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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 the
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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 2019-20 season and
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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 $4.
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A respected vendor at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale throughout the last two decades, Kilgravin Lodge broke new ground at Karaka on Wednesday with the two highest prices in their history. Coming into the 2023 edition of the Ready to Run Sale, the Matamata operation’s all-time
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It was a timely win for Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) in Sunday’s Gr.2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin, with his half-brother set to go under the hammer this week at Karaka. A New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate himself, Lucky Sweynesse
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Kilgravin Lodge has been a mainstay of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale in recent years and principal Eoin Kemp is excited to showcase another quality draft at Karaka this week. Kemp will offer a 20-strong draft on Wednesday and Thursday and believes it is the best line-up
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A classic case of being in the right place at the right time led Rich Hill Stud’s John Thompson to the stable door of Ace High. Impressed by what he saw, Thompson duly signed the son of High Chaparral to the farm’s stallion roster and at Riccarton on
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Father time finally caught up with the seemingly ageless Towkay, who was retired from stallion duties at Little Avondale in 2017, and the decision was made earlier in the week to humanely euthanise the son of Last Tycoon. Full of personality and character, Towkay endeared himself to all the staff
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New Zealand Bloodstock representative and legendary Group One-winning jockey Brent Thomson received recognition for his services to racing this week when receiving the Victorian Club Service to Racing Award. The Victorian Club is an exclusive members club that has always had a deep affiliation with racing, and the associated award
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Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw the final 169 two-year-olds complete their gallop down the home straight of Te Rapa Racecourse. The Soft 5 track and fine weather remained consistent throughout the second day even after a quick shower of rain
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The catalogue for the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale features the progeny of 92 different sires, including some of the cream of the stallion crop from both sides of the Tasman. New Zealand-based sires New Zealand stallions had an extraordinary season in 2022-23, with no fewer than
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Two years after selling Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) for $800,000 on Gavelhouse Plus, Adrian Clark’s Challenge Syndications is set to offer another proven Group One performer for online auction. Best Seller (NZ) (Wrote) has been retired from racing and is now available for purchase in gavelhouse.