If after reading "The Owner" and you are still keen to buy a horse the
following options are available to you.
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Issues and Concerns |
Find a trainer and he / she will sell you a horse in the yard.
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If you have no idea what you are doing don't expect to
own the next Derby winner. If they have a horse available in the yard
and it was any good it would not be for sale.
There are exceptions however and the best time to
buy a horse from a trainer would be at the start of the flat or jump
season. The reason for this is that trainers do buy a number of good horses for their
open day, but be very careful, if you don't know the trainer well you
won't be pointed in the direction of the best ones!
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Ask a trainer to buy you a horse from the sales
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This is a much better idea because if you can find the
right trainer you would have a chance of finding something
useful. Our recommendation is Fulke Johnson Houghton. He has bought
many a good horse for under £15,000. Click
Here for
details. (Tout Seul & Beaver Patrol are two of his latest successes.)
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Go to the sales and buy one |
Very dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. If
you have someone that can look at conformation and knows the ropes then
take them with you. See links below for the most popular sales.
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Employ a bloodstock agent
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Click Here
for our section on bloodstock agents
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Buy a horse from a selling race |
This is great fun and at least you know the horse is
fit and relatively sound. The problem is that it might have been patched
together to get to the races and you might find that the horse will
break down in two or three races time.
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Go directly to a stud farm |
Again you do need to know what you are doing, remember
no one is going to do you any favours and if the owner of the stud see
some naive prospect coming his way, you will get what you deserve. |
There are a number of companies that specialise in selling horses at auction
the most popular are the
Tattersalls &
Doncaster sales.
