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New Zealand's largest breeding stock sale - New Zealand Bloodstock's 2019 Karaka May Sale – will comprise a catalogue of 240 lots.

Renowned for pinhooking, breeding and investment opportunities, the sale has ben streamlined into one day of selling on Friday May 17.

Selling will commence with 154 weanlings followed by the yearling catalogue of 18 lots.

The remainder of the catalogue will see three 2YOs, five Racehorses and a total of 60 broodmares.

The Yearling category is the last chance this year to secure a Karaka Million Series eligible horse for two $1 million races – the Karaka Million 2YO in 2020 and the Karaka Million 3YO Classic in 2021.

In addition nominated horses will also be able to contest the $100,000 CollinsonForex Karaka Cup for the duration of their career.

Graduates of the May Sale have claimed 79 stakes wins in the past five seasons in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau.

Among the stakes wins were seven G1 victories with the most recent graduate to join the honour roll the exciting Yourdeel, a son of Dundeel.

A $30,000 weanling purchase, Yourdeel placed in the $1 million Karaka Million 2YO and went on to win the G1 Sistema Stakes.

Little Avondale purchased the weanling from the draft of Daniel Myers and re-offered him in Book 1 at Karaka 2018 where he fetched $100,000 from the bid of Chris Rutten Bloodstock.

There are 35 professional vendors offering drafts at the sale this year with progeny from a selection of over 80 sires, including 12 exciting first season sires from Australasia in the weanling session.

The progeny of 21 stakes-winning dams and siblings to 63 stakes winners. In addition, there are nine lots who are BOBS eligible, two Karaka Million Series nominated horses, two Pearl Series lots and a QTIS nominated weanling.

Supplementary lots will be sold after the last lot in their respective category.

Supplementary entries close on May 7.