Hong Kong Jockey Club buys two Karaka colts for NZ$635,000

The Hong Kong Jockey Club spent NZ$635,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka 2026 100th National Yearling Sale, securing two bay colts that slot neatly into Hong Kong racing bloodlines and buyer metrics. Lot 160, a bay colt by Super Seth out of Stella Grace (Encosta de Lago), was purchased for NZ$260,000 (approx. HK$1,172,000). Lot 415, a bay colt by Per Incanto out of Fall on a Star (Zoustar), cost NZ$375,000 (approx. HK$1,690,000).

Lot 160 brings a broodmare record and family links that appeal to middle-distance prospects. Stella Grace has produced five individual winners, and Lot 160 is described as having close ties to Group 2 winner Tomodachi Kokoroe. Super Seth is connected to Hong Kong form via progeny such as Patch Of Cosmo, noted in sale coverage as a “HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) contender.” Those pedigree cues point to potential 1600m-2000m pathways if the colt follows a classic development plan.

Lot 415 arrives with a sprinting biography in its bloodline. “The youngster is by Per Incanto, who has 170 wins as a sire in Hong Kong, led by nine-time winner Duke Wai and eight-time winner Wood On Fire. Also among his progeny is Raging Blizzard, who placed second to Ka Ying Rising in the 2025 HK$28 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) last month.” Per Incanto’s established Hong Kong strike-rate and high-class progeny make Lot 415 an attractive candidate for the city’s fast and competitive sprint program.

On the business side, the purchases place the Hong Kong Jockey Club in a mid-ranking position among multi-lot buyers at Karaka. Buyer-by-average tables show the Club bought two lots for a gross of $635,000, recording an average of $317,500. The activity fits a broader trend of Hong Kong interests paying premiums for Southern Hemisphere yearlings with proven local sire lines and immediate suitability for Hong Kong racing patterns.

Karaka’s centenary sale supplied plenty of colour beyond the HKJC buys. John Foote Bloodstock described one Armory colt they bought as “a lovely big 3-year-old type... a lovely moving horse with plenty of him. His pedigree’s quite good when you go back into it, being from the family of Zirna and the three-time Hong Kong winner Super Football. ’I just took to him, so we bought him.'” That comment underscores how buyers mixed immediate athletic type with pedigree upside across Books and sessions.

For Hong Kong racing followers the immediate significance is clear: these purchases aim to refresh the supply chain with yearlings whose sires have produced tangible Hong Kong results. The next milestones to watch are HKJC’s full release for shipping and training details, quarantine clearances, and the colts’ first public gallops. Those steps will determine whether Lot 160 and Lot 415 develop into the kind of starters that feed Hong Kong’s high-stakes sprint and mile programmes.