Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It is APG sales day at the Gold Coast, and the birds are chirping. The hype horse of the sale is Lot 51, by Sweet Lou out of Muscle Beach. That is hardly a surprise, for the yearling filly is owned by Dean Baring, the marketing manager for APG and it’s number two man. Warning […]
Spot the Aussie. Then try and spot the West Aussie. Friday night’s $300 000 Fremantle Cup at Gloucester Park is a ripper of a race, an absolute bottler. It’s also a stark illustration of the current state of Western Australian harness racing. We often lament the situation in Tasmania where, operating under a business model […]
Dear Archie Kevin & Kay Seymour’s Egmont Park Stud – Future Direction ….. After 55 years in the sport of harness racing, Kay & I have decided to discontinue the commercial stud side of our business. We have owned or co-owned Egmont Park Stud for 48 years and during this time have only had two […]
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity Jean de La Bruyère Kevin Seymour AM has never complained about the brevity of time. Quite to the contrary, Kevin knows all about time, and how to use in wisely. Now in his eighth decade pinned to the […]
Dear Archie* Well in everyone’s life we have to call time on various activities in our lives. After having been in the business of breeding it’s time for us to call time on our activities. We will be ceasing commercial stud operations and disposing of a large amount of our own breeding stock giving breeders […]
Hello Everyone, We have some news that may shock some people but here we go. After lengthy discussions with Mr & Mrs Kevin and Kay Seymour it has been decided to down size the Stud. We are asking clients to consider their options to re-home their horses that are currently agisted here. We would like […]
Can anyone explain what Bruce the one time Snowy Clark is actually on about here? It all just seems like rambling nonsense to me. https://www.racenet.com.au/news/therell-be-plenty-of-banter-at-the-magic-millions-sales-this-week-and-the-popular-phrases-are-sure-to-be-rolled-out-20220110
With the big New Zealand Standardbred yearling sales only a month away, I have nine tips for prospective buyers. Don’t buy high If you do, buy Krug Don’t follow Graeme Rogerson in. Don’t follow Ross Dallimore or Emilio Rosati in either. Do follow Jean Feiss and Cran Dalgety. Check your pedigrees properly, not how mugs […]
The image you see above is the headline of a purported ‘news story’ published today on the Harness Racing Australia website www.harness.org.au, extolling the virtues of yearlings sired by Always B Miki that are being sold at the APG Gold Coast sale later this month. What it really is though is a free advertorial, however […]
Stud masters, breeders and buyers hold a continuing fascination with the stallion sons of the super-sire Bettors Delight, much like how for many decades people were obsessed with the idea of finding the Loch Ness Monster. Sadly for the seekers of both illusive, mysterious creatures, neither of them exist. Bettors Delight has been serving at […]
