Ready to Run Sale

Ohukia Lodge has a proud record and a well-earned reputation as one of the NZB Ready to Run Sale’s top vendors, so they don’t need much in the way of extra publicity – but a pair of Group...

The Sha Tin meeting on Sunday featured three smart winners sourced from this sale – Megastar Heart (Star Turn $825,000 sale-topper in 2023, now a winner of four from nine starts), Speedy Power...

During more than a decade as a vendor at the annual NZB Ready to Run Sale, Prima Park has risen through the ranks to become one of the go-to sources at the Karaka two-year-old auction. Prima...

Woburn Farm’s Ready to Run Sale drafts have been a proven recipe for racetrack success in recent seasons, headed by multiple Group One-winning Hong Kong star Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse),...

Next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale will be the third appearance for Taui Johnson’s Apex Bloodstock, whose first two drafts have produced a 100% clearance rate and a black-type graduate. Apex...

The highly anticipated Breeze Up videos  for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale are now available to view online at nzb.co.nz.  On Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October, almost 390...

The final day of NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw a further 198 two-year-olds gallop down the home straight at Te Rapa Racecourse on Tuesday. The rail was moved in five metres...

NZB’s Breeze Ups kicked off on Monday at Te Rapa Racecourse with consistent times, weather and track conditions throughout the day. 191 two-year-olds breezed up over the course of the first...

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October at Te Rapa Racecourse. All two-year-olds entered in NZB’s Ready to...

New Zealand bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo has enjoyed a rewarding weekend, with Australian recruits Miss Waititi (NZ) (Circus Maximus) and De Armas (NZ) (Ardrossan) enhancing their Classic...

The South Island’s Inglewood Stud is renowned for the quality of yearling drafts they bring north to Karaka on a regular basis, but next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale takes the respected...

Two years after making his pinhooking debut with a $350,000 profit, Tim Askew is returning to the NZB Ready to Run Sale with his very first draft in his own name. The young horseman will offer...

Buyers heading to Karaka for next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale can do so with confidence, knowing that recent editions of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds have delivered a return on...

While breeze-up analysis and physical inspections will come closer to sale time, the recent release of the catalogue for the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka has given buyers plenty to think...

Many of the leading lights in Malaysian racing at the moment were sourced through NZB sales, and 11 of them will clash in the lucrative NZB Open Championship (1400m) at Selangor this...

The catalogue for the world’s leading two-year-old sale is now online, with NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale set to take place at Karaka on 18 and 19 November. Peerless by every measure, NZB’s...

Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner and NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Invincible Ibis (Hellbent) earned two accolades during the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards at the Rosewood Hotel in Hong...

Entries for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now open via the NZB Portal, with the Sale to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 18 and 19 November. This year’s Breeze Ups are set to...