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New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Up clips and Mounting Yard parade videos are now available to view online at nzb.co.nz.
On Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October, 338 talented...

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the sponsorship of two large prizemoney races in Malaysia with graduates of NZB’s sales set to be able to compete for stakes of RM100,000.
The first of two...

Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw the final 169 two-year-olds complete their gallop down the home straight of Te Rapa Racecourse.
The Soft 5 track and fine...

Day One of NZB’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups kicked off today at Te Rapa Racecourse with perfect weather and track conditions for the two-year-olds. 
172 expertly prepared...

Karaka graduates finished first, second and third in the $100,000 Group Three Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton on Monday, headed by a bold black-type debut by Star Of Justice...

Gavelhouse Plus is offering buyers a special opportunity to enhance their broodmare bands with a speedy and well-bred daughter of super-sire Savabeel.
Te Akau Racing’s black-type winner...

Rising star Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) has followed in the footsteps of his half-sister Ladies First (NZ) (Dylan Thomas), going from the Karaka sale ring to Group One glory.
Saturday’s $450,000...

For the second year in a row, Sydney’s A$500,000 Group Three Gloaming Stakes (1800m) has announced the arrival of an exciting young Karaka graduate on the big three-year-old stage.
Raf Attack...

After showing real class over longer distances as a three-year-old last season, quality Karaka graduate Renaissance Woman (NZ) (Reliable Man) played a starring role at a much shorter trip in...

Super-talented Karaka graduate Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) made a welcome return to top form with a determined win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Weekend Hussler (1400m) at Caulfield.
Ayrton was...

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 October at Te Rapa Racecourse.
All two-year-olds entered in New Zealand...

Stallion rosters on both sides of the Tasman have had an injection of exciting young talent in recent seasons, and the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka this November is a...

Exciting Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth has burst into the frame for the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) with a breathtaking performance by his first-crop son Poetic Champion (NZ) at...

Saturday’s $80,000 Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) may have been an unexpected stop for local mare Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) this spring, but the superstar four-year-old put on a show...

At the end of the first month of two-year-old racing in New Zealand this season, the stable that has produced all of the last seven $1m Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winners is once again in pole...

An impressive performance in Sunday’s A$200,000 Group Three Sandown Stakes (1500m) has earned a rising star Ready to Run Sale graduate the chance to provide a dream advertisement leading into...

On one of New Zealand racing’s biggest spring stages, the $40,000 Karaka 2022 purchase Lantern Way (Satono Aladdin) rose to the occasion and recorded the first win of his career in Saturday’s...

A lightly raced Karaka graduate has thrown her name into the mix for next month’s Group One Thousand Guineas (1600m) with an impressive black-type debut in Friday night’s A$200,000 Group Three...

Two years after selling Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) for $800,000 on Gavelhouse Plus, Adrian Clark’s Challenge Syndications is set to offer another proven Group One performer for online...

NZB Airfreight, one of the leading equine airfreight services in Australasia, has announced a new regular flight route for domestic travellers.
The Auckland to Christchurch and return service will...

The catalogue for the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale features the progeny of 92 different sires, including some of the cream of the stallion crop from both sides of the Tasman.New...

Karaka graduate Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) has taken to his career to new heights in the first two months of the new season, collecting his first two wins at Group Three level.
The five-year-old...

Singapore’s Horse of the Year Lim's Kosciuszko (Kermadec) continues to stand head and shoulders above all others at Kranji, rolling to the 16th win of his 20-start career with another dominant...

Racing NSW recently announced the launch of a first of its kind equestrian event with a minimum of $1 million in prizemoney exclusively for retired thoroughbred racehorses.
The Equimillion will...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups are just under a month out, set to take place on 16 and 17 October.  
The Ready to Run Sale at Karaka is the world’s leading...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Director of Business Mike Kneebone was recently presented the NZTR Award for Outstanding Global Achievement at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards last...

Just over two months out from the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds has been credited with yet another stakes winner.
Pasir Pinji (NZ)...

Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) continues to go strength from strength in his sensational spring, taking his career earnings past A$9m with another exceptional Group One victory in Saturday’s...

A placegetter in the 2022 edition of the NZB Airfreight Road to the Jericho (3210m) at New Plymouth, Nassak Diamond (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) returned to Taranaki on Saturday and took this year’s...

Just like they did in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year opener seven days earlier, powerhouse syndicators Te Akau Racing have swept to an early lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales collected four trophies in Friday evening’s Christchurch Casino South Island Racing Awards, headed by the 2022-23 Horse of the Year Buoyant (NZ)...

A cruel blow for syndicators Go Racing has paved the way for a special opportunity for buyers on gavelhouse.com this week.
The latest 46 Lot online auction features Sedaka (NZ) (Savabeel), who...

After initially catching the eyes of respected trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood when she was offered as a yearling on Gavelhouse Plus, Contagious (NZ) (Proisir) has come full-circle and...

Warrnambool’s Jericho Cup (4600m) has quickly become a hugely popular target every December for some of the toughest Australasian-bred stayers, and NZB Airfreight is once again giving Kiwi...

A week after the Group Three Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) brought the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series to life in the North Island, the stars of the south are about to get their turn...

Buyers are drawn to New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale every year by the remarkable racetrack performances of previous graduates, as well as the vendors’ renowned ability to nurture...

A Karaka graduate has been named New Zealand’s Horse of the Year for the ninth season in succession, with Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) claiming the coveted title in Auckland on Sunday...

Undefeated filly Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award) kicked off the 2023-24 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series in style on Saturday with a scintillating win in the $120,000 Group Three HBPB...

For the second year in a row, Te Akau Racing has unleashed a reigning Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) winner on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival and struck even more black-type...

Last season’s superstars have given them a hard act to follow, but the class of 2023-24 get their time to shine when the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series kicks off in Saturday’s...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale is a launchpad to racetrack stardom across Australasia and Asia, with an unparalleled honour roll that features two of the highest-rated horses on the...

The countdown to the 2024 TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) kicked off on Saturday with the first two-year-old race of New Zealand’s 2023-24 racing season.
The $25,000 Whanganui Chronicle 2YO...

Already a two-time winner of Sydney’s most famous handicap, superstar Karaka graduate Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) confirmed his place among the best of Melbourne’s weight-for-age ranks with...

The New South Wales Racehorse Owners Association celebrated their state’s equine stars of the 2022-23 season during the Night of Champions Awards at Randwick on Thursday, and Karaka graduate

Despite placing at Group One level and banking more than A$600,000 in stakes, a win at black-type level was the one thing that eluded high-quality Karaka graduate Benaud (Reliable Man) – until...

Superstar Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) stands head and shoulders above his opposition in Singapore at the moment, and the reigning Singapore Horse of the Year once again showcased that...

The curtain recently came down on one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s greatest seasons to date .The 2022-23 season saw twenty-two individual Group One winners, who emerged from Karaka last season,...

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Sham as the latest addition to the international agents representing the premier New Zealand auction house and its brands...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s eight-million-dollar man Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has started his new campaign on the exact same note as he did 12 months ago, winning the A$300,000 Group Two P B...

Well-related Karaka graduate Savannah Cloud (NZ) (Savabeel) was rewarded for his four seasons of consistency and quality when he scored a deserved feature-race win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed...