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New Zealand is renowned as a nursery of world-beating thoroughbred talent, and the catalogues for Karaka 2024 are filled to the brim with those outstanding Kiwi bloodlines.
Even by its own high...

Last weekend’s impressive black-type winners Just As Sharp (NZ) (Swiss Ace) and Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon) have moved up the order of entry and likely secured spots in the starting gates...

The Oaks Stud’s homebred mare Nassak Diamond (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) has raced into Jericho Cup (4600m) folklore as the first New Zealand-trained winner of the A$300,000 showpiece at...

Quality stayer Stockman (NZ) (Tavistock) has turned his $175,000 purchase price at Karaka into almost 10 times that amount, and he landed another feature prize in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed...

Frequently a bridesmaid through her first few starts, Karaka graduate Glamour Tycoon (Written Tycoon) has emphatically turned a corner and become a valuable, stakes-winning filly.
Glamour Tycoon...

Team Rogerson had one of last season’s standout three-year-olds with Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood), who they bought from the draft of breeder Westbury Stud at Karaka. That same formula has...

There will be no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after last week’s record-shattering Ready to Run Sale. Instead, the release of the catalogues for Karaka 2024 has launched the...

As the Wellfield Lodge operation winds down over the coming weeks, buyers on gavelhouse.com will be given a rare opportunity to secure some of its respected bloodlines – starting with a quality...

Saturday’s $110,000 Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m) was always going to have a major impact on the order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), and a spectacular...

Ready to Run Sale graduate Good Fight (Super One) continued his red-hot run of form with another feature victory in Sunday’s RM100,000 Charity Cup (1400m) at Perak.
The winner of the Supreme...

Proven Group One performer Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) made a welcome return to peak form with an outstanding performance in Saturday’s $225,000 Group Two Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland...

The super-talented Sacred Satono (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) lifted his career earnings to more than 10 times his purchase price with a scintillating performance in the $150,000 Group Three Haunui Farm...

Go Racing’s unbeaten filly Velocious (Written Tycoon) sent ripples through the 2023-24 crop of New Zealand two-year-olds with a spectacular performance in the $110,000 Listed Counties Challenge...

Buyers from Hong Kong were a force to be reckoned with throughout the two action-packed days of the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka held 22 and 23 November. 
Riding the wave of the...

Unprecedented results were witnessed across two days of selling at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the status of the world’s best sale of its kind and the...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale saw an incredible Day One of selling that defied market conditions and expectations, with a record-breaking aggregate and not one, but two lots...

- By Michael Guerin, NZ Herald
Hong Kong buyers are expected to add real spark to the top end of the market at the Ready To Run Sale which begins at Karaka on Wednesday.
New Zealand...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale is just moments away, set to take place on 22 and 23 November at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.
Inspections and parades and well and truly...

With a spectacular Group One performance in Christchurch over the weekend, exciting filly Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) has leapfrogged her way to the top of the market for the $1.5m TAB Karaka...

Throughout the three months since the catalogue went to print for the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, a series of significant racetrack results have provided even more reasons for...

Three days out from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, the superstar horse on the cover of the catalogue scored an impeccably timed win in the HK$5.35m Group Two BOCHK...

Due to popular demand, leading thoroughbred auction house New Zealand Bloodstock has launched a brand-new online merchandise store.
Each year buyers flock to Karaka to converge for the annual...

The 2023-24 crop of New Zealand three-year-old fillies has a new clear headline act after Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) romped to victory in Saturday’s $500,000 Group One Barneswood Farm New...

In a show of support towards its trainers and owners, Perak Turf Club has announced today a significant subsidy for purchases from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale due to be held...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series has concluded for the season, with incentivized prize packages awarded to trainers across a series of domestic race...

Throughout the half a century since it was established in 1973, the $500,000 Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) has showcased the standout three-year-old filly talent of every New Zealand...

Wednesday’s $120,000 Group Three Windsor Park Stud Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton was dominated by graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales, who filled all of the first...

The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale has traditionally been dominated by colts and geldings, but a growing number of quality fillies are proving to be well sought-after at Karaka every...

A decade on from their unforgettable triumph with standout two-year-old filly Ruud Awakening (Bernardini), leading syndicators Go Racing are firmly in the Karaka Millions mix again.
Go Racing’s...

Already a Group One winner against her own sex in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) in Sydney earlier this year, top-class Karaka graduate Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) took her outstanding career to...

Already a six-time stakes winner between 1200 and 1800 metres, Singapore superstar Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) extended his dominance into new territory on Saturday with victory in the S$1m...

Less than a year after going through the sale ring at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, the lightly raced Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) stepped on to Australian racing’s biggest stage...

With an outstanding performance in Tuesday’s $110,000 Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m) at Pukekohe, rising star Habana (Zoustar) became the seventh individual stakes winner to come out...

Just two weeks out from the 2023 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, a former graduate of the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds has continued his rich run of...

Highview will continue its proud history with the Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) when proven distance performer Daqiansweet Junior makes his second appearance in the Flemington feature on...

Adelaide trainers Richard and Chantelle Jolly paid only $65,000 at Karaka 2020 to buy Pudding (NZ) (Tavistock), who took his career earnings to A$283,205 with a tenacious performance in...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale continues to go from strength to strength as the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds, producing an honour roll of racetrack stars that no other...

With impressive black-type performances at Pukekohe and Riccarton on Saturday, a pair of talented three-year-olds who are eligible for the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) have made a move up...

Last year’s NZB Airfreight Road to Jericho (3000m) at Riccarton was a springboard to a second placing in the A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) for Botti (NZ) (Jakkalberry), but a feature race much...

Karaka graduates stole the show in the Group Two McCafe Crystal Mile (1600m) on the world-famous Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley on Saturday, finishing first and second in the A$300,000 feature.
The...

Proven Group performer Impendabelle (Impending) is the new leader in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series after winning a dramatic edition of the $175,000 Group Two Jamieson Park...

Previously a three-time placegetter at stakes level, Burn To Shine (NZ) (So You Think) took the next step at Riccarton on Saturday with a tenacious win in the $100,000 Group Three War Decree...

New Zealand Bloodstock representative and legendary Group One-winning jockey Brent Thomson received recognition for his services to racing this week when receiving the Victorian Club Service to...

The $175,000 Group Two Jamieson Park Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) was added to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series only three years ago, but the second leg is quickly establishing...

Saturday marks the second of New Zealand’s two annual qualifying races for the famous A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) in Victoria, with the South Island getting its turn through the running of the...

The order of entry for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) has a new leader after a spectacular debut performance by Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday’s $40,000 Des Coppins Tips...

With the 2023 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale now only a month away, racetrack success is coming thick and fast for previous graduates of the world’s leading sale of...

Karaka graduate Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) has emerged as one of the standout three-year-old fillies in Melbourne this spring, collecting her second consecutive black-type victory in...

For the second year in a row, Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta has taken a Karaka graduate to Trentham and won the $100,000 Group Three Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap...

Bought for only $12,500 from the 2019 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit) lifted his career earnings to $247,625 with an outstanding front-running performance in...