Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
With only a day to go until the end of the season, it appears certain that for the first time in memory the super-sire of the 21st century Bettors Delight will not make it into the top 20 US two-year-old sires by average earnings list. Bettors juvenile progeny this year have earned just $7 669 […]
Meatloaf said that two out of three ain’t bad. He was wrong. Three out of four ain’t. That’s how many Dan Patch Awards the racing progeny of Always B Miki won in the first round of the awards handed out last week. Miki’s sons and daughters won both 2YO categories, and the 3YO male award […]
The mail out of Sydney is that another former employee of Harness Racing NSW CEO John Dumesny is about to be appointed to the board. Adam Fairley is his name, the former long-time HRNSW Manger of Industry Development, and the Handicapper and Racing Manager before that. It is said that Fairley – who has been […]
Question Why does the auction house Australian Pacing Gold (APG) own a two-year-pacer named Captain Ravishing that is competing in races, and won at Melton on Tuesday? Question What happened to $80 000 sale of the horse to buyer A. Portelli at last year’s APG Sydney yearling sales? Question If the sale fell through, why […]
Justin Fung, son of Hong Kong Tony. This bloke looks like he can run a $500 million racing empire doesn’t he? And elephants can climb trees. Oh, by the way, this is where his Dad was going to build an international port, and a world class casino. Michael King is another bloke that we have […]
The big news in harness racing this morning is that Victoria – Club Melton – have followed suit with Albion Park by throwing their ownership share in the Australian Pacing Gold into the ring and walking away. That leaves the yearling sales company that was formed as a joint venture between the major clubs in […]
On the 19th of January 2021 Mr FUNG Wing Cheung – aka Tony Fung, father of Justin, boss of Shane McGrath, Mr Aquis – bought 10% of a Cayman Island registered company named Shen You Holdings Ltd, a company specialising in the manufacture and sale of sewing threads, the type used in sweat shops to […]
