AT the moment there is a strong trade for young pacers for export to race in North America.
In the same way that a winner of a four-year-old maiden ‘point’ could well make €100,000-plus at the sales, a three-year-old standardbred that can beat the magic 1m 59sec for the mile in Ireland or Britain is worth at least £30,000 to campaign in the USA.


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