Stage Set For 2025 NZB Breeze Ups

Media Release - Friday October 17

Breeze Ups for the world’s best sale of two-year-olds are set to take place next week on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October at Te Rapa Racecourse.

All two-year-olds entered in NZB’s Ready to Run Sale have the opportunity to breeze on the same turf track at Te Rapa Racecourse over two consecutive days.

Commencing at 10am each day, there will be a total of 202 heats filmed from the near the 500m mark to past the winning post.

To assist buyers, NZB will be recording various details during the Breeze Ups including timing the last 200m of their gallop, penetrometer readings of the track, an outline of the weather conditions and a wind anemometer reading against each Lot.

This data will be displayed on the NZB website against each horse for easy analysis and comparison and will be available alongside the video clips of the Breeze Up footage by Friday 25 October.

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All prospective buyers are welcome to attend the Breeze Ups, with the full schedule and order of heats available to view here.

For bloodstock enquiries or inspections, NZB's Bloodstock team can be contacted here, the New Zealand based bloodstock agents (BAFNZ) can be found here.

Keep up to date with stories and content throughout both days here, or over on our social media channels, FacebookInstagram or X.

The on-farm parades are set to take place from 30 October through to 3 November . The schedule will be available shortly. 

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