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New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the running of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will continue this season, with incentivised prize packages awarded to trainers across a...

Karaka graduate Famous Jonathn (NZ) (Deep Field) claimed the biggest win of his career so far with a brilliant front-running performance in Sunday’s M$800,000 Chairman’s Challenge Cup (1200m)...

Karaka graduates finished first and second in Sunday’s Dr Lim Ah Soo Memorial Trophy (1300m) at Penang, headed by an impressive all-the-way victory by Gamestonks (NZ) (Showcasing).
Passed in as a...

An exceptional 2022-23 season for New Zealand Bloodstock sale graduates has finished off with one final black-type flourish, thanks to a thrilling last-stride win by Itza Charmdeel (Charm Spirit)...

New Zealand’s richest raceday will be further enhanced in 2024 with stakes increases and the launch of a new partnership announced today for New Zealand Bloodstock’s iconic Karaka Millions...

Golden Sixty and Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) are two of the biggest stars in world racing.
Aside from their elite level of ability, the pair share a common bond as graduates of New Zealand...

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Buick as the latest addition to the burgeoning bloodstock team, beginning late July. 
Buick is well-immersed in the...

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale swept four categories in Hong Kong’s Champion Awards on Friday evening, including a slice of history for Horse of the Year Golden Sixty...

The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which is currently in progress on Gavelhouse Plus, gives buyers rare access to a number of young mares who have just reached the end of their quality...

Two weeks after returning to top form in the Listed Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, prolific winner Ucalledit (NZ) (Zacinto) delivered a repeat result in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Robrick...

Seven months after being bought for only $13,000 from the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, two-year-old filly Dolphin Skin (NZ) (Telperion) became a stakes winner in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed...

The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale is now live online on Gavelhouse Plus, with 54 lots on offer.
Bidding is set to open on Friday 7th July and will close from 7pm (NZT) on Wednesday 12th...

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 22 and 23 November.
With a reputation like no...

A gallant runner-up in the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) earlier this year, Tuchel (NZ) (Redwood) broke through for a well-deserved first stakes win in Sunday’s...

Karaka graduate Ucalledit (NZ) (Zacinto) landed his second stakes win in Australia with an impressive performance in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Drinkwise Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Bought...

A positive atmosphere fuelled by the recent NZTR announcement on prizemoney increases saw strength across the buying bench with New Zealand proven sires coming out on top at NZB's 2023...

With the welcome return of New Zealand Bloodstock’s popular winter mixed sale format, along with the prospect of a rejuvenated New Zealand racing industry on the back of the TAB’s deal with...

Halfway through 2023, New Zealand Bloodstock is in the enviable position of having two of its graduates among the top three places on the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
Hong Kong...

A high-quality weanling catalogue for this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka has been further elevated by the results of recent feature races across...

Domestic and international viewers of NZB's 2023 National Weanling and Broodmare Sale can look forward to a live sale broadcast, beamed to viewers this Friday 16 June at the Karaka Sales...

The step up to stakes level in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Channel 7 Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm did nothing to slow the rapid rise of Antino (NZ) (Redwood), who has gone from the Karaka...

Entries are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka 2024 National Yearling Sales Series, with the Sale to take place in its traditional timeslot at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 28...

The broodmare session at the upcoming New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale features a strong line up of stakes performers and broad stallion representation both within...

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Cunningham as a Bloodstock Sales Representative, beginning early August.
Currently responsible for the sales, accounts and...

Hong Kong sensation Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) added a sixth win to his incredible sequence with a dominant performance in Sunday’s HK$3.9m Group Three Sha Tin Vase (1200m).
Bought for...

A select offering of 70 broodmares will go under the hammer during the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka on June 16, with a dispersal of Rob Ferguson’s New...

New Zealand Bloodstock is proud to be at the forefront of a new sponsorship incentive known as the NZB Best Newcomer Award, forming part of the NZTR Thoroughbreds in Equestrian Sports (TiES)...

Stakes-winning sprinting mare Rose ‘N’ Power (NZ) (Power) will be offered for sale on Gavelhouse Plus this week with bidding closing from 7pm (NZT) on Monday 5th June.
Rose ‘N’ Power is the...

An amazing season for three-year-old Karaka graduates in Australia has kept rolling on, thanks to a breathtaking performance by Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park) in Saturday’s A$1m Group One Queensland...

A yearly visit to the Queensland Winter Carnival brings the very best out of Karaka graduate Kukeracha (NZ) (Night Of Thunder), who once again played a starring role in the Sunshine State on...

Ready to Run Sale graduate San Andreas (Smart Missile) landed the biggest win of his career with an impressive come-from-behind performance in Sunday’s RM150,000 Equine Sanctuary Tunku Gold Cup...

Singapore's sensational Karaka graduate Lim's Kosciuszko (Kermadec) showed all of his superstar qualities in Saturday's $1m Kranji Mile (1600m), blowing his rivals away and setting a new track...

Up-and-coming stayer Thought Provoking (NZ) (So You Think) claimed a valuable first blacktype win with a determined front-running performance in Saturday's A$107,250 Listed Thomas Farms Centaurea...

Pignan (NZ) (Staphanos), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkles) are just three recent Group One-winning examples of the calibre of weanlings that can be purchased...

With a powerful late charge in Saturday’s A$500,000 Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville, Dunkel (NZ) (Dundeel) became the sixth Karaka-sourced three-year-old to win at...

Now in the care of champion expat Kiwi trainer Chris Waller, Special Swey came off the ballot to make his first Australian start in the Rough Habit Plate, and he jumped at the opportunity and made...

Three-year-old filly Wessex (NZ) blew her older opposition away with a superb front-running performance in Saturday’s $85,000 Group Three Rotorua ITM Stakes (1400m).
Wessex became the ninth...

New Zealand Bloodstock is counting down to its first physical sale of both weanlings and broodmares since 2019, and with the way Kiwi sires have been performing this season, there could be no...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s newly formed National Weanling and Broodmare Sale catalogue is now live, with the 253-lot Sale set to be held on Friday 16 June. The dedicated weanling only format has...

Trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have celebrated two Group One wins in Adelaide within the space of a week – both with fillies bought from Karaka 2021, and over very different...

A stunning finishing burst in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Aquis Stallions Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Sunshine Coast has put Karaka graduate Renaissance Woman (NZ) (Reliable Man) on...

Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson appears to have found a winning formula with progeny of Redwood that he sources from Karaka.
His latest rising star is Solidify (NZ) (Redwood), who scored an...

After showing bright promise in the spring, highly talented two-year-old Illicit Dreams (NZ) (Vancouver) has come back even better in the autumn and claimed a valuable black-type win.
Bought for...

Formerly a dual stakes winner as a three-year-old, quality Karaka graduate Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) has capped an admirably consistent formline with another black-type success at the age...

Gavelhouse Plus has become Te Akau Racing’s platform of choice for selling high-quality mares as they retire from the racetrack, and that trend is continuing over the next week with the sale of

Karaka-sourced megastar Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) rewrote Hong Kong racing’s record books with his third consecutive HK$20m Group One FWD Champions Mile (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin on...

Karaka graduates finished first and second in Sunday’s HK$20m Group One Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin, headed by a demolition job by Hong Kong’s latest sprinting superstar.
It...

A filly that cost only $75,000 at Karaka 2021 became an Australian Group One winner with a classy and courageous performance in Saturday’s A$500,000 Grand Syndicates Australasian Oaks (2000m) at...

Five months after venturing north to Queensland to capture the Group Three Grand Prix (2100m), Karaka graduate Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park) returned to the Sunshine State on Saturday and did...

Fillies and mares who were offered at New Zealand Bloodstock Sales swept all of the first four placings in Saturday’s $120,000 Group Two Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa, with one of the...