Last season’s Group One winners Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) and Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth) added their names to a long list of top-class colts and geldings carrying the Pencarrow Stud brand, and buyers will have exclusive access to another beautifully bred crop of colts during Karaka 2026.

Pencarrow will offer a total of 18 colts at New Zealand’s 100^th National Yearling Sale, with 13 in Book 1 and five in Book 2.

Book 1

Appropriately, the draft gets underway with a colt by Super Seth – the sire of last season’s Pencarrow-bred Australian Guineas (1600m) hero Feroce and Queensland Derby (2400m) winner Maison Louis. Catalogued as Lot 4, the colt is a half-brother to four winners including Wellington Cup (3200m) winner Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini) and the stakes-placed Naval Fleet (NZ) (Declaration Of War).

Lot 68 is by Satono Aladdin out of the outstanding Pencarrow homebred Rasa Lila (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who won seven races including the Group Two Travis Stakes (2000m) and Group Three Cuddle Stakes (1600m). She also placed in the Group One Windsor Park Plate (1600m) and Easter Handicap (1600m).

Lot 133, another colt by Super Seth, is a half-brother to the Group Three Spring Stakes (1600m) placegetter Kazalark (NZ) (Vadamos). The dam Skywards (NZ) (O’Reilly) was herself a winner and is a daughter of the NZB Filly of the Year Sarwatch (NZ) (Jetball).

The very next yearling through the ring, Lot 134, is a colt by champion sire Savabeel out of the Group Three Rotorua Stakes (1400m) and Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m) winner Sleeping Beauty (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle).

The Savabeel theme continues into Lot 163, a colt by Proisir out of Savabeel’s high-class daughter Supera (NZ). She won eight races including the Group Two Travis Stakes (2000m), Group Two Tauranga Stakes (1600m) and Group Three Anniversary Handicap (1600m), and she placed in the Group One Zabeel Classic (2000m), Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). Supera is also a half-sister to the multiple Group Three winner and Group One-placed Eleonora (NZ) (Makfi).

Lot 199 is a colt by Satono Aladdin out of Topkapi (NZ) (Tavistock), a winning daughter of the Group Two winner and Group One-placed Dolmabache (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice). He comes from the family of Group One-performed male Pencarrow graduates Darci Brahma (NZ) (Danehill), Burgundy (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice) and Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth).

Lot 261 is from the first crop of Profondo, a Group One-winning son of Japanese super-sire Deep Impact. This colt is a son of Aloft (NZ) (Atlante), who won three races and is a half-sister to the Group winners and Group One performers Supera (NZ) (Savabeel) and Eleonora (NZ) (Makfi).

Lot 283 is a colt by Circus Maximus out of the two-race-winning and Group Three-placed Asama Blue (Fastnet Rock), from the family of international Group/Grade One winners such as Peeping Fawn (Danehill), Thewayyouare (Kingmambo), Rags To Riches (AP Indy) and Jazil (Seeking The Gold).

Lot 414 is a colt by global superstar Justify out of the winning Fastnet Rock mare Fair Isle, which makes him a full-brother to the Pencarrow-bred Group Three winner Star Of Justice (NZ) (Justify).

New Zealand’s leading first-season stallion of 2024-25, Hello Youmzain, is the sire of Lot 426 – a colt out of Floating Heart (NZ) (Encosta De Lago). Herself a two-time winner on the track, Floating Heart is a daughter of Group Three winner Amaryllis (NZ) (Red Ransom).

Lot 465 is by U S Navy Flag out of Pencarrow’s Group One Telegraph (1200m) winner Guiseppina (NZ) (Johar), who is also the dam of the Group Three Summer Cup (2000m) and Listed Scone Cup (1600m) winner Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock).

The third Super Seth colt in the Pencarrow draft is Lot 522, a son of the Group Three Eulogy Stakes (1600m) winner and Group Two Royal Stakes (2000m) placegetter Lilikoi (NZ) (Charm Spirit). This colt is a half-brother to the exciting Passiflora (NZ) (Farnan), who has carried the Pencarrow colours to two wins and a placing from three starts so far.

The final Pencarrow colt in Book 1 is Lot 539, by Profondo out of the Camelot mare Marsden Cross. The dam is a half-sister to the dam of English 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Mother Earth (1600m).

Book 2

Pencarrow’s Book 2 draft opens with Lot 584, a colt by Pride Of Dubai out of Palace Gardens (NZ) (More Than Ready), an unraced daughter of the Group Two winner and Group One-placed Dolmabache (NZ) (Redoute’s Choice).

Lot 665 is by Profondo out of Vichy (NZ) (Cape Blanco), who won four races and placed in the Listed Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m).

The colt catalogued as Lot 764 is by Ocean Park (NZ) out of a daughter of Group One winner Guiseppina (NZ) (Johar), which makes her a half-sister to Group Three winner Tavi Time (NZ) (Tavistock).

Both the sire and the dam of Lot 785 are Group One winners, with Tarzino (NZ) winning the Victoria Derby (2500m) and Rosehill Guineas (2000m) while Insouciant (NZ) (Keeper) captured the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m).

Lot 802 is by Ace High out of Kintsugi Belle (NZ) (Reliable Man), whose dam Our Ella Belle (NZ) (Encosta De Lago) won the Group Three Taranaki Cup (1800m) and placed in the Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). Our Ella Belle is the dam of the four-race winner and stakes-placed Equinox (NZ) (Exceed And Excel).

Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from January 25 to 29, with Book 1 on January 25 and 26 and Book 2 on January 27.

All yearlings purchased are eligible for the Karaka Millions Series featuring the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), followed by the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) as well as the NZB Mega Maiden Bonus Series with $1m in bonuses up for grabs across 40 maiden races each season.