The New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale on April 15 is the final opportunity this season to purchase yearlings eligible for entry into the lucrative Karaka Million Series and the very popular NZB Insurance Pearl Series.
The Karaka Million Series now features two $1 million races with the $1million Karaka Million for two-year-olds in 2017, and the $1million Karaka 3YO Classic in 2018, along with the $100,000 Karaka Stayers' Cup for the duration of their careers.
This series is open to all yearlings, whereas the Pearl Series is only available for fillies and mares.
The NZB Insurance Pearl Series features $2.6 million worth of bonuses available for each new group of yearlings as they race in their two, three and four-year-old years.
Each intake of yearlings is eligible to run in 15 open two-year-old races with an $8,000 bonus, 20 Saturday races with a $20,000 bonus on top of the stake, and 180 mid-week races with bonuses of $11,500 over the three years.
There are 35 yearling fillies in the South Island Sale that can be nominated for the series, and are still eligible until the end of April to pay the early bird nomination fee of only $690.
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association who administer the series have already received 437 early bird nominations for the series this year and late nominations for other yearlings not in the South Island Sale cost $920 and close on July 31 2016.
The Karaka Million Series now features two $1 million races with the $1million Karaka Million for two-year-olds in 2017, and the $1million Karaka 3YO Classic in 2018, along with the $100,000 Karaka Stayers' Cup for the duration of their careers.
This series is open to all yearlings, whereas the Pearl Series is only available for fillies and mares.
The NZB Insurance Pearl Series features $2.6 million worth of bonuses available for each new group of yearlings as they race in their two, three and four-year-old years.
Each intake of yearlings is eligible to run in 15 open two-year-old races with an $8,000 bonus, 20 Saturday races with a $20,000 bonus on top of the stake, and 180 mid-week races with bonuses of $11,500 over the three years.
There are 35 yearling fillies in the South Island Sale that can be nominated for the series, and are still eligible until the end of April to pay the early bird nomination fee of only $690.
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association who administer the series have already received 437 early bird nominations for the series this year and late nominations for other yearlings not in the South Island Sale cost $920 and close on July 31 2016.