Stud’s homebred mare Nassak Diamond (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) has raced into Jericho Cup (4600m) folklore as the first New Zealand-trained winner of the A$300,000 showpiece at...

Quality stayer Stockman (NZ) (Tavistock) has turned his $175,000 purchase price at Karaka into almost 10 times that amount, and he landed another feature prize in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed...

Frequently a bridesmaid through her first few starts, Karaka graduate Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon) has emphatically turned a corner and become a valuable, stakes-winning filly.
Glamour Tycoon...

Team Rogerson had one of last season’s standout three-year-olds with Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood), who they bought from the draft of breeder Westbury Stud at Karaka. That same formula has...

There will be no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after last week’s record-shattering Ready to Run Sale. Instead, the release of the catalogues for Karaka 2024 has launched the...

As the Wellfield Lodge operation winds down over the coming weeks, buyers on gavelhouse.com will be given a rare opportunity to secure some of its respected bloodlines – starting with a quality...

Saturday’s $110,000 Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m) was always going to have a major impact on the order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), and a spectacular...

Ready to Run Sale graduate Good Fight (Super One) continued his red-hot run of form with another feature victory in Sunday’s RM100,000 Charity Cup (1400m) at Perak.
The winner of the Supreme...

Proven Group One performer Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) made a welcome return to peak form with an outstanding performance in Saturday’s $225,000 Group Two Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland...

The super-talented Sacred Satono (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) lifted his career earnings to more than 10 times his purchase price with a scintillating performance in the $150,000 Group Three Haunui Farm...

Go Racing’s unbeaten filly Velocious (Written Tycoon) sent ripples through the 2023-24 crop of New Zealand two-year-olds with a spectacular performance in the $110,000 Listed Counties Challenge...

Buyers from Hong Kong were a force to be reckoned with throughout the two action-packed days of the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka held 22 and 23 November. 
Riding the wave of the...

Unprecedented results were witnessed across two days of selling at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the status of the world’s best sale of its kind and the...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale saw an incredible Day One of selling that defied market conditions and expectations, with a record-breaking aggregate and not one, but two lots...

- By Michael Guerin, NZ Herald
Hong Kong buyers are expected to add real spark to the top end of the market at the Ready To Run Sale which begins at Karaka on Wednesday.
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale is just moments away, set to take place on 22 and 23 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.
Inspections and parades and well and truly...