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New Zealand Bloodstock’s Airfreight Manager on how to fly thoroughbred horses across the globe - Cathay Pacific Cargo.We have many parts to the business, all based around bloodstock. We have an...

Following on from last year’s successful Series, New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce a further ten NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series race sponsorships, with incentivised prize...

As the thoroughbred industry mourns the loss of Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon, New Zealand Bloodstock would like to reflect on the legendary trainer’s illustrious career, spanning over...

The much-anticipated auction of high-class race mare Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has launched on Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding will run through on the Group One New Zealand Oaks and multiple...

Karaka graduates played a starring role in Hong Kong’s Champion Awards at Happy Valley on Tuesday night, winning six of the nine equine categories for this season, along with a Lifetime...

Quality Sydney stayer Stockman (NZ) (Tavistock) headed north to the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and carried on his stellar form, scoring an emphatic victory in the A$175,000 Listed Allchin Air...

Entries for the number one sale of its kind, New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale taking place at the Karaka Sales Centre on 17 and 18...

Well-performed Karaka graduate Mongolian Marshal (NZ) (High Chaparral) capped a welcome form resurgence with a powerful come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Seppelt Wines...

The record-breaking Hong Kong career of legendary Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has earned yet another accolade, with the Champion Awards Judging Panel deciding to...

Hong Kong hero Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has settled nicely into life after racing at the world-renowned Australian-based retired racehorse facility, Living Legends.
Established in...

With a runaway victory in Saturday’s A$125,000 Listed Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes (1830m) at Eagle Farm, blue-blooded Karaka graduate Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock) delivered a tantalising...

Quality mare Pop Star Princess (NZ) (Makfi) scored her second stakes success in Saturday’s Listed $50,000 Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m), heading a Karaka trifecta with a superb...

The 2020 New Zealand Oaks winner and 2019-20 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Jennifer Eccles (NZ) is set to be sold on the Gavelhouse Plus online platform next month. 
Cambridge-based...

Sky Field (Deep Field) upstaged his top-class stablemate Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in an all-Karaka quinella in Sunday’s HK$3.5m Group Three Premier Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin. 
Bought by...

Well-related Karaka graduate Stockman (NZ) (Tavistock) lived up to his bloodlines with a potent performance to claim his first stakes win in Saturday’s A$150,000 Listed XXXX WJ McKell Cup...

Emerging talent Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) lived up to his stellar reputation with a dominant performance at Eagle Farm on Saturday, earning his first black-type victory in the A$200,000 Group Three...

Entries are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Yearling Sales Series, with the action-packed Sale set to take place next summer at the Karaka Sales Centre.Continuing NZB’s...

One of the largest equine freighters, NZB Airfreight, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a flight freighting six standardbred racehorses from New Zealand and Australia to the...

The winner of Saturday’s $50,000 Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m) at Whanganui was passed in at Karaka four years ago, but is now a three-time stakes winner.
Supreme Heights (NZ) (Jimmy Choux)...

With an impressive performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Whanganui, exciting talent Danger Strykes (NZ) (Astern) became the eighth...

A heart-stopping win by Kukeracha (NZ) (Night of Thunder) in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group One Moet & Chandon Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm completed an incredible clean sweep of all...

High-class Karaka graduate Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has followed up his Hong Kong Derby (2000m) heroics with a second slice of black-type success in Sunday’s HK$3.5m Group Three Lion Rock...

Atullibigeal (NZ) romped to a resounding three-length win in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, turning the tables on fellow Karaka graduate

The dominant form of New Zealand-sourced three-year-olds in Australian staying races this season rolled on up to Queensland on Saturday, with an outstanding clean sweep of the A$250,000 Group Two...

Budding superstar Karaka graduate Courier Wonder (NZ) (Sacred Falls) stepped up to stakes level on Sunday and kept his perfect record intact with a victory over seasoned older horses in the...

After a brilliant first-up performance in Saturday’s A$140,000 Listed Hilton Nicholas Straight Six (1200m) at Flemington, Karaka graduate Romancer (NZ) (Redwood) is now a stakes winner on both...

Saturday’s $50,000 Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Awapuni was dominated by graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales, and for the winner Belle Plaisir (NZ) (Proisir), it turned...

With the highly anticipated opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka only a few months away, New Zealand Bloodstock is thrilled to update prospective clients on the hotel’s progression as it...

Quality Karaka-sourced stayer The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) earned a well-deserved first stakes success with a dominant performance in Saturday’s $75,000 Group Three Campbell...

Two mares bought for a combined total of $14,000, and another who was passed in with a $10,000 reserve, played starring roles in an all-Karaka finish to Saturday’s $70,000 Group Three Rydges...

Prominent judges made up a strong buying bench at New Zealand Bloodstock’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, with a buoyant market continuing an upwards trend.
NZB’s Managing Director Andrew...

NZB Airfreight have confirmed a direct flight leaving from Auckland to Brisbane on Friday 11 June 2021. 
NZB Airfreight will also be offering a direct flight returning from Brisbane to...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s dedicated National Weanling Sale, set to be held this Friday 14 May, is a prime opportunity for astute judges to purchase their next lucrative pinhooking investment.
Over...

A select catalogue of 120 for this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale at Karaka boasts dozens of high-quality pedigrees, and black-type race results through the five weeks...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever dedicated National Weanling Sale has been bolstered with six further entries, bringing the total amount of youngsters offered to...

While all are welcome to join New Zealand Bloodstock for their live sale at the Karaka Sales Centre, both domestic and international viewers can look forward to the 2021 National...

Three-year-olds bred and sold in New Zealand have been an unstoppable force in Australia this season, winning the Victoria Derby (2500m), Tasmanian Derby (2200m), West Australian Derby (2400m),...

Karaka graduates fought out the finish of a talent-packed edition of the $50,000 Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, with Turn the Ace (NZ) (Turn Me...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale at Karaka features progeny by an outstanding range of stallions, including rising stars whose early sons and daughters are...

Foal NZ co-founder Leigh Wills will be presenting two free talks on foal education at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale later this month.
The 30-minute talks entitled ‘Does foal...

A pair of champion racehorses bought at Karaka for a combined total of only $130,000 have been enshrined in New Zealand racing history with induction into the New Zealand Racing Hall of...

An enormously influential career spanning more than 40 years in the New Zealand thoroughbred industry was recognised and celebrated in Hamilton on Sunday night with Sir Peter Vela’s induction...

After a series of near-misses in black-type company, Karaka graduate Pierina (NZ) (Savabeel) earned a valuable first stakes success with a scintillating performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Group...

The New Zealand thoroughbred industry played a starring role in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Two Queen of the South Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville, with both of the first two placegetters being...

Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn (NZ) is the headline act in the quality 37 Lot Autumn Online Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus.
Recently retired, Yearn won the Group Two Auckland...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale will unveil the first progeny of an exciting new crop of first season sires.This year’s catalogue includes freshmen from both sides of the...

Some of the circumstances were different in the HK$20m Group One FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, but superstar Karaka graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) ensured that the...

The class and stamina of three-year-olds bred and sold in New Zealand has repeatedly shone through on the biggest stages in Australia this season, and Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed VRC St Leger...

A good track was the only thing top-class Karaka graduate Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) needed to make a triumphant return to the peak of his powers in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group One Schweppes All...

Quality Karaka graduate Demonetization (All Too Hard) took his career to a new level at Ellerslie on Saturday, leaving a talented field in his wake in the $100,000 Group Two Manco Easter Handicap...