Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie, Archie, Archie Love your work but I can’t believe a man of your undoubted wisdom would use the Eureka field to indicate anything other than, as you rightly point out, the concept has been a total failure to promote local stallions. Despite all the hype from HRA’s mouthpiece Adam Ant & co the Eureka […]
For almost two decades now the modern day stallion phenomenon Bettors Delight and Art Major have dominated the national sires lists, with one or the other winning the premiership every year. Nothing lasts forever. Bettors is turning 27 this year and Art Major 26, and with both grand producers fast getting old the day was […]
Respected harness racing participant Ben Settree’s concerns about the future of harness race breeding and indeed that of the industry itself are vividly illustrated by the results from last week’s APG Mixed Winter Sale. It was an abject disaster. Only 29 of the 126 lots offered sold. The overall clearance rate was just 23.02%. Even […]
I told you CEF (Cobbitty Equine Farm) would end up dealing direct with DCF (Diamond Creek Farms)…. Shame about Legendary Hanover, I would breed to him standing in NSW but his record and price point was never going to work for DCF at CEF. Way faster then Cannibal and not much dearer and way cheaper […]
The civil war must be over, Confederate and Cannibal are back on the Cobbitty Equine Farms website….. Diamond Creek owner Bowden owes Todd McCarthy, it was Todd’s going out like the hare on another Bowden horse that set up Confederates record, bit of brotherly love might have kicked in….. Or it’s a truce whilst they […]
It appears that all is not as it seems with the southern hemisphere rights to the US stallions Confederate and Cannibal. We have all been led to believe that the McCarthy owned Cobbitty Equine Farms who stand the stallions own the service rights down under, but that it seems is not correct. Summit Bloodstock and […]
The old adage about cream rising to the top has been proven true once again in the breeding of the runners in the ID25 final. Nine of the twelve finalists are by one of the big three sires in Bettors Delight, Art Major and Captain Treacherous, each of whom have three runners, including odd-on favorite […]
Coolmore famously struck a huge deal worth $50 million to buy the then Bott and Waterhouse trained 2-year-old Storm Boy after his booming win in last year’s Magic Millions. It is starting to appear very much like they have done their dough. The hype on Storm Boy was huge at the time. He was going […]
Dr Andrew Grierson (pictured) is the HRNZ Chief Veterinarian. How he can possibly hold that role given the demonstrable conflict with his personal business interests is a question that needs to be answered, both by HRNZ and by the Racing Integrity Board, which role it is to maintain and uphold the integrity of the sport. […]
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 […]
