Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The once industry owned standardbred auction company Australian Pacing Gold (APG) is in total disarray, with many asking how much longer it can survive in the face of fierce competition from the increasingly popular rival auction house Nutrien. Money is said to be short, but we don’t know how short because APG doesn’t publish its […]
You have to love the APG’s paid advertising posing as news on the Harness Racing Australia website don’t you? Not. HRA claims that the lot they have up for auction in their Autumn mixed sale Le Betty is one of Tasmania’s best race mares. If that were actually true it would be scary. Le Betty […]
We have been writing for months about claims of misconduct being made against the boss of a major standardbred yearling sales company. There are only two. Nutrien and APG. And the Nutrien boss Mark Burton is a stand up guy who respects women to the nth degree. APG CEO Anthony Essex (pictured at top) is […]
News just in. The sexual harassment case against the yearling sales company boss that we told you about the other day is not the only one. There is another too. We have seen and heard some of the evidence. It’s ugly. This bloke should be sacked on the spot. Apparently he’d got form from a […]
Gawler is no more Adelaide than the Gold Coast is Brisbane. The APG Yearling Sale venue in Gawler is no more the Magic Millions sale yard than I am George Clooney. This was no more a sale than you are Diego Maradona. It was just a joke. The top priced lot brought only $18 grand. […]
https://www.facebook.com/AustPacingGold/videos/1520893449367071/ The APG Yearling sale in South Australia is about to kick off, and if the parade of lots before the sale is any guide the whole thing looks like an absolute shambles. Gawler is the venue for this year’s sale, and as you can see from the footage above it is totally inadequate. There […]
The rumors out of APG Sydney post-yearling sale event are ugly. Apparently a very senior unpaid official of the company manhandled a staff member that they were for one reason or another extremely unhappy with. The official was said to have been drinking red wine heavily for many hours before the incident, and is reported […]
The progeny of Lyndhurst Stud’s newer sire Barbaric, a Black Opal winning son of I Am Invincible out of the smart Group 2 winning race mare Mimi Lebrock, were expected to do well at the March Magic Millions sale after achieving fantastic results at the premier sale in January, but it wasn’t to be. There […]
I grew up on racetracks around criminals and dodgers, and went to the trots from childhood on with people who get you TV’s and stereos to order, any brand you liked, cash only. And my Grandma was best mates with Abe Saffron’s wife, and played bingo and the pokies with her at the Hakoah Club […]
The standardbred yearling sales market is very, very competitive, a corporate battle in which only the toughest survive and the best come out on top. That best is Benstud. In the super Nutrien sale in Syndney yesterday the Judd family who own it sold 2 of the top 4 lots, the winner for $180 00 […]
