Entries for the next gavelhouse.com Standardbred sale are due online by 10am Thursday 15 July. Judging the quality of the current entries in the sale, it’s shaping up to be a decent catalogue and one worth tacking onto. This sale will run off the back of a successful last fornightly auction that resulted in an overall sale clearance of 100% and a top price …
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Picture perfect for your gavelhouse.com listing
We all know too well the struggle of getting the perfect photo of our horses. But how important is it? A decent photo could be the difference between money in the bank and a horse still sitting in the paddock. It attracts attention and draws in buyers giving them a creditable indication of conformation and …
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Purdon scores first Group victory with gavelhouse.com buy
A $9,501 gavelhouse.com purchase is proving to be the best decision of young trainer Michael Purdon’s burgeoning career. When perusing a standardbred.gavelhouse.com auction catalogue last year, the West Melton horseman’s eye was caught by the breeding of Mystic Max, having been a fan of his sire, French stallion Village Mystic. Purdon duly secured the yearling …
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Fear The Dragon progeny to Debut on gavelhouse.com Standardbred
New Zealand’s first public offering of progeny by exciting freshman sire Fear The Dragon (USA) is now live and open for bidding on gavelhouse.com Standardbred, as a part of a 27 lot mixed catalogue. Established Southland breeders Macca Lodge have entered 15 weanlings in the latest fortnightly auction hosted on New Zealand Bloodstock’s leading online …
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Gavelhouse buy rings in milestone for Hewitt
Gavelhouse graduate (I’m) Captain Max provided trainer-driver Brad Hewitt with a special victory on his family’s annual memorial raceday at Goulburn on Sunday. At what was his second start for Hewitt having been bought online in October for $10,500, the five-year-old son of American Ideal provided him with his 500th driving win with a dominant …
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Heartland Reduction featured in 20 Lot online auction
The latest fortnightly gavelhouse.com Standardbred auction features a bumper catalogue of 25 Lots including a quality draft as part of a Heartland Farm Reduction Sale. gavelhouse.com Standardbred representative Cam Bray is thrilled with the performance of the site and the momentum built over recent months “Judging by the site’s traffic people are now accustomed to …
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gavelhouse.com Standardbred entries due today
The revised fortnightly format of gavelhouse.com Standardbred auctions has been paying dividends of late with entries for the next sale due online today by 7pm. Bolstering the domestic buying bench have been Australian and Canadian-based enthusiasts with gavelhouse.com Standardbred representative Cam Bray heartened by the consistently strong results. “Our last three sales have resulted in …
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gavelhouse.com Standardbred auction rescheduled
Entries for the next gavelhouse.com Standardbred auction have been extended until Wednesday 19 August to give sellers breathing space in light of the recent reintroduction of COVID-19 Alert Levels. Should there be sufficient entries on Wednesday 19 August at 7pm, the auction will launch at 5pm on Thursday 20 August and run through until 7pm …
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gavelhouse.com Standardbred auctions now fortnightly
After entering the digital auction-sphere for Standardbreds just under a year ago, gavelhouse.com is upping the ante by increasing the frequency of their popular mixed stock auctions to fortnightly. gavelhouse.com’s General Manager Haylie Martin believes the change will benefit all. “The fortnightly auctions have been incredibly successful on our thoroughbred site and at a time …
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NZB Airfreight on Track to Resume Flights
Following the temporary suspension of equine exports last week due to a positive case of equine piroplasmosis, NZB Airfreight is confident that travel will resume shortly with increased testing and pre-export protocols. The single case of the tick-borne protozoal disease was detected by the Ministry of Primary Industries and grounded flights just two weeks following …
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