600 to Bettors Delight - 'Absolute rubbish!'

[triplev123]

The problem is that many of those same small Studs with cheap/poor quality sires are the ones who are greatly assisting in perpetuating that struggle by way of knocking out a lousy product that can't win without some form of protectionist umbrella. The now defunct NSW Sires Stakes is a classic example of what can happen to the breed when 3rd, 4th & 5th tier sires are artificially made financially viable propositions.
Cheap does not always = poor quality though. I can think of at least 4 sires, all excellent racehorses, 1 proven and 3 unproven, that you can get into for less than $4,000 so it's not all doom and gloom by any means.

[Flashing Red]

Studs don't need unlimited books to recoup their money - they already do it on ridiculous things like charging $30 for a monthly worming which (a) they wouldn't do monthly and (b) costs only $12 anyway!! I don't buy into the "poor studs" argument - I've seen their bills I'd say they would do pretty well!!

[triplev123]

I agree Flashing. The improvements in overall quality have been incredible in recent times. A foal/weanling/yearling that we'd have been happy enough with 10 years ago would more than likely be bottom of the pecking order today. With that increase in sire quality of course comes a rise in expectations & I'm very, very pleased to say that so far, so good. I really like what I see in both our yearlings & the current season foals. We've got 1 in particular, a filly & currently a foal...and I've got to say, she has me more excited about the future than anything that we've ever bred. You see a lot of horses pass by as we all do but every so often you see one that makes your heart jump. This is one of them. I'll try and get a pic and send it along so you can see what I'm crapping on about. What a ripper. Here's a likeness of my face when looking at her in the paddock.

[triplev123]

Incidentally, harking right back to the title of this thread, I sincerely hope that when the final figures for Oz and NZ come out...the person who came up with that sensationalist headline is big enough to seek similar levels of attention to their apology for having gotten it all so very, very wrong.
Attempting to fill the general information vacuum that continues to exist in the Southern Hemisphere with regard to such matters is one thing however not having had anything even remotely approaching concrete on hand and nevertheless choosing to fill said vacuum...with bullshit...is another thing entirely. A job at NZHRW no doubt beckons the author. Perhaps a nice info-mercial on Love You to kick off ? Just a thought.

[justdoit]

Hi Triplev123,
Is love You a porn channel?

[triplev123]

Dunno. Have called Foxtel and am awaiting their reply.

[mango]

When you find out let me know i might subscibe lol.

[triplev123]

5:45pm NZ time. Non-TAB event at Addington.

The question upon all the keen observers lips is..."Will D'Arcy de Gerolstein meet 'The Democratic Machine' of Monsieur Guillotine?"

Stay tuned.

[buster]

just watched the apg videos, apparently art major is the top juvenile sire while bettors is the leading juvenile sire

didnt realise there could be 2 top stallions

[mango]

I think Art Major might of been the top juvenile sire last year, Bettor's only had 2yr olds on the ground and he topped that list. They also could mean that so far into this season that Bettor's is the leading juvenile sire.