Breeding
Rich Hill Stud stallion Satono Aladdin has provided the headline acts of Book 2 of Karaka 2025, siring the highest-priced lots on both Wednesday and Thursday. Less than 24 hours after topping the sale with Brighthill Farm’s $260,000 filly out of Sparkling Rose late on Wednesday afternoon, Satono
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Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results. At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate reached $75,322,500 from a slightly smaller offering of 588 yearlings,
Breeding
An outstanding few days for Sword Of State’s first-crop yearlings at Karaka culminated in a $540,000 purchase price towards the end of the Book 1 session on Tuesday afternoon. The Group One-winning son of Snitzel took up stallion duties at Cambridge Stud in 2022 at an introductory service
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After being an underbidder on the two highest-priced yearlings of the sale, Dean Hawthorne had to wait until the last hour of the Book 1 session on Tuesday afternoon to finally secure one of the fillies on his Karaka wish list. Hawthorne went to $850,000 to purchase Lot 637.
Breeding
For the second year in a row, Hallmark Stud has struck seven-figure gold at Karaka with a yearling filly by Proisir out of Donna Marie. The Baker family’s Te Kauwhata operation topped the Book 1 sale 12 months ago with a filly that fetched $1.6 million, and they
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale attracts buyers from far and wide in search of the classic-type horses this country is famous for producing, and a new name joined that list during the Book 1 session at Karaka this week. Bloodstock agent Craig Ramsay made five purchases for his
Breeding
NZB’s National Yearling Sales Series started on the right note on Sunday, with a strong first day of trade for Book 1. At the close of selling for the opening session, a total of 163 lots sold for $26,665,000 at an average of $163,589, while the
Breeding
New Zealand-based syndicator Go Racing have gone back to the proven well at Karaka to source what they hope to be their next champion juvenile. They went to $190,000 to secure last season’s New Zealand Champion Two-Year-Old Velocious out of Inglewood Stud’s 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Book
Breeding
The colts had taken centre-stage on the opening day at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale before lot 168, a well-bred daughter of Too Darn Hot, entered the Karaka auditorium and was knocked down for $675,000 to the bid of bloodstock agent James Harron. Presented through the draft
Breeding
Wootton Bassett was in vogue at Karaka on Sunday, with two of the top lots in the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale sired by the Coolmore stallion. Just six lots in, a colt by the boom European sire, from Curraghmore’s draft, was knocked down
Breeding
The Hong Kong Jockey Club struck early at Karaka in the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale, going to $625,000 to secure lot 11, the Savabeel colt out of Group Three performer Indecision, a half-sister to dual Group One winner Viadana. The Jockey Club’s
Breeding
Barneswood Farm have made the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m) their own, winning last year’s inaugural running with Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai), and backing that up as breeders of this year’s victor Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel). The pair gave Barneswood Farm’s Sarah and Chris