News

The Jason Warren-trained Karaka graduate Pronto Pronto picked up his first stakes win at Flemington on Saturday with a tough front-running display in the A$120,000 Listed Yellowglen Vintage Stakes...

The unbeaten three-year-old Sacred Falls (NZ) produced a stunning performance in the $85,000 Group 2 DHL Global Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) on Saturday that has clearly labelled him as the horse...

The kiwi bred filly Norzita (NZ) gave her Hall of Fame Trainer Bart Cummings his 265th Group 1 victory on Saturday with a commanding performance in the A$400,000 Group 1 Coolmore Flight Stakes...

Saturday’s $300,000 Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Spring Classic (2040m) has attracted an even field of top horses in search of the final honours in the Hawkes Bay’s Group 1 Triple...

Tough staying mare Dame Claire (NZ) took the second stakes victory of her career at Mornington on Saturday in the A$120,000 Listed RM Ansett Classic (2413m) for her trainer Pat Carey. 

New Zealand’s 2012 Champion 2YO Warhorse (NZ) took the first win of his three-year-old campaign at Ellerslie on Saturday in the $50,000 Listed Manuka Doctor Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m).

Smart filly Misstrum has gone into second place in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series with victory in the second race of the Series, the $50,000 Listed Macleans Soliloquy Stakes...

The 2012 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale will offer a half-brother by Sakhee's Secret (Lot 132) to Saturday’s A$175,000 Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) winner Rolling Pin (NZ).

The second leg of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series – the $50,000 Listed Macleans Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday – has drawn a strong field of 15 fillies...

The catalogue for the most successful sale of two-year-olds in Australasia – New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale (20 & 21 November) – is now available online and on the free iPad...

Savabeel five-year-old Lopov (NZ), a brother to Group 1 winner Brambles, won his first stakes race at Kalgoorlie on Saturday in the A$150,000 Listed Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m).

NZB Ready to Run graduate Folding Gear (NZ) has earned a free passage into the Caulfield Cup with a winning performance in the A$150,000 Group 3 Naturalism Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

O’Reilly filly Emerald Queen (NZ) made light work of her opposition for trainers Shane Kennedy & Anna Furlong on Saturday, winning the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle...

The regally bred filly Pure Elegance (NZ) lived up to the lofty expectations she created at her only two-year-old start, with a determined win in the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold...

Dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Mufhasa (NZ) covered himself in glory at Hawke’s Bay on Saturday and put himself amongst New Zealand racing greats when he collected his tenth Group 1 victory...

Star kiwi entire Ocean Park (NZ) sounded a warning to his Cox Plate rivals on Saturday and made amends for last season’s Australian Group 1 placing with a top performance in the A$400,000 Group...

Today’s $50,000 Listed Westbury Stud Karaka Classic 1600 saw Cong'er produce a tough performance at Counties to claim her first stakes victory for her trainers Kevin Hughes & Dean Wiles.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Southern Filly of the Year Series, celebrating its 32nd year this season, has attracted a field of 12 three-year-old fillies to contest the Series opener at Riccarton on...

The A$400,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m), the third leg of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Caulfield Spring Weight-for-Age Championship, is shaping up as an exciting contest with some of...

The Group 1 Epsom Handicap nominated Rolling Pin (NZ) took a positive step towards Sydney’s feature spring mile yesterday winning the A$150,000 Group 3 Patinack Farm Cameron Handicap (1500m) at...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series is set to make a cracking start on Saturday with the first race of the Series - the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds celebrated five winners in Singapore over the weekend, a successful result ahead of its 2012 catalogue release this Friday 21 September.

Street Cry five-year-old Sea Lord has hit the track running this season, picking up his second career victory at Listed level at Moonee Valley on Saturday in the $120,000 Chandler Macleod Stakes...

Last season’s Champion New Zealand Sire O’Reilly looks to have produced another top three-year-old with Sacred Falls remaining unbeaten in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Westbury Stud Challenge...

The stars of the 2011/12 racing season were celebrated at New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s 2012 Horse of the Year Awards in Hamilton last night, with graduates of the Karaka sale ring amongst...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m), the second leg of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Spring Weight-for-Age Championship at Caulfield, has been upgraded to Group 1 level from next...

It may be early days but the Order of Entry for the 2013 $1 million Karaka Million (Res.L) is underway with Dancer's Tale winning the first two-year-old race of the season.

Promising young sire Iffraaj was represented by his first southern hemisphere stakes winner at Wanganui on Saturday with Karaka graduate Twilight Granita heading a quinella for her sire in the...

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s $40,000 Southern Bonus Race - an incentive race for all two-year-olds offered at the 2012 South Island Sale – close on Monday 10 September at 5pm.

Singapore’s leading trainer Michael Freedman has labelled his star Super Easy (NZ) a “once in a lifetime horse” after the four-year-old took his 12th straight victory in Singapore last night...

Multiple Group 1 winner Sincero has taken second place in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Spring Weight-for-Age Championship at Caulfield with an authoritative win in Saturday’s A$220,000 Group 2 New...

The exciting entire Ocean Park (NZ) asserted his claim as one of the best horses in New Zealand with a brilliant victory in the first Group 1 of the season, the $200,000 Makfi Challenge Stakes...

Leading Victorian trainer Mick Price looks to have unearthed another rising talent by Fastnet Rock with his four-year-old entire Callanish extending his unbeaten record to five at Sandown yesterday.

Spring racing makes a grand return on Saturday with Caulfield’s A$220,000 Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes (1400m) attracting a field of leading Cup and Cox Plate hopes.

Singapore-based trainer Michael Freedman, and owners the Joy N Happiness Stable, look to have uncovered another star to carry the 'super' moniker, with their Fastnet Rock three-year-old Super Good...

Kiwi horses and Karaka graduates continued on their winning way in Singapore last night with five NZ gallopers claiming race wins.

A handsome O’Reilly colt provided the highlight of today’s South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock, fetching the top price of $145,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock holds a unique place on Australasia's annual auction sales calendar and the one-day Sale will begin this Friday at 11am.

New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock will be held this Friday (10 August) and will see a number of well-known vendors from the North Island make the trip...

The Zabeel mare Be Inspired provided the highlight of the day at New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale, being knocked down for $100,000.

Buyers looking to secure quality breeding opportunities for the up and coming breeding season will have plenty to choose from at New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale which starts...

Veteran equestrians Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson spearheaded a New Zealand Olympic three-day-event campaign that has secured the first Kiwi medal at London 2012.

Supplementary entries for New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale - which will be held this Friday 3 August - are now online.

In a heart-stopping second phase of the Olympic three-day event Mark Todd delivered an inspired cross country round to remain in third position overnight at London 2012.

Legendary New Zealand horseman Mark Todd produced a near faultless ride on NZB Campino in London overnight, putting him in third place after the dressage phase of the Olympic three-day Event.

The talented mare High Kin (NZ) raced her way to the biggest victory of her short career at Te Rapa on Saturday when winning the $80,000 Listed Hibiscus Painters Taumarunui Gold Cup (2100m).

Last start Singapore Derby winner Chase Me (NZ) produced another outstanding performance in Singapore last night when leading home a NZB trifecta in the S$300,000 Sgp-2 Chairman's Trophy (1800m).

New Zealand Bloodstock's Southern Bonus Race will now have two feature lead-up races, the 'New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Southern Bonus Preludes', which will offer an additional $10,000 in...

New Zealand Bloodstock's forthcoming sales - the Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale (3 August) and South Island Sale of 2YOs & Mixed Bloodstock (10 August) - both registered racetrack success over...

Karaka graduate Khemosabi ran the race of his career on Saturday to claim his first black-type success in the $65,000 Listed Waikato Stud Opunake Cup (1400m) in Taranaki.