Ready to Run Sale

The results of showpiece races throughout the spring have delivered notable pedigree updates to the catalogue for this week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. The highest-profile pedigree...

A few days out from the start of the 2025 NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, another new stakes winner has been added to the roll of honour for the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds.  Force...

The countdown to this week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka received a timely boost when superstar graduate Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) took his career earnings past A$10m with victory in the...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2025 Ready to Run Sale is just days away, set to take place on 12 & 13 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre. Inspections and parades are set to get underway...

A successful defence of his title in Tuesday’s A$3m The Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick took Ready to Run Sale flagbearer Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) past A$5.5m in stakes, with A$4.6m of that...

Within the space of a single preparation, Swiss Prince (NZ) (El Roca) has gone from a winter maiden at Avondale to be a key Group One contender after taking out the $150,000 Group Two James and...

There are many great events and coveted prizes on the Australian racing calendar, but no others capture attention quite like the Melbourne Cup (3200m). The Cup has been run every year since 1861...

More than ever before, horses bought from the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka will be eligible to compete for significant prize-money within 18 months of their purchase. The catalogue for the...

Due to the Taupo trials being pushed back till Thursday, the on-farm parades for NZB’s 2025 Ready to Run Sale have been rescheduled to take place Friday 31 October, Monday 3 and Wednesday 5...

The highly anticipated Breeze Up videos for NZB’s 2025 Ready to Run Sale are now available to view online at nzb.co.nz. On Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October, over 380 talented juveniles galloped...

The A$2m Group One Victoria Derby (2500m) will be run less than two weeks before next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale, and a graduate of last year’s sale is set to line up as one of the...

The final day of NZB’s 2025 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw a further 202 two-year-olds gallop down the home straight at Te Rapa Racecourse. Held over two consecutive days on the same turf...

After the rescheduling of dates for NZB’s anticipated 2025 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups, Day One kicked off on Monday at Te Rapa Racecourse with consistent times, weather and track...

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October at Te Rapa Racecourse. All two-year-olds entered in NZB’s Ready to...

Well-related filly Torture (NZ) (Sword Of State) made a perfect start to her own career and that of her young sire in Wednesday’s A$200,000 Listed Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield. It was...

The eyes of the racing world will be on Sydney on Saturday for the running of the richest race on turf, the A$20m Group One The Everest (1200m) at Randwick. And this year the New Zealand breeding...

The horsemen and women who prepare two-year-olds for the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka every November are internationally renowned as some of the very best in the world at what they do, and a...

Barry Donoghue has savoured his first top level success as a breeder and one that has boosted prospects of another major celebration. The Waikato-based horseman bred and sold Gr.1 Might And Power...

NZB had more than one reason to celebrate the front-running triumph by Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) in the A$1m Group One Might And Power Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Globe himself is a...

A lucrative race at Selangor on Sunday will shine a spotlight on next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka as well as showcasing the high-quality graduates of the Sale that are currently...

NZB has made the decision to postpone the Breeze Ups for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale due to unfavourable weather conditions with heavy rain and wind predicted through to Tuesday.

The Breeze Ups will...

Some of the biggest names among stallion ranks in Australia and further afield compliment the strong New Zealand stallion representation in the catalogue for next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale...

As the NZB Ready to Run Sale goes from strength to strength with its stunning results in the sale ring and on the racetrack, the catalogue for the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds continues...

With the continued long-term support of Majestic Horse Transport and Dunstan Horse Feeds, NZB is pleased to announce that the Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will return for its sixth edition...

The catalogue for the 2025 edition of the leading sale of two-year-olds is now online and in mailboxes, with NZB excited to unveil another stellar offering at the Ready to Run Sale. Showcasing...

From a freakish sprinter with a (NZ) suffix to an exciting group of up-and-comers sourced from the Karaka sale ring, New Zealand’s influence was strongly felt on Hong Kong racetracks during the...

Karaka graduate Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn) secured a place in Malaysian racing history on Sunday with a triumph in the inaugural RM$1m Selangor Mile (1600m). The winner’s share of that...

Entries for NZB’s 2025 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 13 and 14 November.   With a reputation like no other, NZB’s...

Malaysia continues to emerge as a leading racing jurisdiction, and the major racing club in Selangor Turf Club (STC), has had a long-standing relationship with NZB.  As a result of the...