All things APG including the Captain Ravishing sale

Many lots constitute a 'clearance sale'
An unnamed 3yo gelding is not going to have any juvenile career so if the market is offering $2,500 - you are kidding yourself if you think you're getting $8,000

Tumby Park wanted you to take 10yo gelding Always In Command (has not race for 15mths ) off their feed bill - Unreserved but no bids
He won 9 races for them - you would like to dream they are going to look after him

Sirletic sold for $28k

Tumby Park did not read the market too well - only 5 of their 21 lots sold

Tourello Standardbreds only sold 1 out 11 lots offered
(their piebald had a $5k reserve but the next highest reserve was $3k)

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Originally Posted by Messenger

Tumby Park did not read the market too well - only 5 of their 21 lots sold

Tourello Standardbreds only sold 1 out 11 lots offered
(their piebald had a $5k reserve but the next highest reserve was $3k)

I wonder if breeders of coloured standardbreds really expect to attract buyers of racehorses? The facts don't lie, breeding non-performers to non-performers nearly always leaves you with non-performers. Perhaps their should be a specialist sale for fanciers of this type of horse.

65 of 205 Sold

Remember the Weight In Gold sale of 14 3yo's that the APG had been left holding the can for (see post 28 for the results), well

Lot 3 the Bettors rig has been named Henty,
Lot 6 the American Ideal colt has been named Warandpeace
Lot 8 A Rocknroll Dance colt has been named Raby Bay
Lot 9 the Hes Watching colt has been named Hitch Hiker
Lot 14 the Skyvalley colt has been named Aldebaran Anton

so you would think that these 5 must be progressing

2yo My Ultimate Jacko who was surprisingly sold for $40k at the recent Mixed Sale, despite finishing 2nd in a Gp1 shortly before
Did it again for new owners tonight and was only a HFHD off collecting the $60k for first

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...22#APM20082202

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Originally Posted by Messenger

Going back to the very first post in this thread about Captain Ravishing racing for APG
Which was still the case at the time of the NSW Derby in March
How was he bought by current owner Hassan Taiba - was he advertised?

I know I am a stickler But I still want to know how Captain Ravishing was sold/ended up with Hassan Taiba

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Originally Posted by Messenger

I know I am a stickler But I still want to know how Captain Ravishing was sold/ended up with Hassan Taiba

I think I've given you as much as we know. The only certainty is APG will never disclose how this occurred. Unless somebody is put in a witness box, but, even then I would harbour doubts.