First Crop Sires

Pencarrow Stud a spectacular source of racetrack success

Throughout the more than three decades since Sir Peter Vela founded Pencarrow Stud in partnership with his late brother Philip, the stud’s name and its recognisable ‘V in a box’ brand have become renowned as an outstanding nursery of thoroughbred talent.

Ardrossan

Ardrossan (Redoute’s Choice) is a simple case of “you can’t argue with results.” With his first crop, Ardrossan sired three individual stakes winners, and to put that into perspective, New Zealand only has seventeen stakes races for two year-olds in their annual calendar.

Chris Rutten

It is an interesting and varied history of involvement with horses that has seen Chris Rutten earn great respect as one of New Zealand’s best horsemen.

A golden year for Karaka graduates

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series is internationally renowned as a rich source of racetrack talent, with graduates racking up over 600 black-type wins in the last five seasons alone. But even by Karaka’s own high standards, the last 18 months have been something very special.

Welcome to Karaka 2024

There was no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after November’s record-shattering Ready to Run Sale. Instead, the release of the catalogues for Karaka 2024 has launched the countdown to the pinnacle event on the sales calendar.