Foal crop likely to be down 20%
SYDNEY – The 2008 NSW foal crop will be reduced by 10 to 20 per cent due to the Equine Influenza (EI) crisis, Aushorse chairman John Messara has forecast.
NSW accounts for 42 per cent of mare coverings and 41 per cent of the nation’s foal crop of around 18,000 annually; with 9,956 born so far this season, according to Australian Stud Book statistics.
“Fertility will be down on last year because mares that contracted EI had a higher level of re-absorption of foals and they have had to be served again, which is causing congestion in the month of November,” Messara said on ABC Radio today.
“The foal crop will be somewhere between 10 and 20 per cent below expectations,” he said.
Messara added that NSW breeders were endeavouring to find a solution to movement restrictions ahead of the yearling sales; with NSW yearlings likely to be prevented from participating in the Melbourne Premier Sale in early March.
“We are trying to work our way through these issues to enable horses to move and our horses to be sold in Victoria and Queensland, and ultimately, for people who buy horses to be able to take them home to the state where they are to be trained,” he said.
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Its is all about MONEY MONEY MONEY and absolutley nothing else with these people they do not care in the least about the rest of the horse industry and their welfare.
So long as they get their MONEY MONEY MONEY
Of course it's about money you twit, it's an industry!!
Of course it's about money, it's an industry!!
Just like all the other horses(80% of them compared to 20%) that help the economy but dont run around in circles There is no doubt the more money the race horse industry have the more they want and they will do what ever it takes regarlds less of who or what they have to do to get there money. Sad really to think there are people out there like that, but then again there is such a thing as karma
Welcome to the real world "NSW breeders"....the one of NO MOVEMENT. But knowing the pull that John Messara has, I'm sure we'll get a new zoning colour to facilitate the movement of "precious yearlings" for the sales. Screw the rest of us that have been set in cement since one of his shuttle stallions played host to this virus. Who's going to want to spend money on a yearling thats had EI anyway, chances are it will have lung troubles so will never make the track. Sorry if not to many of us shed a tear about your situation. Where does this Messara get off ???
Welcome to the real world "NSW breeders"....the one of NO MOVEMENT. But knowing the pull that John Messara has, I'm sure we'll get a new zoning colour to facilitate the movement of "precious yearlings" for the sales. Screw the rest of us that have been set in cement since one of his shuttle stallions played host to this virus. Who's going to want to spend money on a yearling thats had EI anyway, chances are it will have lung troubles so will never make the track. Sorry if not to many of us shed a tear about your situation. Where does this Messara get off ???
Suze
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