NZB MD Excited Ahead of Vintage Catalogue

Managing Director of New Zealand Bloodstock, Andrew Seabrook, is already looking forward to the prospect of selling next January, and putting together what will be a vintage catalogue for prospective buyers. “The amount of people who surfaced to show their support at Karaka 2021, both physically and via our online bidding technology, was unparalleled considering it was the first time since Phar Lap sold that no internationals were present,” he pointed out. “In what were testing conditions due to international border closures and a reduced catalogue size, the results were a tremendous success with the average and median increasing on previous years and the clearance rate settling at 82%. This is testament to the outstanding quality of our New Zealand-bred and sold horses, and for the wonderful job our vendors did in preparing and marketing their horses. Seabrook revealed, “We have had strong feedback from the Australian buyers that they will be back here in force next January. This, along with a more confident domestic market and great online bidding technology, gives us confidence that Karaka 2022 is going to be an outstanding success.”

Karaka sales ring (pic: supplied)