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Catalogues for Highview Stud's Deplenishing Sale are now available upon request from New Zealand Bloodstock.

Ms Keeper produced a stellar sprint in the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Oamaru on Saturday to join Metropolitan at the top of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly...

Ellerslie on Saturday staged a head to head battle between Karaka graduates Sir Slick and Maco'Reilly with the latter sealing a narrow victory for his second consecutive Group 1 for trainer David...

A warm autumn day at Ellerslie on Saturday featured the running of the Group 1 Diamond Stakes with New Zealand Bloodstock graduates proving the stars of the show to take out the trifecta in the...

Highview Stud's Deplenishing Sale on 29 March is�now online.

In the midst of some great stakes racing in the north, the spotlight will swing south on Saturday for the second race in the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, the Listed...

Today is the last opportunity for vendors to enter their horses in New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale.

Ekraar filly, Ekstreme, showed grit to get her first points on the board in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series on Saturday, winning the Group 3 First Sovereign Trust Lowland...

Diminutive two-year-old Poetic Music put in a classy performance to win the New Zealand Bloodstock Carnival Bonus 2YO (1200m) at her very first start yesterday in front of the Derby Day crowd at...

New Zealand Bloodstock graduates provided the highlight in Singapore over the weekend, filling the first four placings in the Group 3 2009 SingaporeTC Singapore Guineas (1600m).

Entries for the Karaka Million Series - comprising the $1,000,000 Karaka Million 2YO in 2010 and the $200,000 Karaka 3YO Mile in 2011 - close today at 5pm.

With just one point between them in New Zealand Bloodstock's Filly of the Year Series, Daffodil and Alagant Satin are set to do battle in the Group 3 First Sovereign Trust Lowland Stakes (2100m)...

Seven horses eligible for the 2009 Carnival Sale Bonus have gained a start in Saturday's New Zealand Bloodstock Carnival Sale Bonus 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie.

New Zealand galloper Beau Brummell grabbed the first leg of the Singapore Sprint Series, the Group 3 Singapore TC Merlion Trophy (1200m), to secure his first Group success in Singapore on Friday...

Young Windsor Park Stud based sire Thorn Park is stamping himself as one of Australasia's finest emerging sires, capping a week of six winners with a Group 2 victory at Matamata over the weekend...

Successful Hamilton-based thoroughbred farm Highview Stud will stage a Deplenishing Sale at its Hamilton property on Sunday 29 March.

There is just over a week until entries close for next year's Karaka Million Series.

Entries for the 2009 New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling, Broodmare & Mixed Bloodstock Sale are now being accepted, with entries closing Wednesday 4 March.

The competition for the $100,000 Carnival Bonus received some 'fresh blood' on Tuesday, with two eligible Cambridge trial winners heading towards the race on 28 February.

Karaka graduates are poised to continue their derby success with Group 2 victories by Pre-Eminence and Down the Road on either side of the Tasman being used as springboards to the Group 1 AJC...

O'Reilly continued his dominance of the Hong Kong Sires Table since claiming the championship last season when his outstanding son Unique Jewellery scored victory in the HK$3,000,000 HK-2 Mercedes...

Due Diligence delivered on her outstanding looks to shoot away with victory in Saturday's $150,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram 3YO Fillies Classic (2000m), the eighth event in the ten-race...

The Waikato Racing Club's Premier Race Meeting on Saturday provided New Zealand Bloodstock with its tenth individual Group 1 winner for the season when MacO'Reilly led all the way in the $200,000...

Seventeen fillies will take the line at Te Rapa on Saturday for the seventh race in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, the Group 2 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies Classic...

Central Districts trainer John Wheeler seems to be holding all the aces in the form of Our Saint and Elle's Aura, for the $100,000 Carnival Bonus to be contested on 28 February at Ellerslie.

Amid worldwide economic uncertainty the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales Series has delivered solid results over the course of the past week at Karaka, with decreases across key statistics...

Karaka Premier Sale graduate, Marquardt, franked her impressive trial form on Saturday with her debut win in the STC Theslipper.com.au 2YO Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill.

New Zealand Bloodstock's National Yearling Sales Series concluded at Karaka today, with the pace picking up over the final 260 lots of the Festival Sale to conclude the sales week on a positive note.

New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Festival Sale got underway at Karaka today with a strong clearance rate the highlight on Day One of the two-day sale.

It was a big Saturday for Karaka graduates on both sides of the Tasman with a Group 3 Tasmanian Derby win to Betwixt, a Group 3 HS Dyke Waikato Guineas win to Easy Ryder, and two stakes wins on...

Today saw the third and final day of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Select Sale completed at Karaka, with session results holding firm but buyers selective in their purchasing.

It was another solid day's trade on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select Sale at Karaka, with good competition still witnessed on many of the yearlings catalogued for sale today.

With the Premier Sale wrapping up yesterday (Tuesday), the focus at Karaka today turned to the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select Sale.

The pace picked up steadily throughout the second day of New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Premier Sale at Karaka, to conclude with some good results for the industry.

It's been a solid start to the 83rd National Yearling Sales Series at Karaka today, with the first of the 503 horses catalogued at the Premier Sale going under the hammer.

The second annual Karaka Million Twilight Meeting at Ellerslie racecourse was dominated by The Heckler taking the spoils in the one million dollar feature and New Zealand's richest two-year-old...

New Zealand Bloodstock's 83rd National Yearling Sales Series will be streamed live on the New Zealand Bloodstock website from today, 26 January.

The sixth Group 1 victory by Sir Slick yesterday at Trentham proved timely for Monovale Farm who will offer his Zabeel half-brother tomorrow on day one of the Karaka Premier Sale at Lot 131.

The 2009 National Yearling Sale at Karaka starts on Monday with over 1700 yearlings set to go under the hammer in the week long selling extravaganza.

New Zealand Bloodstock's $1,000,000 Karaka Million is set to be hotly contested on Sunday evening at Ellerslie, with the fourteen-horse field competing for a one million dollar prize pool in New...

Current New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series leader Daffodil lines up in the Group 3 Stella Artois Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday in a bid to retain her lead in the...

A filly in the Festival Sale has seen a huge rise in her residual value thanks to the performance of her half-brother, More Bountiful, in the Group 1 HKJC Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m).

The barrier draw for the $1,000,000 Karaka Million at Ellerslie on Sunday, 25 January:

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Karaka Million challenger Sarge in Charge arrived safely in New Zealand on Saturday and is now set for this Sunday's million dollar feature after a strong gallop at Ellerslie this morning.

Across the Tasman at the weekend, Vigor (O'Reilly - Rationable, by Housebuster) made it five wins in a row in Melbourne on Saturday in the Comedy King Handicap (2520m), winning by three-quarters...

The barrier draw for New Zealand Bloodstock's 2009 Karaka Million (1200m) will be announced exclusively on Radio Trackside at 12:10pm this Wednesday, 21 January 2009.

The blistering win by Mufhasa in the Group 1 $1,000,000 Telegraph Handicap (1200m) on Saturday provided perfect timing for Rich Hill Stud who will offer his full brother at Karaka Premier 2009 in...

The $100,000 prize pool of yeaterday's Group 2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1200m) at Trentham was the target for eight Karaka Million contenders trying to secure last minute entry into next...

Today's (Friday 16 January) edition of The Informant in New Zealand and The Sportsman in Australia each contain a special, in-depth Karaka 2009 lift-out previewing the buyers, vendors, horses and...