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With none of the three fillies currently on NZB’s Southern Filly of the Year leader board contesting Saturday’s $50,000 Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui, all 13 fillies...

Promising mare Diademe opened a brilliant day for her sire Savabeel at Ellerslie yesterday producing a career best performance to win the $70,000 Group 3 Westbury Classic (1400m).

Last season’s Group 1 VRC Derby winner Sangster was all the rage heading into yesterday’s $500,000 Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) and he turned New Zealand’s premier staying...

Entries for the $1 million Karaka Million (Res.L) – New Zealand’s richest race – close today, Wednesday 6 March at 5pm NZ time.

New Zealand’s premier staying race – the $500,000 Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) – is set to take place this Wednesday 6 March at Ellerslie and New Zealand Bloodstock is...

The hot run for owners Matthew & Elizabeth Oram, and for breeder Westbury Stud, continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with Petty Cury (Not a Single Doubt x Bahira)taking her fourth consecutive...

Kiwi sire Falkirk has produced another standout performer in Hong Kong with his son Solar Great (NZ) showing all the makings of an exciting sprinter with a big win in Saturday’s HK-3 Hong Kong...

Connections of the exciting three-year-old filly High Fashion (O’Reilly x Pin High) could not have asked for a better performance ahead of the Group 1 NZ Oaks, proving a class above her rivals...

NZ Champion sire Zabeel is closing in on a historic 150 stakes winners with his classy daughter Tavarnelle taking his tally to 144 in Saturday’s A$150,000 Group 3 Frances Tressady Stakes at...

Saturday’s A$500,000 Group 1 Australian Guineas headlined a big day for New Zealand with the Karaka graduates Ferlax (NZ) and Your So Good (NZ) the first two home in the Australian feature at...

With the last race in New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2013 Filly of the Year Series – the Group 1 NZ Oaks -just over two weeks away, Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Bruce Perry Bloodstock Lowland Stakes...

New Zealand�s two-year-old Group 1 races are the next logical steps for the unbeaten Recite and Al Strada who were both successful in Matamata�s juvenile stakes races on Saturday.

New Zealand fielded two stakeswinners under lights at Moonee Valley on Friday night with Norzita (NZ) and You Think So (NZ) sharing the spotlight.

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale celebrated another weekend of Group 1 success with Nashville beating a star line-up in Saturday’s $200,000 Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki.

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale celebrated its second Group 2 double of the season yesterday at Ellerslie courtesy of standout performances from Valbuena (NZ) and Sangster (NZ).

The lightly raced It Has To Be You (NZ) galloped his way into Hong Kong Derby calculations at Sha Tin last night with a breakthrough win in the HK-1 Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) – the second...

A three month spell has proved a successful move for the connections of Totality (NZ) who took the biggest win of his career last night in the Sgp-3 Three Rings Trophy (1400m) at Kranji.

An exciting finish in the $80,000 Group 3 Hooker Pacific Taranaki Cup saw the NZB South Island Sale graduate Capone take the feature race on the card at Pukekura Raceway on Saturday.

Exciting two-year-old filly Casquets has put her name forward as a possible contender for next weekend’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes with a smart win in Saturday’s A$120,000 Listed Talindert...

It came down to another tight finish but yet again Fix (NZ) showed her determination and fighting spirit to take her third consecutive Group 2 victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge...

Last season’s Group 1 VRC Derby winner Sangster (NZ) made a stunning return to form and has taken NZB’s Ready to Run Sale’s Group 1 count to 11 in the last five seasons with victory in...

Little Avondale Stud is enjoying a run of stakes success with Kekova (Elusive City x Racing Waters) providing a black-type double for the Stud inside a week.

Current New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series leader Fix will attempt to extend her lead in the Series when she contests the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies Classic...

The seven-day Karaka 2013 National Yearling Sales Series drew to a close yesterday with the hammer falling on the final lot at Lot 1492 to complete New Zealand Bloodstock's annual yearling...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2013 National Yearling Sales Series has drawn to a close today at Karaka with the final 212 yearlings of the Festival Sale concluding a bumper seven days of selling that...

Day 1 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s two-day Festival Sale today was highlighted by a new top price for this session with the Swiss Ace colt at Lot 1149 fetching $125,000.

The well-bred two-year-old filly Za Moulin Rouge made a cracking start to her career yesterday with a smart debut win in the A$80,000 Listed Queen Adelaide Stakes (1050m) in South Australia.

A wonderful performance by Monachee in yesterday’s $50,000 Listed Couplands Bakeries Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) at Wingatui has seen her become O’Reilly’s 63rd stakes winner and his 9th...

With New Zealand Bloodstock’s Select Yearling Sale having provided 15 individual Group 1 winners in the past two seasons, a strong gathering of local and international buyers competed for the...

The momentum has continued right throughout Day 2 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2013 Select Yearling Sale today, with buyers reporting tough competition ringside.

The first session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Select Yearling Sale provided a solid day’s trade today at Karaka, with figures tracking well against last year’s successful Sale.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2013 Premier Sale wrapped up at Karaka today with strong trade over the past two days providing an increased average and clearance rate and identical median compared...

It has been a gun start to New Zealand Bloodstock’s 87th National Yearling Sales Series today at Karaka, with the much-anticipated colt at Lot 63 delivering fireworks early in proceedings when...

Group 1 winning two-year-old Choice Bro continued his successful return to the track with a big performance to win last night’s $100,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile (Res.L)...

The hugely exciting and largely untapped filly Ruud Awakening lived up to the hype with a superb performance to win New Zealand’s richest race – the $1 million Karaka Million (Res.L) (1200m)...

The Wellington Cup Carnival drew to a close yesterday with Historian (Choisir x Cyclonic) taking out the feature of the last day, the Group 1 Harcourts Thornton Mile (1600m), providing an...

The Group 2 $200,000 Pacific Jewellers Wellington Cup (2400m) was won yesterday by the ever-consistent Blood Brotha, adding to a long list of distinguished family members raced by the Connors family.

The $70,000 Group 3 Tiger Prawn Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham Gardens today was won by the tough High Fashion, winning by nose from Soriano and Lucky Country who dead-heated for second.

The Singapore Turf Club’s Annual Awards Evening on Thursday night was highlighted by Karaka graduate Super Easy (NZ) being crowned Singapore Horse of the Year and Champion 3YO.

Making it a perfect four from four at Moonee Valley, Sea Lord put in a tough front-running performance when he took out last night’s $220,000 Group 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200m).

With his sons and daughters running red hot, there�s much to look forward to from the significant representation of super-sire High Chaparral at Karaka 2013.

Race 7 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 10-race Filly of the Year Series – the $70,000 Group 3 Tiger Prawn Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) – at Trentham on Saturday is set to provide 14 fillies with a...

The fields for the $1 million Karaka Million (Res.L) – New Zealand’s richest race – and the $100,000 NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile (Res.L) have been finalised with the fields now available...

With the 2013 Karaka Yearling Sales less than a week away, one of the first drafts to arrive at Karaka at the weekend was Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan’s Cambridge Stud which is set to...

With the Karaka Million less than a week away, the field is all but finalised with Charlestown securing his spot after running second in the $85,000 Group 2 Little Avondale Wakefield Challenge...

Exciting Darci Brahma filly Recite gave her sire a huge boost ahead of Karaka 2013 which kicks off next week when she won the $85,000 Group 2 Little Avondale Stud Wakefield Challenge Stakes...

Excellent Art three-year-old Absolut Excelencia took his third consecutive victory in the South Island on Saturday with victory in the $50,000 Listed Liquorland Gore Guineas (1335m).

Karaka graduate Glorious Days produced a career best performance last night to beat a star-studded field in the first leg of Hong Kong’s Triple Crown – the HK$8 million HK-1 Stewards’ Cup...

When it comes to value with no compromise on track success, the Karaka Select Sale (30 January – 1 February) is in a league of its own – producing 15 Group 1 winners since the 2010/11 season...

Cox Plate winner Ocean Park (NZ) – currently being primed for a full assault on England and Ireland’s summer features in 2013 - will continue his preparation with a guest appearance at the...