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The lightly raced Vatuvei (Reset x Boisterous Lady) capped off a brilliant day for Karaka graduates at Moonee Valley on Saturday with victory in the A$250,000 Group 2 Drake International Cup...

The upcoming NZB Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs received another significant pedigree update on the weekend with Silent Achiever (NZ) (O’Reilly x Winning Spree, by Zabeel) winning the A$220,000...

For the fifth time in the last six years, the weight-for-age championship of Australasia has been won by a New Zealand bred horse, with the kiwi trained Karaka graduate Ocean Park (NZ) winning...

Punters will get another chance to find their elect in next month’s Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas with Saturday’s Trentham meeting hosting the $85,000 Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Wellington...

Breeze Up video clips for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are available to be viewed online by clicking here and on the free iPad application. 

Karaka graduates Crafty Irna and Famous Seamus brought up a black-type double for New Zealand Bloodstock at Randwick on Saturday.

Fastnet Rock four-year-old Callanish (NZ) has stamped himself as a horse to follow in theautumn features as he took his unbeaten run to eight in the A$150,000 Listed Darley Seymour Cup (1600m) at...

Class three-year-old Sacred Falls (NZ) took his unbeaten run to five yesterday at Te Rapa beating a first class field in the $70,000 Group 3 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m).

Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds will be replayed on TVN in Australia tonight at 11pm Australian time.

Karaka continues its support of the Melbourne Spring Carnival on Saturday sponsoring one of the main lead up races to the VRC Oaks, the A$120,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes...

A successful day at Te Rapa racecourse has concluded the Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2012 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs with the last 176 horses taking to the track today.

Day 1 of the Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale was successfully completed this afternoon with 191 two-year-olds going through their paces at Te Rapa.

Tough mares No Excuse Maggie and Amberio completed an outstanding weekend for Karaka on both sides of the Tasman when claiming the feature stakes races at Hawera and Matamata.

The kiwi bred Solzhenitsyn (NZ) completed a purple day at Caulfield for New Zealand and Karaka on Saturday when giving New Zealand Bloodstock a Group 1 double and back to back wins in the...

It came down to a photo finish in the A$400,000 Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) to decide the winner of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Caulfield Spring Weight-for-Age Championship with the kiwi bred...

The Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds will be held today and tomorrow at Te Rapa Racecourse and commence at 10am this morning.

The growing presence of leading international families at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs was highlighted last weekend with Solemia winning one of Europe’s most famous...

Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock�s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are all set to be held next Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 October at Te Rapa Racecourse from 10am each day, and are open to...

It all comes down to the final leg in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Caulfield Spring Weight-for-Age Championship, with Ocean Park and Sincero at the top of the points table poised to battle for the...

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...