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Prolific New Zealand race sponsor New Zealand Bloodstock Limited provided its support to three races around the country at the weekend.

The tenacious Karaka Premier Sale graduate Hips Don't Lie (Stravinsky x Procure by Centaine) produced a gutsy run under Craig Williams to win the Group 2 Perfect Vision Stakes (1200m) at...

Karaka Premier Sale graduate El Segundo (NZ) has been confirmed amongst the best thoroughbreds in the world when he was ranked the joint highest-rated Southern Hemisphere galloper by the...

A full field of sixteen will contest New Zealand's richest race for fillies and mares, the $220,000 Group 1 New Zealand Bloodstock Breeders' Stakes (1600m), at Te Aroha on Saturday.

Talented Karaka fillies Il Quello Veloce and Zarita boasted Group 1 triumph on either side of the Tasman this weekend, each securing their first victory at racing's highest level.

A scorching Waikato day saw a big crowd converge at the Hamilton-based Highview Deplenishing Sale and set the scene for a successful day's selling.

Insouciant's helm at the top of this year's New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series remained intact after the running of the Group 1 Gillies Group New Zealand Oaks on Saturday to see her...

New Zealand Bloodstock will be conducting the Highview Stud Deplenishing Sale this Sunday 16 March at the Hamilton-based Stud (1544 Kakaramea Rd, RD 10, Hamilton).

It couldn't have been more timely for Highview Stud sire Align to deliver his second Group 1 winner, than just eight days before Highview undertakes its Deplenishing Sale this Sunday 16 March.

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock's 2008 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale close this Wednesday, 12 March.

Fully Fledged and Sir Slick ran away with the Auckland Cup Week's final Group 1 honours on Saturday, capping a great week of racing for Karaka graduates, winning all four Group 1 races on offer...

The 2008 Carnival Yearling Sale reflected a decidedly more subdued yearling market than seen in recent weeks, with�mixed results at today's one-day Sale at Karaka.

The New Zealand Bloodstock Racing Hall of Fame saw its second group of horses and people acknowledged for their outstanding contribution to the thoroughbred industry, at the bi-annual Gala...

The countdown to this year's Karaka Carnival Sale kicked off in style on Saturday, with a $100,000 bonus cheque made out to the first graduate of last year's Sale past the post in the New Zealand...

A stylish win in the Group 3 Devan Plastics Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Trentham on Saturday, has seen the Roger James trained Kaatoon (Kaapstad x Toonsie by Affirmed) make a serious play for the...

Premier, Select and Festival Sale graduates of the 2008 National Yearling Sales have just a few more hours to secure their chance to compete in the $1.2 million Karaka Million Series, with...

On one of the biggest days of racing in New Zealand, seven of the 12 juveniles in the New Zealand Bloodstock Carnival Sale Bonus 2YO at Ellerslie tomorrow will sprint for a $100,000 Carnival Sale...

With New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries declaring today that the State has successfully eradicated Equine Influenza, NZB Airfreight is pleased to announce their flight service into...

Bargain Karaka graduate Ista Kareem won the AAMI Group 3 Launceston Cup (2400m) by a dashing one-and-three-quarter lengths yesterday to take his career earnings to over $580,000.

The penultimate race in the 2007/8 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series sees talented three-year-old filly Insouciant hoping to hang on to her Series lead in the Group 3 $75,000 First...

Zarita and Pleasantsundaygirl teamed up to produce a Karaka quinella in the Group 2 BMW Angus Armanasco Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The inaugural NZ$100,000 Carnival Sale Bonus, for�eligible graduates�of the 2007 Carnival Yearling Sale,�is set to be raced for at Ellerslie Racecourse on Mercedes Derby Day - Saturday 1...

The Southern Regional Programming Committee has announced a change to the second leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series.

Catalogues for Highview Stud's Deplenishing Sale of weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds, broodmares and�racehorses at its Hamilton property on Sunday 16 March are now online and available from...

Karaka Premier Sale graduate Mission Critical (Fantastic Light x Trick Taker by Capote) produced a stunning all-the-way run to emerge the victor in the Group 1 Whakanui Stud International Stakes...

The result of Saturday's $150,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa has ensured an exciting climax to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series.

The race is on for the lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series with Keepa Cruisin and Satinka hot on the heels of current Series leader Insouciant, and all three lining up in...

The final instalment of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2008 National Yearling Sales Series -�the Karaka Carnival Yearling Sale -�will see 198 young horses offered for sale amidst the excitement of...

Successful thoroughbred farm Highview Stud will stage a Deplenishing Sale of weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds, broodmares and�racehorses at its Hamilton property on Sunday 16 March.

At the end of a spectacular week of selling at the 82nd National Yearling Sales Series, the final figures across the three sales sessions show staggering returns to the industry.

The 82nd National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka finished on a high note today with another very strong day of selling sending even more records tumbling.

New Zealand Bloodstock's two-day Festival Sale got underway at Karaka today, with the success of last week flowing into the third and final session of the 82nd National Yearling Sales Series.

Karaka Premier Sale graduate Hips Don't Lie retained her unbeaten record on Saturday with a strong win in the $100,000 Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.

The third and final day of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2008 Select Sale concluded a strong week of selling at Karaka, with new record figures boasting continued strength to the thoroughbred market.

Day Two of the three-day New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale at Karaka was another day of records, highlighted by a new top price of NZ$300,000.

A strong opening session of the New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale at Karaka has seen 161 of the 218 lots on offer change hands for a new record average and median.

Continuing the incredible success of Day One, another super day's trade at New Zealand Bloodstock's Karaka sales centre saw the 2008 Premier Sale blow previous records away.

It has been a sensational start to the 82nd National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka, with New Zealand Bloodstock's Sale exceeding last year's record figures to post the strongest opening session...

Every lot at New Zealand Bloodstock's 82nd National Yearling Sales Series will be streamed live on the New Zealand Bloodstock website from Monday 28 January.

Yesterday's outstanding winner of the Group 1 $250,000 The Trusts Charitable Foundation Thorndon Mile, was a cracking advertisement for his yearling half-brother at the Karaka Premier Sale on Monday.

The excitement is mounting at Karaka with one day to go until the inaugural running of the richest juvenile race in New Zealand, the�Karaka Million (Res.L) (1200m).

Today's decisive win by Keepa Cruisin (Keeper x Just Cruising by Broad Reach) in the Group 3 Sharp Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) has turned this year's New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced that it will cover the extra travel cost to buyers from New South Wales of floating their Karaka yearling purchases from Melbourne into the New South Wales...

Live coverage of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2008 Premier�Sale, presented by Karyn Fenton-Ellis & George Simon, will be broadcast from Karaka from Monday 28 January.�

There's just one week to go until selling starts at the the first yearling sale in the southern hemisphere - the 82nd National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka.

Saturday's $100,000 Group 2 Ford Wakefield Challenge Stakes at Trentham provided Karaka graduates with their penultimate�opportunity to win valuable prizemoney and earn a start in the 2008...

Videos clips of over 300 yearlings featured at New Zealand Bloodstock's 2008 National Yearling Sales Series have now gone online on the New Zealand Bloodstock website.

Following advice from the NSW DPI with regard to the importation of horses from New Zealand into New South Wales, New Zealand Bloodstock would like to inform prospective buyers to the 2008 Karaka...

This year the Karaka Premier Sale is the first to put the freshman sires of the season under the spotlight.

A half-brother to the impressive winner of the New Year's Day feature Group 1 Waiwera Mineral Water Railway Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie will be on offer at the New Zealand Bloodstock Premier...