DO I NEED TO OWN AN EXPENSIVE HORSE TO WIN BIG RACES?
The belief the more you pay for the horse the better the results and the faster it will run. Above all, the price paid for a horse does not indicate how many races it will win. Group One thoroughbreds has been involved in many horses that have returned more than 10 times the initial share price.
WHAT IS THE MONTHLY UPKEEP COST OF A HORSE?
Group One Thoroughbreds charges a monthly flat fee per month. This flat fee depends if your trainer is a city, provincial or country trainer. This gives you certiantly if you can afford to own a horse and at what percentage.
DO I PAY ANY MONTHLY OR YEARLY CHARGES TO GROUP ONE THOROUGHBREDS?
Furthermore, Group One Thoroughbreds do not charge annual fees or take percentage of prize money.
WHAT TYPE OF UPDATES AND OWNERS BENEFITS DO I RECEIVE?
Our aim is to provide an involved thoroughbred racing experience to all our clients. Our services include:
- Race day member entry.
- Regular Updates on Race Horses.
- Regular Training Updates (Audio & Visual).
- Relevant Race Information, Including Nominations, Acceptances and Barrier Draws.
- Insider Reports from Trainers and Jockey (Audio & Visual).
- Delivery of Photos, Video Footage (including Jockey Cam) of your thoroughbred.
- Trial video links.
- Race day video links.
- Race results.
- Pre-race and post-race comments from the trainer.
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HOW DO WE SELECT OUR HORSES
Firstly, Group One Thoroughbreds has a strict selection process which starts weeks before the sales. We reconise that breeding patterns and pedigree do play a role in finding the right horse. We analyse every horse in the catalogue and create our first short list that meets our breeding and pedigree criteria. Physical inspections at the sales complex starts about 1 weeks before the sale. We could have as many as 300 horses from our first short list.
We eliminate horses that do not standing up mentally to the pressure of the sales and suspect conformation and we create a second shortlist.
The horses that have made the second shorlist are passed onto well renowned bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills, SP Bloodstock and all our trainers for them to start inspections and to rate them from 1 to 10. We also inspect the horses for a second time with a more stringent view on athleticism, length of stride, shoulder strength and good hind-quarter to name a few and note our ratings. Once all inspection ratings are recieved we catorgarise our final inspection list.
Finally, we pass our final inspection list to Dr C Lawlor to perform a clinical examination and have the x rays inspected. Horses that do not have x-rays available are automatically struck of our list. Only horses that are 100% clean by Dr C Lawlor go on our final purchase list. This could be as little as 20 horses. We then value all our final list, we do not bid on any horses that reach a price above our value. If we are successful in purchasing horses.
Finally, Group One Thoroughbreds cross reference the trainers ratings on our successful horses to choose the trainer that best suits the horse.
HOW DO I GET PAID MY PRIZE MONEY?
Prize money your racehorse receives also gets paid directly to your nominated bank account. We do not take any of your prize money.
DOES MY NAME APPEAR ON THE RACE BOOK?
Under Racing Australia rules only 20 names can appear in the race book regardless, if you take a 5% share or more your name will appear. We will endeavour to get as many 2.5% owners in the race book as possible.
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