Catalogues now available for the 2010 APG Yearling Sales
1 December 2009
APG’s sales catalogue for the 2010 round of APG yearling sales will be available for distribution from Monday, 14 December 2009.
This year, APG has combined all of its catalogues to produce a single sales catalogue, covering all of APG’s sales.
Catalogues should be available at your local harness racing club from Friday, 18 December 2009 or you can order one by e-mailing your name and address details to louiset@apgold.com.au or calling (03) 9372 9833.
Of course, you can view all the pedigrees online, including detailed information about the various sires by following the links to each APG sale on the right hand side of this page.
All online pedigrees will be fully updated in the week prior to each sale to take account of any recent racetrack performances. In addition, photographs and video footage of yearlings will be added to the website on a regular basis in the lead up to each sale.
Massive 3 Day Melbourne Sales Weekend
1 December 2009
Without doubt, the 2010 APG Sales Catalogue is the strongest in APG’s 20 year history.
The unprecedented quality of nominations received for APG’s Premium Gold and Melbourne Sales has afforded APG the opportunity to further develop its Melbourne Sales weekend by adding a second select session of 75 pacers on the Saturday.
Accordingly, for the first time in history, horses will now be sold in Melbourne on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
In addition to the Premium Gold Sale on the Friday evening, APG will conduct an additional, special select sale of 75 pacers on the Saturday (11am to 2pm), while the vast majority of horses (approx. 200) will continue to go through the traditional sale on the Sunday.
Premium Gold Sale - Friday Evening, 5 February 2010
The 3 day sales weekend will kick off on Friday night, with APG’s Premium Gold Sale, featuring 75 of Australia’s best bred pacers, plus 5 of the best bred trotters ever offered for sale in Australia.
While APG’s inaugural Premium Gold Sale in 2009 was stacked with quality, the 2010 catalogue takes things to a whole new level, as evidenced by the following statistics:
|
2010 Premium
Gold Catalogue |
2009 Premium Gold Catalogue |
Dams’ Racing Records: |
Number of Winning Dams |
58 |
48 |
$100,000+ Winning Dams |
17 |
12 |
Total Races Won by Dams |
544 |
500 |
Total Prize money Won by Dams |
$5,246,355 |
$3,933,276 |
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|
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Dams’ Production Records: |
|
|
Number of Winners Produced |
170 |
140 |
Total $100,000+ Winners Produced |
57 |
42 |
Total Group Race Winners Produced |
34 |
19 |
The 2010 Premium Gold Sale will feature progeny of all the hottest sires, including 19 by Art Major, whose first crop raced last season and set an all-time Australian record for 2yo earnings in a single season.
Other sires with strong representation in the Premium Gold Sale include Bettors Delight (7), Real Desire (7), Mach Three (6), Artsplace (4), Life Sign (4), Christian Cullen (3), Grinfromeartoear (3), McArdle (3) and Presidential Ball (3).
Gold Session of the Melbourne Sale – Saturday, 6 February 2010
The newest addition to the Melbourne Sales weekend, the Gold Session will run from 11am to 2pm on the Saturday (prior to Hunter Cup night), and will consist of 75 pacing lots that have been handpicked by APG using similar selection criteria to that used for the Premium Gold Sale.
The extraordinary strength of the Premium Gold catalogue has continued into the Gold Session, which will feature a number of outstanding horses that only narrowly missed selection for the Premium Gold Sale.
Similar to the Premium Gold Sale, Saturday’s Gold Session will be dominated by progeny of Art Major (20), with strong representation also from Grinfromeartoear (6), Life Sign (7), Blissfull Hall (4), Modern Art (4), Presidential Ball (4), Armbro Operative (3), Bettors Delight (3), P Forty Seven (3) and Real Desire (3).
For buyers who aren’t lucky enough to secure a horse at the Premium Gold Sale on the Friday night, the Gold Session on the Saturday represents the perfect opportunity to land a top quality yearling.
APG will be providing a free brunch from 8:30am -10:30am on the Saturday morning, so buyers should plan to come early, enjoy the brunch and inspect the yearlings prior to the sale commencing at 11am.
Sunday Session of the Melbourne Sale – Sunday, 7 February 2010
The Sunday Session will feature around 200 pacers and trotters, and will represent close to 60% of all horses being sold in Melbourne across the three day sales weekend.
The quality of the sire power is exceptional, headed by Art Major (17), Grinfromeartoear (15), Blissfull Hall (11), Life Sign (11), Modern Art (10), Armbro Operative (8), Real Desire (8), Metropolitan (6), Village Jasper (6), Western Terror (6), Artiscape (5), Bettors Delight (5), Elsu (5) and Live Or Die (5).
In addition to the pacers, the Sunday sale will feature 15 trotters by sires including Sundon (4), Tennotrump (4), Earl (2) and Yankee Paco (2).
All of APG’s leading breeders and preparers will have yearlings in on the Sunday, so buyers can rest assured that the Sunday sale will consist of the usual selection of well bred, expertly prepared, good looking yearlings.
For further information about any aspect of the 2010 APG Yearling Sales, go to www.apgold.com.au or phone (03) 9372 9833.
Pedigrees will be available online from 1 December 2009. Yearling photos and video footage will be added to the website in the 14 days prior to the sales.
New APG Contact details
December 27th, 2007
Contact details for David Boydell, APG General Manager:
- Address: PO Box 588, Moonee Ponds, Victoria 3039
- Phone: (03) 9372 9833
- Fax: (03) 9370 3955
- Mobile: 0404 557 440
