Sales News

Star $825,000 colt could signal turning point for NZB’s Ready to Run Sale

Asian buyers to the fore as two-year-olds by All Too Hard and Super Seth sell well on day two The concerted investment made by New Zealand Bloodstock to fly in a large contingent of buyers from Asia paid off for the auction house yesterday, as the company’s Ready to Run Sale broke multiple records over... Read More

Records tumble as Kilgravin soars with big pinhooking profits

$800,000 Harry Angel colt sets new high for NZB Ready to Run Sale Kilgravin Lodge’s Eion Kemp had a day to remember at Karaka, producing a pinhooking masterclass during the first session of a frenetic day of trade at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. The experienced Matamata-based operator sold the opening session’s... Read More

Johnson and the Snowdens score two at Arqana

After frustratingly missing out at last month’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, prominent bloodstock agent William Johnson and Peter and Paul Snowden finally struck gold at the Arqana Autumn Sale on Monday, purchasing a colt and a gelding for an aggregate of €158,000 (approx. AU$263,000). The team made their first purchase when they parted... Read More

New Zealand Bloodstock’s optimism high ahead of Ready to Run Sale 

Domestic, Australian and Asian-based buyers descend on Karaka ahead of high-performing juvenile sale The biggest turn out of Hong Kong buyers in recent memory for a two-year-old sale in Australasia has New Zealand Bloodstock optimistic about its Ready to Run Sale while at the  same time acknowledging the economic pressure being applied to discretionary spending.... Read More

Two down, one to go

It is New Zealand Bloodstock’s turn to stage their annual Ready To Run Sale and the 2023 edition is set to be held within an uncertain market. Two recent similar sales, in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, were mixed at best. The Inglis Ready2Race Sale in Sydney was at times hard going resulting in... Read More

Riversley to offer another bumper draft

Riversley Park is set to offer another bumper Ready To Run Sale draft at Karaka this week. The Waikato farm will have 38 juveniles go under the hammer and farm principal Sam Beatson is looking forward to seeing how his draft is received by the international buying bench. Farm graduates have performed to a high... Read More