Reply With QuoteOnly two years ago it would have been the 8th month of the season. And the winner is still an October foal.
Crikey! 2yo's going 1.52.8 in the first week of March - at only their 2nd start
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#PCM04032305
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
Only two years ago it would have been the 8th month of the season. And the winner is still an October foal.
But 2yo's did not race for the first couple of months.
Vic's first 2yo race was generally at the end of the 4th month at Maryborough
Maybe I should have just highlighted a 2yo rating 1.52.8 at his 2nd start
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
Captain Ravishing's ½ bro 2yo Ravishing Sloy makes his debut in R4 at Menangle today
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#PCC07032311
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
Obviously with an eye to the Crown and Tiara in a couple of weeks time, we have 20 2yo's going around at Bathurst tonight
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...s/?mc=BH080323
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
Is that Lazarus's first winner?
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#BHC08032311
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
First Australasian winner. From the family of Kate's First and Christian Cullen.
We have a field of first starters (5) in the 2yo Trot at Bendigo tonight/afternoon - R1 is at 4.30 (it is a 12 race program)
https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fi...23#BNC09032310
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
Somebody remind me what happened with Lazarus
Weren't HRNSW standing him
But now he is at Nevele R in NZ?
Greg Sugars was a Champion harness racing person
The NSWHRC paid a fortune of its members money to buy the Southern Hemisphere breeding rights and the horse stood at Yirrabee Stud for its first two seasons. For some reason, it fired blanks which resulted in only 75 Australian foals. NZ breeders fared even worse with only 19 2yos resulting from 75 matings. Only 8 mares were bred to him the following season as word spread quickly that something was seriously amiss.
NSWHRC, desperate to cut its losses and save some face, bundled the horse off to a reluctant Alabar. Alabar was smart enough to stand the horse in NZ's more moderate climate where he covered 108 mares for 54 live foals (50% fertility) and covered 124 in the just completed season.
Alabar has improved Lazarus' fertility rate from totally uncommercial to poor or borderline commercial.
Nobody will be surprised that Lazarus Sires quality winners. The question remains would you chace your money to breed to him with the knowledge you have only a coin toss chance of getting a live foal?
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