NZB Ready to Run Sale Catalogue Exudes Excellence

A range of factors can influence buyers as they select their shortlist for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds. Some might be drawn to certain vendors and their well-earned international reputations, while others will run their expert eye over the Breeze Ups. But for many, you can’t beat a quality pedigree, and the catalogue for the 2022 Ready to Run Sale has plenty to satisfy them too.

Over two days of selling action at Karaka on 16 and 17 November, buyers will have the opportunity to bid on 37 siblings to stakes winners, 28 sons or daughters of stakes-winning dams, and countless other two-year-olds with impeccable pedigree credentials.

From start to finish, the pages of the catalogue are stacked with pedigree points of interest, including:

• Lot 54, a colt from the first southern hemisphere crop of exciting stallion U S Navy Flag. This colt is a half-brother to Arrogant (NZ) (Ocean Park), who ran second to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) in a head-bobbing photo finish to the Group One Rosehill Guineas (2000m). This colt’s dam Charmeuse (NZ) (O’Reilly) is an unraced half-sister to class performers Savile Row (NZ) (Makfi) and Needle And Thread (NZ) (Makfi).
• Lot 55, a full brother to this year’s hugely impressive Group Two Wellington Guineas (1400m) winner Shamus (NZ) (Shamexpress).
• Lot 61, by emerging Waikato Stud sire Tivaci out of dual Group One winner Costume (NZ) (Savabeel).
• Lot 65, a son of Savabeel and the Pins mare Daisy Chain (NZ), who is a sister to stakes performers Snowdrop (NZ) (Pins), Grand De Flora (NZ) (Savabeel) and Grand Bouquet (NZ) (Savabeel). The second dam is the multiple Group One-winning star mare Daffodil (NZ) (No Excuse Needed).
• Lot 76, a Savabeel colt who is a full brother to stakes winner Shezzacatch (NZ) (Savabeel) and from a prolific black-type family.
• Lot 81, a son of Exceed And Excel who is closely related to VRC Oaks (2500m) heroine Personal (Fastnet Rock).
• Lot 90, a Per Incanto colt out of Group One-winning mare Fleur De Lune (NZ) (Stravinsky). This colt is a full brother to Fleur De Lune’s first foal to race, Forte (NZ) (Per Incanto), who has been a sprint winner in Hong Kong.
• Lot 91, a full brother to this year’s Group One Queensland Derby (2400m) placegetter Caboche (NZ) (Vadamos). This colt is also a half-brother to stakes winner Manolo Blahniq (NZ) (Jimmy Choux), while dam Floramour (More Than Ready) won at Listed level in South Australia.
• Lot 102, a colt by American Pharoah out of Galway (NZ) (Savabeel), who is already the dam of stakes winners Kirwan’s Lane (NZ) (Charm Spirit) and Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit). Galway is also a full-sister to multiple Group One winner Shillelagh (NZ) (Savabeel), Group Two winner Tullamore (NZ) (Savabeel) and Listed winner Grazia (NZ) (Savabeel).
• Lot 109, a colt by Vancouver out of the winning Snitzel mare Grasslands, who is a full-sister to the top-class Away Game (Snitzel).
• A Savabeel colt catalogued as Lot 115, whose dam is a three-quarter-sister to the sensational Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle).
• Lot 121, a colt by Turn Me Loose (NZ) out of a half-sister to the Group One-winning Western Australian mare Inspirational Girl (NZ) (Reliable Man). 
• Lot 123, whose dam is a full-sister to Group One winner Velocitea (NZ) (Volksraad) and a half-sister to the dam of elite sprinting mare Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible).

  

• Cheltenham Stables’ Vadamos colt, catalogued as Lot 124. His dam Irish Colleen (NZ) (Shinko King) won at Group Two level, and she is the dam of Group winners Killarney (NZ) (O’Reilly) and Crosshaven (Smart Missile).
• Lot 140, a quality colt with an all-American pedigree – by sensational shuttle stallion Medaglia d’Oro out of the Grade One-placed K P Pergoliscious (Declaration Of War).
• Lot 144, a colt by Turn Me Loose (NZ) out of quality Savabeel mare Lady Kipling (NZ). Herself a multiple Group winner on the track, Lady Kipling is the dam of four winners including Group Two winner Fascino (NZ) (Charm Spirit) and the stakes-placed Favreau (NZ) (Tavistock).
• Lot 152, a full-brother to Group Two Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) winner Cosmic Force (Deep Field), and half-brother to Group Three winner Onemorezeta (Onemorenomore).
• An El Roca filly, catalogued as Lot 157, whose dam is a full-sister to Cox Plate (2040m) hero El Segundo (NZ) (Pins).
• Lot 162, a Tivaci half-brother to multiple Group One winner Kawi (NZ) (Savabeel). 
• Lot 183, a Tarzino gelding out of a half-sister to quadruple Group One winner Silent Achiever (NZ) (O’Reilly).
• Lot 220, a full brother to Hong Kong’s Group Three winner and Group One-placed Little Giant (NZ) (Swiss Ace). The gelding’s dam Princess Carolina (More Than Ready) has also produced Listed winner Top Prospect (NZ) (Swiss Ace) and the Group Two-placed Charlestown (NZ) (Myboycharlie).
• Lot 231, a Deep Field colt out of a sibling to sensational racehorse Incentivise (Shamus Award) and young Waikato Stud stallion Ardrossan.
• Lot 235, a half-brother to multiple stakes-winning juvenile Nomothaj (Snitzel) by The Autumn Sun.
• Ascot Farm’s son of Darci Brahma (NZ), set to go through the ring as Lot 241. His dam Ride Of Valkyries (Orpen) was a Group One winner in Argentina.
• Lot 242, a close relative of the outstanding trans-Tasman performer Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle). This colt is by the same sire, Rip Van Winkle, while dam Riverina Girl (NZ) (Black Minnaloushe) is a half-sister to Te Akau Shark’s dam. 

  

• Lot 249, is a well-related colt by undefeated champion racehorse Justify, whose oldest southern hemisphere progeny are two-year-olds. There is a huge amount of black type on this pedigree page, with close relatives including star racehorses Anabandana (Anabaa), Packing Rockstar (Fastnet Rock), Gybe (Fastnet Rock) and King’s Rose (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice).
• Regal Farm’s gelding by The Autumn Sun, to be offered as Lot 250. This blue-blooded youngster is a half-brother to Australian Derby (2400m) winner Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock), and closely related to many other black-type performers including champion sprinter Lankan Rupee (Redoute’s Choice).
• Lot 276, a Written Tycoon half-brother to Group Three CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) winner Pinstriped (Street Boss).
• Lot 278, a colt by Savabeel out of Australian Oaks (2400m) winner Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi).
• A colt by young Cambridge Stud sire Embellish (NZ), going through the ring as Lot 297. This Ohukia Lodge colt is a half-brother to last season’s Group One Australian Oaks (2400m) placegetter Gin Martini (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle).

The 2022 edition of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on 16 and 17 November 2022, with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on 3 and 4 October.

Online bidding is available for all prospective purchasers via bidonline.nzb.co.nz, plus an extensive online catalogue right here that will host pedigrees, parade videos and photos, breeze up clips and data analysis, updates and important information to assist your buying decisions.

International buyers wishing to physically attend the 2022 Ready to Run Sale can enquire about accommodation options by emailing [email protected].

View the full catalogue online here