Originally Posted by
boydy
jaimie would love to see you actually add something to this discussion instead of demeaning other people that are expressing their opinions.
[vvv] that wasn't an opinion from Lee. I thought that was a whinge.
As a breeder and supporter of import fee how many more horses are triple v going to breed this year, as opposed to last year?
[vvv] 5 this time around as opposed to 2 last year. Over the winter we moved an older mare on & we lost one. Have replaced one of them already & in the process of securing another one. If the right one comes along maybe another one after that as well.
As i am sure that you must see a great oppurtunity gifted to yourself by hra by imposing this new fee to encourage australian breeders to fill the void created by discouraging people to import horse from new zealand.
[vvv] gifted is not a term i'd use. Long over-due, warmly welcomed, essential, vital are more in keeping with my view of hra's import fee changes. The australian industry has bled out its arse to the benefit of the nz industry for more years than i care to remember. This move has decisively set about redressing that crippling imbalance & so from the rooftops i cheer & applaude hra's andrew kelly, geoff want & co.
Would also love to know if we should impose the fee on the service fees of foreign owned stallions to encourage people to breed to australian owned stallions to keep the money in australia.
[vvv] that's fuzzy logic adam. Why on one hand would we seek impose import fees on the nz bred product in order to better the lot of australian breeders...only to turn around & indirectly slug them by way of your suggested increased costs being passed on to aus breeders by studs/stallion syndicates increasing their service fees?
Without going into the nitty gritty of the various commercial & financial arrangements that i know of, you'd be very surprised as to who actually owns what here in aus, how much (esp. Sth hemisphere rights % wise) of the sires they stand they own and exactly how much of the service $$$ remains here in australia & in the southern hemisphere in general.
For example, both alabar & their aus partners/investors & pepper tree & their aus partners/investors have some major financial involvements, committments & straight out ownerships in both the sthn hemisphere rights of many of the sires they stand and in some cases the entirity of the horses they stand. That $$$ stays right here.
In terms of the entirity of the $$$ remaining here in australia, i have long been in favour of the australian standardbred breeding industry following the tb industry's lead and looking much, much closer to home for our sire prospects...however until such time as the industry gets its head out of its arse and puts on $$$$big$$$$ 3yo races over the mile that would afford our local bred colts the opportunity to showcase their abilities in a setting that is as comparable as can possibly be to their north american counterparts, the imported product will always have the edge, if for no other reason that the stats/marketability angle alone. I think this goes hand in hand with what you're suggesting. A few more classic garrys, christian cullens & courage under fires would be pretty damned good, imo. With each year that passes i think we're getting closer & closer to this. Take harvey's colt, bling it on for example. If he goes on this season as a 3yo & perhaps beyond, why wouldn't local breeders line up for him? I digress a bit but i'm sure you get where i am coming from there. It's all related.