Gee Trot People are a Charitable Bunch Aren’t We? – Live Observations On the Nutrien Standardbred Sale
I’m watching the Nutrien Sydney sales on webcast, because isn’t that what every Australian does on a Sunday? It’s a bit like watching the Bathurst car race. Goes forever, and you get about 3 exciting bits. They haven’t come yet. The sale has been shit. Low prices, big pass in rate. The auctioneers have been […]
Auckland Yearling Sale – Top 5 Sellers
$300 000 – Captaintreacherous x Goodlookinggirl (f) I have one golden rule when doing the pedigrees for yearling sales, and that is to immediately strike out any youngster by a mare whose only successful offspring were trained by the All Stars combination of N. Rasmussen and M. Purdon. If you can’t work out the reasoning behind […]
Top 5 Sellers at the Christchurch Yearling Sale – But Only One I Would Want
$240 000 – Bettors Delight x Hartofdixie (c) Full brother to Erupt Stride, the colt that Australian construction giant Emilio Rosati paid $320 000 for at the 2021 yearling sale. This one was 3/4 off that huge price, and so he should be given that his older brother has had 9 starts for 5 wins […]
$57 000 to Sell 19 Yearlings – That’s 3 Grand a Horse
Our mail, which is accurate, is that the APG spent $57 000 to hire the Magic Millions complex for yesterday’s yearling sale. It only made $83 000 from commissions on the sales, before expenses. That leavers $26 000 left over. Sadly for the true believers, that wouldn’t even pay the wages and costs to put […]
The Great APG Illusion
36 yearlings went through the sales ring at the APG auction at the Gold Coast yesterday. Only 19 of them were sold. None of the 17 others reached their reserve prices, which in most cases were set at dollars they couldn’t possibly achieve. But each of these 17 are deemed to be sold, and are […]
The Best Yearling of the Year
If I were to tell you that the horse in the picture was a just turned yearling, would you believe me? I wouldn’t if you told me the same thing. This thing looks like a 3YO preparing for a Derby. It’s not though, it’s a yearling. Probably the most magnificent yearling ever presented at an […]
A Marriage Made in Paradise – Replete With 72 Vestal Virgins For Voucher Holders
The APG Board and Management would like to congratulate all the VHRC/APG Yearling Sales voucher winners. APG can confirm that the voucher will be honoured and will be able to be redeemed at either the 2023 APG Queensland or WA Yearling Sale in accordance with the specified T&C on the VHRC website. The voucher is not […]
The Worst Dam Line in the World
God almighty. Wouldn’t you love to buy a piece of this filly that’s for sale at the Tasmanian standardbred yearling sales in March? Her dam never raced. Neither did her grand-dam, great grand-dam, great great grand-dam, or great great grand-dam. Five generations of mares and not a single one ever started in a race. The […]
APG Gold Coast Sale – Lots 7-12 – It Doesn’t Get Any Better
LOT 7 – Colt For a Reason x Maywyn No Regrets. By a cheap crap sire out of a no good Sportswriter mare from a terrible family. The only good horse in the line is La Coocaracha, a trotter. That might be useful it wasn’t a pacer. If they gave it to you for free […]