Mark D Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Obviously an in-house production now and good to see them concentrating on the in ring coverage - no incessant patter over the auctioneer. Only minor quibble is that they are a bit late putting up the graphics on the current lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Might have spoken too soon - the puff pieces are back but still not as bad as in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 And one of those puff pieces includes condescending remarks by Matt Allnutt of GoRacing and Adrian Rodley towards Trent Busuttin. Trent looked suitably pissed off and I don't blame him. All good keen blokey stuff tho he should be happy that they've deigned to give him a horse to train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 A highlight was Brendan Lyndsay purchasing the Catwalk Trust yearling for $200k. He is a " Good Bugger" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I thought it was Hickman who donated the money to Catwalk....he was the vendor, wasnt he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Brendan purchased the horse for $200k which looked to be at an inflated price. Yes and Hickman donated the purchase price so fair comment. Congratulations to another Good Bugger as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Beau Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Two good self made men contributing to a good cause. Well done guys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 12 hours ago, Dark Beau said: Two good self made men contributing to a good cause. Well done guys. I find Hickman quite...wooden...and Lyndsey quite....plastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 https://www.racenews.bitofayarn.com/generosity-flows-at-karaka/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 15 hours ago, Bloke said: Brendan purchased the horse for $200k which looked to be at an inflated price. Yes and Hickman donated the purchase price so fair comment. Congratulations to another Good Bugger as well. All prices appear to be inflated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Interesting watching the all the top bred horses, all of the who's who in the racing division, all casting their expert eye over the many lots on offer, at the end of the day all the horses bought across the board from top lots to bottom, we shall hear of their progress along the way, the fast ones, that is, will their success be judged on the expert eye of the purchaser, all the attributes and mannerism, the walk, price tag, and the breeding of the beast, we all know there is no guarantees purchasing a horse, is it down to all the attributes and the expert eye and skill of the purchaser as mentioned, or is it all irrelevant, and just plain old good luck.You be the judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 recently-' Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are set to unveil high-priced colts Mount Fuji and Rulership at Randwick on Saturday. Snitzel colt Mount Fuji was picked up for a sale-topping $2.8 milllion at last year's Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, while Rulership went for less than a third of that, with only $900,000 being forked out for the son of I Am Invincible at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. But they don't know their price, as the saying goes - be that yearling value or market expectations - and it's Rulership that has come up as $3 favourite (BetEasy) for the race after comfortably beating subsequent Canterbury winner Prague in a trial, with Mount Fuji the $4.80 third-elect.' Mt Fuji crossing the line about...now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Certainly interesting isn't it. Look at the progeny of the most sought after stallion Savabeel, 63 in K1 I think , he gets around 11% stakewnrs/rnrs so about 7 will end up stakeswinners, 70% winners so 30% are non winners so about about 18 non winners out of those 63, of course all on average but it seems astonishing the prices(ave. $247k) they go for when a 1/3 of them will likely never win a race(and many will be racing for $10k or less ) let alone go on to higher honours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Huey said: Certainly interesting isn't it. Look at the progeny of the most sought after stallion Savabeel, 63 in K1 I think , he gets around 11% stakewnrs/rnrs so about 7 will end up stakeswinners, 70% winners so 30% are non winners so about about 18 non winners out of those 63, of course all on average but it seems astonishing the prices(ave. $247k) they go for when a 1/3 of them will likely never win a race(and many will be racing for $10k or less ) let alone go on to higher honours. But those figures are based on his entire crop - are they not? Wouldn't one expect that the K1 draft performs better than the rest i.e. has higher averages? Are there figures for winner ratio's per book? e.g. K1 vs K2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, holy ravioli said: recently-' Trainers Peter and Paul Snowden are set to unveil high-priced colts Mount Fuji and Rulership at Randwick on Saturday. Snitzel colt Mount Fuji was picked up for a sale-topping $2.8 milllion at last year's Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, while Rulership went for less than a third of that, with only $900,000 being forked out for the son of I Am Invincible at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. But they don't know their price, as the saying goes - be that yearling value or market expectations - and it's Rulership that has come up as $3 favourite (BetEasy) for the race after comfortably beating subsequent Canterbury winner Prague in a trial, with Mount Fuji the $4.80 third-elect.' Mt Fuji crossing the line about...now. Mount Fuji apparently misbehaved badly before the race, pulled himself into the ground during the race and ran accordingly. Not the first time a horse has performed badly on debut and bounced back next start e.g. Catalyst. I had one who didn't perform to expectations at all first start and then won the second on his ear by 7 lengths! That $900k is still a sizeable hunk of dosh. FROM THE STEWARDS – MOUNT FUJIIt didn’t auger well for backers of Mount Fuji even before the horse entered the barriers. The $2.8m colt worked hard in its preliminary and took some time to pull up after arriving at the gates. He then raced keenly and didn’t settle throughout the event wanting to hang after straightening. The colt also displayed poor post-race recovery and markedly increased respiratory effort. I think we best forget he even turned up on the day. Rulership reigns supreme as $2.8 million stablemate fails to fire Rulership coasts clear on debut at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart. Article Author Mitch Cohen3:10PM25 January 2020 34 Comments The highly anticipated debut of $2.8 million colt Mount Fuji was a disaster but stablemate Rulership gave Peter and Paul Snowden plenty to be pleased about at Randwick on Saturday. Mount Fuji charged around to the gates and pulled his head off before beating just one runner home and was more than 13 lengths off his impressive stablemate on debut in the $2m Inglis Millennium In 14 Days Handicap (1000m). The high-priced duo cost a combined $3.7 million at the sales but it was $900,000 Magic Millions purchase Rulership that made the right impression at his first start. Rulership ($2.90 fav) coasted to a 2-1/4 length victory over Gerald Ryan’s Mission River ($7) with the Richard and Michael Freedman-trained Ticket To Ride ($8) in third. Sky Racing ✔@SkyRacingAU A cosy win from @SnowdenRacing1 's Rulership in the opener @royalrandwick @atc_races today, and a nice trial for the Blue Diamond in a month or so! 53 3:20 PM - Jan 25, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 17 people are talking about this “It was probably the difference between a horse that was savvy and knows what he is doing but I am a little bit disappointed by the way (Mount Fuji) handled himself,” Paul Snowden said. “He just pulled himself into the ground the whole way and that’s what you see when they aren’t relaxing well enough to finish off. “It’s the total opposite to what he is doing in the trial. “This bloke is the ultimate professional with everything he does and he remains on target for a Blue Diamond preparation." Nash Rawiller got the ride on raceday after jockey Hugh Bowman chose to forgo his rides on the card due to personal reasons. Rulership jumped well and was the ultimate professional for Rawiller, who took the I Am Invincible colt straight to the front and the classy two-year-old did the rest from there. “He feels very adaptable and I haven’t ridden a colt with an attitude like him for a long time,” Rawiller said. “You don’t want to get carried away but he gives you the feel of something pretty special.” Rulership is an $11 third favourite with TAB.com.au for the Blue Diamond and will be held at Caulfield on February 22. ‘He won’t go down to the week of the prelude,” Snowden said. “We will keep him up and then send him down to take his place.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: But those figures are based on his entire crop - are they not? Wouldn't one expect that the K1 draft performs better than the rest i.e. has higher averages? Are there figures for winner ratio's per book? e.g. K1 vs K2? No as I said on average those figures are(so yes entire crop), but there is an argument to say that anything by him wouldn't be considered K1 outside of deformed or injured stock I guess but these are based on runners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, Huey said: No as I said on average those figures are(so yes entire crop), but there is an argument to say that anything by him wouldn't be considered K1 outside of deformed or injured stock I guess but these are based on runners. True. Which is a query in itself.......surely just being a Savabeel doesn't gain you entry into K1 or are they so selective that they only accept K1 broodmares to breed to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 'performed badly on debut and bounced back next start '-good luck with that CS....not for me.?️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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