Originally Posted by
triplev123
G'day Mango,
In answer to your questions, I really don't know.
I would have assumed from care & observation aspects & given a number have yearlings in both sessions, Vendors/Preparers wouldn't want their consignments spread out...however maybe there's another school of thought down there? Personally I think it's a good idea to have all the Premium Yearlings stabled close/together...however in fairness to the APG that would have been something for the Vendors and the APG to meet and work out well before now. Everyone selling would have known or should have know that the usual stabling practices, which from what I can see this upcoming sale has again adhered to, would once again be in place.
You've also got me at a distinct disadvantage because while I know Sydney like the back of my hand, the relative locations of the various Barns down in Melbourne don't immediately spring to mind depite having gone there numerous times over the years. I take that Barn D is the most prominent/closest position to the Sale Ring?
In Sydney, basically the same Vendors are in the same places in the same Barns year after year and everyone seems happy enough with that. For example I could go out there and from the gate walk blindfolded to where Success, Brooklyn or Pepper Tree, Golden Gait, Matt Day, Darren Reay and Rainbow Farms will have their consignments . Maybe it's different in Melbourne? Do they move around each year? I can't say that I've noticed one way or the other.
In Sydney our yearlings sometimes arrive Friday night but more often early Saturday morning with the Sale itself always on Sunday. Depends on circumstances. Over the years I've noticed that some of the yearlings out there will cope with it all much better than others. Some just love the change of scenery & are sparky right throughout the process while others very quickly become bored with the walk in-walk out, shake it all about routine and you can see that they've already had enough by Saturday afternoon. If you had one that didn't like being boxed and fiddled about with then you'd be turning up as late on Saturday as you could I guess.
In terms of not having the Premiums spread out because some Sunday session horses don't turn up until late Saturday, it sounds good in theory but practicality wise it just doesn't work. Many, many times in the past some of the Premium session yearlings have still been there on site in the boxes come Sunday and because of the logistics of various transport arrangements they don't start to leave until that afternoon/evening at the earliest and sometimes Monday morning & beyond.
