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Heading to Ellerslie tomorrow? The on-farm parades for the 2026 Ready to Run Sale kick off tomorrow, commencing with @lilywhiteslodge's draft at 10:30am! 🏇💫 NZB and NZ-based agents are also available to inspect on your behalf should you require a head start on inspections and evaluations. 🚙 The online catalogue can be viewed along with Breeze Up videos and times, and vendor media here💻: nzb.co.nz/sales/26rtr #WhereWinningBegins

Prima Park Poised To Make Ready to Run Sale Impact 💥✍ -by Dennis Ryan During more than a decade as a vendor at the annual NZB Ready to Run Sale, Prima Park has risen through the ranks to become one of the go-to sources at the Karaka two-year-old auction. @prima_park's Ready to Run Sale ascendancy has coincided with operations becoming centralised on a property just north of Matamata purchased by the Van Dyk family nearly five years ago. Beginning with a blank canvas, they developed the 50-acre block as fit for purpose for Prima Park’s core activities centred on sales preparation, breaking and pre-training, complemented by a small racing string.🏇 Right now it’s a hive of activity as the finishing touches are applied to another Ready to Run draft featuring immense depth in pedigree, type and potential. Additionally buoyed by some impressive statistics from the pre-sale breeze-ups, farm principal Kelly Van Dyk has every reason to be looking forward to presenting her class of 2026 at Karaka on November 18 and 19. Leading the charge for Prima Park at the Te Rapa breeze-ups were Lots 35 and 206, sons of Tassort and Zousain who were paired up to run their final 200m in 10.19 and 10.24 seconds respectively – the two fastest times in this year’s catalogue. Little inferior was Lot 165, a colt by Lord Tanagloa, who recorded 10.39. “It’s not just the time they run but how they do it, and I was happy to see all of ours step up and get through their breeze-ups so well,” Van Dyk observed. “Tassort and Zousain are two young stallions leaving plenty of winners, including up in Hong Kong. The Tassort is out of a mare by Hinchinbrook, who was the sire of one of our early Ready to Run graduates, the champion Hong Kong sprinter Beat The Clock.” “There’s no reason why this shouldn’t be another successful Ready to Run Sale,” she commented. “The signs at lead-up sales have been good and buyers have so much faith in what NZB along with their vendors bring to the table. Read the full story here👉🏻📰: nzb.co.nz/news/prima-park-po… View Prima Park's draft online here📙: nzb.co.nz/sales/26rtr?search…

🚨2026 Ready To Run Sale | On Farm Parades 🚨 The on-farm parades for NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale are scheduled to take place from Tuesday 2 November through to Monday 9 November, and the following vendors/preparers invite you to their properties to get your early inspections in ahead of next months sale.🧐📝 NZB & NZ-based agents are available to inspect on your behalf should you require a head start on inspections and evaluations. 🚙 All two-year-olds entered will also be available to inspect at Karaka, in the leadup to the 2026 Ready to Run Sale, set to take place 18 & 19 November. The search for the next champion starts right here!🏇🏿 📙: nzb.co.nz/sales/26rtr

Stallion Spotlight Ahead of 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale 🔦 Five-time Group One winner and European Horse of the Year St Mark's Basilica will be represented by two exciting colts at NZB's 2026 Ready to Run Sale, following Saintly Dancer's (NZ) Group One Thousand Guineas victory at Caufield on Saturday🏆 Lot 31, a chestnut colt on account of @Kilgravin & Lot 70, a bay colt from @KBBloodstock's draft ✍ You can view their smart Breeze Up footage online with further information here💻: nzb.co.nz/sales/26rtr?search… The 2026 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 11am (NZT) on 18 & 19 November. #WhereWinningBegins

BMD Bloodstock Building Momentum With Ready to Run Sale Drafts 🏇💫 The 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale will be the fourth appearance for Barry Donoghue’s BMD Bloodstock and is shaping up to be the biggest one yet. Donoghue subsequently launched his own business, and BMD Bloodstock made its sale-ring debut at the 2023 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. Multiple winners have come out of BMD's drafts, such as the three-race winner #Kosta (NZ) (War Decree) and the promising #Chisora (NZ) (Belardo), who was sold to Hong Kong following a smart maiden win at New Plymouth on New Year’s Eve in 2024. Renamed #Nezha, the gelding has since been a winner in @HKJC_Racing .🎉 Another graduate, #Mindgames (Maurice), has had three starts for two wins and a placing and will contest Saturday’s A$2m Group One Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) in Sydney for the @JohnOSheaRacing team in the @OTIRacing colours.🍀 The BMD Bloodstock consignment also includes progeny of State of Rest, King of Comedy, Bivouac, Proisir, Contributer, Santos, Tagaloa, All Too Hard, Savabeel, Alabama Express, Anders, Cool Aza Beel, Pride of Dubai, Strasbourg and Shocking.📙 Donoghue’s enthusiasm for his draft only increased following the Breeze-Ups at Te Rapa last week. “I was very happy with the way they all breezed up,” he said. “They all ran between 10.4 and 11.2, so they were nice and even, and I was really proud of the way they all handled themselves. They couldn’t have done any better.” Read the full story here👉🏻 📰: nzb.co.nz/news/bmd-bloodstoc…