From the President's Desk...
Excitement builds towards the delivery of the Stallion Guide, Breed to Succeed and Breeders Week on SEN Track. The Stallion Guide will be arriving in members letter boxes at about the time you read this. Thanks to our editorial team and our advertisers - we hope you find it informative and useful as usual.
Breed to Succeed details are below. We hope to see as many of you there as possible engaging with each other and the firms displaying their wares on the day. We have a great line up of speakers. Thanks to Woodlands, Llowalong Farm and Alabar for their generous service fees made available to members who attend on the night.
SEN Track will host Breeders Week again from Monday 7 August. Listen in direct or podcast via our website and socials. It should be great listening.
Wishing our members all the best for the breeding season. We hope these events and publications suit your needs as you make your breeding decisions for 2023.
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After many hurdles and pivots, we are pleased to finally be bringing breeders from across Victoria the opportunity to come together, network, socialise and most importantly learn! An expert panel featuring Dr Peter Huntingdon (Kentucky Equine Research), Dr Francesca Worsman (equine veterinary medicine specialist, Avenel Equine Veterinary Clinic), Dr Clarissa Brown-Douglas (equine nutritional expert, Kentucky Equine Research), and Dr Kath McIntosh (equine reproductive specialist Northern Rivers Equine Veterinary Clinic) & Ken Jackson (owner-partner, Kentuckiana Farms Lexington).will help to make the most of your breeding investment and journey.
You'll also have the opportunity to talk with industry suppliers through the trade expo, enjoy some refreshments and win some great prizes, including a member's only draw for services to Woodlands Stud's AMERICAN IDEAL, Alabar's VINCENT & Llowalong Farms' trotting star, PASTOR STEPHEN. For those needing to travel, we'll have special deals from local hotels, Parklake Hotel and Paradise Lakes Motel - quote Breed To Succeed to get their best rate.
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2023 IRT Australasian Standardbred Stallion Guide
This season's Guide, with full details of available stallions, articles on breeding, annual statistics and more, is now close to hitting mail boxes any day now.
If you are not a member or haven't bred in the last two seasons, limited copies will be available from each state's head quarters, major Victorian tracks, and from advertising studs and businesses. The interactive online edition is available HERE.
Again we thank Metro Printing for their work on this in-demand publication.
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Unexplained Horse Deaths
Agriculture Victoria has confirmed that recent, sudden multiple horse deaths are not linked, or the result of an infectious disease. For more information or to make a report, visit the dedicated Department of Agriculture site HERE.
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SEN Breeders Week
It’s on again! Stay tuned to SEN Track on your radio or via their live online stream all week from 7-11 August for Breeders Week. News, updates and a plethora of interviews with local and international breeders, studmasters and more. As they are available, you can listen back to the podcasts HERE.
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2023 HBV Lightfoot Laurels
Congratulations to the winner of our sponsored race for trotting mares, Majestical Belle. She won in TR2:00.2 from Royal Charlotte and Tipsy Turvy, and was bred by HBV life member and recent Hall of Fame inductee, the late Leo Newbound. Our sponsored Amarillen Matriarch will take place on 19 August.
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Hall of Fame for Scotch Notch
Brilliant trotting mare Scotch Notch has become the tenth member of the Victorian Harness Racing Hall of Fame, as well as a top race mare, she also produced sire Speedy Scotch - read more HERE.
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Stallion Registrations Open
STUDMASTERS - HRA has now opened stallion registrations. This is not an automatic process - find out how to register your stallion for the 2023-24 season HERE.
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Member Group Results
Congratulations to Group 1 winning member-breeders across July:
Aldebaran Lodge - Aldebaran Jensen (APTS 3YO C&G Final)
Aldebaran Lodge - Aldebaran Miley (APTS 3YO Final Final)
Redbank Lodge - Leap To Fame (Sunshine Sprint)
Alabar - Majestic Trio (QLD Trotters Cup)
Justin Baker - The Lost Storm (QLD Derby)
Redbank Lodge - Swayzee (Blacks A Fake Championship)
Group win for Pauline & the late Richard Matthews (Bullion Harry).
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2023 HBV Amarillen Matriarch
Don't miss our exciting sponsored series for pacing mares, the Amarillen Matriarch. With heats run on August 12 and a final of $30,000 to be run at Tabcorp Park Melton on August 19, this series is one not to be missed whether you're a breeder, a punter or just a fan of watching good mares racing. Follow along for details HERE.
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Traceability Rules Update
Please be aware that HRA have made changes to the traceability rules and they apply to all Standardbreds - a quick reference guide to the major traceability rule changes is pictured. HRA acknowledges that these changes will represent a substantial change - please refer to the full article HERE.
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Pays To Be Vicbred - Make Sure Your Foal Is Made In Victoria
When it comes to breeding choices this season, keep this chart handy to make sure you're breeding Vicbred quality and making your horse eligible for all the benefits of the Vicbred program. As a breeder you keep receiving payments over the horse’s lifetime – even if you no longer own him or her. For each two-, three- or four-year-old age restricted race win in Victoria, your Vicbred-eligible horse will earn you a cheque equal to 10% of the overall stake offered on that race. You will also get 5% of prizemoney earnt by your horse in any Vicbred race down to 12th place including the Sires Stakes series, and on any prizemoney earnt in a Breeders Crown Final. Breeders also receive 5% of the Vicbred First Win Bonus which in 2024 will be paid on the first two-, three- or four-year-old win in Victoria, with the total Bonus being $8,000 for Vicbred Basic horses, $9,000 for Vicbred Platinum and $12,000 for Vicbred Pure horses. For horses aged five or older on their first Victorian win, they will receive half the eligible amount.
If you breed to race, you get these amounts on top of your owner earnings – it really does pay to be Vicbred!
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Got A Vicbred Maiden? Save The Date!
Don’t miss one of the last opportunities to take a Vicbred First Win Bonus and race for increased $10,000 stakes on our sponsored all-maiden, all-Vicbred raceday at Maryborough. Bottom-up ballots, cash and prize bonuses for connections and a great day’s racing – put December 22 in your diaries now. More to come HERE. |
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Pedigree Research for Mare Breeing Programs
Starting to plan 2023's breeding program? Nick Hooper discusses some of the resources breeders have in researching pedigrees and finding statistics, with Paul Campbell of Campbell’s Comments.
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Harness Breeders Victoria Committee Meetings
The next meeting of the HBV committee is scheduled for Tuesday 12 September 2023 and a summary of proceedings will be posted on our website shortly after. We invite members and interested parties to submit papers or correspondence for consideration by the Committee by post or email. To be tabled at the next meeting, they must be received no later than Friday 1 September 2023. Please refer to previously summaries on our website to ensure the issue has not previously been addressed by the Committee.
The summary of proceedings from our June meeting can be viewed HERE |
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Headline image: A 2022 foal from Jaurdon by Angus Hall, bred by the O'Callaghan family
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