The 82-lot catalogue for NZB Standardbred’s 2025 National Weanling Sale is now live and available to view on www.nzbstandardbred.co.nz.
A total of 79 weanlings and three yearlings will go under the hammer at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday, June 26 including 15 horses that will be Next Gen eligible.
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A total of 14 weanlings and one yearling will be Next Gen eligible.
The sires (and the lot numbers for their weanlings) are :
Dancinginginthedark M (Lot 1065)
E L Titan (Lot 1040)
King of the North – (Lots 1012, 1036, 1071)
Pebble Beach – (Lots 1003, 1035, 1038)
Perfect Sting – (Lots 1004, 1016, 1020, 1028 and 1032)
Ride High – (1060)
One yearling (Lot 1082) will also be eligible as his sire Captain Crunch was Next Gen eligible at this year’s National Yearling Sales in February.
Weanlings sold at that sale will be eligible for a range of two-year-old bonuses in 2027 as long as they met one of the following Next Gen criteria.
1. Buy a weanling by a Next Gen sire
2. Have an ownership group that comprises of at least four people, where 30 percent of that group consists of people who are born after 1985 or have never previously been registered HRNZ owners.
3. Trained by a trainer who has not trained a Group 1 winner (as of January 1, 2026)
All Next Gen weanlings bought at the sales are eligible for the three Harness Million races – Colts and Geldings, Fillies and Trotters if paid into the series.
A $50,000 bonus ($35,000 will go to the owner, $10,000 to the trainer and $5000 to the breeder) will be awarded to the first Next Gen eligible horse across the line in each of those three races.
A $5000 2YO Second Start bonus ($4000 to the owner, $1000 to the trainer) will also be awarded to any Next Gen eligible horses that have two race day starts during their 2YO season.
This will be capped at 90 horses, with a total payout of $450,000 per year.
Next Gen is a HRNZ initiative, in conjunction with NZB Standardbred, betcha and the TAB, to encourage new owners to get involved in the sport, It was very successful when it debuted at this year’s yearlings Sales and has now been extended to the Weanling sale as well.
June’s catalogue is made up of the progeny of 22 stallions, including heavyweights such as Always B Miki, American Ideal, Art Major, Bettor’s Delight, Downbytheseaside, Majestic Son and Sweet Lou, to emerging sires like Captain Crunch, What the Hill and Vincent, plus first season sires King of The North, El Titan, Perfect Sting and more.
“We have a quality catalogue of weanlings put together from some of the best families in Australasia by top-flight sires,” commented NZB Standardbred Manager Cam Bray.
This year’s edition of the Sale will see strong support from renowned northern vendors, as well as southern vendors Dancingonmoonlight and Macca Lodge returning to the Karaka sales complex.
“This Sale has become a proven source for stakes winners. Graduates have already claimed 30 stakes wins across Australasia in the last five seasons.”
Those winners include the likes of Aardiebytheseaside, Christopher Dance and Fugitive.
The National Standardbred Weanling Sale will be held on the same date as the National Weanling Sale for thoroughbreds at Karaka, with the thoroughbred session getting underway at 10am, and the standardbreds from 2.30pm.