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The first day of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select Yearling Sale saw solid trade today at Karaka, with figures that are holding up strongly against last year's results.

The striking Windsor Park Stud-bred galloper Beauty Flash (NZ) (Golan) - a graduate of the Karaka Select Sale - added the HK-1 Stewards' Cup to his trophy cabinet on Sunday night.

There�was an incredible surge of strength to the market on Day 2 of the Karaka Premier Sale, with results totally outstripping Day 1 as the predominantly international buying bench competed...

Lot 1 of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2011 National Yearling Sales Series got the auction off to a flying start today at Karaka, with the son of High Chaparral reaching $600,000, only to be surpassed...

Last night's running of the $200,000 NZB Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile saw last season's Champion Two-Year-Old Banchee back to her best as she dealt to the 18 strong field.

A late rails run by Fort Lincoln has seen the two-year-old become the highest earning juvenile in New Zealand for the 2010/2011 season as he impressively took out the coveted Karaka Million.

New Zealand Bloodstock's 2011 Premier Sale will be streamed live online from 11am this morning.Click here to view the live webcast.

The grand opening for Karaka 2011 - the Karaka Million - is now only hours away with all fourteen two-year-olds set and ready to run for New Zealand's richest two-year-old prize.

The Graeme & Debbie Rogerson trained filly Dating took the spoils in the $70,000 Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) yesterday, and jumped to third spot in the NZB Filly of...

There was plenty of noise coming from Haunui Farm and Westbury Stud at the Karaka sales complex yesterday as Booming exploded his way to his second consecutive Group 1 win in the $200,000...

As we have come to expect from this season's NZB Filly of the Year Series contests, the Group 3 $70,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) has attracted another strong line up of...

The Lee Freedman trained Chateauneuf Dupape has added his name to the list of horses set to contest the one million dollar Karaka Million at Ellerslie on Sunday evening.

Five-time Champion New Zealand trainer Mark Walker has made a gun start to the newest chapter in his training career at Te Akau Racing's Singapore stable, already sitting in second place on the...

The $200,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile barrier draw has been completed with the 18-horse field set to race on Sunday night.

The 2011 Karaka Million is living up to the hype with a wonderful line-up of two-year-olds set to compete for New Zealand's richest two-year-old purse on Sunday night.

A key pointer towards the strength of this year's Karaka 2011 catalogues is the presence of over 30 full or half siblings to Group 1 winners amongst the line-up on offer in less than one week from...

The preliminary findings of a comprehensive study of endoscopy results from the New Zealand auction sales has provided conclusive evidence to support current post-sale endoscopy gradings.

Sir Patrick & Lady Justine Hogan's Cambridge Stud - Karaka's leading vendor by aggregate for the last 29 years - will be conducting a full parade of its 2011 yearling draft today at 1.30pm at Karaka.

It's not just Karaka's Premier Sale that is securing all the spoils, the second session Select Sale is exploding with success to quickly become a leading sale in Australasia in its own right.

The $1 million Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph Handicap (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday attracted a star field of local and international talent, but it was the kiwi Mufhasa who proved too good...

New Zealand's richest two-year-old race, the Karaka Million, is now less than two weeks away, and the competition for a place in the field has seen some strong contests on the track.

In a remarkable feat, the 2011 National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka will see Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan's world famous Cambridge Stud aiming to become the leading vendor by aggregate...

Tonight Australian interests will be able to watch the first preview for the 2011 Karaka Yearling Sales at 8.30pm eastern summer time on TVN.

Ellerslie's $11,000 'Countdown to Karaka Million' 2YO 1200m has granted another two-year-old a chance to gun for one million dollars, with race favourite Planet Rock taking the valuable...

The accolades just keep coming for the Kiwi bred champion So You Think who is now officially rated amongst the world's best by the International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities.

Prime Minister John Key is set to show his support for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry by providing the official opening of New Zealand Bloodstock's 85th National Yearling Sales Series at...

Racing over the Christmas and New Year period has seen a number of horses provide timely pedigree updates for their Karaka Sale relatives, with the Select Sale claiming the most significant boost...

Racing over the Christmas and New Year period has seen a number of horses provide timely pedigree updates for their Karaka Sale relatives, with the Select Sale claiming the most significant boost...

Cambridge Stud's resident sire Keeper is quietly making a big impact on the current NZ racing season, heading the sires tables by race wins and winners.

One of the star attractions at Karaka 2011 is no doubt the progeny of hot, young sire High Chaparral, represented by 35 yearlings at Karaka from 31 January.

Macau's second stakes race of the 2010/2011 season, the M$750,000 Listed Macau Trophy (1800m) has seen New Zealand horses quinella the feature race of the meeting.

The $100,000 Group 2 Classic Hits Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday saw a very strong performance from Hidden Asset to win his first black type race and record more stakes...

Yesterday's $200,000 Group 1 Blandford Lodge Railway Stakes (1200m) saw Karaka graduate Miss Raggedy Ann score an 80/1 upset in New Zealand's premier sprint race.

New Zealand's richest two-year-old race, the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Million, is now only four weeks away and the Order of Entry for the race is looking very strong.

In a strong day for New Zealand Bloodstock graduates on New Zealand shores, Group success was also attained in Australia and Hong Kong.

The $100,000 Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes (2000m) has seen King's Rose take her third win in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series in a tough performance at Ellerslie...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series sees the sixth leg, the $100,000 Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes (2000m), on New Year's Day with 18 fillies entered in the event.

The $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m), the fifth leg of New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series, saw a great contest with Smoulder coming out on top.

The feature race on Boxing Day at Ellerslie, the $200,000 Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m), saw the 2010 Auckland Cup runner up Booming take his first Group 1 victory in fine fashion.

Cambridge Stud - with the largest draft of the Karaka Premier Sale - now has video clips online with 49 yearlings filmed and posted on the NZB website.

Video clips of 27 yearlings from Waikato Stud's Karaka Premier Sale draft are now online.

This week will see the release of video clips from a number of stud farms with yearlings entered for the 2011 National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka.

The fifth leg of New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series - the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day - has attracted a large field of 19...

Since New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka 2011 catalogues went to print in November there are already a number of notable updates to the pedigrees on offer before the Christmas Carnivals get underway.

Every January the Karaka sales ring sees yearlings from the first southern hemisphere crop of a host of emerging sires from all over the globe go under the hammer.

In a new initiative from New Zealand Bloodstock, the 2011 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale will host a new sales session dedicated to horses currently in training.

Octagonal, Might and Power, Sky Heights, Vengeance of Rain, Efficient and Champagne, just some of the formidable line-up of Group 1 winners claimed by New Zealand's own super-sire, Zabeel.

Since New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka 2011 catalogues went to print in November there are already a number of notable updates to the pedigrees on offer before the Christmas Carnivals get underway.

The standard of two-year-old racing this season has been of a high quality and that is set to continue over the weekend with two New Zealand Bloodstock sponsored juvenile races.

Racing on Saturday and Sunday saw strong performances from November Rain and Yourein as they both signalled their intentions for future summer assignments with stakes race wins.