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Vibrant trade marks opening day of NZB Ready To Run Sale

Wednesday’s first session of the NZB Ready To Run Sale produced a vibrant day’s trade, with the spend topped by Chinese newcomer Sanxiong Gao, who signed for both top lots alongside Hong Kong-based trainer David Hayes.  Headlining his spoils was Lot 214, a Kiltannon Stables-consigned son of Per Incanto (Street Cry) who was secured for... Read More

Momentum carries into Karaka for NZB Ready To Run Sale

A deep and quality catalogue of around 370 two-year-olds are on the market for this year’s NZB Ready To Race Sale, with the two-day auction beginning at the Karaka Sales Centre on Wednesday.  NZB bloodstock sales manager Kane Jones told ANZ News that he was delighted with the buyers on site ahead of the sale,... Read More

Ohukia Lodge returns to Karaka with power-packed draft of two-year-olds

The New Zealand Ready To Run Sale has been a lucrative well for Jamie and Chanel Beatson’s Ohukia Lodge and the pair head back to Karaka with a draft of high-class juveniles who are likely to prove popular with the cosmopolitan buying bench assembled for the high-performing auction which begins its two-day run on Wednesday. ... Read More

SURF’S UP

Magic Millions release quality catalogue for 2026 January sale on the Gold Coast  The first yearlings by Anamoe (Street Boss) and Jacquinot (Rubick) plus full siblings to In Secret (I Am Invincible), Sunlight (Zoustar), Super Seth (Dundeel) and Stefi Magnetica (All Too Hard) are among highlights in the catalogue for January’s Magic Millions Gold Coast... Read More

Ceolwulf comes out on top in titanic Champions Mile tussle

Joe Pride declared Ceolwulf (Tavistock) had removed any doubt he was the best horse he’d trained after the gelding’s triumph in an epic Champions Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Appallingly cold, wet and windy conditions on the last day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at least provided the backdrop to two of... Read More

Giga Kick adds to Group 1 tally with gripping Sprint success

Reborn sprinter Giga Kick secured his third top tier triumph two-and-a-half years after his second with a gripping victory in the VRC Sprint at Flemington on Saturday. The Clayton Douglas-trained gelding had shaped as a potential champion early in his career, winning his first five starts culminating in The Everest (1200m) of 2022. But while... Read More