Australian Pacing Gold
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The Australian Pacing Gold is standardbred yearling sales company that operate a futurity series for horses sold out of the Australian Pacing Gold sales held all over Australia. The series is well known around Australia
for its rich finals, especially for 2 year olds. Currently the two 2 year old finals, one for fillies, the other for colts and geldings, are both worth over A$300,000. As well as this the 3 year old finals are worth A$100,000.
Traditionally the series is conducted early in the season and is generally a good indicator of how good the 2 year olds are.
One of the most successful horses to contest the series was Lombo Pocket Watch
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
for its rich finals, especially for 2 year olds. Currently the two 2 year old finals, one for fillies, the other for colts and geldings, are both worth over A$300,000. As well as this the 3 year old finals are worth A$100,000.
Traditionally the series is conducted early in the season and is generally a good indicator of how good the 2 year olds are.
One of the most successful horses to contest the series was Lombo Pocket Watch
Lombo Pocket Watch
Lombo Pocket Watch is a champion Australian grey Standardbred colt foaled on 16 October 2003 bred and raced by Western Australian owner Mick Lombardo, and was primarily trained near Cawdor by Paul Fitzpatrick, with son Gavin Fitzpatrick the regular driver....
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