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With a spectacular Group One performance in Christchurch over the weekend, exciting filly Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) has leapfrogged her way to the top of the market for the $1.5m TAB Karaka...

Throughout the three months since the catalogue went to print for the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, a series of significant racetrack results have provided even more reasons for...

Three days out from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, the superstar horse on the cover of the catalogue scored an impeccably timed win in the HK$5.35m Group Two BOCHK...

Due to popular demand, leading thoroughbred auction house New Zealand Bloodstock has launched a brand-new online merchandise store.
Each year buyers flock to Karaka to converge for the annual...

The 2023-24 crop of New Zealand three-year-old fillies has a new clear headline act after Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) romped to victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Group One Barneswood Farm New...

In a show of support towards its trainers and owners, Perak Turf Club has announced today a significant subsidy for purchases from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale due to be held...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series has concluded for the season, with incentivized prize packages awarded to trainers across a series of domestic race...

Throughout the half a century since it was established in 1973, the $500,000 Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) has showcased the standout three-year-old filly talent of every New Zealand...

Wednesday’s $120,000 Group Three Windsor Park Stud Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton was dominated by graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales, who filled all of the first...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale has traditionally been dominated by colts and geldings, but a growing number of quality fillies are proving to be well sought-after at Karaka every...

A decade on from their unforgettable triumph with standout two-year-old filly Ruud Awakening (Bernardini), leading syndicators Go Racing are firmly in the Karaka Millions mix again.
Go Racing’s...

Already a Group One winner against her own sex in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) in Sydney earlier this year, top-class Karaka graduate Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) took her outstanding career to...

Already a six-time stakes winner between 1200 and 1800 metres, Singapore superstar Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) extended his dominance into new territory on Saturday with victory in the S$1m...

Less than a year after going through the sale ring at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, the lightly raced Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) stepped on to Australian racing’s biggest stage...

With an outstanding performance in Tuesday’s $110,000 Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m) at Pukekohe, rising star Habana (Zoustar) became the seventh individual stakes winner to come out...

Just two weeks out from the 2023 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, a former graduate of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds has continued his rich run of...

Highview will continue its proud history with the Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) when proven distance performer Daqiansweet Junior makes his second appearance in the Flemington feature on...

Adelaide trainers Richard and Chantelle Jolly paid only $65,000 at Karaka 2020 to buy Pudding (NZ) (Tavistock), who took his career earnings to A$283,205 with a tenacious performance in...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale continues to go from strength to strength as the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds, producing an honour roll of racetrack stars that no other...

With impressive black-type performances at Pukekohe and Riccarton on Saturday, a pair of talented three-year-olds who are eligible for the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) have made a move up...

Last year’s NZB Airfreight Road to Jericho (3000m) at Riccarton was a springboard to a second placing in the A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) for Botti (NZ) (Jakkalberry), but a feature race much...

Karaka graduates stole the show in the Group Two McCafe Crystal Mile (1600m) on the world-famous Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley on Saturday, finishing first and second in the A$300,000 feature.
The...

Proven Group performer Impendabelle (Impending) is the new leader in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series after winning a dramatic edition of the $175,000 Group Two Jamieson Park...

Previously a three-time placegetter at stakes level, Burn To Shine (NZ) (So You Think) took the next step at Riccarton on Saturday with a tenacious win in the $100,000 Group Three War Decree...

New Zealand Bloodstock representative and legendary Group One-winning jockey Brent Thomson received recognition for his services to racing this week when receiving the Victorian Club Service to...

The $175,000 Group Two Jamieson Park Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) was added to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series only three years ago, but the second leg is quickly establishing...

Saturday marks the second of New Zealand’s two annual qualifying races for the famous A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) in Victoria, with the South Island getting its turn through the running of the...

The order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) has a new leader after a spectacular debut performance by Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday’s $40,000 Des Coppins Tips...

With the 2023 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale now only a month away, racetrack success is coming thick and fast for previous graduates of the world’s leading sale of...

Karaka graduate Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) has emerged as one of the standout three-year-old fillies in Melbourne this spring, collecting her second consecutive black-type victory in...

For the second year in a row, Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta has taken a Karaka graduate to Trentham and won the $100,000 Group Three Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap...

Bought for only $12,500 from the 2019 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit) lifted his career earnings to $247,625 with an outstanding front-running performance in...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Up clips and Mounting Yard parade videos are now available to view online at nzb.co.nz.
On Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October, 338 talented...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the sponsorship of two large prizemoney races in Malaysia with graduates of NZB’s sales set to be able to compete for stakes of RM100,000.
The first of two...

Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw the final 169 two-year-olds complete their gallop down the home straight of Te Rapa Racecourse.
The Soft 5 track and fine...

Day One of NZB’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups kicked off today at Te Rapa Racecourse with perfect weather and track conditions for the two-year-olds. 
172 expertly prepared...

Karaka graduates finished first, second and third in the $100,000 Group Three Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton on Monday, headed by a bold black-type debut by Star Of Justice...

Gavelhouse Plus is offering buyers a special opportunity to enhance their broodmare bands with a speedy and well-bred daughter of super-sire Savabeel.
Te Akau Racing’s black-type winner...

Rising star Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) has followed in the footsteps of his half-sister Ladies First (NZ) (Dylan Thomas), going from the Karaka sale ring to Group One glory.
Saturday’s $450,000...

For the second year in a row, Sydney’s A$500,000 Group Three Gloaming Stakes (1800m) has announced the arrival of an exciting young Karaka graduate on the big three-year-old stage.
Raf Attack...

After showing real class over longer distances as a three-year-old last season, quality Karaka graduate Renaissance Woman (NZ) (Reliable Man) played a starring role at a much shorter trip in...

Super-talented Karaka graduate Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) made a welcome return to top form with a determined win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Weekend Hussler (1400m) at Caulfield.
Ayrton was...

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October at Te Rapa Racecourse.
All two-year-olds entered in New Zealand...

Stallion rosters on both sides of the Tasman have had an injection of exciting young talent in recent seasons, and the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka this November is a...

Exciting Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth has burst into the frame for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with a breathtaking performance by his first-crop son Poetic Champion (NZ) at...

Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) may have been an unexpected stop for local mare Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) this spring, but the superstar four-year-old put on a show...

At the end of the first month of two-year-old racing in New Zealand this season, the stable that has produced all of the last seven $1m Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winners is once again in pole...

An impressive performance in Sunday’s A$200,000 Group Three Sandown Stakes (1500m) has earned a rising star Ready to Run Sale graduate the chance to provide a dream advertisement leading into...

On one of New Zealand racing’s biggest spring stages, the $40,000 Karaka 2022 purchase Lantern Way (Satono Aladdin) rose to the occasion and recorded the first win of his career in Saturday’s...

A lightly raced Karaka graduate has thrown her name into the mix for next month’s Group One Thousand Guineas (1600m) with an impressive black-type debut in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group Three...