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Buying American mares: How does my mare purchase travel home to Australia from America?
Buying American Mares
Front Leg Conformation
Buying American Mares: What are the costs involved with buying a broodmare in USA and importing to Australia?
Buying American Mares
Hit The Road scores impressively on opening day at Del Mar
Hit The Road scores impressively on opening day at Del Mar
Racing
How to approach a digital sale
Buying & Selling
How to approach a digital sale
The newly introduced digital sale format has proven to be a great success in such trying times for the bloodstock industry. For a bloodstock agent, the new format has provided many new experiences and...
6 Steps to Purchasing a Magic Millions Yearling
Buying & Selling
6 Steps to Purchasing a Magic Millions Yearling
The Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale takes place right after Christmas, the first auction of the annual yearling sale season. In any given year, approximately 12,000 fo...
Should I buy a colt or a filly?
Buying & Selling
Should I buy a colt or a filly?
If you’re looking to buy a horse, one question you may have is “Should I buy a colt or a filly?” This is a question that every person must answer for themselves although there are pros and cons ...
What do I need to know about insurance?
Insurance
What do I need to know about insurance?
The most common saying rattled off when the gavel falls at all yearling and breeding stock sales is, “make sure you tick the box for insurance.” The main purpose of thoroughbred insurance is ...
Why research is important
Buying & Selling
Why research is important
There’s a lot of additional information to be found about a horse that’s not on the catalogue page, and if you dig deep enough you can gain insights that will lead to a better-informed buying deci...
How to read a catalogue page
Buying & Selling
How to read a catalogue page
The catalogue page is curated by the vendor to bring the best information possible on the horse to the buyer – with that in mind, a catalogue page is essentially a marketing docu...
How to find a successful nick
Breeding
How to find a successful nick
Throughout my career I have always been taught to pay attention to nicks, steering towards those that have proven to be successful and avoiding those that have not. The premise of nicking refers ...
Hit The Road scores impressively on opening day at Del Mar
Racing
Hit The Road scores impressively on opening day at Del Mar
Talented three-year-old More Than Ready colt Hit The Road won the Listed Oceanside Stakes in impressive fashion at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for trainer Dan Blacker. Taking a sit in behind the sp...
What considerations do you make when selecting a stallion mating?
Breeding
What considerations do you make when selecting a stallion mating?
Deciding who to breed a mare to can take as long as several months, with many different aspects that come in to play when making the final decision. Whether I have just purcha...