Premier Trotting Sale shaping as best yet in 2016

01 March 2016 | HRV Media
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APTS graduate Endsino was purchased for just $25,000 and has already netted connections $127,993 in just 22 starts.

APTS graduate Endsino was purchased for just $25,000 and has already netted connections $127,993 in just 22 starts.

The 2016 Pryde’s Easifeed Australasian Premier Trotting Sale (APTS) is shaping up as potentially the best yet.

The APTS has proven a success since its inception in 2013 with the first two crops of graduates having already won stakes of over $800,000.

VIEW THE APTS 2016 SALE ENTRIES

The sale, which will be held at Tabcorp Park Melton on Sunday March 13 from 1pm, will feature 47 lots going under the hammer.

There has never been a better time to race a trotter, with prizemoney in Victoria continuing to rise ($5,460,250 in season 2010/11 to $8,251,820 in 2014/15).

In 2014/15 trotters in Victoria earned on average $10,238 each, compared to $8,105 for pacers.

They are generally cheaper to purchase than pacers and yet provide greater average earnings.

At Bendigo on Thursday night there are nine APTS graduates racing in semi-finals of the Prince and Princess of Speed and the Breed for Speed.

Endsino is the headline act from the APTS to date.

Purchased for just $25,000 from the 2013 APTS he has already won $127,993 from just 22 starts.

APTS graduates in action at Bendigo on Thursday night

Need For Speed Prince (1st Semi-Final)
Big Jack Hammer ($37,955 from 11 starts)
Kyvalley Toyboy ($438 from 1 start)
Skyflyer ($21,048 from 11 starts)
Cruisin Around ($47,464 from 13 starts)

Lyn McPherson Memorial Breed For Speed Silver Series (2nd Heat)
Endsino ($127,993 from 22 starts)

Need For Speed Princess (2nd Semi-Final)
The Cooler ($23,923 from 10 starts)
Aldebaran Eve ($125 from 1 start)

Need For Speed Prince (2nd Semi-Final)
War Dan Destroyer ($13,508 from 10 starts)
Ball Park ($24,943 from 7 starts)

 

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