Waikato Stud team member Simon Lawson accomplished a remarkable result on day two of selling at the 2025 Karaka National Yearling Sale, turning the first foal out of $500 bargain buy mare Serenella (Jimmy Choux) into a stunning $300,000 sales ring result, writes Tayla Dyke.  The former Group 1-winning harness racing driver switched industries just... Read More

After making a strong start on the first day at Karaka, Coolmore’s star shuttler Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) continued to garner strong competition and his headline horse during the second session was a colt who was bought by Paul Chow of Tartan Meadow Bloodstock for $600,000.  Chow admitted he didn’t expect the colt to make the... Read More

Duncan Ramage, John Sargent Racing and Brad Spicer combined on day two of the Karaka yearling sale to buy a filly by Proisir (Choisir) from the Curraghmore draft for $700,000.  The filly is out of the Listed winner Strada Cavallo (Alamosa) making her a half-sister to this season’s VRC Oaks (Gr 1, 2500m) runner-up Powers... Read More

Daughter of Savabeel becomes the most expensive filly ever sold in New Zealand when going to Mulcaster and Waller Orchestral’s (Savabeel) sister became the most expensive filly ever sold at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Yearling Sale when Guy Mulcaster and Chris Waller came out on top of a spirited bidding dual to snare the filly... Read More

Wodeton set to skip Canonbury in favour of Silver Slipper Chris Waller is happy to adopt a more patient approach this autumn with Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) favourite Wodeton (Wootton Bassett), who is likely to make his next start in next month’s Silver Slipper (Gr 2, 1100m).  The Coolmore-owned colt’s sensational debut win at... Read More