New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 27 November 2023
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New Zealand
2024 National Yearling Sale catalogues out now
There will be no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after last week’s record-shattering Ready to Run Sale. Instead, the release of the catalogues for Karaka 2024 has launched the countdown to the pinnacle event on the sales calendar. The 98th National Yearling Sales Series will take
Australia
Jimmysstar continues rapid rise in Shooting Stars
New Zealand import Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) kept his unblemished Australian record intact with a super-impressive win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Freeway Ford Shooting Stars (1500m) at Cranbourne. It was the third victory in a perfect spring for the Per Incanto gelding, and his fourth win overall
New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 26 November 2023
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Australia
King Of The Castle delivers at Kembla
With trainer and part-owner Joe Pride watching on from afar, New Zealand-bred gelding King Of The Castle took his career earnings past A$500,000 with a typically tenacious performance in Saturday’s A$160,000 Traffic Logistics Handicap (1600m) at Kembla Grange. The seven-year-old son
Australia
Detonator Jack dominates The Gong
With a spectacular performance in The Illawarra Mercury Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday, Detonator Jack delivered a second consecutive New Zealand-bred victory in the A$1 million race. The Gong was introduced in 2019 and had previously been won by the Kiwi-bred Group One performer Riodini
Australia
All-the-way win for With Your Blessing
John Thompson’s concerns about heavy track conditions were quickly extinguished by With Your Blessing at Kembla Grange on Saturday, powering to a commanding front-running win in the A$160,000 Evergreen Turf Australia Handicap (1200m). The New Zealand-bred son of Vadamos had begun his five-year-old
Breeding
Quality Wellfield bloodstock for sale on gavelhouse.com
As the Wellfield Lodge operation winds down over the coming weeks, buyers on gavelhouse.com will be given a rare opportunity to secure some of its respected bloodlines – starting with a quality selection of 13 horses in the fortnightly auction that is open for bidding online now. The Manawatu nursery
Breeding
Records Smashed at 2023 Ready to Run Sale
Unprecedented results were witnessed across two days of selling at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the status of the world’s best sale of its kind and the confidence in New Zealand raised and educated two-year-olds. The momentum increased off the back of
Breeding
Ready to Run record-breaker bound for Hong Kong
Thursday’s second day of the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale saw a new all-time record price of $825,000 for a Star Turn colt whose future lies in Hong Kong. The colt was catalogued as Lot 376 and went through the Karaka sale ring in
Breeding
Whyte bolsters stable with first Karaka purchase
Former champion jockey Douglas Whyte boosted the ranks of his emerging training operation with a Karaka buying bench debut during the Ready to Run Sale on Thursday. The winner of 13 consecutive jockeys’ premierships in Hong Kong between 2000-01 and 2012-13, Whyte has been training since the 2019-
Breeding
Record-Breaking Day One for 2023 Ready to Run Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale saw an incredible Day One of selling that defied market conditions and expectations, with a record-breaking aggregate and not one, but two lots making history. At the close of selling, the aggregate reached a record $16.1 million, up by