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The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity (NZ), a stakes-winning daughter of I Am Invincible, is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with bidding set to close from 7pm (NZ time) on Friday. From stakes placed Stratum mare Mabsam, Festivity won on six occasions between 1100m and 1200m including
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What Roger James describes as a “light-bulb moment” has led to one of the major forces in Australian breeding and racing, John Messara’s Arrowfield Stud, taking a significant share in the headline lot purchased by the Cambridge trainer at the National Yearling Sale. James and his partner at
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Widden Stud’s nervous wait to see if Te Akau Racing mare Exaltation was to join their elite broodmare band was put to bed with a $560,000 final bid on Gavelhouse Plus on Friday night. Described by Te Akau principal David Ellis CNZM as one of the nicest types
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After careful thought and consideration, New Zealand Bloodstock has decided to stage its Karaka 2023 National Yearling Sales Series in the traditional selling month of January. After analysing feedback received from both vendors and buyers, NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook said January stood out as the obvious time to sell.
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Having sold nine-time Group One winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock) for an online world record of $4.1 million on Gavelhouse Plus, Te Akau Racing’s Exaltation is the latest high-class mare to be auctioned on the platform from the leading stable. A half-sister to dual New Zealand
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Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Online Yearling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held on NZB’s online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus for the second year in a row. The catalogue will be available to view online from Friday 8 April, with bidding set
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Te Akau principal David Ellis retained his crown as the leading buyer at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for the 17th consecutive year at Karaka last week. “We have grown accustomed to expecting that David is going to be the leading buyer each year, but we certainly don’
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Auckland-based Raptor Thoroughbred has been active at Karaka throughout the week and added a further two lots to their six-horse haul on Day 6 of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. Among them was the Almanzor colt out of Our Foil from Milan Park which fetched $230,
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A former rugby league star was part of a fairytale result on the final day of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka on Saturday. When the dust had settled on three days of selling in the Book 2 Sale, Lot 1063 a Tivaci filly out of the
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Paddy Payne always knew attaining dual citizenship for his New Zealand born children would pay off, and it came in handy for his son Patrick this week. The Plumpton trainer was able to fly to Auckland to attend Karaka as a result of his Kiwi roots and he has made
Breeding
Bloodstock Agent Paul Moroney knew he had found an elite specimen when he identified Lot 954, a daughter of exciting young stallion Turn Me Loose, in the Book 2 session of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. It seems others shared that opinion, with the astute judge having to
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Waikato Stud reclaimed the mantle as leading Book 1 vendor by aggregate at this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. The Matamata farm sold 39 yearlings in the premier session for a healthy $7,860,000 to edge out last-year’s leading vendor Cambridge Stud, who sold