Yearling sale prices up on last year

Harness Racing Tasmania says sales at this year's Tasmanian yearling sale in Launceston were up considerably on last year.
A filly fathered by prize stallion Art Major fetched the event's highest price of $23,000, with the average lot selling for about $7,000.

The organisation's Chief Executive, Kevin Neilson, says many of the state's breeders are using top quality stallions to improve stock standards.
He says an improvement in stock presentation by vendors also helped attract higher prices.
"What we found was that the breeders who had sourced the best stallions in the world, and we certainly have got breeders who go to the best stallions in the world, they were rewarded with good prices through the sale," Mr Neilson said.