There will be no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after last week’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.

The 98th National Yearling Sales Series will take place at Karaka from Sunday 28 January to Friday 2 February. The catalogues, which are now available to view online, contain an exceptional selection of 682 yearlings in Book 1 and another 442 in Book 2.

The momentum of Karaka graduates and Kiwi horses has continued into the spring of 2023, with additional elite-level successes for Ladies Man (NZ) (Zed) in the Livamol Classic (2040m), Atishu (NZ)(Savabeel) in the A$3m Champions Stakes (2000m), and Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) in the New Zealand 1000 Guineas.

The catalogues for Karaka 2024 are loaded with well-credentialled candidates to follow in some of those famous footsteps. The pedigree pages are saturated with black-type, featuring plenty of progeny of stakes-winning mares and dozens of siblings to top-class performers.

There are siblings to Group One superstars such as Prowess (NZ) (Proisir), Lucia Valentina (NZ) (Savabeel), Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle), Turn Me Loose (NZ) (Iffraaj), Pennyweka (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), Affaire A Suivre (NZ) (Astern), Seabrook (NZ) (Hinchinbrook), Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma), Ruthless Dame (NZ) (Tavistock) and Manzoice (Almanzor), along with exciting up-and-comers like Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) and the stakes-winning unbeaten New Zealand two-year-old Velocious (Written Tycoon).

Coolmore Australia’s Tom Magnier confirms the status of the Sale as a must-attend event.

“You have to take this Sale seriously every year, because there is always a champion that comes out.”

“Without a doubt, it is the best week on the sales calendar anywhere in the world,” stated Magnier.