Breeding
New Zealand Bloodstock Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in a buoyant mood ahead of the sales company’s annual weanling sale at Karaka on Friday. “I am pleasantly surprised. Going around, I think there are some really nice weanlings here. I think the icing on the cake is
Breeding
Entries are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 National Yearling Sales Series, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place next summer at the Karaka Sales Centre. After a year long hiatus from its traditional timeslot, NZB’s Karaka 2023 Sale is set to return to
Breeding
Trainer Michael O’Callaghan pulled off a remarkable pinhooking feat when he sold Time Test juvenile Crypto Force at Goffs London Sale this week for £900,000. The Curragh horseman had purchased Crypto Force for 160,000gns at the Guineas Breeze-Up Sale and trained him to win a maiden first
Breeding
Online bidding registrations are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Weanling Sale held at the Karaka Sales Centre next Friday 17 June. Register for online bidding at the 2022 National Weanling Sale here. The strong network implemented at the Karaka Sales Centre will mean that buyers logged
Breeding
As part of Pencarrow Stud’s annual stock reduction another seven quality broodmares are currently entered in gavelhouse.com’s most recent fortnightly auction. “We are obviously racing and retaining fillies and therefore need to continuously be mindful of our numbers and offer some stock to market,” said stud manager
Breeding
Whether you are looking for a pinhook with quick upside or a longer-term purchase with potential to develop, the catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Weanling Sale is stacked with terrific types and quality pedigree credentials. Along with an outstanding cross-section of top-class stallions, this year’s catalogue
Breeding
Following the announcement of the sale of Kevin and Joanna Hickman’s Valachi Downs last week, the bulk of the farm’s stock will be offered unreserved in two Gavelhouse Plus sales towards the end of this month. The sale will be the most significant New Zealand dispersal since that
Australia
The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) will have his final race in the A$1.2 million Gr.2 The Q22 (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, before retiring to stand at Highview Stud in New Zealand. The six-year-old will retire as a Group One winner over a mile, multiple stakes
Breeding
Ribchester’s three-year-old daughter, Snooze n You Lose made all to land the Listed Queen of Scots Stakes (1400m) at Musselburgh on Sunday. The filly, having her second start of the season for trainer Karl Burke, soon led from the barriers under jockey Sam James, she was briefly challenged a
Breeding
Little Avondale Stud’s Group One-winning sire Nadeem has passed away. Bred by John Foote, Nadeem was bought for A$700,000 as a yearling in Australia by Angus Gold for Sheik Hamdan and Shadwell. Trained by David Hayes, the colt was a brilliant winner of the 2006 Gr.1
Breeding
Hawkesbury Valley-based boutique operation Tyreel Stud bid to $330,000 in the recent fortnightly gavelhouse.com mixed bloodstock auction for Gr.1 New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (1600m) runner-up Miss Tycoon Rose (Written Tycoon). Acting as agent, Damon Gabbedy of Belmont Bloodstock struck the final blow for the Written Tycoon
Breeding
A key point of interest at any weanling sale is the eagerly anticipated first progeny of the latest batch of new stallions, and New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Weanling Sale at Karaka next month is set to be no different. The catalogue features the progeny of five first-season sires,