Fortuna champion looks to join ‘the mare of the world’ Sunline as New Zealand’s most prolific thoroughbred of all time  For 18 years and 10 months, to the day, the incomparable Sunline (Desert Sun) has sat alone atop the list of New Zealand’s most successful trainees of all time. With that famous Doncaster Handicap (Gr... Read More

Stellar line-up of yearlings to go under the hammer at Inglis’s flagship sale Arrowfield will return to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale ready to reclaim its mantle as the leading vendor at the prestigious thoroughbred auction, a year after John Messara’s bombshell decision to withdraw the 2020 draft from Riverside Stables, with a startling... Read More

Roger James takes shine to $200,000 daughter of Churchill as first Book 2 session produces pleasing metrics at Karaka  Prominent trainer Roger James’ admiration for champion European racehorse Churchill (Galileo) combined with South Island breeders’ foresight to buy a mare from Australia in foal to the Coolmore shuttle sire has paid a big dividend, with... Read More

Almanzor the new kid on the block as Seabrook believes ‘things are on the up’ for New Zealand industry  New Zealand Bloodstock managing director Andrew Seabrook’s immediate emotion was an overwhelming sense of relief after the curtain came down on Book 1 of the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale yesterday, the first staged without international buyers... Read More

Te Akau’s Ellis and Richards take shine to $520,000 yearling from family of Darci Brahma and Burgundy at Karaka New Zealand Bloodstock owner Sir Peter Vela’s decision to offer his entire blue–chip yearling crop for sale at Karaka has been vindicated after his breeding operation, Pencarrow Stud, sold the two highest-priced lots yesterday after also... Read More