It's "S" Day

It has arrived - New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale and Team Te Akau is ready to fire!

After some final inspections yesterday at the sale ground, David Ellis, Mark Walker and Jamie Richards have narrowed down and settled on their short list - and there are some seriously outstanding two year olds that we intend to buy!

The Ready to Run Sale has one of the largest catalogues ever in 2016 and there will be some excellent buying for sure.  The sale commences at 10am today and continues through to tomorrow.

This is a sale that Te Akau has experienced wonderful success from - Flying Fulton (main picture) who won 13 races in his New Zealand and Singapore career, earned his owners almost $1.4 million in prizemoney.  His glittering career also saw him crowned "Singapore Polytrack Horse of the Year"!

Last year David Ellis bought two horses from the sale who had shares available in them (other horses bought were to order).  The first was Savabeel colt Hall of Fame (below) who cost $230,000 and who sold in under 24 hours.  He has now won three of his seven starts and placed on three other occasions.  He was a scintillating FIVE length winner of the Listed Zacinto Stakes in late October.

Costing $42,500, Iffraaj gelding Gingernuts (below) was also hugely popular, with shares snapped up in him just as quickly.  After winning a trial, he was second on debut to stablemate and fellow RTR graduate Hall of Fame - before winning at Hawkes Bay in May.  Needing further time to grow and mature, we put him aside but he is back in the stable now and is coming to hand in a very pleasing manner.

BE PART OF THE TE AKAU RTR ACTION - register your interest in "hot off the press" share availability - yes you will be the first to get the news and options ... email [email protected] now!!

If you can't join us at the sale, check out the sale's live streaming at www.nzb.co.nz - also keep a close eye on our website as we will be posting updates on our purchases - again however, if you want to be the first to hear about our shares, email Karyn now to be part of our priority list.

The most successful sale of two-year-olds in Australasia, NZB's Ready to Run Sale has celebrated 12 Group 1 wins in the past three seasons - the only Sale of its kind to yield Group 1 success in that time.  Last season alone graduates of the Sale won the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and Group 1 Emirates Stakes during the Melbourne Spring Carnival plus the prestigious Singapore Derby and Singapore Guineas.

There were a number of star racetrack performers last season with 27 stakes races won by 20 graduates of the Ready to Run Sale.