Cambridge Stud stallions put rivals to the sword in a record-breaking Book 2
Cambridge Stud stallions dominated Book 2 of the New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) National Yearling Sale as Embellish (Savabeel) achieved the highest price one of his daughters was knocked down at the business end of proceedings for $200,000 to Busuttin Racing, while his near neighbour Sword of State (Snitzel) continued his inexorable rise with 11 lots... Read More
Pinhooking success for Carlaw Park
Carlaw Park enjoyed a standout pinhooking success on day two of Book 1 when Lot 341, a filly by Darly’s rising international sire Ghaiyyath (Dubawi), was secured for $360,000 by a powerful buying team led by Henry Dwyer Racing, Sam Haggas of Hurworth Bloodstock and Glentree Thoroughbreds. The filly represented a significant return on investment... Read More
Alabama Express in demand
Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) delivered a powerful statement at Karaka on Monday, producing two major results inside a ten-minute window as demand for the Yulong Stud sire peaked in the ring. The headline act of his five sellers came in the shape of Lot 383, an imposing colt consigned by Elsdon Park who was knocked... Read More
Well-related Justify colt joins Waller fold
The powerful buying combination of Guy Mulcaster and Chris Waller were active over the two days of Book 1 trade at Karaka, combining to purchase ten yearlings for $3,715,000 and the most expensive of the cohort was a well-related Justify (Scat Daddy) colt who they bought for $950,000. Bred by Coolmore, the colt boasts an... Read More
Cambridge Stud’s Sword Of State colt makes $1.1 million as Karaka delivers record-breaking Book 1
Cambridge Stud’s burgeoning young sire Sword Of State (Snitzel) delivered the defining moment at the 100th New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) National Yearling Sale, taking centre stage at Book 1 when his colt out of Las Brisas (Shamardal) realised $1.1 million on Monday. NZB’s decision to offer a more refined Book 1 offering over two... Read More
Snitzel kingpin again as Waller and Mulcaster snare $850,000 colt at Karaka
Snitzel’s (Redoute’s Choice) sale-ring dominance came to the fore during the opening session of the New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) Karaka Yearling Sale, with a colt by the late Arrowfield Stud stallion out of dual New Zealand Group 1 winner Amarelinha (Savabeel) topping trade on Sunday. Knocked down late in the session, Cambridge Stud’s offering became... Read More