Newly found confidence in the Queensland Racing and Breeding Industry as demonstrated by recent strong results at the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale has proven the worth of new initiatives highlighting increased prizemoney and an enhanced QTIS Bonus Scheme.
In fact, there has been no better time to race 2 & 3YO QTIS eligible horses in Queensland.
The good news for yearling buyers is there are 117 quality yearlings on offer at this year's Capricornia Yearling Sale, 102 being QTIS eligible.
Popular Queensland sires with representation include: Bradbury's Luck,
Exceedingly Good, Ferocity, Hidden Dragon, Jet Spur, Publishing, Real Saga,
Wicked Style (USA), etc , not to mention the younger promising sires such as ill-fated
Captain Sonador, Drumbeats and Red Element.Also represented with entries are Hunter Valley based Group I producing sires such as Al Maher, Choisir, Magic Albert, Myboycharlie (IRE), Not a Single Doubt, not to mention two by the in-form Victorian sire Written Tycoon, who has sired an impressive seven stakes-winners this season.
This sale has a history of producing some bargain buys for astute buyers, and with a sale average of under $10,000 it makes it a sale that shouldn't be missed.
Undoubtedly our most famous sale graduate is River Lad. He won our 2 & 3YO Capricornia Classic Races before blossoming into the Group I performer he is today.
With total prizemoney of $1.77 million amassed to date it's hard to believe that he was passed in for only $4,000 at our 2009 sale.
Another great example of a bargain buy made good is last year's $100,000 2YO
Classic winner Quick Assault, who cost his owners the princely sum of $1,000.There are many other graduates who have sold for under $20,000 that have gone on to win more than $200,000.
One of those is the Hidden Dragon, QTIS registered gelding Mythologist, who was sold at our 2012 sale by regular leading local vendor, Kerrod Smyth, from Laurel Glen Equine Centre.
Laurel Glen have a terrific draft for this sale and to see them and find out more click here.
If you wanted a poster horse to promote breeding and racing in Provincial and Country Queensland, then Mythologist is the logical pick in recent times.
Born and bred on the banks of the mighty Fitzroy River near Rockhampton this yearling took the eye of leading 2YO trainer in Rockhampton Mr Lyle Rowe. Lyle was a very accomplished jockey and in his hay day as a young jockey won the 1967 Stradbroke Handicap on Mr Hush.
He purchased this colt after training his half-brother by Hayil, Let It Hail, to ten wins. In Lyle's own words at the time he bought him he thought that the $18,000 he paid for him was a genuine bargain.
Good judge Mr Rowe!
Mythologist has now won 11 races, $247,450 in prizemoney and still winning races
as a 4YO. This is probably not outstanding in its own right, but most of us
wouldn't mind if he was picking grass in our back yard I'm sure. What is truly
a clear victory for grass roots racing is that he has won all of his races on
country and provincial tracks, mostly at Callaghan Park in Rockhampton.His record stands to prove that we do a fairly good job in the bush, the QTIS scheme puts serious dollars into owner's pockets, you don't have to pay a small fortune for a horse to win $250000 and that the Capricornia Yearling Sale should be on the shopping list for all serious QTIS eligible yearling buyers this year.
Our sale and racing carnival is on the 9th to 12th of April and our flagship sale race on offer is the 2016 $100,000 2YO Classic exclusive to sale graduates, with a $20,000 Fillies Bonus up for grabs as well. There is also a $30,000 3YO race in 2017.
The sale starts at 11.00AM on Sunday 12th April at the Rockhampton Showgrounds.
Please call Jeff on 0427229033 or visit www.cqtba.com for catalogues or for further information.
