At Equity Bloodstock we source horses for clients whether they are looking to invest in syndicates, partnerships or sole ownership.
Equity have made many contacts in the industry and work closely alongside both trainers and syndicate companies. They provide us with a list of horses for sale, the percentages available and most important, constantly updated information about their horse’s progress.
Our clients provide us with their requirements and we draw up a shortlist of horses we recommend. In finding the best horses we will use our expertise combined with current knowledge of the horses obtained from the trainer and syndicator. With repeat business so important in this industry it’s of no interest for them to mislead us and for us to offer our clients poor horses.
Equity Bloodstock must stress that we will act independently and our decisions will be made purely in the best interests of our clients. No favouritism will be shown.
We work on a commission basis and we charge a small fee for our services except for syndicate shares where our advice is free.
Although winning is never guaranteed, we believe the acquired knowledge, added to our expertise, will give our clients a far better chance of visiting that winner’s circle.
We believe the best time to become involved in a horse is when it is already in it’s stable and under the care of it’s trainer. At this stage the horse has progressed much further down the line of training compared to buying horses at the yearling sales. If you buy at the sales you get an incredibly small glimpse of what you’re buying, you may see it walk up and down a few times and around the sales ring and then you’re expected to part with your money with very little evidence. By waiting until the horse is in training you get to see it after the breaking process, being ridden and it’s movement in different gaits. You will see how the horse is taking to training both mentally and physically, any injury issues and the trainer will have formed an opinion by then. So many more boxes are ticked at this stage and we believe this method will give you a far better chance of getting a winner.
Pete Barker founded Equity Bloodstock with a view to helping prospective owners find their best possible horse.
He has been involved in horse racing for over twenty years. Originally he was an owner before moving into managing horses for owners and trainers.
Pete is currently based in Suffolk and he has been working recently with Newmarket trained horses. Over the years he has amassed contacts in both the racing and bloodstock sides of the industry.
Some of the most respected trainers and consigners have worked alongside Pete and he has gained a huge amount of knowledge from their expertise. Recently Pete has worked with industry heavyweights such as Sir Mark Prescott, Marco Botti, Michael Bell and David Lanigan.