Dubbo Barrier Trials

NZB have released an outstanding catalogue of 1088 for their Karaka Book 1 and 2 Yearling Sales in January, so we’re taking a look at the leading sires and vendors to form a better picture of just what will be drawing the Aussie contingent across the Tasman in the New Year.

Hot on the heels of a record-breaking Ready to Run Sale, the cream of New Zealand’s yearling crop has been revealed for Karaka 2025.

Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie will bid to continue their hot run of form since moving their operation to a new property with another trip to the Central Districts this week.

Renowned by buyers for its quality and value, the Tasmanian Yearling Sale has a proud history of producing racetrack stars right across Australia and with a quality catalogue this coming February that tradition looks set to continue.

Prima Park has accrued an enviable record with their New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduates, and farm principal Kelly Van Dyk is hoping they can add another to that list from their 2024 draft.

French auction house Arqana have announced a unique initiative to support breeders seeking to utilise elite European sires with the resulting progeny to be sold through their sales as foals or yearlings – is it a concept that could be explored for the Australian market?

Here is the full list of 10 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The newly-established TAB Racing Club will have their first juvenile runners to the races at Ellerslie on Saturday, including Proisir filly Dorothea for trainer Pam Gerard and a Snitzel filly sourced from Inglis Easter for $400,000.

There were some interesting juvenile heats at the Randwick trials on Tuesday morning with Magic Millions eligible youngsters out in force including several colts from the Waterhouse Bott stable, a blueblood filly with a full brother entered for MM 2025 and at Wyong first season sire Anders had a stylish winner trained by Sara Ryan that is also MM eligible.

The DARK ANGEL half-sister to Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner CAMILLE PISSARRO sold for 900,000 guineas at a record-breaking renewal of the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale that also saw Yulong purchasing under the name of Willingham.