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Karaka First Season Sire Galleries

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday Jan 21

Our gallery page for first season sire images is now live for Karaka 2025, so if you were impressed with what you saw at the Gold Coast from Noverre and Sword of State this is a great way to get a quick look at all of their yearlings to be offered in New Zealand in Book 1 from this Sunday and we’ll also take a peek at what Home Affairs has to offer.

Click here for the Karaka Book 1 first season sire gallery- click on any sire to get their images.

Sword of State

Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State has 23 entries – G1 winning son of Snitzel.

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Click to see all of his images.

Noverre

Waikato Stud’s Noverre has 21 entries – G1 winning son of Savabeel.

Click to see all of his images.

Home Affairs

Coolmore based Home Affairs was the leading first season sire at Magic Millions by average and produced the sale-topping $3.2 million filly from Sunlight. He has 15 entries. – G1 winning son of I Am Invincible.Click to see of his images.

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