“We thought if we continued as we go, we will only pursue our cocks for the next bloody, how many years. We wondered that we will have a good gap this year, ”said core racing coach Dylan Ferguson when he and his wife Jo's decision at the recently held NZB Standardbred sales in Auckland buy some good shares.
The Fergusons are located in Dylan's parents, who are five minutes from Cambridge Raceway. You work your horses on a 700 -meter route and generally have twenty horses in the works.
Dylan trained four seasons with Graeme Rogerson and Jo (born Stevens). Now the husband and wife are in the second season of their training partnership.
“It is different if it goes from below and works upwards, but as always we are still determined and interested in giving him a good crack. As a newborn couple and tries to make a name for us, we have to try to buy horses that go early and hopefully be competitive at these two -year play races. We have to remain relevant and try to achieve the results. “
Your top purchase from Auckland sales was a brave eagle -Tickle Me Pink Colt, which you bought for 90,000 US dollars.
“The brave eagles are a bit unknown. These European stallions come over with all the hype, so we just have to hope that they are tracking. We chose a handful of trotters, but we were blown out of the water by Stonewall on our top pick, the three -quarter brother of Lovemeto, but we thought this horse was not a immense amount behind him. “
Tickle Me Pink won nine races, including the three -year -old Ruby jewels of Group 1.
“As with all the Breckon Farms mares, there are black types, and everyone can get up and run (early). His mother was a high -class youth and three years antique and probably had no chance of showing her best as an older horse. “
According to Dylan, the stallion foal has a lot of size and filling out.
“If you look at him now, you can see that it will be completely different in six to twelve months. He comes out and lets everyone know that it is worth more than most horses on the property (laughter). “
Your other top -end purchase was a brave eagle -Ellaria Sandfut, for whom you had shot at 60,000 US dollars.
The stut foal is Ellaria Sand's first foal and comes from a family that includes Daenerys Targaryen, Springbank Sam and Pocaro.
“We selected you to have a ladies' syndicate that puts the JO. We had the feeling that if the sales were only led to the appearance, it would undoubtedly have won. She has great markings and looks more like a colt. She is one of these fillies that is simply attractive and has a lot to do for her. All women out there who want to drive the bold eagle and the two bargains as I call them are shares available. We welcome novel owners on board and try to make the race as amusing as possible. Everyone is treated immediately, no matter how many hair on the tail. “
“With the way she looks now, she doesn't have to develop much in the next twelve months to become a racehorse.”
In the middle to the lower end of the market, Dylan and Jo paid 25,000 US dollars for an ever B -Miki stall foal from the Major Major Magical.
“She is a attractive foal. I was very interested in getting an always B -Miki on sale, especially a stut foal. Usually they are quite inexpensive. We thought she was a little bargain at this price. We already have many good steadfast owners, but they are more the five to ten percent. We are so interested in expanding this. Syndicates are the way of the future, but it would be nice to get a little money and power behind us to handle our compact group of owners. “
According to Ferguson, the best way is to attract some larger investors, to buy well -bred, high -quality stocks.
“They are the kind of horse in which the power plants want to be involved.”
The rounding of your purchases is an American ideal -Readallaboutit foal, which is a full sister for strenuous copies that you have secured for $ 20,000.
“She was one of these uncomplicated Janes. We saw them four or five times in Karaka. Every time she went out of the box, she just strolled quietly with her head. I think she fell into the back row, so to speak. All large mighty colts come out screaming and let everyone know that they are there while they are simply on the contrary. “
Ferguson said the stut foal was a bit compact.
“This whole family was and they won all races, so there is no reason why they can't. She had great conformation and the full siblings won all races, so the cross works. “
He says that all four former sales purchases have gained from other sales.
“We had three two -year -old winners last season. I have the feeling that we did well with what we have bought so far, but for us tried to go to the next level. “
Dylan said they should be quite strategic when choosing yearlings in sales.
“It was a bit arduous for us because I won a race of the group one. By buying the two brave eagle carriers, we did not have to jump through tires to make them justified (for the next gene). Hopefully we can start a bit with the other two stut foals to justify them. “
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