Pop Quiz For Gallops Fans
There are 5 sires in Australia that have an individual starter to winner ratio, and a 6th one that misses by a whisker. I bet you can’t guess even 3 of the 6. The answers are in the story below.
Breeding Quiz Answers
The answers are. The answers are. Drum roll. Drum roll. I hope that was long enough so that you couldn’t see the answers in the preview. The answers are: Frankel – 27/50 Scissor Kick – 38/75 Maurice – 52/103 Brazen Beau – 55/110 Star Turn – 67/119 Real Impact – 54/110
Nutrien Melbourne Sale Day 2 – Top Lots Reviewed
Nathan Jack on behalf of the Cluse family paid $270 000 for the top lot of the sale, and who wouldn’t if they had the dough? He’s a gorgeous looking Captain Treacherous colt, from the first crop of the former top-class race mare Carlas Pixel, who won the Ladyship Mile, the Breeders Crown and the […]
Wanna Sell a Pony? – Then Don’t Come Here
There were 128 lots in yesterday’s Nutrien QLD sale. Only 54 of them were sold. That’s a live sale rate of just 42.9%. Or to put it in the alternative, its a pass in rate of a massive 57.1%, Or in other words, an abject failure. Be careful what you wish for breeders, cos you […]
Welcome Back Bon-Bon – We’ve Missed You Son
It’s been about seven weeks since Bon-Bon wrote his last masterpiece, and gee we’ve missed him. Just like Tim Tzsyu missed Tony Harrison yesterday. Richard Branson didn’t say if you ‘reach higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you ever dreamed’, as out man Jason claims. What he said was that if you […]
I Love You Too Sis
An Unmitigated Disaster Delivered by People You’d Expect it From
The Ladbrokes Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale, to be conducted by Nutrien Equine at the Magic Millions complex on March 11 and 12, will be the keystone of an iconic weekend at the Gold Coast. The brainchild of the Albion Park Harness Racing Club, the sale has attracted well bred yearlings from leading breeders in Queensland, […]
Archie Calls the Top Seller Before the Auction Even Starts
The Nutrien sale at the Gold Coast is on today, and there are buyers from Africa here, or Kiwis at least. So far I have spotted a couple of Purdons, Regan Todd and Lurch, whose parents call him little Johnny Dunn. There are others too, and plenty of interstaters, a number of non-guaranteed buyer free […]
NZ Standardbred Sire Stats – The Numbers Keep Falling Through the Floor
The number of mares bred each season continues to head in the wrong direction despite the introduction of a Breeding Incentive Scheme last year. While the figures below are incomplete with notably Cobbitty Equine Farm yet to advise the number of mares served by their pacing stallions, the number of individual mares bred is likely […]
Some Very Interesting Observations About Standardbred Breeding From the Sales Across the Ditch
The rise and rise of the massive Stonewall Stud operation was the enduring story of the National yearling sales, no more so than in Christchurch where the dual-island operation picked up 22 lots to go with the seven it bought in Auckland. A whopping $1,632,000 (average $74,182) was spent across the three days on the […]