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To be honest, there’s nothing better than hearing the crowd roar as the field speeds around the home turn. Bets on a winner aren’t the only thing that thrills many Australian racing fans; the real thrill comes from seeing your own horse jump from the gates in the mounting yard.

Most of the time, the first thing you do when you get the bug is type “Horse Sales Australia” into a search engine. You could imagine yourself at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast or the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, ready to raise your hand and bid on the next winner. But the truth is that it is very hard to afford and manage to own a racehorse fully.

Good news: you don’t need a bank account full of billionaires’ money to play the sport. Going into racehorse licensing is a much better and easier way to do it.

Want to Know How Regular Racing Fans Get Involved at the Top Level?

Read on to find out why syndication is the best way to get into the business right now and how you can get started.

What You Need to Know About Buying Horses in Australia

We’re really lucky down there. Australia is one of the best places in the world to breed and race thoroughbreds. And because of that, Horse Sales Australia is a tough place to be. There are big foreign breeding companies, rich tycoons, and top trainers who do this every day, and you have to beat them.

If you go to Horse Sales Australia by yourself to buy a horse, you should know what you’re doing.

To begin, you need money. Some of the best yearlings with the right genes can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars. There’s no need to be stupid if you have the money, though. You can’t buy a horse just because it has a nice coat or looks fit. If you want to buy an animal, you need to do a lot of study on its family tree, check its physical shape, and have it thoroughly checked by a vet using x-rays and scopes to make sure its joints and airways are clear.

Last but not least, the worst part are the costs that keep coming up. There is no one else to blame but yourself when you own a horse fully. You are in charge of all of the costs, including the writing test, monthly training, farrier visits, transportation, and race entries. It can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year to take care of just one horse.

Most people who really like racing would never do all of that by themselves because it’s too dangerous. That’s why split-ups have made everything different.

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What Racehorse Syndication Is All About

An expensive thoroughbred is split into reasonable percentage shares, such as 2.5%, 5%, or 10%, so that no one person has to pay the full price.

Don’t try to figure out how Horse Sales Australia works on your own; instead, a qualified syndicator will go to the big auctions for a group of general owners. A lot of young horses are looked at by top bloodstock firms and independent vets, and only a few of the best are chosen. When the hammer falls, the syndicator buys the horse and then sells the shares to the public.

Skilled professionals pick out a horse at the top of the market for you, but you only pay for the share of the horse that you really want to own.

Don’t worry about having something; sharing is better.

Without going into too much detail, let’s look at what it means to share a horse instead of buying one.

Let’s say you want to buy a good young horse. It could cost more than $100,000 just to get the horse on the float. Each month, you’ll have to pay at least $4,000 to $6,000 to train it. Also, you have to use your own opinion to pick the winner.

Now, think about getting a group to buy a 5% stake in a similar horse. The first cost is about right—maybe $5,000, based on the hammer price—and the monthly costs go down to a very reasonable $200 to $300. Even more important, you aren’t thinking. When you buy a horse, it was carefully picked out by people who know what a future winner looks like.

You both pay for it, but you still enjoy it the same amount. You still get to enjoy all the benefits of being an owner, get paid the same amount as your share, and party with a great group of other owners.

What Makes Kurrinda Bloodstock Unique

To get the best young prospects from Horse Sales Australia, you need a team you can trust. Kurrinda Bloodstock knows how to handle the busy and stressed world of the big yearling sales so that you can enjoy the good things about having a horse.

We are not animal breeders who want to sell our pets. Our racing group works hard at what it does. Our main goal is to buy great, athletic horses for our clients at sales where we have a strict set of rules and a sharp eye.

Before we even think about bids, our team has worked hard. We look at the horses’ family trees, watch how the yearlings walk, and have our vets do a full checkup on them. If a horse doesn’t meet our high standards for attitude and agility, we just walk away from it.

Being open is also very important to us. We never give you a surprise. We tell you exactly what your first investment pays for, like insurance, fitting in, and early training. That way, you know where your money is going. We’ll keep you up to date on everything once your horse is ready to go. Videos and audio comments from the trainers will be sent to you on a regular basis, along with thorough plans for trials and races.

Additionally, we make sure that our horses are trained by some of the best and most experienced trainers in Australia. This gives them the best chance of doing well on the track.

The Best Experience for Owners

Don’t get me wrong: when you buy a share, you become a registered owner. It’s official that your name is on the papers, and you get the real VIP treatment that makes Australian racing so exciting.

As a part of the syndicate, you get to help pick the name of your new stable star. The trainers will let you pet your horse and talk to them right away when you get to the stables in the morning. Get dressed up, show your owner’s pass, and walk into the mounting yard on race day. There, you can listen to the horses talk about their plans for the race. And if your horse is the first to cross the finish line, the prize money goes straight into your account.

More than anything else, it’s about the friendship. As you share a beer in the owner’s room with other sports fans who love the same sport as you, you’ll make memories that will last a lifetime.

Do You Want to Stop Thinking and Start Running?

At Horse Sales Australia, you don’t have to deal with the high costs and hard times by yourself. The auctioneers should do all the hard work, so you can enjoy the thrill of having a horse at the track.

It’s best to join through syndication, whether you want to start small with a 2.5% micro-share or go all in with a 10% stake in a well-bred colt.

Please let us know if you want to feel the thrill of the growing yard and be a part of a winning team.

Check out our yearlings that are now for sale and get in touch with the team at Kurrinda Bloodstock to buy racehorse shares today. We can’t wait to see you at the track!

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