Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The New Zealand standardbred yearling sales kick off today at Karaka and it shapes to be a cracker, with a catalogue filled full of quality bred, well-related youngsters from beginning to end. What’s striking about it otherwise is that there are only 7 stallions out of 13 with entries in the sale that have sired […]
The Annebel Neasham trained 2yo colt Deputize that ran 2nd last in a Maiden on the kenso at Randwick yesterday was bought by Aquis Farm owner, president and top dog Justin Fung for $500 000 at last year’s Magic Millions yearling sale. On its pair of poor performances on the track to date it’s not […]
With post-sale purchases now included, the numbers from the APG Gold Coast sale a couple of weeks ago have changed markedly since I last looked and wrote about it. The clearance rate has risen from being in the low to middle 50’s up to a much more impressive 66.27%. Sadly however the average sale price […]
With a few rare exceptions yesterday’s APG Melbourne yearling sale was a massive fail, with a vast swathe of the draft going unwanted and unsold. The clearance rate – the percentage of lots sold – was just 65.49 percent, meaning that over 3 in 1o yearlings that entered the ring left it under new ownership, […]
Based on the evidence of last night’s Hunter Cup meeting there are only three sires whose offspring any smart, results driven buyer at today’s APG Melbourne sale would be loo0king at. They are: Captain Treacherous, the world champion sire who threw the first 4 placegetters in the Group 1 4yo Bonanza Bettors Delight, who sired […]
With all the hoopla and hype about Moody Racing’s $1.6 million purchase of the top lot this week from the Karaka yearling sales, we thought it an opportune time to look back at the top priced lots from the previous 5 years and see where they are now and where they’ve been. Sadly the news […]
The standardbred yearling sale kicks off on Sunday with the APG auction at the Gold Coast, and continues for the next 2 months solid after that. We thought it might be useful for prospective buyers to know which sires fire at the top level, and which ones don’t. Here it is. There were 50 Group […]
6 – I Am Invincible Australia’s modern day answer to Sir Tristram blitzed the sale, with six lots selling at a million or above. Given his continuing outstanding record of success, why wouldn’t they? He’s not Australia’s no 1 sire for nothing. 4 – Snitzel The champion sprinter turned sire once owned by incarcerated cocaine […]
The catalogue for the NZ Standardbred yearling sales in January is out, and if you are a Group 1 buyer then you can strike out more than half of it before you start. American Ideal – no dude. Bettor’s Wish – as much as you like, but no way. Captain Crunch – he thrown them […]
Recently retired Japanese superstar will stand for the highest first year service fee in Japanese history, a massive $212 500 AU a shot. It’s enormous money, but the horse was an absolute superstar, and is bred in the purple being by super sire Kitisan Black out of a King Halo (son of Dancing Brave) mare, […]
