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A number of highlights were witnessed on a mixed day of trade at NZB’s 2024 National Weanling Sale, where nine lots sold for $100,000 or more alongside healthy increases in the average and...

Two of the foremost names among vendors at the NZB National Weanling Sale every year are Curraghmore and Haunui Farm, who both believe their 2024 crops of weanlings catalogued for Karaka on...

Seaton Park’s Scott Eagleton has been buoyed by inspections both on-farm and at Karaka on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale.
The Morrinsville vendor will...

The weanlings have arrived on site, final inspections are underway and the countdown is on for the 2024 National Weanling Sale. Now is the time to finalise your short lists, complete your...

Recent racetrack results have delivered a series of boosts to the catalogue for this week’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka.
The names of numerous notable performers from the last few weeks...

Previously a three-time placegetter at stakes level, Karaka graduate Kong Fu Panda (NZ) (Showcasing) broke through and collected his first black-type win in Sunday’s Perak Gold Vase (1100m) in...

Megastar Heart (Star Turn) stole the show with a sale-topping price of $825,000 at the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka last November, and seven months later he became a black-type winner in...

With the imminent closure of thoroughbred racing in Singapore and racing already having ceased in Macau earlier this year, Malaysia has become a key developing market for the thoroughbred industry...

Karaka Millions riches are set to be amplified next season, with horses eligible for the lucrative NZB Karaka Millions Series racing for an additional $1m in bonuses.
This exciting series is...

Due to demand, breeders will again have the opportunity to offer quality broodmares in a stand-alone online breeding stock sale on Gavelhouse Plus in the lead up to the season.
Entries for stallion...

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) is thrilled to announce a raft of new initiatives aimed at further enhancing the country’s first-ever Thoroughbred slot race, The NZB Kiwi, set to be run...

Classy colt Imperialist (NZ) (Churchill) took his promising career to a new level with victory in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed The Phoenix (1500m) at Eagle Farm.
It was the first win from three...

Entries are now open for NZB’s Karaka 2025 National Yearling Sales Series, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 26 January.
Book 1 is...

Distinguished New Zealand thoroughbred industry leader Joe Walls (MNZM) has retired from his role as Chairman of the NZB Board of Directors, bringing to a close his illustrious tenure with the...

NZB celebrated four Group One Queensland Derby (2400m) wins in a row when Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) scored a jaw-dropping victory in the A$1m classic at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Warmonger was...

Karaka graduate Hezashocka  (NZ) (Shocking) stepped down from Group One company and scored a comfortable victory in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Three Living Turf Premier’s Cup (2400m) at...

Saturday’s $80,000 Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m) at Wanganui was fought out by a pair of quality performers who were both purchased from the Karaka sale ring.
The race was won by Belardo Boy...

Buyers at next month’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka will have access to the progeny of emerging stallion talent with the same Karaka quality but in smaller packaging. 
The...

The winners have been announced for the NZB-sponsored Best Newcomer Award this season, formed as part of the NZTR and Equestrian Sports NZ wider show series, Thoroughbreds in Equestrian Sports...

Throughout a proud history spanning more than 50 years, the NZB Filly of the Year Series has repeatedly unveiled superstars of the racetrack and the breeding barn. But the 2023-24 edition of the...

Buyers at next month’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka will have access to the progeny of an outstanding range of proven and emerging stallion talent – and at lower price levels than they...

An autumn Group Three double has brought $70,000 Karaka purchase Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) within reach of a million-dollar milestone.
The six-year-old prevailed in a pulsating finish to...

Owner-trainer Dean Wiles paid $2,200 in the 2023 NZB National Online Yearling Sale to buy Southern Warrior (NZ) (Belardo), who has become a black-type star in only the second race of his...

The allure of a weanling sale is the world of possibilities that are within reach over the next few seasons, both back in the sale ring and on the racetrack. The 150-lot catalogue for next...

Exciting Karaka purchase Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) showed that he belongs on the big stage with an easy win on his black-type debut in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Sky Racing Members’...

Singapore supremo Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) brought up the 20th win of his glittering career when he retained his title in Saturday’s S$1m Kranji Mile (1600m).
The Trelawney Stud-bred...

The countdown to next month’s 2024 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a quality catalogue of 150 youngsters now available to view online. 
Set to be held on Thursday 20 June at...

Karaka graduate Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor) completed a trans-Tasman feature double with a commanding performance in Saturday’s A$170,000 Group Three Ken and Helen Smith SA Fillies’ Classic...

The stamina, class and toughness of Karaka graduate Hezashocka (NZ) (Shocking) shone through in a powerful come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s A$300,000 Listed Buterin L’Estrange Gosford...

Two years after picking up a placing in one of New Zealand’s richest races, highly talented Karaka graduate Karman Line (NZ) (Myboycharlie) claimed a well-deserved first stakes win in...

Karaka Millions riches are set to be amplified next season, with horses eligible for the lucrative NZB Karaka Millions Series racing for an additional $1m in bonuses.
In an exciting new initiative,...

Super-talented Karaka graduate Antino (NZ) (Redwood) was back at his brilliant best with a stunning first-up performance in Saturday’s A$300,000 Group Two U&U Recruitment Victory Stakes...

Blue-blooded Karaka graduate Super Photon (NZ) (Super Seth) won Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa with a performance to match his pedigree...

After gallant placings in all of his three previous starts, Discretion Rules (Alabama Express) broke through in style in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) at...

The exceptional pedigree of $600,000 Karaka 2022 purchase Waikato Girl (NZ) (Savabeel) made her a valuable commodity before she ever seen foot on a racetrack, but a black-type win in Brisbane on...

Karaka graduate Bold Soul (NZ) (Embellish) emerged as a leading contender for next weekend’s A$1m Group One South Australian Derby (2500m) with an outstanding come-from-behind performance in the...

Saturday’s $150,000 Group Two Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa may have been the career finale for quality Karaka graduate Apostrophe (NZ) (Tavistock), and if it is, she signed off in style with...

Karaka graduate Ahuriri (NZ) (Almanzor) claimed her first black-type victory with a commanding performance in Thursday’s A$200,000 Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington.
Only the ninth filly...

Jomara Bloodstock’s Mr Mojo Risin’ (NZ) (Deep Field) became the 11th individual black-type winner to come out of the 2021 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka when he won Thursday’s $80,000 Listed...

Singapore’s champion racehorse Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) turned back a fierce challenge from rising star Lim’s Saltoro (NZ) (Shamexpress) to add another feature prize to his collection in...

Less than five months after being passed in at the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Domain Ace (NZ) (Swiss Ace) became a black-type winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed TAB Star Way Stakes...

A purchase price of just $24,000 for Sassy Merlot (NZ) (Burgundy) in Book 3 of Karaka 2020 has turned into more than $180,000 in stakes, capped by a coveted black-type win in Saturday’s $80,000...

A narrow win by No Rain Ever (No Nay Never) in Saturday’s Listed $80,000 NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton provided an exciting conclusion to the 2023-2024 NZB Southern Filly of the Year...

The international and domestic buying bench went head-to-head during the 2024 National Online Yearling Sale held on Gavelhouse Plus, with top prices secured by the progeny of Ace High, King’s...

Another season of the NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series will come to a close on Saturday with a crucial running of the fourth and final leg, the $80,000 Listed NZB Warstep Stakes (2000m) at...

With countless highlights throughout its 100-lot catalogue, the 2024 NZB National Online Yearling Sale gives buyers access to a quality selection of yearlings that would not have been out of place...

Unsold in two trips through the Karaka sale ring in 2022, War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel) burst on to the black-type scene in Australia on Saturday with an emphatic victory in the A$200,000 Listed...

The number of stakes-winning graduates to come out of Karaka 2022 went up to 40 on Saturday with three new additions, including a courageous and classy performance by Panic (NZ) (Time Test) in the...

Consistent filly Epee Beel (Epaulette) broke through for a well-deserved first stakes win in Saturday’s Listed $80,000 NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton, and in the process she moved...

With the winners of the first two legs of the series set to play no further part, there is everything to play for in the final two races of the 2023-24 NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series –...