All News

With the NZB Book 2 and Summer Sales catalogue spread out before them, Samantha and Maxim Van Lierde approached this year’s buying bench with the same discipline that underpins VL Bloodstock Ltd’s business model: value first, performance always. In search of horses that not only caught the eye, but also shaped as future racehorses capable of punching above their price tag, with the immediate goal of contesting the 2027 Karaka Million firmly in mind. While a handful of their f

Cambridge couple Maxim and Samantha van Lierde celebrated a successful cross-code weekend, with victories in both the show jumping arena and the racetrack. Maxim, who currently trains a 10-strong team of gallopers, enjoyed an early double at New Plymouth last Friday, with Annetarz and Gentian Blue breaking maiden status with comfortable victories over 2000m and 1400m respectively under Tegan Newman. “It was a massive thrill for the whole team, we’ve had these horses for a num