Catalogue Live for NZB’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale

Media Release - Tuesday September 10

The 2024 edition of the world’s best sale of two-year-olds is now only 71 days away, and NZB is excited to unveil another stellar catalogue for the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka.

Click here to see the catalogue.

Showcasing both quality and quantity, an exceptional selection of 404 two-year-olds will go through the Karaka sale ring during the globally renowned two-day sale in November. Boasting the right pedigrees, physiques and sale preparations to follow in the footsteps of the incredible Ready to Run Sale roll of honour that has gone before them.

Superstar Golden Sixty is a star graduate of NZB Ready to Run.

In the last five seasons alone, graduates of the Ready to Run Sale have won 29 Group One races and 117 stakes races. Sale graduates have made their mark across Australasia and Asia, from Hong Kong megastars Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) and Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) to Australia’s Group One warhorse and A$13 million earner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars).

G1 Queensland Derby winner Warmonger - image Grant Courtney

New names are continually being added to the list of the Ready to Run Sale’s star performers, including Warmonger (NZ) (War Decree) with his extraordinary 10-length demolition job in the Group One Queensland Derby (2400m) in June, along with this year’s Group One New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous (NZ) (Wrote).

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The 2024 Ready to Run Sale catalogue features the progeny of 101 of the biggest names in the stallion ranks of Australasia and further afield, including proven champions Savabeel, Frankel, I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Deep Field, Proisir and Written Tycoon.

The star-studded catalogue features 29 siblings to stakes winners, including performers Antipodean (NZ),Turn Me Loose (NZ), Hard Too Think, Mascarpone (NZ), Sassy ‘n’ Smart (NZ), Saint Alice (NZ), Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel), Bella Vella (Commands), Krone and Eloping (Choisir) – the multiple Group-winning dam of In Secret (I Am Invincible).

There are also close relations to the likes of Beau Dazzler (NZ), Verry Elleegant (NZ), Lion’s Roar (NZ), Excelida (NZ), Mary Shan (NZ), Irish Legacy (NZ), Coventina Bay (NZ), Santa Ana Lane and Supera (NZ).

Notable dams featured in the catalogue include siblings to super-sires Savabeel (Lot 61), I Am Invincible (Lot 62), Press Statement (Lot 122) and Zoustar (Lot 327). Plus, foals out of the likes of Shillelagh (NZ), O’Marilyn, Charmont, Lubiton, Coldplay (NZ), Siracusa (NZ), Sister Madly, Teleplay and O’Marilyn to name a few.

“We’ve got a big job to match last year’s record Sale, but with the calibre of horses assembled in this year’s catalogue, we are certainly heading in the right direction,” commented NZB’s Managing Director Andrew Seabrook.

“The horses produced for this Sale by our horsemen and women continue to make headlines for themselves and the honour roll just continues to grow.

“We’ve had a huge amount of interest in the Sale already, people are itching to get back to Karaka.

“Our bloodstock team are working hard canvassing in Australia, Hong Kong, Europe and although we may have lost Singapore, we have built strong relationships with emerging markets like Malaysia, China and Korea.”

“It’s an exciting time and we are looking forward to welcoming everyone back for the best sale of its kind,” he added.

More than two dozen of the two-year-olds in the Ready to Run Sale catalogue are eligible for the lucrative Karaka Millions Series, while any horse purchased at this sale can compete in New Zealand’s brand-new $3.5m race, the NZB Kiwi (1500m). The three-year-old showpiece will be run at Ellerslie every March.

The 2024 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 11am (NZT) on 20 & 21 November, with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on 21 & 22 October.

Online bidding is available for all prospective purchasers via bidonline.nzb.co.nz, plus an extensive online catalogue at www.nzb.co.nz that hosts pedigrees, parade videos and photos, breeze-up clips, updates, and important information to assist your buying decisions.

International buyers wishing to physically attend the 2024 Ready to Run Sale can enquire about accommodation options and travel assistance by emailing travel@nzb.co.nz.

The catalogue for the 2024 Ready to Run Sale can be viewed online here, or downloaded on the Equineline app for tablets, or Thoroughworks app for mobile.

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