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New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has rightfully earned the accolade as the most successful sale of two-year-olds in Australasia, producing four times the number of Group wins of any comparable sale in Australasia in the last three seasons.

Among those 28 Group wins have been 12 G1 wins, it is the only sale of its kind to produce a G1 winner in that time.

Last season NZB Ready to Run Sale graduates won 19 stakes races from 12 individual stakes winners. Three of them emerged as the G1 winners [Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor), Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) and Gaultier (Rios).

Other stakes winners last season include Absolutely (Coats Choice), Atlante, Balotelli (My Halo), Bobo So Cute (Savabeel), Faaltless (Faaltat), Fay Fay (Falkirk), El Padrino (Mr. Nancho), Mission Well (Elusive City) and Yousingwedance (Danasinga).

The sale has produced 107 stakes wins over the past six seasons.

This year’s sale at Karaka on November 18-19has attracted 397 well-educated two-year-olds representing an extensive selection of 108 sires from New Zealand and Australia.

Catalogue highlights include:

• 44 siblings to stakes winners including siblings to G1 winners Anacheeva, Better Life, Headturner, Irish Fling, O’Marilyn, Savaria, Spalato and Titch.

• The progeny of 35 stakes winners including G1 winning dams Cannsea, Imananabaa, Linky Dink, Rostova and Zirna.

• 26 horses nominated for the Karaka Million, four fillies nominated for the Pearl Series, 61 horses that are BOBS eligible and 13 Super VOBIS nominated horses.

• New Zealand sires Cape Blanco, Darci Brahma, Iffraaj, Jimmy Choux, Keeper, Makfi, Mastercraftsman, O’Reilly, Pentire, Per Incanto, Pins, Rip Van Winkle, Savabeel, Shocking, Showcasing, Tavistock, Thewayyouare and Thorn Park among many others represented.

• Australian sires such as Bel Esprit, Commands, Encosta de Lago, Exceed and Excel, Fastnet Rock, Foxwedge, Hichinbrook, Hussonet, Lonhro, Not a Single Doubt, Sebring, So You Think and more are represented.

Every horse entered in the Ready to Run Sale has the opportunity to Breeze Up with the last 200m of their work filmed and timed.

Breeze-Ups are scheduled to be conducted at Te Rapa racecourse on October 19 and 20.

To view New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale catalogue online, click here.