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Fresh off a pleasing set of results from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 sale, Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir was once again to the fore in the second session of the National Yearling Sale on Wednesday. The heir apparent to New Zealand Champion sire Savabeel topped the opening day
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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A half-sister to 14-time Group One winner Melody Belle is destined to join trainer Annabel Neasham’s Sydney barn after her purchase at Karaka on Monday. Neasham’s Racing Manager Rob Archibald was caught in a bidding duel with Yulong Investment’s Mr Zhang, who owns Melody Belle, but was
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Cameron Cooke is hoping he has bought another stallion prospect at Karaka. The Australian bloodstock agent went to $220,000 to purchase Grunt as a yearling out of Trelawney Stud’s 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale draft, with the son of O’Reilly going on to win the
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Day One of Karaka 2023 saw a long-awaited return to normal selling for New Zealand Bloodstock, who welcomed back international buyers to the sale ring for the first time since 2020. Also felt was the presence of the domestic buying bench, with fierce competition on quality lots seeing out the