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Saturday’s $100,000 Group Two Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie marked a breakthrough moment for a three-year-old who cost a mere $18,000 at Karaka and began his racing...

Two Karaka graduates cleared away from the rest of the field to fight out the finish of the $50,000 Listed Staphanos by Deep Impact Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, and it was...

Cambridge visitor Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) completed a superb two-race raid on the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series with another spectacular come-from-behind performance in...

Group One stars Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) and Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) have vividly illustrated the calibre of weanlings that can be found at Karaka, and the catalogue for New...

Two weeks on from one of the most dominant performances in the 20-year history of the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) will attempt to clinch the...

Entries are now open for a high calibre broodmare sale set to be hosted on leading online auction platform Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding on the dedicated broodmare sale catalogue is scheduled to launch...

A dispersal of 135 Lots for the Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry (NZ) Ltd group is now live online on gavelhouse.com.
The 135 listings include mares and foals, weanlings, yearlings,...

Karaka graduate Avantage (Fastnet Rock) added a ninth Group One victory to her remarkable record in Saturday’s $200,000 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te...

Breeders and part-owners Little Avondale Stud passed in Roch ‘n’ Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto) at Karaka 2018, and a victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Power Turf Sprint (1200m) at Hastings has...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale saw its second-ever online session conclude on Gavelhouse Plus on Wednesday 14 April. 
Astute kiwi judges were are the forefront of the...

Bidding for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 South Island Sale hosted on Gavelhouse Plus is set to close incrementally today, starting with Lot 1 from 7PM (NZT).
Several of the 63 quality lots on...

The 2021 South Island Sale hosted on Gavelhouse Plus affords buyers the opportunity to secure progeny by an array of freshman sires based around the country, many of which proved popular at New...

Thoroughbred breeders often make the annual pilgrimage to the yearling sales at Karaka hoping for the result to be life changing.
For Willow Glen Stud’s Barbara Cooney, Karaka 2021 was exactly...

The stamina and class of New Zealand-sourced three-year-olds has again shone through on the big stage in Australia with a New Zealand-bred, Karaka-sold trifecta in Saturday’s A$2m Group One...

North Island raider Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) has soared into an equal lead in the New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series with a breathtaking performance in the $50,000 Listed NZB...

Low-priced Karaka purchase Whale Song (NZ) (Ocean Park) claimed the biggest win of his career with a bold performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m) at...

With New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of yearlings now live to view on Gavelhouse Plus, a pair of graduates have provided a timely illustration of the quality product that routinely...

After a superb Karaka 2021 yearling sale, attention quickly shifts to New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 South Island Sale, hosted for the second year on online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
There are...

At the halfway point of the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series, two fillies share the lead with 7 points apiece. But that could all change in the third leg – the...

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale is now available to be viewed online with the Sale due to take place at Karaka on Friday 14 May.
The dedicated weanling only...

Karaka Million hero On the Bubbles (Brazen Beau) signed off a superb two-year-old season with another memorable triumph in the $225,000 Group One Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes...

A brilliant late burst carried Karaka graduate Amazing Star (NZ) (Darci Brahma) to a career-best victory in Monday’s HK$4.5m Group Two Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.
Bought for $30,000 from the...

With the 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale now live on Gavelhouse Plus, star graduate Shadows Cast (NZ) (Per Incanto) played a timely starring role in Saturday’s $50,000 Listed...

Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler paid just $8,000 to buy Our Boy Ritchie (NZ) (He’s Remarkable) at Karaka four years ago, and on Saturday he landed a home-town feature victory in the $50,000 Listed...

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale of yearlings is now live and available to view on their leading online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus.
Bidding on the online Sale will commence from...

Three weeks on from a luckless second in the Randwick Guineas (1600m), high-quality colt Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) bounced back and got his Group One in Saturday’s A$600,000 Sky Racing Rosehill...

A golden run for New Zealand-bred or sourced horses in the HK$24m BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) continued on Sunday with a sparkling performance by Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in the 2021 edition...

Saturday’s $400,000 Group One Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham showcased the class and superiority of standout filly Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel), who went undefeated...

$130,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase Need I Say More (No Nay Never) boasts a black-type trophy collection that no other New Zealand three-year-old this season can match, and he carried on his winning...

Karaka graduates fought out the finish of Saturday’s $70,000 Group Three Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham, with rising star Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) getting the better...

Sprinters sourced from Karaka fought out a superb finish to Saturday’s $50,000 Listed Hardy Trade Supply Company Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham, with Grand Mayson (NZ) (Power) prevailing...

Quality stayer Waisake (NZ) (Zed) returned to the scene of his biggest triumph and added Saturday’s $55,000 Listed FastTrack Insurance New Zealand St Leger (2600m) to his trophy cabinet.
The race...

Dozens of fillies have lined up for their shot at New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year glory throughout an exciting 2020-21 Series, but now only two remain with a chance of securing the...

In a move to consolidate numbers, prime Waikato-based nursery Valachi Downs is represented by 52 Lots in a stand-alone unreserved reduction auction launched yesterday on Gavelhouse...

With another supreme performance in Saturday’s $200,000 Group One Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, champion Karaka graduate Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) took a special new...

Four years after being passed in at Karaka with a $20,000 reserve, Ocean Billy (NZ) (Ocean Park) has given Rotorua owner-trainer-breeder Bill Pomare the result he has dreamed about throughout his...

Hailing from an exceptional New Zealand family and bought for $500,000 at Karaka 2018, quality mare Toffee Tongue (NZ) (Tavistock) added another big win to her CV in Saturday’s A$350,000 Group...

The unreserved auction of recently retired, multiple stakes winner Miss Federer (NZ) (Swiss Ace) has launched on Gavelhouse Plus and will run through until 7PM (NZT) on Monday 15 March.
Bred by...

New Zealand-breds and Karaka graduates have made a spectacular start to the showpiece three-year-old races of the Sydney autumn carnival, and that dominance continued on Saturday with a superb...

With a last-gasp victory over a worthy foe in Sunday’s $70,000 Group Three McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie, this season’s standout three-year-old filly Amarelinha (NZ)...

He saves his best for raceday, but that best form has been good enough for Karaka graduate Need I Say More (No Nay Never) to land five super-impressive stakes victories in an eight-start...

With a richly deserved Listed victory in Saturday’s $50,000 NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui, quality filly The Gift (NZ) (Power) capped a consistent run of big-race performance and took...

Standout filly Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel) tops the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series table, and a trip to Ellerslie for Sunday’s $70,000 Group Three McKee Family Sunline...

A quality field of fillies will assemble at Wingatui this weekend to provide an exciting start to the autumn phase of the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series. 
The...

Emerging stayer Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) is making a late surge in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, winning Wednesday’s $100,000 Group Two Little Avondale Stud Lowland...

With only three legs remaining in the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, Wednesday’s $100,000 Group Two Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings looms as a...

Through the four seasons since Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis bought her at Karaka for $210,000, Avantage (Fastnet Rock) has repeatedly proven herself as one of the toughest, most versatile and...

A powerful late burst carried Karaka graduate Brave Angel (NZ) (Tavistock) to black-type success in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Schweppes Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) at Ascot in Perth.
Offered by...

In a bid to raise funds for Lifeline Aotearoa, a part owner in Group One Vodafone New Zealand Derby hopeful Montre Moi (NZ) (Showcasing) will auction a two percent share for the day on Gavelhouse...

He needed to summon all of his champion qualities to beat fellow Karaka graduate Furore (NZ) (Pierro), but Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) prevailed in a pulsating HK$12m Group One Citi Hong Kong...