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I would say that makes the likelihood of her contesting the Proisir Plate to try and claim the $500K bonus, very likely. It is a $50K bonus to Stephen Marsh Or, if they don't win and the bonus is still live, the Howden Mile 3 weeks later. All this as a precursor to a Spring campaign in Aus. A lot can go wrong in that time of course and may depend on the success in any Autumn racing campaign after the Kiwi, which is apparently her next race. No lead ups

I got this response on the Facebook Thoroughbred site from one of the original part owners, someone called Alan Johnston Your understanding is correct Alan. As one of the original owners, who sold half our share, the deal with Yulong clearly states it stays with Marsh for duration of racing career, and under his management. Only concession we made was she could race in their colours. Sure, she will probably race in Aussie, but transfer there?…not a chance!

$1.20

Here is a point to ponder 3 or our best 3-year-olds in the last 2 years, Leica Lucy, Willydoit and Molly Bloom, all showed themselves to be well superior to the opposition, an ability to show good acceleration and easily put distance on rivals, much the same as Well Written. The spin machine on all 3 went into overdrive as it usually does with a horse that puts up good performances in NZ, the superlatives flowing All 3 were sold or part sold to Aus buyers with bottomless pockets. Between the 3 of them, they are yet to win a single race in Aus, Leica lucy being the best performed with some nice placings at G1 level Just putting things in perspective, based on recent experiences

The clearance rate wasn't on the press release that you posted. Not disputing it has been a good sale so far

Paid 1.00 for the win on the tote (only tote available) Someone was bemoaning that Well Written paid $1.20 lol

No, it was an article put out by NZB, with all the good news. It failed to mention what the clearance rate was and how that compared to previous years, as done with the good news. That is spin

Come on Chief, an article is spin when you only publish the good news. It does not contain any info about the % passed in and how that compares with previous years

Day 1 without the spin 290 lots 20 withdrawn 207 sold 63 Passed (23.3%) 72 NZ buyers (34.8% of the 207 sold) David Ellis 11 lots ($3.15 mil av $286,400) plus 1 for Fortuna ($60K) I think TA have about 30 syndicates, so still a few to buy today and Book 2

According to our expert on the Thoroughbred Facebook site, Birdcage Bill, it will be the Doncaster over 1600m. He can be a pain, but seems very knowledgeable. Well Written's 6th dam is Jocasta, a speedy Pakistan 11 filly. I doubt they would try her over more than 1600m

I thought it was lower than that 14.5% co-mingled 15.5% NZ only The only rort is that too many people went tote and that is how a totalisator works. $1.50 -55 FO was available for most of the day

It really is a matter of getting your races accepted as prestigious enough to be accepted by HKJC who run the World Pool. Probably the reason why they switched the Railway, being a G1 to KM day. Unsure whether the World pool applies to the entire meeting or just specific races. Someone else will know

The trouble is, they make a lot of noise, and they try 50 times harder than the average racing person that posts on social media, so they give the false impression of the industry. Look at Wightman, he is absolutely convinced that he speaks for most of the industry and that most of the industry is behind him. Trouble is he persists with this rhetoric ad nauseum and many just let him run freely at the mouth because he simply overpowers them.

Basically a fifth are going to NZ, is that typical. Many will be waiting for Book 2 to try and get a bargain

22% gone to NZ buyers so far