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First stakes winner for White Robe Lodge's sire Ghibellines

For the second time in four years, John and Karen Parsons have turned a Gore failure into an upset triumph in the Listed Mediaworks Dunedin Guineas (1500m). In 2017, the Parsons’ talented filly Residential finished 10th in the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m) before landing the Dunedin Guineas at odds of $15.10. This year they repeated that trick with El Gladiador, who was a late-finishing seventh in last month’s Gore Guineas. On Saturday at Wingatui, the Ghibellines gelding led all the way in th...

Curtains Draw on Karaka 2020

New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sale Series ended with the final day of Book 2 Lots going under the hammer followed immediately by Book 3 yearlings at the iconic Karaka Sales Complex.At the conclusion of Book 2, 282 Lots sold for a turnover of $9,873,500. The average and median reached $35,012 and $25,000 respectively with the clearance rate closing at 69%.Bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster topped the last session of Book 2 when he went to $120,000 to secure Lot 1097...

Gillovic buoyed by Wrote reception

Highview Stud’s Brent Gillovic is over the moon with the reception first season sire Wrote has received at Karaka this week. The Group One winning son of High Chaparral’s sole Book 1 representative sold for $50,000, while his six yearlings sold in the Book 2 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale averaged $62,000, with two fillies selling for $80,000 each. “They have sold fantastically through Book 2 and we just sold a filly in Book 3 for $24,000, so it’s great,” ...

Spotlight on New Zealand Sires During Book 2 Opening

On the opening day of Book 2 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sale Series, Australian Bloodstock agent John Foote continued his spending spree off the back of a strong Book 1 Sale. Foote took out the leading buyer title on Day One purchasing today’s highlight, Lot 726 a $160,000 Per Incanto colt out of Makkura from the draft of Little Avondale Stud. New Zealand-based sires have provided all three of the top Lots on Day One, with Australians present in the buying bench. G...

Competitive Buying Bench Sees Out Book 1

After a solid finish at Book 1 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sales Series, the key critical indicators were up on last year’s Sale, which reflected a strong market. The turnover reached $67,130,000, representing an average of $138,698 for 484 horses sold. The median closed at $107,500, with the clearance rate climbing to 79%. The increased Australian spend was up by a total of $4.8 million on last year’s Sale. NZB’s Managing Director Andrew Seabrook was pleased wi...

Racing Hall of Fame Accolade for Sir Peter Vela

The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame ahve announced their intention to induct Sir Peter Vela, principal of New Zealand Bloodstock and Pencarrow Stud, into the Racing Hall of Fame. “Inducting Sir Peter Vela into the Racing Hall of Fame is an honour,” commented Cherry Taylor, Racing Hall of Fame head. “An instrumental figure in racing, Sir Peter has won numerous owner titles and a host of other awards and accolades over the years. We look forward to the official function celebrating his succe...

Waikato Stud on top again at Karaka

Matamata nursery Waikato Stud continued their dominance of recent years at the National Yearling Sale at Karaka, taking out the leading vendor title for the seventh consecutive year. Powered by the progeny of champion sire Savabeel along with the excitement of debuting youngsters by first season sire Tivaci, the raw numbers make solid reading. The stud consigned seventy-one yearlings through the auction ring, selling 59 at an aggregate of $9.9million. Their top priced lot was the Savabeel colt o...

Karaka Millions win caps great season for Fell

Fairdale Stud’s Duncan Fell had every reason to be feeling proud on the eve of Karaka Million night, as he had two graduates in the Karaka Million 2YO and one in the Karaka Million 3YO, not bad from yearling drafts of six in 2018 and five in 2019. However, the pride turned to jubilation when Cool Aza Beel (Savabeel[AUS]- Cool’ n ‘ Sassy(AUS), stormed away with the Karaka 2YO race. “It’s important to get a win like that on the eve of the sales,” enthused Fell, “it’s our annual har...

Excitement building for Karaka 2020

Less than two days out from the start of the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale the buzz around the Karaka sales complex is steadily rising. Horses arrived at the venue early in the week with the first potential buyers conducting their initial inspections from Tuesday onwards. Feedback received by vendors from those early parades has indicated that buyers are pleased with what they have seen. “We were a little behind on Wednesday as to what we were last year, in terms of parad...

Perfectly timed win

Auckland NZTBA branch member Terry Archer was rather pleased with the win by Showbeel (Savabeel[AUS]-Showileo(AUS) in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes at Trentham last Saturday. “I’m pretty happy with that” enthused the Northland based breeder who bred the filly in partnership with Waikato Stud. “It’s very timely as we have a close relation going through the sales early on Monday afternoon. It’s a Choisir(AUS) filly out of Show And Tell another daughter of Showileo(AUS). So, it’s good f...

Road To Karaka 2020

Join Kiwi Bred host Emily Murphy, Aidan Rodley and New Zealand Bloodstock’s Danny Rolston as they preview Book One of Karaka 2020....

Savabeel underpins another quality Waikato draft

This year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale will be the final bow for one Waikato Stud stallion and a debut for another, but Savabeel remains an all-conquering constant. Savabeel has won the Grosvenor Award (champion New Zealand sire) for five consecutive seasons, as well as the Dewar and Centaine Awards for Australasian and worldwide earnings four times each. He has sired 18 individual Group One winners, of which 14 were sold through Karaka. The massive demand for Savabeel’s p...

Quality offering from Pencarrow Stud

Situated in the lush countryside of the Waikato region, Pencarrow Stud was established by international businessman Sir Peter Vela. Developed in tandem with his late brother Philip, the pair created a legacy for their families and the New Zealand thoroughbred industry through years of dedication, passion and expert judgement. Fashioning some of the best thoroughbred families in New Zealand over the past four decades, Pencarrow Stud’s famed family of Group Three winner Richebourg, Group winnin...

Catalyst to head sales boost for The Oaks Stud

The excitement over the Karaka Million twilight meeting is already high for The Oaks Stud, but it could provide an even greater boost for the Cambridge establishment leading into this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka. One of the Ellerslie features on Saturday, the Gr.3 Henley Park Mr Tiz Trophy (1200m, will mark the reappearance of Catalyst, New Zealand’s leading three-year-old who was bred and is raced by The Oaks Stud’s Queensland-based owner Dick Karreman....

Mare returns due February 28

2019 mare returns are due by 28 February 2020. There is a penalty of $120.00 for late lodgement. Owners are responsible for registering their mare as a broodmare after she is covered for the first time and for maintaining her registration in the Stud Book until she is retired from breeding or is sold or leased out. Owners must lodge a return every season even if the mare does not produce a live foal or isn’t covered. You can complete your return: ·        O...

Louis Herman-Watt of Radio Sport – 2020 Leishman Media Awardee

The NZ Racing Hall of Fame Board has recognized that many mainstream media journalists and aspiring journalists do not have an awareness of the NZ racing and breeding industries so it has set up the bi-annual Leishman Media Racing Awareness Award which has as its objective “to improve the awareness of mainstream media people in the NZ horse breeding and racing industries”. The award provides the awardee with a practical exposure to the NZ racing and breeding industries which will enable them...

Eras intertwined in Cambridge Stud draft

The proud Hogan legacy joins forces with the influence of new owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay to create a quality Cambridge Stud draft for the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale. Cambridge Stud was lifted to world renown by Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan, breeding more than 40 Group One winners and claiming the title of leading vendor at New Zealand’s national yearling sale for 31 consecutive years. The iconic property was bought by the Lindsays in late 2017, and they took ow...

Mapperley Stud boxing well above its weight

The measure of a thoroughbred stud’s prowess is the year-by-year consistency in turning out high-quality winners over a long period. Matamata’s Mapperley Stud has achieved that level of excellence, and its reputation is well-earned, but it has also raised the bar for a medium-sized thoroughbred breeding operation by producing three champions in the past ten years, two of which are already proven quality stallions at stud. Ten-time Group One winner and globetrotting star So You Think, Champ...

Variety and quality in Wentwood Grange draft

The Hawkins family’s Wentwood Grange has become a renowned source of quality thoroughbred talent, and their draft for the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale has the credentials to continue that trend. Graduates of Wentwood Grange’s yearling drafts at Karaka include this season’s Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) and A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) hero Kolding, along with fellow Group One winners Sacred Elixir, Kermadec and Gust of Wind. Little Bridge, who was sold for just $9...

Vadamos the first of new wave at Rich Hill

Rich Hill Stud, near Matamata, is celebrating its 25th year in operation and managing director John Thompson is looking forward to launching the first crop of yearlings by Vadamos, a Group One winning son of Monsun who is well represented at Karaka. The high-class miler has 46 offspring catalogued across the three books of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales, which commence on Sunday week. The Rich Hill draft will feature yearlings by proven and emerging resident sires Shocking a...

WATCH: 2020 NZB Yearling Sale Preview

In the lead up to the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale Sky Racing and Caroline Searcy travelled to New Zealand to preview a selection of yearlings. In segment one Searcy introduces the series and visits Cambridge Stud to view their consignment....

Aquis’ Real Bonus For Buyers And Breeders Extends To NZ Karaka Sale

Off the back of how well received the Aquis First Season Sire Bonus Scheme was at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast, Aquis is set to offer the bonus at the upcoming 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale. Rewarding not only the purchasers of the yearling, but the breeder as well, the lucrative Bonus Scheme will see the purchase price paid back to the buyer of any Divine Prophet yearling who wins any Saturday metropolitan race at Ellerslie Racecourse or Trentham Racecou...

Germanicus makes fourth generation delivery

Four generations of involvement in the same thoroughbred line had yet another reward for the Godsalve family when Germanicus won the Gr. 3 Bluestar Anniversary Mile at Trentham on Saturday. The four-year-old completed a remarkable hat-trick with his hard-fought victory, which followed wins at his previous two starts in rating 65 and 72 grade. It was an ambitious call by trainer Danica Guy to head to Wellington and take on much stronger company, but there was no disputing the result. However dete...

Wrote yearlings impress ahead of Karaka

Highview Stud Manager Brent Gillovic is looking forward to Karaka later this month where yearlings by resident stallion Wrote will be offered in New Zealand for the first time. Gillovic is heading into the sale buoyed by the feedback he has received from bloodstock agents and trainers. “They are lovely horses and I have been singing their praises since we weaned them,” he said. “I think it is the first time trainers have laid their eyes on them and the comments have been extremely positi...

VIDEO: Kiwi Bred episode 8

Kiwi Bred catches up with Nearco Stud owner Greg Tomlinson who bred dual Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation. The team also visit David Archer, co-breeder and co-owner of The Bostonian, and Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre to follow a sesamoid surgery case....