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New Zealand based-bloodstock agent Paul Willetts chats to The Impact about his techniques of preparation when buying horses.
Willetts has been maintaining an ever-expanding database of more than 300,000 thoroughbreds in New Zealand and Australia, Willetts is able to select high-quality horses of the right price for owners and trainers throughout Australasia.
Updated daily for the past 21 years, the database provides instant access to key information which includes a detailed breakdown of physical characteristics of horses seen as yearlings or weanlings.
Knowing the types of the horse a particular mare leaf means Paul is more forgiving of minor faults in conformation that can put other buyers off (faults that ultimately do not affect race performance).
His selection successes include 7 times Group One winner, Buffering who was purchased as a yearling for A$22,000, three-times Group One winner Mongolian Khan who was purchased for A$9,000 as a weanling. Click here for more information about his other successes.