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The atmosphere was electric during the final session of Book 1 at Karaka 2023, with a late flurry of bidding setting the sale ring alight. At the conclusion of selling, the total turnover reached $70,063,000. The average and median rose to $151,980 and $130,000 respectively, while
International
Excellent Peers (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) will be chanced with snaring first position in this season’s DBS x Manulife Million Challenge when he contests the first section of Wednesday’s Class 3 Tin Lok Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley. The DBS x Manulife Million Challenge will conclude next Wednesday night
Breeding
Progeny of Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir have left quite the impression on the racetrack, and it showed at Karaka this week. 19 yearlings by the stallion were on offer in the Book 1 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale and they were in demand, selling for
Breeding
Owner Ian Moses has been building a small, but quality band of fillies and mares and he added to that collection when purchasing a well-credentialled yearling filly by Super Seth at Karaka on Tuesday under his banner the Laguna Partnership. Catalogued as Lot 616, the Haunui Farm presented filly out
Breeding
David Ellis was once again at the top of the buyers’ sheet at Karaka this year, but this time it was for a filly. The Te Akau principal went to $1 million, to purchase lot 586, the Fastnet Rock filly out of stakes performer Test The World. It is the
New Zealand
After two near-misses, Kozzi Asano is delighted to have broken through for his first victory at racing’s highest level. Asano guided He’s A Doozy to a fighting victory in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, taking control at the top of the straight and
Breeding
Andrew Forsman is set to open a satellite stable in Melbourne this year and bloodstock agents Andrew Williams and Bevan Smith are keen to fill it with top fillies. Forsman has secured 10 boxes at Macedon Lodge and the Cambridge trainer has been busy at Karaka this week purchasing potential
New Zealand
Group One winner Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) will venture south this weekend to contest the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui. The Mark Walker-trained seven-year-old is the clear top-rater in the weight-for-age feature which shapes as a nice target after missing last week’s Gr.1 Thorndon
New Zealand
Tomorrow’s Waikato meeting has been pushed back 48 hours to Friday 3 February. After looking at weather forecasts it has been decided that Friday gives the best option for this meeting to be run without disruption. All scratchings have been re-instated. Please note the new timetable with Race 1
Breeding
International presence was felt in the sale ring on Day Two of Karaka 2023, with heated competition for the top lots and leading Australian stables featuring prominently. The international buying bench was responsible for purchasing eight of the top 10 lots on the second day of Book 1. Victorian agent
Breeding
The Hong Kong Jockey Club made their first investments at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka on Monday, purchasing two colts by Little Avondale Stud stallion Per Incanto. The Wairarapa-based stallion has been the most prolific source of individual winners in Hong Kong for the past two
Breeding
Trainer Peter Moody is hoping he is on a path to more riches after purchasing his A$10 million Golden Eagle (1500) victor I Wish I Win’s half-brother at Karaka on Monday. I Wish I Win is raced by Waikato Stud, and Moody made a beeline for the farm’