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Morgan Carter is a familiar face around the Karaka sales complex and is most commonly seen with a gavel in his hand, but he made his mark in a different capacity on Thursday’s second day of the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. Carter operates a bloodstock
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Tremendous results were achieved at the conclusion of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready to Run Sale, confirming the confidence buyers have in kiwi educated and prepared two-year-olds. The momentum increased off the back of Day One’s results, which saw a buoyant market strengthened throughout the second day of
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Sydney-based bloodstock agent Andrew Williams continued a productive few days at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale when he went to $550,000 to secure Lot 307, a colt by Hellbent presented by Kilgravin Lodge deep into the final session of the two-day sale. “I thought he was
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Hong Kong’s strong presence continued to be felt on the second day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run sale on Thursday. Lot 258, the Capitalist colt out of Group Three performer Sebrina, has joined the list of purchases destined for the Asian racing jurisdiction after he was
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Bloodstock agent Andrew Williams has been searching Australasia’s two-year-old sales for a Deep Field colt and found his pick at Karaka on Thursday. Lot 231, the colt out of Ra Ra Epic, a half-sister to multiple Group One winner Incentivise and three-quarter sister to Waikato Stud stallion Ardrossan, had
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Day One of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready to Run Sale saw trade gather momentum throughout the day, with 139 juveniles going under the hammer at Karaka to finish on a high. At the close of selling, the turnover reached $11,329,500, up by $1 million on 2021’
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Liam Howley was eager to redeem a mistake he made at the yearling sales in Australia earlier this year when he headed to Karaka on Wednesday. The Victorian horseman was the underbidder on the No Nay Never colt out of La Cicciolina as a yearling in Melbourne, who went to
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Fresh off a highly successful Melbourne spring carnival, Andrew Forsman made a splash at Karaka on Wednesday when landing the sale topper on day one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready To Run Sale. The Cambridge trainer was taken by lot 166, the Savabeel colt out of O’Reilly
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Hong Kong bloodstock agent Willie Leung and trainer Francis Lui teamed up to purchase subsequent Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 Ready To Run Sale, and they hope they have struck gold once more at this year’s edition of the sale.
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The international buying bench made their presence felt early on day one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready To Run Sale. They bought eight of the first 10 lots sold, including lot 19, the Turn Me Loose colt out of Riversley Park’s draft, who attracted the interest of
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The Sunline Trust International Management Scholarship has been an important steppingstone in the careers of its graduates. Recipients of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA) administered education pathway have gone on to shine both domestically and on the international stage in a variety of roles such as successful bloodstock
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With New Zealand thoroughbreds excelling offshore and overseas buyers flocking back after a two-year absence, vendors have plenty of reasons to be upbeat in the countdown to this week’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka – and none more so than Kit Brooks. Selling at only its