Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Australian Pacing Gold (APG) yearling sale in Melbourne on the weekend can be described as a disappointing, if you want to be kind. Very disappointing indeed. How many people even knew it was on? We have spoken to a number of buyers at previous sales who say that they were never contacted by APG […]
Where’s that Archie hiding now? A few years bacl I remember laughing at John Symons when he told me that he’d paid $120 000 for a colt by then first season sire The Mission at the March Yearling sale at the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale. “The Mission?” I snorted. “That cat could […]
According to the rumblings we are hearing emanate out of Brisbane, all may not be well in the house of everyone’s favorite syndicator KO Racing. Or should that now be KO & KC Racing Group Pty Ltd, as it seems to be known these days with Kirk Cockburn joining Kobie O’Brien in the ownership group. […]
How do you compete at horse sale with blokes who have as much cash to splash as Yulong’s owner Yuesheng Zhang and his partner Zhijun Zhao? It’s near impossible, certainly for the average racehorse owner. Zhang and Zhao spent more than $11 million dollars at the Magic Millions National Broodmare sale yesterday, and picked up […]
There is only one word to describe yesterday’s NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale. Disaster. The arse fell out of the market. When you exclude the top priced lot and the other yealing in the draft, average weanling prices dropped by over 20%, from $11 495 down to $9191. That’s barely worth the price of a […]
The Richmond Puppy Auction is reborn next weekend, and with a brand new $150 ooo sales race series up for grabs by greyhounds sold on the day interest from buyers around Australia is sky high. Of the most interest is the litter of 5 on offer by super sire Fernando Bale out of the champion […]
I have been to many a greyhound or trot sale where a large chunk, if not most, of the lots on sale are just there for show and to gain entry to sales eligible races, and quite frankly it gives me the Edgar Britts. Why waste potential buyers valuable time studying the catalogue and trekking […]
We have been telling you about how black money is laundered through yearling sales for about a million years now. https://peterprofit.com/?s=money+launder It’s something that has been happening around the world, and should have been obvious to all. Sadly however the authorities seemed to miss it completely, and the breeders who were getting hugely over the […]
About a month ago we wrote a story about the huge amount of money that Harness Racing SA and the SA Breeders Owners Trainers and Reinsperson’s Association were wasting on so-called classic Kindergarted Series for 2YO’s, and after staring into our ever faithful crystal ball we declared that a non-sales entry from the Tonkin/Stewart stable […]
That’s what Kiwi trainer Cran Dalgety said about his $310 000 yearling buy Chicago Bear just after the hammer fell at the NZ Standardbred auction a few years ago. The full brother to Chicago Bull and Perfect Stride must prefer it missionary style, because team Dalgety put the bridle on and banged him on the […]
