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New Zealand Bloodstock’s Caulfield Spring Weight-For-Age Championship kicked off with a bang as early Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance de Lune (Shamardal) exploded to an effortless win in the...

New Zealand Bloodstock enjoyed a successful evening at the annual New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Awards last night with Karaka graduates picking up four awards including the supreme honour of...

The first leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Spring Weight-For-Age Championship is to be contested this weekend at Caulfield with the running of the A$220,000 Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes, which...

Karaka graduate Rolling Pin (NZ) has been named the New South Wales Provincial Horse of the Year after a stellar racing season that included two wins at stakes level.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates have enjoyed a successful weekend in Singapore, taking out nine races over two race meetings held at Kranji.

A striking colt by top-drawer stallion Pins has topped the New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Mixed Bloodstock, knocked down for $50,000.

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale, the most successful sale of two-year-olds in Australasia, close at the end of business today 9 August.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of 2YOs & Mixed Bloodstock will commence at 12pm today at the Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch. There are 84 horses catalogued consisting...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock is nearly upon us, with 82 catalogued lots assembled for sale at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch,...

The upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Mixed Bloodstock in Christchurch is the annual harvest for South Island Breeders. To be held this Friday 9 August it has...

North Island visitor Karla Bruni (NZ) was successful in the first black-type race of the new season, winning the Group 3 Estaronline 116 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday.

The Irish-bred mare Sinnfonia (Sinndar) provided the highlight of today’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale at Karaka, selling for $61,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock sale will commence at 12pm today at the Karaka Sales Complex. There are 107 horses catalogued consisting of 77 broodmares, three yearlings, eight...

New Zealand Bloodstock will be conducting a Stallion Parade at Karaka on Friday 2 August prior to selling commencing at the 2013 Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale will be held at the Karaka Sales Complex this Friday, 2 August, commencing at 12pm.

The New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Pearl Series entries close on Wednesday 31 July. This is the last chance to nominate your yearling filly for the lucrative bonus series. Two-year-old fillies...

The New Zealand flag was flying high in Singapore last night with War Affair (NZ) confirming his status as Singapore’s best two-year-old, winning the S$200,000 Sgp-2 Singapore TC Juvenile...

Orbity (Magic Albert) led home a New Zealand Bloodstock trifecta in the Listed $50,000 Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) on Saturday, continuing a purple patch of form that has seen her win four...

The John Sargent trained Fastfoot (Iffraaj) showed impeccable timing as he swamped the field late to win the $25,000 Seaton Park Rating 75 (1400m) at Taranaki on the Saturday. The timing was not...

Recently crowned Hong Kong Champion Miler Ambitious Dragon (NZ) has been ranked inside the top ten racehorses in the world in the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.

The consistent Gai Waterhouse galloper Under the Sun (NZ) got a well-deserved stakes victory at Rosehill on Saturday, taking out the A$100,000 Listed Winter Stakes (1400m).

Karaka Sales graduates have taken out seven races on the 12 race program in Singapore on Sunday night including the feature race, the S$75,000 Kranji Stakes (1200m), taken out by Ready to Run...

NZB Premier Sale graduate Pago Rock (Rock of Gibraltar) scored an impressive victory in the $120,000 Listed Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

Last night’s S$200,000 Spg-3 Paititi Gold Trophy (1200m) saw Makkura (NZ) race away to a decisive two-length victory for champion Singapore trainer Laurie Laxon.

New Zealand Bloodstock will be conducting a Stallion Parade at Karaka on Friday 2 August prior to selling commencing at the 2013 Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale.

Saturday’s Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) at Eagle Farm was taken out by NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Turner Bayou (Zabeel) at the horse’s first attempt at stakes level.

Friday night’s $150,000 Sgp-3 Yew Tew Classic Stakes (1800m) at Kranji in Singapore saw a tough victory by the kiwi-bred Nandowra (Savabeel).

New Zealand bred horses and NZB graduates have been in the spotlight at the annual Champions Awards in Hong Kong with Ambitious Dragon (NZ) named Champion Miler and All You Wish (NZ) Champion Griffin.

New Zealand Bloodstock is calling for entries for its 88th National Yearling Sales Series and invites breeders to send in their yearling nominations by the end of today - Monday 8 July.

Kiwi Zennista’s (NZ) (Zenno Rob Roy x Zarnistsa) win in the Listed A$200,000 Yalumba Caloundra Cup (2400m) on Saturday capped off a successful Australian tour for Awapuni-based trainer Lisa...

Kiwi stayer Kincaple (NZ) (Pentire x Kincaple Lass) is Melbourne bound after an exciting win in Saturday’s Group 3 Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont Park.Kincaple (NZ) Melbourne Bound

Singapore’s reigning Horse of the Year Super Easy (NZ) (Darci Brahma x Parfore) made an emphatic return to the winner’s circle last night at Kranji taking out the S$500,000 Sgp-1 Patron’s...

The highly consistent and multiple stakes winning NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Folding Gear (NZ) is back in work as he gears up for the spring and a shot at the A$2.6 million Group 1 Caulfield...

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale’s success continued last night with a winning double provided by All You Wish (NZ) who was successful in Hong Kong and Warrior (NZ) in Singapore, the latter being one...

In-form sire Thorn Park looks to have another smart performer in the making with his Hong Kong-based son All You Wish (NZ) taking his third straight win, and his fourth victory from five starts,...

Kiwi sprinter Shamexpress (NZ) has settled well into his new surroundings at Newmarket in England ahead of his �350,000 Royal Ascot Group 1 King Stand Stakes (1000m) tilt next Tuesday.

A freakish performance from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale graduate Linton has seen the grey son of super-sire Galileo earn his Group 1 winning title when bursting to victory in...

Kiwi sprinter Speedy Cat (NZ) showed that he has the makings of a Group 1 horse when upstaging a strong field including fellow kiwi Super Easy (NZ) in last night’s S$300,000 Sgp-2 Stewards’...

Darci Brahma two-year-old Dugan (NZ) (Darci Brahma x Snipza Gold) captured his first stakes success at Wanganui on Saturday in the $50,000 Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m)...

Kiwi mare Quintessential (NZ) continued her love affair with Queensland’s Winter Racing Carnival with a tough win over Manighar in Saturday’s A$250,000 Group 2 Eagle Farm Cup (2200m).

Kiwi bred Karaka graduate Shamexpress (NZ) produced a winning trial performance down the Flemington straight this morning, pleasing his connections ahead of his trip to the Royal Ascot meeting in...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2014 South Island Sale is set to make a bold move from its traditional August timeslot and be brought forward to April of next year.

Another weekend, another black-type winner for O’Reilly who celebrated his 15th stakes winner of the season on Saturday with Hera (NZ) (ex Corsica, by Centaine) taking the $50,000 Listed Graeme...

It was announced by the Hawkes stable last week that Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed McKell Cup (2400m) at Randwick would be the last race for the evergreen galloper Fiumicino (NZ) but a resounding...

It seems not even age can slow the champion sire Zabeel with his sons Fiumicino (NZ) and Precedence (NZ) both successful in stakes races in Australia on Saturday.

Singapore celebrated its biggest night of racing last night at Kranji with New Zealand bred horses and Karaka graduates contributing to the success with four victories on the feature card.

This season’s Group 1 Toorak Handicap winner Solzhenitsyn (NZ) returned to winning form on Saturday at Doomben when taking his second win in the A$115,000 Group 3 Lord Mayor's Cup (1600m).

The kiwi bred War Affair (NZ) confirmed his status as Singapore’s most talented two-year-old with a dominant win in the last leg of Singapore’s Golden Horseshoe Series, the S$325,000 Sgp-2...

In-form stallion O’Reilly sired his 13th stakes winner of the season on Saturday when Keyarna Blue (NZ) won her first race at stakes level at just her fourth start in the A$100,000 Listed Laelia...

NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Linton made it back-to-back stakes wins and consecutive A$150,000 Group 3 R.A. Lee Stakes (1600m) victories on Saturday at Morphettville.