First 'Ready-to-Run’ thoroughbred sale
By
W. R. CARSTON
Dalgety Bloodstock will introduce a thoroughbred sale with a difference in Hamilton later this year. This fixture, the first of its kind in th? Southern Hemisphere, will be known as the “Ready-to-Run” sale and will cater for buyers seeking two and three-year-olds which already have raced or have, at least, been
in training for 10 weeks before the sale. It is felt that this innovation, which has proved successful in the United States for two decades now, will have special appeal to both local and overseas buyers hoping for a quicker return. It should be particularly pleasing to some Australian trainers who have found that the buying of yearlings
at our sale* sometimes has its practical disadvantages. The Australian trainei usually gives his New Zea land importation plenty of time and as a general rule does not give them a serious campaign as two-year-olds if he holds them in any regarc at all. As a result it is often 18-months after the purchase than an Australian owner is able to see his New Zealand bred racing in earnest anc 18 months is a long time ir the life of a racehorse owner The first "Ready-to-Run' sale, to be held at Claude lands on Monday, October 9 will be preceded by a parade at Te Rapa Racecourse the day before. The parade will enable prospective buyers to sori out the likely types and see the way each lot moves, foi the sale entrants wit “breeze” the length of thi straight, a distance betweei 400 and 600 m.
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Press, 15 June 1978, Page 18
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