Dapto Puppy Auction News
PRESS RELEASE; (April 14, 2008)
Country Winnebago Puppy Auction Extra Series
Dapto Greyhound Racing Club today announced that as part of their on going commitment to the Country Winnebago Puppy auction series that an additional series will now be conducted for greyhounds over 297m.
This new $10,000 series will be open to greyhounds that have had their full nomination fees paid up. Eligible greyhounds, commencing with graduates from the 2007 auction will be able to compete in both the 520m and 297m series.
Chairman of the DGRC Mr Jack Primmer added “this series is once again a commitment to participants who have supported the auction over the long term and also gives the opportunity for greyhounds unable to compete over the 520m distance an opportunity to race for excellent prizemoney”.
The series will be held in February of each year, following the 520m series which is held in November of each year.
Also, for the upcoming 10th Country Winnebago auction interested parties will be able to watch the auction live online for free via a link on our Puppy Auction website.
For people unable to make it to the auction an online bidding service will once again be available.
To view the auction live people will need to register via the website link that will be available by April 18.
Interested bidders will also be able to register via the website to bid online for pups in real time.
However, to bid online people will also need to deposit sufficient funds to cover their bids in advance with DGRC.
For further details log on to our website www.daptopuppyauction.com or contact the Dapto Greyhound Racing Club office on 02 42611080.
EDIE'S PUP TOPS DAPTO 2007 SALE
A superbly bred daughter of boom sire Bond and 2006 Golden Easter Egg heroine Edie Beauchamp stole the show at the ninth Country Winnebago Nowra Dapto Puppy Auction held on Sunday.
Catalogued as Lot 180, the four month old black bitch was sold for $14,500, the highest of the 299 young greyhounds to go under the hammer.
While the sale topping figure was well below the record high of $40,000 set last year, it was just $1,000 under the record mark for a genuine sale at the auction, which was set in 2005 for a Token Prince x Knockabout Jude pup.
It was always going to be tough for the 2007 auction to reach the dizzy heights of last year's sale when record figures for both aggregate ($738,400) and average ($2,337) were set.
On Sunday, 299 of the catalogued 323 pups were sold with the total sales figure of $616,450 down $121,950 on the 2006 aggregate, when 316 lots were sold.
"Overall, I'm quite happy with the figures," Dapto Secretary Wayne Billet told The Recorder.
"I believe the best way to compare sales is the average and it's pleasing that this year's average compares favourably with the record figure of last year. Courtesy Greyhound Recorder | 
