28 December 2018 | PAUL COURTS
IT’S not clear whether the postman has dropped off a late Christmas present or a potential New Year’s resolution, but today has netted a grand delivery for harness racing enthusiasts across the nation.
Along with the humdrum items, the ‘postie’ has slipped this season’s Australian Pacing Gold catalogue into the mailbox.
With close to 700 pages, the Ladbrokes APG guide is destined to be one of the best read books of the year!
First ‘cab off the ranks’ is the Brisbane Sale, which will see 46 yearlings enter the ring at Albion Park on January 27.
Consisting of 25 fillies and 21 colts, the youngsters are by a host of leading sires, with the various dams including Group One winners and producers.
The attention then turns to Melbourne a week later when 225 yearlings are scheduled to ‘go under the hammer’.
This time around colts out do the fillies – in number only!
Like the Queensland Sale, the Victoria leg is bursting with quality as many of the world’s leading stallions are represented.
Again the dams are also of the highest order, including Bettor Give It, which produced last season’s top colt at the sale.
This time around the matron will be represented by a daughter, which will enter the ring as Lot 181.
Melbourne will be followed by Sydney on March 3, with 194 exceptionally-bred youngsters to enter the Warwick Farm ring.
A week later 127 yearlings will be up for grabs in Perth.
In what shapes as a busy APG day, the leading sales company will also offer 80 lots at the Trotting Sale in Melbourne.
If you haven’t received your catalogue yet, you can view the yearlings at APG’s websuite by clicking here.
Approved By Dean Baring www.harnessbred.com
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