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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.

New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock (10 August) is now just over three weeks away and vendors are busy getting their untried two-year-olds ready for this...

For the second year running Karaka graduates have been the toast of Hong Kong Jockey Club's Champion Awards with eight of the eleven awards claimed by horses offered in the Karaka sales ring.

Karaka graduates celebrated a clean sweep of Singapore's stakes races at Kranji last night with the outstanding three-year-old Super Easy (NZ) making a successful return to the track in the Sgp-3...

New Zealand bred Karaka graduate Chase Me (NZ) produced the performance of his career at Kranji last night to destroy a brilliant field by eight lengths in Singapore's prestigious S$1.15 million...

The highly consistent kiwi galloper Luck Of Smiling (NZ) claimed the biggest victory of his career on Saturday in Macau when winning the Listed (M-3) Macau Sprint Trophy (1200m).

The curtains have been pulled on the racing career of one of New Zealand's most successful racehorses seen in recent times with the New Zealand bred Karaka graduate So You Think (NZ) officially...

New Zealand Bloodstock invites you to offer your yearlings for sale at Karaka 2013, with nominations for the 87th National Yearling Sales Series closing this Monday 9 July.

One of the many attractive entries on offer at New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale is the blue-blooded entire Sun Ruler (Zabeel x Sunline) who has had a correction to his...

Karaka graduates have kept up their momentum in Hong Kong and were the toast of the turf last night at Sha Tin winning eight races of the 11 race card.

Any doubts over Shenzhou Steeds (NZ) staying the 2400 metres of the A$200,000 Listed Caloundra Cup where expelled at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday when he dominated in the staying feature,...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Bloodstock Sale (3 August) is in the post and is now available to be viewed online.

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock's South Island Sale of Two-Year-Olds & Mixed Bloodstock is now in the post and available online.

The top priced lot from NZB's Ready to Run Sale last year, Demasheen looks to have a bright future as she produced an eye-catching performance at Caulfield yesterday breaking her maiden at just...

Karaka graduates celebrated a successful evening on the turf at Kranji in Singapore last night, winning six races on the 12 race card.

Aashiq's HK-3 Premier Cup victory at Sha Tin on Sunday marked the end of black-type racing in Hong Kong for the 2011/12 season, a season that has seen Karaka graduates lead the way claiming an...

Karaka graduate So You Think (NZ) turned in a charismatic performance this morning to win the 150th anniversary of the �500,000 Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes (2000m), giving New Zealand...

The New Zealand bred Karaka graduate Little Bridge (NZ) made history in England just a few hours ago when he became the first New Zealand bred horse to win the �350,000 Group 1 King's Stand...