Just a few questions

As it seems to me that there is a huge difference in horse racing in australia as compared to america i have a few queations to ask.
What is the breeding season in usa ? sept to jan in aussie
When is a foal a yearling ? in australia its 1st august
I also saw a few comments about horses that seem to be retired after there 3 rd year ? wow if thats true watch out. over here some horses don't run untill their 3rd year & though few & far between oldtimers as old as 10 year olds still win major races over here.

[saucon17]

Originally Posted by Magic_Idol

As it seems to me that there is a huge difference in horse racing in australia as compared to america i have a few queations to ask.
What is the breeding season in usa ? sept to jan in aussie
When is a foal a yearling ? in australia its 1st august
I also saw a few comments about horses that seem to be retired after there 3 rd year ? wow if thats true watch out. over here some horses don't run untill their 3rd year & though few & far between oldtimers as old as 10 year olds still win major races over here.

Breeding season runs from around February 15 to early/mid July

A foal turns a yearling on January 1
so a 2006 foal turns a yearling January 1, 2007

Thanx

[Scav]

What time is it down under right now?

2:11pm Tuesday the 9th jan

[Scav]

That's awesome.

I absolutely love that Austrailian breeders have taken to sires like More then Ready. It seems that over the recent years more American bred horses have been coming down there.

How many race tracks are down there and what is the 'Saratoga' of Austrailia?

Yes we have some really good sires here but like the world over everything is turning into the early maturing 2 yr old with storm cat sires & redoutes choice (Danehill). We have race tracks all over australia in 3 classes in cities "metro" tracks like flemington,moonee valley , Rosehill, Doomben,eagle farm.
Provincial, Cranbourne ,gold coast etc
"Bush" pooncarie, birdsville, etc population for bush meetings can swell a town that has a pop of say 85 like pooncarie can swell to 5,000 just for the race ;-)

Melbourne cup is still our main race but trainers & punters still consider the "cox plate" the race that has the best of the best