From the President's Desk...
The Stallion Guide has hit our members' letter boxes and is no doubt being consumed in detail as breeders make their decisions on where to send their mares this season. We thank the advertisers and encourage members to support them wherever possible.
The Amarillen Matriarch, a new addition to the calendar for metro class mares who are a step below open class, represents an example of the advocacy your Committee has done on behalf of members with HRV and its racing team. Members will have noticed a steady flow of mares races throughout the middle of the year across all grades providing valuable prizemoney to mare owners in the lead up to the breeding season. HRV have used some innovative race conditions, varied prizemoney levels and added some features for both gaits. Given a significant number of race mares are owned by existing and future breeders HBV feels that it is important to support mares and improve their chance of delivering a return on investment for their owners.
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SEN Breeders Week 2022
To celebrate the start of the season, SEN Track present #BreedersWeek - lots of interviews and discussions on breeding with the team every day this week 11AM-1PM - tune in live HERE.
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TrotsVision HBV Takeover
If you missed HBV president Nick Hooper & secretary Brett Coffey on TrotsVision for our sponsored Matriarch race night at Melton, you can watch it all, with hosts Steve Cleave & Shannon O'Sullivan right HERE. They covered the breeding of the GR3 runners, the Vicbred program, the Stallion Guide and much, much more!
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Could you perform foal CPR?
While HBV recommends using a dedicated agistment facility, if you plan on foaling down at home, now is the time to review your skills and understanding of the process and importantly, how and when to intervene. We've put together a range of articles, videos and other resources to support breeders HERE. |
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Running for #TheLongTrot
As The Long Trot, Harness Racing Victoria are fielding a team in the Prostate Cancer Foundation's The Long Run fundraiser. Representing breeders in the team is our EO, Desiree - and it's breeders currently leading the fundraising table! Click HERE to join Alabar, Empire, Woodlands and other individual HBV members in supporting this worthy cause.
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Join the HBV Committee
Ever thought about how you can support the wider breeding industry in Victoria? We encourage you to consider joining the HBV committee for the 2022 season and beyond as we search for two new members - want to know more? Have a chat to one of our current committee about how to join and what it involves HERE.
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2022 Lightfoot Laurels & Amarillen Matriarch
Congratulations to member Pat Driscoll (Yabby Dam Farms) on breeding 2022 Group 3 Lightfoot Laurels winner, Imamaorijet (Quaker Jet - Sumthingaboutmaori), and to members Bruce & Craig Cameron and Peter Gleeson who bred Group 3 Amarillen Matriarch with Runaway Celebrity (A Rocknroll Dance - Celebrity Ball - Presidential Ball).
It was great to be a part of the TrotsVision coverage for the GR3 HBV Stallion Guide Amarillen Matriarch earlier this month. Our sponsorship of the Lightfoot Laurels and the Matriarch aims to both support mare racing in both gaits and to bring breeding content to the wider viewing public.
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Stud Book Regulations
A revised edition of the Australian Trotting Stud Book Regulations have been released and we advise that all breeders but particularly stud masters make themselves familiar with the changes and deletions to these Rules from last year.
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Microchipping of Foals
Harness Racing Australia have also advised to changes in the process for identifying Standardbreds. while HBV were informed by HRA that the removal of freezebranding would not occur until the chip reading app had been released, this appears not to be the case. Again, please familiarise yourself with the 2022 roll out of Standardbred identification HERE.
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Vicbred Wednesday Winner
An appropriate Vicbred First Win Bonus pedigree this month given the Amarillen Matriarch coming up - take a look here at new winner Heavensway and his links to the legendary Amarilen bloodlines. You can read about the family and watch her maiden win in of our monthly series HERE.
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2022 IRT Australasian Standardbred Stallion Guide
HBV are pleased to announce that this year's Stallion Guide will be on its way to breeders across the country very soon. If you would like a copy of the Guide but you're not a member of HBV or WASBA, or haven't been an active breeder in the last two seasons, please visit our website to find how to get this year's edition.
Our fully interactive online edition of the Guide is now available to view or download HERE or below - you can flick through and click on any name or logo to go directly to the website of that sire or business. You can also download the full issue as a .pdf document.
Our thanks go again to Metro Printing, IRT and Guide manager, Sally McPherson.
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Call For Nominations
The Ian Daff Award recognises contributions over time to the development & well-being of the Victorian breeding industry, and for 2023, we are opening up nominations for this prestigious award to be submitted from the public - learn how to nominate HERE.
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Member Group Results
Congratulations to Group 1 winning member-breeders across August:
Used To Be A Maid (APTS 3YO Fillies Final, Pat Driscoll, Yabby Dam Farms)
More Wanted (APTS 3YO C&G Final, Richard & Pauline Matthews)
Magical Maya (Qbred Triad 3YO Fillies Final, Solid Earth)
Jewel Melody (Qbred Triad 2YO Fillies Final, Michael Taylor)
First Responder (Nutrien 2YO C&G Final, Anne & Bill Anderson, Lauriston)
Somethin About Eily (Nutrien 2YO Fillies Final, Anne & Bill Anderson, Lauriston)
The Locomotive (Nutrien 2YO Trotters Final, Pat Driscoll, Yabby Dam Farms)
Victorian Group wins also for Pat Driscoll (Imamaorijet & Brandlo Prince), Anne & Bill Anderson (Our Little Jet)
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HBV Membership 2022
If you haven't renewed your membership yet and wish to be eligible for the season's awards program, you can do so using the 2022 membership form HERE. New season membership renewal forms will be posted in December.
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2023 Victorian Yearling Sales
You may have read a recent statement from APG confirming that they will not be running a yearling sale in Melbourne in 2023. For breeder-vendors, Nutrien Equine will be running their all-gaits Yearling Sale again at Oaklands on 1-2 April - for more details, click HERE. |
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Performing Foal CPR
This video produced by the Dundalk Institute of Technology's Veterinary Nursing department demonstrates how to perform CPR on a foal, what equipment is required and how to apply it. You can find links to other resources which can help you regarding when and how to intervene in the foaling down process, including a screen shot download to help you with a red bag delivery - even out of phone range. View these articles and videos HERE.
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Harness Breeders Victoria Committee Meetings
The next meeting of the HBV committee is scheduled for Tuesday 27 September 2022 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 16 September 2022. 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 July meeting can be viewed HERE |
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Headline image: A 2021 Angus Hall foal from Top Of The Anvils, bred by Chris Jnr & Haley Lang
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