Private buying pays off

As well as actively buying at auctions around Australia and New Zealand, the Spicer Thoroughbreds also pursue private purchase options on behalf of our owners.

March was a busy week for private buys with two beautiful yearling fillies from fast families and a young broodmare joining the team for our owners. Brad successfully negotiated to purchase a filly by leading stallion Written Tycoon from the Zamindar mare Invested Capital who has a deep family with black type performances in Australia and Europe.

Another filly followed that purchase, this time by Written Tycoon’s Golden Slipper and Magic Millions winning son Capitalist, from the Encosta De Lago mare Relargo – a young mare from the direct family of superstar sprinter and Champion Stallion Fastnet Rock. Coincidentally, Relargo was our last private purchase in March with the broodmare purchased on behalf of a small group of owners to join the broodmare band at Leneva Park.

“As a bloodstock management business we’re responsible to go and source the best possible stock we can to fill orders for our owners, and sometimes we have to pursue those options privately,” explained Brad Spicer.

“The Capitalist filly and her dam Relargo, that was a strategic buy to really get into that family. It’s a similar story with the Written Tycoon filly, we have a close relation that we really like so we saw some good upside there for her new owners. If things go the way we hope on the track, all three will increase in value without setting foot on a race track.”

For assistance securing or sourcing horses under private sale conditions please contact our team.