Kiwi Sires a Recipe for NZB Ready to Run Sale Success

Media Release - Friday October 3

Much of the NZB Ready to Run Sale’s extraordinary success has been underpinned by the stallions that have stood in New Zealand in recent decades.

NZB Ready to Run graduate Ceolwulf will be looking to go back to back in the G1 Epsom Handicap on Saturday - image Steve Hart

Past and present Kiwi-based sires dominate the Ready to Run roll of honour, including five of the six graduates that combined to win 10 Group One races in Australia last season – Antino (NZ) (Redwood), Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock), Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth), Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) and Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars).

Other notable recent successes have come from the likes of Hong Kong’s multiple Group One-winning sprinter Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) and New Zealand Derby (2400m) winners Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj), Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) and Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock).

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The catalogue for the 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale, which will be held at Karaka in November, sees New Zealand sires once again represented in both quantity and quality.

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