NZB Sponsorships 2022-23

In support of the growth and prosperity of New Zealand's thoroughbred industry, New Zealand Bloodstock is the proud sponsor of a host of races around New Zealand, Australia and Asia, including two races forming the richest race meeting on the calendar, the $1 million DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million (2YO) and the $1m Karaka Million 3YO Classic.

In a grand show of support for the NZ breeding industry, NZB Insurance has lent its considerable support to New Zealand's Pearl Series providing over $5 million in prizemoney and bonuses across 200 races for fillies and mares around the country. For registration and details contact the NZTBA here.

New Zealand Bloodstock also supports fillies racing in New Zealand through sponsorship of the prestigious Filly of the Year Series and Southern Filly of the Year Series, where the country's three-year-old fillies battle it out for the coveted crown. 

Aside from racing, NZB also heavily backs various industry organisations and not-for-profit companies directly or indirectly associated with the industry such as the NZ Horse Ambulance Trust and Beyond the Barriers

NZB Race Sponsorships in 2022-23

DATE RACE NAME Club WINNER OWNER TRAINER
10/9/22 $100,000 Group 3 HB/PB Thoroughbred Breeders Assn Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) (FOTY) Hawke's Bay Racing Inc.  Best Seller (NZ) (Wrote) Challenge Zen Syndicate (Mgr: Adrian Clark) John Bary
10/9/22 $50,000 Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1300m) Hawke's Bay Racing Inc.  My Father's Gun (NZ) (Per Incanto) L C Hickman & Mrs E L Tanner Lucy Tanner
17/9/22 $30,000 NZB Airfreight Road to the Jericho Heat 1 (3210m) Taranaki Racing Inc. Quota (NZ) (Makfi) B R, T A & J D Myers Jo Rathbone
17/9/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (990m) Taranaki Racing Inc. Ima Roca Bee (NZ) (El Roca) H & K McQuade Karyn McQuade
17/9/22 $65,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) (SFOTY) Canterbury JC Navalha (AUS) (Sebring) Fortuna Navalha Syndicate Karyn McQuade
17/9/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1200m) Canterbury JC One Kiss ( NZ) (Tivaci)     JML Bloodstock Ltd (Mgr: L Petagna)          Mark Walker   
30/9/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1200m) Waikato RC Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) Mrs C J & P H Brown, A C & Mrs M E Enting, W J Foster, Mrs B J & K S Kelso, A M & Mrs P J Kirton, G & M Maloy & E J Verheyen Ken & Bev Kelso
8/10/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1600m) Egmont RC Regal Rock (NZ) (Road to Rock) W L Drought, R F Finlay & T Simpson Rosie Buchanan
22/10/22 $40,000 NZB Airfreight Road to the Jericho Heat 2 (3000m) Canterbury JC Botti (NZ) (Jakkalberry) Tony, Antonio & L F Muollo Kevin Myers
22/10/22 $85,000 Group 3 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) (FOTY) Waikato RC Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) Mrs C J & P H Brown, A C & Mrs M E Enting, W J Foster, Mrs B J & K S Kelso, A M & Mrs P J Kirton, G & M Maloy & E J Verheyen Ken & Bev Kelso
22/10/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1200m) Canterbury JC Over To You (Star Witness) Squair Bloodstock Partnership Jamie Bullard
29/10/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1200m) Matamata RC Sassy Merlot (NZ)  Ballymore Stables NZ Ltd, M & W Bloomfield, D C & P M Dean, J P Gray, A & J Hayne, D Lean, M N McConnell, A H Panther & Savvy Racing Swamp Fox Syndicate (Mgr: Keith McDonald) Michael Moroney & Pam Gerard
5/11/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale 16/17 November (1400m) Waikato RC Western Springs (NZ) (Lonhro) Mrs J M & R M Wanless Roger James & Robert Wellwood
5/11/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1200m) Canterbury JC Hemi Ridapest (Exosphere) G R Clareburt, K T J Dixon, Mrs C M & N F Fergus, R May, Napier Footy Boys No 4 Syndicate, A & S Pearson, A J Rennie, G B Trask & L W Wilson Lisa Latta
9/11/22 $30,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series (1400m) Canterbury JC Betty Spaghetti (Stratum Star) R C Dennis, B, J & J Fodie, H Robinson, Botting Family, Barron Family, Robbies Betty Syndicate, Cs & Ps Syndicate, Lucky Jack Syndicate, Rackers Syndicate & Stable Investments Syndicate Shane Kennedy & Anna Furlong
12/11/22 A$130,000 Alf Kneebone Trans-Tasman Trophy (1850m) Newcastle JC Rondino (Shamus Award) Mr G D Hickman, Mr T R Bonello, Mr A P Carney, Mrs T Carney, Mr S M Meaney, Mr J J Meaney, Mr K J Howlett, Mr J C Teytz, Miss J A Teytz, Ms M King, Mr R Gianesi, Mr A A Gianesi Gregory Hickman
12/11/22 A$160,000 Group Three New Zealand Bloodstock Spring Stakes (1600m) Newcastle JC

Pierossa (Pierro)

Triple Crown Syndications., Kiwi Hunter, Mr B W Nolan, Lexen Racing, JDS Racing, Mr R W S Woo, Mr D G Abel, Mr T Tsoumbris, Mr H D Hocking, Mr P Kollias, Mr S Diakoulas, Mrs J J Murphy, Mr M Scazzariello, Mr W Pizzato, Mr A Nicolacopoulos, Mrs J K Nolan Peter & Paul Snowden
12/11/22 A$300,000 Visit Karaka 2023 Beauford (2300m) Newcastle JC Coal Crusher (Tuffontein) Ms K M Pride, Surfing Cowboys, Mrs S Arena Joseph Pride
12/11/22 A$130,000 NZB Airfreight Max Lees Classic (900m) Newcastle JC Fire Lane (Hell Bent) B K Racing & Breeding Pty Ltd, Mr B J Vassallo Brad Widdup
13/11/22 $400,000 Group 1 Barneswood Farm 50th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) (FOTY) Canterbury JC Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) Mrs C J & P H Brown, A C & Mrs M E Enting, W J Foster, Mrs B J & K S Kelso, A M & Mrs P J Kirton, G & M Maloy & E J Verheyen Ken & Bev Kelso
7/12/22 $14,000 NZB Karaka 2023 Trainers Series Maiden (1600m) Hawke's Bay Racing Inc.  Ardour (NZ)
(Proisir)
Arion Equine Ltd, B F & J P Broom, A M Dragicevich & J R B Norton Cody Cole
17/12/22 $85,000 Group 3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) (FOTY) Manawatu RC Polygon (Polyantha) Brendan Lindsay MNZM & Mrs J E A Lindsay Lance Noble
17/12/22 $30,000 NZB Karaka 2023 Trainers Series R75 (1300m) Waikato RC Dennismac (NZ) (Sweynesse) G M & W Jones, D J Leonard & A J Meadows Faye Lazet
26/12/22 $150,000 Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) (FOTY) Auckland RC Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) Mrs C J & P H Brown, A C & Mrs M E Enting, W J Foster, Mrs B J & K S Kelso, A M & Mrs P J Kirton, G & M Maloy & E J Verheyen Ken & Bev Kelso
1/1/23 $140,000 Group 2 Elson Park Royal Stakes (2000m) (FOTY) Auckland RC Polygon (Polyantha) Brendan Lindsay MNZM & Mrs J E A Lindsay Michael McNab
7/1/23 $30,000 NZB Karaka 2023 Trainers Series R75 (2200m) Marton JC Southroad (NZ) (Shocking) N H & R T Stanley Allan Sharrock
8/1/23 $45,000 NZB Karaka 2023 Trainers Series 3YO (1500m) Auckland RC Mazzolino (NZ) (Savabeel) Waikato Stud Ltd Stephen Marsh
11/1/22 $14,000 NZB Karaka 2023 Trainers Series MDN 3YO (1200m) Matamata RC Freeze Frame (NZ) (Vadamos) Te Akau Frozen Fame Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) Mark Walker
23/1/23 $1,000,000 (Res.L) DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) Auckland RC Tokyo Tycoon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) Meadowbank Masters Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) & Te Akau Satono Samurai Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM ) Mark Walker
23/1/23 $1,000,000 (Res.L) NZB Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) Auckland RC Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) D & J Skipper, C Skipper, A Skipper & M Schlooz Roger James & Robert Wellwood
28/1/23 $80,000 Group 3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) (FOTY) Wellington RC Mazzolino (NZ) (Savabeel) Waikato Stud Ltd Stephen Marsh
11/2/23 $140,000 Group 2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) (FOTY) Waikato RC Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) D & J Skipper, C Skipper, A Skipper & M Schlooz Roger James & Robert Wellwood
1/3/23 $120,000 Group 2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) (FOTY) Hawke's Bay Racing Inc. Val Di Zoldo (NZ) (War Decree) Frontier Bloodstock & Kinsale Bloodstock Ltd
Tony Pike
4/3/23 $65,000 Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) (SFOTY) Otago RC Romancing The Moon (NZ)
(El Roca)
Te Akau Moonstruck Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM) Mark Walker
4/3/23 $100,000 Group 3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) (FOTY) Auckland RC Sakura Girl (NZ) (Iffraaj) H F Lau Ben Foote
18/3/23 $400,000 Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) (FOTY) Wellington RC Pennyweka (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate Jim Wallace
18/3/23 $50,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier (1400m) Wellington RC He's Beset (Darci Brahma) D Karreman
Tony Pike
15/4/23 $65,000 Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) (SFOTY) Canterbury JC Miss Layla (NZ) (Burgundy x La Etoile) Black Pearl Syndicate, Botting Family Partnership, Cs & Ps Syndicate, Dempster Family Syndicate, R C Dennis, K & L Munro, Rackers Syndicate, Robbies Layla Syndicate, H J Robinson & Stable Investments Syndicate Shane Kennedy & Anna Furlong
22/4/23 $65,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) (SFOTY) Canterbury JC She's A Con (NZ) (Contributer x Rocks for Me) A K & Mrs M E Tyler Kelvin Tyler & Aimee Tyler