FARMER BREEDERS
GOOD THOROUGHBRED HORSES
OFFERINGS AT REGENT SALE
The farming community, is taking a very great interest to-day in the breeding of thoroughbred horses, and many farmer breeders were represented at the recent National Thoroughbred Sales at Trentham. There were almost 100 individual breeders with entries in the catalogue, and nearly two-thirds of these may be designated as farmer breeders, that is, farmers who run only one or two mares and are not like the larger stud breeders who own stallions and breed extensively for the sales. For the second successive year a farmer breeder also Secured the top price, which this year was 1050 guineas. The extent to which the National Sales have been developed is indicated by the fact that in a year such as the present the total realisations approximated £30.000. It was remarked this year that the entries from the smaller breeders were just as well-grown and developed as those from the larger studs. That it is profitable to breed high-class yearlings is indicated by the fact that 20 of the top yearlings in this year's catalogue averaged 487 guineas, while the whole catalogue averaged 186 guineas.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 32, 23 March 1942, Page 6
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192FARMER BREEDERS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 32, 23 March 1942, Page 6
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