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Thanks to the Auckland Racing Club, the Ellerslie track was made available to all Karaka Million entrants this morning and the connections of Irish Jewel and Nacho Man both took up the opportunity...

New Zealand Bloodstock's one million dollar graduates race - the 2010 Karaka Million - is set to be beamed live into Australia, Singapore and Malaysia on Sunday 31 January, courtesy of Trackside,...

The $200,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Karaka 3YO Mile field is rapidly taking shape, with less than two weeks to the inaugural running at Ellerslie on 31 January.

The rise and rise of Heat Haze on the racetrack in recent months could not have come at a better time for her half-sister who will be offered by Loch-Haven Thoroughbreds at Karaka 2010.

The running of the $15,000 Countdown to Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) yesterday at Ellerslie was contested solely by Karaka Million entrants, all of whom were there to win to ensure their spot in the...

The much-anticipated Karaka Million Twilight Meeting on Sunday 31 January will showcase not only a sample of supreme equine prowess, but also the support of four outstanding sponsors including...

A Mossman half-brother to yesterday's fast finishing BMW Magic Millions Classic (1200m) place-getter Demanding Miss will highlight the draft of Matamata-based JK Farm at the Karaka 2010 Select Sale.

Karaka 2010 marks the introduction of twenty-four first season sires represented by their first crop at New Zealand Bloodstock's National Yearling Sales.

Leading Victorian trainer Peter Moody has set his sights on travelling to New Zealand with Encosta Belief after the three-year-old scored by a length yesterday in the Kenvain Handicap (1400m) at...

The first Australian competitor for the $1,000,000 Karaka Million has been confirmed, and again the assault has been lead by Queensland-based trainer Liam Birchley.

Hot on the heels of Adaline's victory in the Group 2 NZB Royal Stakes, Karaka Graduates took out two further Group 2 events at Ellerslie on New Year's Day with Red Ruler dominant in the Stella...

Adaline's victory in the Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie took the Stephen McKee trained filly to twelve points, and outright second position, in the NZB Filly of...

Fillies following the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series pathway are set to step up to 2000m on Friday in the Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Royal Stakes.

Over the Christmas period three two-year-old events were staged across New Zealand and, significantly, each was won by Karaka Million eligible juveniles which caused considerable movement in the...

In a fitting result, Katie Lee's courage saw Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan's emerald green colours pass the post first in the Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Karaka graduate Vosne Romanee delivered at the highest level on Boxing Day when he ran away with the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie.

The first television show of its kind out of New Zealand, profiling the New Zealand thoroughbred product in Singapore, has debuted on Singapore television screens.

Ellerslie's Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) on Saturday marks the halfway point in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series.

The New Zealand Bloodstock eventing team and Mark Todd are sad to report that their star performer NZB Gandalf has had to be put down as a result of a serious neurological disorder.

The first batch of yearling video clips for New Zealand Bloodstock's 2010 National Yearling Sales Series have now gone online on the New Zealand Bloodstock website.

The list of eligible three-year-olds for the inaugural $200,000 Karaka 3YO Mile (1600m) reads like the who's who of Australasian classic racing.

On Saturday night at Sha Tin, half the racecard went the way of the Kiwis, with New Zealand Bloodstock sale graduates claiming five winners on the ten-race card, including the feature Gome Cup...

The $2 million 2007 Karaka Premier Sale topper, Sun Ruler (Zabeel x Sunline, by Desert Sun), is promising to live up to his seven-figure price tag with his second career victory at his first start...

The first three home in the Group 3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) on Saturday were all purchased from Karaka, with High Octane prevailing over Manonamission and Bakup.

Four Karaka graduates were amongst the top 10 sellers at this past weekend's Hong Kong International Sale.

Veronica Franco got her first points on the board in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, winning the Group 3 Ezibuy Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni on Saturday in impressive style.

One of four NZB winners on Friday night at Kranji, Karaka Premier Sale graduate Noble Manor ran an equal course record time on the polytrack to win his S$125,000 1000m event in 0:59.00 ahead of...

The special KARAKA 2010 preview - provided by Bluebloods and NZTM - is now online.

The world's racing stars all converge on Sha Tin on Sunday to compete at the Cathay Pacific International Meeting, including nine graduates of the Karaka sales ring.

New Zealand's leading three-year-old, Karaka graduate Katie Lee, continues on her march towards claiming the 2009/10 New Zealand Bloodstock 'Filly of the Year' crown when she contests the Group 3...

Having completed breeze-ups at Sha Tin this past Saturday, the consignment of Karaka yearlings purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club in 2009 will make up the majority of two-year-olds catalogued...

The versatility of the kiwi-bred gained further traction at Singapore on Friday night when Stephen Gray's Goldschatz won the country's first ever Group race on the increasingly common polytrack...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka sales ring celebrated stakes victories in three different time zones this past Saturday, with feature success in New Zealand, and on Australia's east...

The Avondale Jockey Club's feature day of the season yesterday saw a quality packed ten-race card assembled, including the Group 2 Avondale Cup and Group 2 Concorde Handicap, where New Zealand...

The 2010 catalogues for both the Karaka Select and Festival Sales are now available online.

In the past three days New Zealand Bloodstock graduates Eileen Dubh and Run Like Al have both provided significant updates to the pedigrees of their siblings to be offered at the 2010 Karaka...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock's 2010 Premier Yearling Sale is now available for viewing online.

Five-year-old Van Nistelrooy mare, Boundless, a graduate of New Zealand Bloodstock's Premier Yearling Sale, won her second Group race this month when carrying second top-weight to victory in the...

Karaka graduate So You Think is amongst the Top 20 racehorses in the world (May 2009 - November 2009) according to the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.

New Zealand Bloodstock's annual Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs concluded at Karaka today, with the $400,000 colt by Bertolini the highlight of a full day of trade.

NZB can facilitate post-sale offers on passed lots with the introduction of its online 'i-Bid' service at today's Ready to Run Sale.

New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Ready to Run Sale is all set to take place at Karaka tomorrow, Tuesday 17 November, from 10am.

No three-year-old filly had ever completed the Group 1 NZ 1000 Guineas - Group 1 NZ 2000 Guineas double, but that all changed when Karaka graduate Katie Lee backed up to beat the best of her age...

In a timely boost for the Karaka Ready to Run Sale, King Raedwald, last year's sale topper at $400,000, produced a top performance yesterday at Otaki to win The Edge 97.3 FM Maiden (1400m).

The third-leg of the 2009/10 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas (1600m), is set to take place at Riccarton on Saturday.

Black Mamba, a NZ$120,000 yearling graduate of the 2005 Karaka Premier Sale, fetched US$1,500,000 at Fasig Tipton's Kentucky Selected Fall Mixed Sale yesterday.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates Wall Street and Coup Align both won their first Group races yesterday during the second day of the Canterbury Jockey Club's Cup Meeting.

The form of the 2009 Karaka Million was further franked by the gutsy display of Katie Lee when winning the $1,000,000 Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) in Christchurch on Saturday.

Te Runga Stud will offer the one and only lot by leading second-crop sire Shamardal at Karaka's upcoming Ready to Run Sale of Two Year Olds (17 November).

Karaka graduate Boundless bounced back to her very best form yesterday in the Group 3 Nicholas Feuillatte Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie a year to the day after she competed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup.