Top-class producer Enquare (Stratum), the dam of this season’s Ming Dynasty (Gr 3, 1400m) winner and Golden Rose (Gr 1, 1400m) runner-up Encap (Capitalist), will be offered in a standalone Inglis Digital sale next week. The 13-year-old mare is being offered carrying an early pregnancy to Capitalist (Written Tycoon), making the resultant foal a sibling... Read More

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

$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

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

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