Quote Originally Posted by triplev123 View Post
Hey TBM,

When you write...
FACT: Australian breeders produce a lot of rubbish.

and then...
FACT: The Import Fee attacks the bottom end of the food chain in terms of NZ purchases. The cheapest point of entry (meaning cheapest horses) are the ones hurt the most.

[VVV] Those points are contradictory because, while I agree wholeheartedly with you in regard to the entry point aspect, the cheapest horses...the entry points...are those which are considered to be the rubbish in NZ.
You can't on one hand come out and berate Oz breeders for producing horses that you don't think are up to standard (QUOTE- Australian breeders produce a lot of rubbish), turn around and shop at Crazy Prices or Chicken Feed for your going concerns in NZ ...then hold those prices up as the yardstick to which Oz Breeders should be selling their yearlings /going horses at.
If Australian Breeders produce so much rubbish, have a look at the last 10 years worth of 2yo & 3yo $ earners here in Oz and make note the % of NZ bred imports that have been able to earn anything like their Oz bred counterparts.
Hooked him. You are confusing yourself there VVV.

I said Australian breeders breed a lot of rubbish. You will see if you trawl through other posts that I put it hand in hand with the kinds of mares that they produce with. You conveniently forgot to tie that in but thats ok.

The lower end of the food chain in NZ is purely on expense, it doesn't mean they are badly bred horses and so forth. And by the lower end maybe I should have been more specific - up to $20k NZ (so say rougly $16k australian).

Have a look at the sales catalogue VVV. you are an experienced pedigree man. How many pages -and there are hundreds - where you wouldn't and dont get a bid.

Why so many buybacks at sales?

Outside of that when you look at the Breeders whom breed to race, why is it not economically viable for them to keep going?