Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Yesterday’s Nutrien yearling sale in Melbourne will no doubt be trumpeted as a success, with three lots topping the $200 000 mark, a further three bringing over $100 000, a gross sale volume of $3.3 million, and an average of $33 040. That’s the good news. Now for the bad. The lots that attracted a […]
Will a 25% tariff be imposed on our standardbred exports to the USA when Trump rules that the HRA stallion levy is an “unfair tax” on American imports?? Some people might think that’s a good thing…… Belle From Burnie Editor’s Note The people who hate the stallion tax so much are the importers of chilled […]
The Nutrien yearling sale in Sydney is on today, and one of the youngsters sure to attract a lot of interest from buyers is Lot 96, a bay colt by Stay Hungry out of Cinco Amigos. https://portal.nutrienequine.com.au/catalogues/92/nomination/21938?from=lots&tab=pedigree This colt – the third live foal produced by the unraced mare – is a half-brother to last […]
US stud Darby Dan Farms has introduced an initiative that may prove hugely attractive to Australian breeders, particularly smaller broodmare owners at the middle to lower end of the spectrum. The stud – that stands 12 stallions at service fees between $2500 and $15 000 – is offering its client what it calls a Breeder […]
Lot 62 at this week’s NZ National Yearling sale in Auckland on the weekend is a beautifully bred colt by champion sire Bettors Delight out of the dual Group 3 winning mare Spellbound, a daughter of Art Major. He’s a cracking looking type too the colt, tall and rangy yet well structured and strong, with […]
You may remember us writing extensively at the back end of last year about the Albany Racing Club’s’ financial woes and its corrupt CEO. Well the CEO is now gone, but the club’s financial problems remain. So much so that on Wednesday the control body Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) announced that it has […]
Yesterday’s APG standardbred yearling sale at Ipswich proved yet another disaster for the struggling auction house, with sales revenue and sustaining fees from the sale not even covering half of the promised future prizemoney for the race series for horses sold at the sale. Only 30 of the very disappointing 38 lots put up for […]
First year stallion King of Swing was one of the lone shining stars of the APG Melbourne sale, with his half-sister to star filly Just Hope topping the sale by selling for $82 500, a price well in excess of most market expectations and an outstanding return on his $8 800 service fee. While that […]
The Australian Pacing Gold (APG) yearling sale in Melbourne on the weekend can be described as a disappointing, if you want to be kind. Very disappointing indeed. How many people even knew it was on? We have spoken to a number of buyers at previous sales who say that they were never contacted by APG […]
Racehorse registrations Australia Ten years ago there were 11 460 thoroughbred foals registered across Australia. Today there are 10 644 That’s a 7.1 decrease across the nation in just a decade. The decline would been much more pronounced had Victoria not increased its breeding numbers by 3.8%. Here are the reductions and increases in the […]
