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Thoroughbred breeders often make the annual pilgrimage to the yearling sales at Karaka hoping for the result to be life changing.
For Willow Glen Stud’s Barbara Cooney, Karaka 2021 was exactly...

The stamina and class of New Zealand-sourced three-year-olds has again shone through on the big stage in Australia with a New Zealand-bred, Karaka-sold trifecta in Saturday’s A$2m Group One...

North Island raider Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) has soared into an equal lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series with a breathtaking performance in the $50,000 Listed NZB...

Low-priced Karaka purchase Whale Song (NZ) (Ocean Park) claimed the biggest win of his career with a bold performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m) at...

With New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of yearlings now live to view on Gavelhouse Plus, a pair of graduates have provided a timely illustration of the quality product that routinely...

After a superb Karaka 2021 yearling sale, attention quickly shifts to New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 South Island Sale, hosted for the second year on online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
There are...

At the halfway point of the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, two fillies share the lead with 7 points apiece. But that could all change in the third leg – the...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale is now available to be viewed online with the Sale due to take place at Karaka on Friday 14 May.
The dedicated weanling only...

Karaka Million hero On the Bubbles (Brazen Beau) signed off a superb two-year-old season with another memorable triumph in the $225,000 Group One Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes...

A brilliant late burst carried Karaka graduate Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) to a career-best victory in Monday’s HK$4.5m Group Two Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.
Bought for $30,000 from the...

With the 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale now live on Gavelhouse Plus, star graduate Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto) played a timely starring role in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed...

Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler paid just $8,000 to buy Our Boy Ritchie (NZ) (He’s Remarkable) at Karaka four years ago, and on Saturday he landed a home-town feature victory in the $50,000 Listed...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale of yearlings is now live and available to view on their leading online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding on the online Sale will commence from...

Three weeks on from a luckless second in the Randwick Guineas (1600m), high-quality colt Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) bounced back and got his Group One in Saturday’s A$600,000 Sky Racing Rosehill...

A golden run for New Zealand-bred or sourced horses in the HK$24m BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) continued on Sunday with a sparkling performance by Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in the 2021 edition...

Saturday’s $400,000 Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham showcased the class and superiority of standout filly Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel), who went undefeated...