Karaka 2025 - Book 1

After an action-packed five days of trading at Karaka 2025, results have been accumulated from the Book 1 and Book 2 yearling sessions held from 26 January to 30 January at the Karaka Sales...

NZB’s National Yearling Sale attracts buyers from far and wide in search of the classic-type horses this country is famous for producing, and a new name joined that list during the Book 1...

A productive week of shopping at Karaka has helped to put up-and-coming horseman Nick Kneebone on a path towards New Zealand’s training ranks.Kneebone made eight purchases under the Patella...

The curtain came down on the final day of selling at NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sales Series with the last day of Book 2 continuing the trend of steady trade. At the close of...

Following a strong Book 1, the momentum continued into NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series Book 2 session where 122 yearlings sold on Wednesday.While the Book 2 format has condensed into a...

Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results.At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate...

Day Two of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series was one for the history books, with the sale of a $2.4 million filly the highlight on a strong day of selling.  At the close of trade for the...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series started on the right note today, with a strong first day of trade for Book 1.At the close of selling for the opening session, a total of 163 lots sold for...

A year after a gallant second in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in only the second race of her career, high-class filly Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) came back and went one better in the...

Last year’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) heroine Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) returned to the same stage on Saturday and delivered a repeat result in the $1m Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic...

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Te Akau Racing reigned supreme in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie with a dazzling performance by La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) in...

Thanks to a series of big-race performances by high-class siblings, the catalogues for Karaka 2025 have received some significant pedigree updates in the countdown to the sale.Book 1 features...

NZB’s 99th National Yearling Sale Series is just days away, set to take place on 26 January to 30 February at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.Various international buyers will be...

A stellar mix of representatives by Waikato Stud’s proven stallions and their exciting younger residents has the champion vendor ready for the defence of their Book 1 aggregate title at Karaka...

The 15 runners entered for Saturday’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie were sourced from a range of NZB Sales.Eight were bought from Book 1 of Karaka 2024, five from Book 2, one...

Saturday’s $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie will be the eighth running of the prestigious race, which already boasts Group One winners Probabeel (Savabeel), Aegon (NZ) (Sacred...

Last year’s $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) runner-up Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) will jump from an awkward position in gate 12 in her quest to go one better in the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions...

The stage is set for an action-packed 18th running of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday after a barrier draw that delivered mixed results for leading contenders.The...

The live barrier draw for NZB’s sale graduate races, the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m), will take place on Wednesday 22...

The first half a decade of Bourbon Lane Stable’s expansion into New Zealand has exceeded even the most optimistic predictions of the American investors.“We are loaded right now and have a...

Less than a week out from the start of Karaka 2025, Sunday’s star-studded Hong Kong race meeting shone a bright spotlight on the quality of the New Zealand thoroughbred.The headline act at Sha...

A Proisir filly out of Donna Marie put Hallmark Stud’s name up in lights at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales last year.Baker’s thoroughbred nursery topped the 2024 sale with...

Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison is heading towards NZB’s National Yearling Sales on a winning note after breeding last Saturday’s Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) victor Wolfgang. A son of...

Windsor Park Stud has drawn on a diverse range of sires from across Australasia to make up its Karaka 2025 yearling draft, but a week out from the sale, all eyes will be on one of their own...

NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a richly deserved reputation as a gold mine for Group One-calibre racehorses, with many of them coming from the lower end of the price range.Between...

Admirers of Rich Hill Stud’s leading stallions Proisir and Satono Aladdin will be spoiled for choice at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale later this month.The pair will have...

Westbury Stud will offer sizeable Book 1 and 2 drafts at Karaka later this month, showcasing their own stallion roster and with variety added by choice offerings of leading Australian-based...

Lib Petagna’s Elsdon Park will offer its third draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka later this month, and the Matamata nursery has upped the ante, with their...

Haunui Farm will head to Karaka next week with a 51-strong draft for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales, led by a number of blueblood fillies in Book 1.“We have got a very nice...

Away from the bright lights of Book 1, the Book 2 session of NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series has a proud record of producing high-quality racehorses at much lower prices.More than a dozen...

Unbeaten colt To Bravery Born (NZ) (Snitzel) left his run late, but eventually secured himself a place in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with an Ellerslie victory just 13 days out from...

Global yearling buyers will head to New Zealand for NZB's National Yearling Sales Series from January 26 to 30 but if you want a head start on your shortlists or simply enjoy seeing the next...

An exciting group of rookie stallions will have their first yearlings going through the Karaka sale ring late next month.The catalogues for Karaka 2025 contain the progeny of four first-season...

Karaka graduate Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) continues to get better and better with age and took his career to another new level with victory in Saturday’s A$1m The Supernova (1400m) at...

The on-farm parades for the Auckland and Waikato vendors are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 7 January through to Friday 17 January.
All prospective buyers are welcome to attend to...

Visitors to the Karaka sale grounds every January are met by the yearling progeny of a diverse and high-quality range of sires, and Karaka 2025 will be no different.The catalogues for NZB’s 99th...

The on-farm parades for the Central Districts and South Island are scheduled to take place from Monday 16 December through to Friday 20 December.All prospective buyers are welcome to...

From Hong Kong’s stunning speedster Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) to a long line of Australian stars including cover girl Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), New Zealand is a world-renowned source of...

Vendor Barry Donoghue enjoyed a lucrative two days at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale last week and he’s now celebrated a significant result in another role.Under his BMD Bloodstock...

Prima Park has accrued an enviable record with their New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduates, and farm principal Kelly Van Dyk is hoping they can add another to that list from their...

Outstanding spring campaigns on opposite sides of the Tasman have propelled Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) and Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) to the top of the order of entry for the $1.5m TAB Karaka...

The countdown to the annual highlight on the thoroughbred calendar, Karaka 2025, kicks off again when yearling inspections get underway next month ahead of NZB’s 2024/25 sales season.
Breeders,...

Entries are now open for NZB’s Karaka 2025 National Yearling Sales Series, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 26 January.
Book 1 is...