Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hello Archie, Barney from Bendigo is on the money over the breeding numbers. In 1980, Western Australia had 208 registered stallions that produced 1,377 foals whilst Queensland had 112 sires that produced 489 foals. Currently, WA has 15 registered sires producing 362 foals, and Queensland has just 7 registered stallions producing 249 foals. The hobbyists […]
Archie I have read your article and the guy’s letter about harness handicapping, and ask you both to look at it from a different angle. If there are 1000 foals in a paddock, the chances are that you’ll be able to line up a fair few with similar ability to race against each other.. If […]
The once industry owned standardbred auction company Australian Pacing Gold (APG) is in total disarray, with many asking how much longer it can survive in the face of fierce competition from the increasingly popular rival auction house Nutrien. Money is said to be short, but we don’t know how short because APG doesn’t publish its […]
At least that’s what I say about the kids breeding anyway. Me being a student of bloodlines and all. Maggie disagrees and maintains that it’s the other way around. But what would that fool know? They are both the spitting image of me. It’s obvious isn’t it?
Hi PP, I read your Captain Ahab article with interest and agree. To be fair though, King of Swing’s stats have been far more underwhelming for the hype and beat up he was given. Plenty of people that were telling all and sundry how good the quality of his progeny were looking —— well, they […]
On a previous voyage, the white whale Moby Dick bit off Ahab’s leg and he now wears a prosthetic leg made out of ivory. The whaling voyage of the Pequod ends up as a hunt for revenge on the whale, as Ahab forces the crew members to support his fanatical mission. When Moby Dick is finally sighted, Ahab’s hatred […]
I can’t believe that Coolmore and Yulong this week got into a bidding war for the 3YO filly Chayan, one that ended up with the Irish outfit paying a record $5.6 million for her. It’s the definition of insanity I reckon, a case of people having too much money and oversized egos. Chayan looks a […]
The progeny of Lyndhurst Stud’s newer sire Barbaric, a Black Opal winning son of I Am Invincible out of the smart Group 2 winning race mare Mimi Lebrock, were expected to do well at the March Magic Millions sale after achieving fantastic results at the premier sale in January, but it wasn’t to be. There […]
I thought the APG standardbred yearling sale a week ago in Perth did great by averaging $40 768 per lot. 2026 Perth Sale Results But yesterday’s Nutrien sale in Sydney did even better. $45 671.42 it averaged. For an Aussie yearling sale without jacked up half million plus dollar races for local bred 2-year-olds like […]
I never saw Sir Tristram race, but I did see his early crop sons Dalmacia, Sovereign Red, Grosvenor and Gurner’s Lane win races like the Epsom, Caulfield Guineas, VRC Derby, and Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and I was at Rosehill the day when his Brian Mayfield Smith trained, Jim Cassidy ridder Marauding won the Golden […]
