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Auction to take place in Auckland on May 14
New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the decision to hold a physical sale at the Karaka Sales Centre for the 2021 edition of the National Weanling Sale on May 14.
The National Weanling sale boasts an impressive list of graduates, including Tarzino Trophy (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Callsign Mav (Atlante) and New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle), who were purchased for NZ$3,000 and NZ$5,000 in 2017 respectively.
For investors and pinhookers, the sale offers a happy hunting ground for those searching for their next pinhook success story or racetrack star with the likes of Group 1 winners Gingernuts (Iffraaj), Yourdeel (Dundeel) and Puccini (Encosta De Lago) all initially going through the ring as weanlings.
NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook is confident the physical weanling sale will provide a great opportunity for domestic buyers to inspect and bid on horses in one centralised location.
“Given the unlikely chance of New Zealand pinhookers being able to travel to Australia to buy, I’m optimistic that the weanlings that are offered here will be well sought after,” said Seabrook.
With online bidding services available and New Zealand-based agents on the ground, international buyers will also have access to a unique offering of quality juveniles.
Weanlings offered in the Sale will also be eligible to enter in the lucrative Karaka Million Series featuring two NZ$1 million races available for graduates as two and three-year-olds, plus the NZ$100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup for the duration of their career.
Entries for the National Weanling Sale will open from February 9 via the NZB portal, with the last date to enter on March 5.
