“He’s hands down the best I’ve ridden. He beat some very good horses in that race,” Rob said.
Rob now aims to duplicate this achievement as a breeder and salesman of yearlings.
He has entered three lots – all fillies – for the Australian Pacing Gold Queensland Yearling Sale at Ipswich Racecourse on Sunday, February 8.
As a board member of APG, Rob has been involved in the sport for 18 years, initially as an owner and for the last five years as a breeder and owner.
In addition to Maywyn Jasper, Rob has ridden prolific Albion Park winners Maywyn Tonz and Maywyns Courage, Maywyns Zephyr, the QBred Triad 2YO Consolation winner Maywyns Mighty Mac, Gadzoox and others.
“I do all my own breeding now, whereas before, when I looked at breeding, I did breeding to buy,” he said.
Essex currently breeds from five well-bred broodmares, three of which have offspring at the upcoming APG sale.
“They are all good types and athletic looking fillies. They all have very good temperaments and are good to handle,” says Margaret Donohoe of Monarch Farm, who is preparing the Essex concept.
“The Rob’s Sheila NZ filly (Lot 18) is a large and striking yearling. She is a standout.”
The filly belongs to the second ‘down under’ crop of the American Breeders Crown champion Dancin Lou and is a half-sister to the APG Gold Bullion and The Hayden placegetter Checknoutthetalent and Maywyn’s Mighty Mac.
Lot 12another filly by Dancin Lou, is out of the Mach Three mare Nonni Sheffield, dam of the $105,000 earner Maywyns Courage and a member of the well-known ‘Sheffield’ family of the Pangrazios in Victoria.
The third from the Essex shipment is Lot 8a bay filly by the 2YO and 3YO Colt of the Year, Grand Circuit hero and highly successful Colonial sire Bling It On by double QBred Triad finalist and Albion Park winner Maywyn No Regrets, who left the APG Brisbane Classic placegetter Heza Maywyn as her first foal.
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By APG Ltd
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