Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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, […]
Aidan O’Brien appears to believe the average mental age of racing fans is about five. Just who does he think he’s kidding, apart from his mouthpiece at the Racing Post, Deputy Ireland Editor David Jennings, who rates about three. Following Auguste Rodin’s impressive win in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf, they fed the racing […]
The 5 day selected yearling sales held in Lexington, Kentucky this week are traditionally a great guide and gauge of what is happening on the breeding scene. That’s a worry for the farms and clinics that stand or provide strands of stallions in Australia. Here is a brief summary of the hits and misses from […]
Australia’s weakness in the staying ranks has long been known, but it is getting worse by the day, as yesterday’s results in the G1 Metropolitan showed. Only 4 of the 15 runners in the race were bred here. They finished 5th, 11th, 12th and 13th. Each of these Aussie breds was born of a European, […]
