Be aware though that Heaven, Sportswriter and RWJ didn't stand at Alabar until this year.
Just seeking peoples thoughts on the upcoming APG sales Sydney and Melbourne in February.
I have collated the number of fillies and colts by Sire for each sale and it makes interesting reading. I have left out those with minimum numbers such as Artistic Fella who has one at each sale
Sydney-Total 200 for sale
Art Major-28
Sportswriter-26
Rock N Roll Heaven-25
Rock n Roll Dance -18
Bettors delight-13
Roll with Joe-10
Mach 3-9
Pet Rock- 9
Western terror-6
American Ideal-5
Somebeachsomewhere-4
CUF-3
Melbourne-Total 200 for sale
Art Major-43
Sportswriter-10
Rock N Roll Heaven-14
Rock n Roll Dance -13
Bettors delight-22
Roll with Joe-3
Mach 3-23
Pet Rock- 9
Western terror-10
American Ideal-9
Somebeachsomewhere-3
CUF-3
Interesting to note how each state has a liking for certain stallions. Somebeachsomewhere and American ideal surprised me with low numbers. Mach 3 is unloved in NSW. There is a heavy slant towards Alabar in NSW
Be aware though that Heaven, Sportswriter and RWJ didn't stand at Alabar until this year.
Correct Grant- Peppertree farm was their home
And that could explain why such a huge drop in services in NSW from 1624 in 14-15 , down to 913 in 15-16. That's around 44% drop in services in NSW. Regardless of those stallions leaving NSW . I wonder whether they account for all of those lost services.
That is a massive figure and I am sure the information would be collated somewhere.
http://www.harness.org.au/hra/annual/public/stats.htm
Hi Noel, I was just looking at these stats for services in NSW. Might help you , might not. Cheers Trish
I think that might be tonight's task, between the races on Sky from the Shep Cup. Hope none of them end up on Sky 2 ! And then continue while the Hamilton Cup meet is on.
Just shows the amount of research that John Peck put into the tables he published in the much mossed Harness Racing International magazine.
Discounts
http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=32328
One would imagine these will be offered to non sales as well?
Can you actually get a $500 discount??
Irrespective, seems "generous" considering this http://www.harness.org.au/news-artic...?news_id=29080