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With the welcome return of New Zealand Bloodstock’s popular winter mixed sale format, along with the prospect of a rejuvenated New Zealand racing industry on the back of the TAB’s deal with...

Halfway through 2023, New Zealand Bloodstock is in the enviable position of having two of its graduates among the top three places on the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
Hong Kong...

A high-quality weanling catalogue for this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka has been further elevated by the results of recent feature races across...

Domestic and international viewers of NZB's 2023 National Weanling and Broodmare Sale can look forward to a live sale broadcast, beamed to viewers this Friday 16 June at the Karaka Sales...

The step up to stakes level in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Channel 7 Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm did nothing to slow the rapid rise of Antino (NZ) (Redwood), who has gone from the Karaka...

Entries are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka 2024 National Yearling Sales Series, with the Sale to take place in its traditional timeslot at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 28...

The broodmare session at the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale features a strong line up of stakes performers and broad stallion representation both within...

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Cunningham as a Bloodstock Sales Representative, beginning early August.
Currently responsible for the sales, accounts and...

Hong Kong sensation Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) added a sixth win to his incredible sequence with a dominant performance in Sunday’s HK$3.9m Group Three Sha Tin Vase (1200m).
Bought for...

A select offering of 70 broodmares will go under the hammer during the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka on June 16, with a dispersal of Rob Ferguson’s New...

New Zealand Bloodstock is proud to be at the forefront of a new sponsorship incentive known as the NZB Best Newcomer Award, forming part of the NZTR Thoroughbreds in Equestrian Sports (TiES)...

Stakes-winning sprinting mare Rose ‘N’ Power (NZ) (Power) will be offered for sale on Gavelhouse Plus this week with bidding closing from 7pm (NZT) on Monday 5th June.
Rose ‘N’ Power is the...

An amazing season for three-year-old Karaka graduates in Australia has kept rolling on, thanks to a breathtaking performance by Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park) in Saturday’s A$1m Group One Queensland...

A yearly visit to the Queensland Winter Carnival brings the very best out of Karaka graduate Kukeracha (NZ) (Night Of Thunder), who once again played a starring role in the Sunshine State on...

Ready to Run Sale graduate San Andreas (Smart Missile) landed the biggest win of his career with an impressive come-from-behind performance in Sunday’s RM150,000 Equine Sanctuary Tunku Gold Cup...

Singapore's sensational Karaka graduate Lim's Kosciuszko (Kermadec) showed all of his superstar qualities in Saturday's $1m Kranji Mile (1600m), blowing his rivals away and setting a new track...

Up-and-coming stayer Thought Provoking (NZ) (So You Think) claimed a valuable first blacktype win with a determined front-running performance in Saturday's A$107,250 Listed Thomas Farms Centaurea...

Pignan (NZ) (Staphanos), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkles) are just three recent Group One-winning examples of the calibre of weanlings that can be purchased...

With a powerful late charge in Saturday’s A$500,000 Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville, Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) became the sixth Karaka-sourced three-year-old to win at...

Now in the care of champion expat Kiwi trainer Chris Waller, Special Swey came off the ballot to make his first Australian start in the Rough Habit Plate, and he jumped at the opportunity and made...

Three-year-old filly Wessex (NZ) blew her older opposition away with a superb front-running performance in Saturday’s $85,000 Group Three Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m).
Wessex became the ninth...

New Zealand Bloodstock is counting down to its first physical sale of both weanlings and broodmares since 2019, and with the way Kiwi sires have been performing this season, there could be no...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s newly formed National Weanling and Broodmare Sale catalogue is now live, with the 253-lot Sale set to be held on Friday 16 June. The dedicated weanling only format has...

Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have celebrated two Group One wins in Adelaide within the space of a week – both with fillies bought from Karaka 2021, and over very different...

A stunning finishing burst in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Aquis Stallions Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Sunshine Coast has put Karaka graduate Renaissance Woman (NZ) (Reliable Man) on...

Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson appears to have found a winning formula with progeny of Redwood that he sources from Karaka.
His latest rising star is Solidify (NZ) (Redwood), who scored an...

After showing bright promise in the spring, highly talented two-year-old Illicit Dreams (NZ) (Vancouver) has come back even better in the autumn and claimed a valuable black-type win.
Bought for...

Formerly a dual stakes winner as a three-year-old, quality Karaka graduate Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) has capped an admirably consistent formline with another black-type success at the age...

Gavelhouse Plus has become Te Akau Racing’s platform of choice for selling high-quality mares as they retire from the racetrack, and that trend is continuing over the next week with the sale of

Karaka-sourced megastar Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) rewrote Hong Kong racing’s record books with his third consecutive HK$20m Group One FWD Champions Mile (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin on...

Karaka graduates finished first and second in Sunday’s HK$20m Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin, headed by a demolition job by Hong Kong’s latest sprinting superstar.
It...

A filly that cost only $75,000 at Karaka 2021 became an Australian Group One winner with a classy and courageous performance in Saturday’s A$500,000 Grand Syndicates Australasian Oaks (2000m) at...

Five months after venturing north to Queensland to capture the Group Three Grand Prix (2100m), Karaka graduate Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park) returned to the Sunshine State on Saturday and did...

Fillies and mares who were offered at New Zealand Bloodstock Sales swept all of the first four placings in Saturday’s $120,000 Group Two Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa, with one of the...

The Sir Patrick Hogan Dispersal Sale was a one-of-a-kind chance to tap into the bloodlines built up by arguably the most influential figure in New Zealand’s thoroughbred breeding history, and...

After more than three decades of showcasing the world-class bloodstock bred, raised and sold by Sir Patrick Hogan, New Zealand Bloodstock has the honour of offering one final consignment in this...

As a half-sister to a multiple Group One winner, Cheval D’Or (NZ) (Almanzor) was already a valuable filly – but a Group Three victory at Pukekohe on Saturday has added even more sparkle to her...

Talented two-year-old filly Loch Katrine (NZ) (Ardrossan) dwarfed her $6000 purchase price at Karaka with a valuable victory in Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Staphanos at Novara Park Champagne...

An evenly contested 2022-23 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series came to a close in Saturday’s $65,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton, where

The unreserved dispersal of the late Sir Patrick Hogan’s bloodstock is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with weanlings, yearlings, racing propositions and broodmares making up the 31 Lot...

Throughout a proud history spanning more than 50 years, the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series has repeatedly unveiled superstars of the racetrack and the breeding barn. But the...

With three fillies deadlocked at the top of the points table after three of the four legs of the 2022-23 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, it all comes down to Saturday’s...

Buyer demand for local proven and freshman sires was evident throughout New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 National Online Yearling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus with top prices secured by progeny of Super...

Classy grey mare Aromatic (NZ) (Sacred Falls) secured her second Group Three success of the season with a slick performance in Friday’s $85,000 Martin Collins NZ Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes...

Karaka graduates have had an outstanding recent run in the A$200,000 Group Three Toyota Forklifts Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick, and Osipenko (NZ) (Pierro) continued that trend with a...

Karaka-sourced filly Affaire A Suivre (NZ) (Astern) forced her way into Group One contention later this month with an impressive black-type victory at Morphettville on Saturday.The A$107,250...

Emerging stayer Fierce Flight (Flying Artie) capped a breakthrough campaign with victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) at Hastings.

Bought by Te Akau...

The least experienced filly in the field stole the show in Saturday’s third leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the $65,000 Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m)...

Bidding will run for a five-day period, commencing Friday 14 April with the first lot closing on Wednesday 19 April at 6PM (NZT). Buyers must register on Gavelhouse Plus in advance in order to...

Buyers will have the opportunity to continue the legacy of iconic breeder Sir Patrick Hogan with the unreserved dispersal of the Cambridge Stud founder’s stock on Gavelhouse Plus.Weanlings,...