O’Reilly mare an inspired piece of business

28 November, 2023
Modest purchase Bella Carolina has proved herself to be an exceptional investment for Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison. Her value has skyrocketed since she was secured for just

Love is all around in Wanganui

28 November, 2023
It’s nearing that time where the movie Love Actually finds its way onto television screens around the world, but it’s a mare by the same name that is getting Thomas Russell and h

Undefeated KM favourite Velocious a star turn for stud

27 November, 2023
Precocious two-year-old Velocious is proving a gem of a filly on two fronts for Inglewood Stud. The unbeaten daughter of Written Tycoon was bred by Gus and Bianca Wigley’s Nort

Whyte bolsters stable with first Karaka purchase

23 November, 2023
Former champion jockey Douglas Whyte boosted the ranks of his emerging training operation with a Karaka buying bench debut during the Ready to Run Sale on Thursday. The winner of 13

Ready to Run record-breaker bound for Hong Kong

23 November, 2023
Thursday’s second day of the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale saw a new all-time record price of $825,000 for a Star Turn colt whose future lies in Hong Kong. The

Kilgravin Lodge scales new heights at Ready to Run Sale

22 November, 2023
A respected vendor at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale throughout the last two decades, Kilgravin Lodge broke new ground at Karaka on Wednesday with the two highest prices in their hist

Timely win ahead of RTR Sale

21 November, 2023
It was a timely win for Lucky Sweynesse in Sunday’s Gr.2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin, with his half-brother set to go under the hammer this week at Kara

Ace High fulfils Group One stallion destiny at Rich Hill

20 November, 2023
A classic case of being in the right place at the right time led Rich Hill Stud’s John Thompson to the stable door of Ace High. Impressed by what he saw, Thompson duly signed t

Wellfield Lodge for sale

20 November, 2023
There will be a changing of the guard at Wellfield Lodge, with the Palmerston North thoroughbred nursery being offered to the market for the first time in two decades. The Manawatu farm has

Kilgravin to offer quality RTR draft

20 November, 2023
Kilgravin Lodge has been a mainstay of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale in recent years and principal Eoin Kemp is excited to showcase another quality draft at Karaka this we