Focused on Future Stakes Winners: 

Each year, we attend all major Australian yearling sales, individually inspecting around 3,000 horses with one clear goal: to buy future stakes winners.

Over the past 20 years, Louis has assessed hundreds of thousands of yearlings across Australia and Europe. With a highly trained eye, he quickly evaluates a horse’s potential by analysing pedigree, athleticism, movement, temperament, constitution, and conformation.  These skills are refined through years of hands-on experience and attention to detail.

Mindset and Discipline

With no stables to fill or pre-raised money to spend, we only buy horses we’d love to own ourselves. This independent, disciplined approach underpins our strong strike rate and ensures we stay focused on sourcing elite performers at fair value.

Data and Pedigree Insight

We maintain a proprietary database, built over 10 years and updated annually, tracking each Australasian vendor’s strike rate of stakes winners to yearlings offered. We also engage a pedigree specialist to review each catalogue back seven generations, identifying patterns others miss.

Why We Buy Fillies

Our main focus is fillies. With intense competition for colts from Hong Kong buyers and six major stallion investors, prices are inflated. In contrast, well-bred fillies offer better value and long-term upside.

We typically buy in the $70,000 to $400,000 range. While we rarely exceed this, one exception was Tiz Invincible, purchased for $550,000 and later sold for $2.8 million at the Chairman’s Sale.

Active Management Beyond the Sale

Every horse purchased by Astute Bloodstock is managed and resold by us. 

Races can be won or lost by the smallest margins, hence why every 1% counts.

We work closely with Australia’s top trainers and regularly inspect our horses at stables and farms to ensure they receive tailored attention. As your Racing Manager, we are committed to placing each horse in the best environment all year-round.

We prioritise transparency, so you will always understand the reasoning behind every key decision. We treat every horse as an elite athlete, not a commodity, and smart management is just as important as smart buying.

Our comprehensive racing management includes:

• Horse Inspections: In-person inspections at least every two months to ensure year-round care, with detailed reports shared with owners.
• Facility Selection: Choosing the best spelling farms, dressage/pre-training facilities, and trainers tailored to each horse’s needs.
• Race Programming: Collaborating with trainers to create the ideal race schedule.
• Placement Strategy: Strategically entering horses in races where they can be competitive, avoiding races where they have little chance of success. As a rule, we rarely run horses with odds above 15/1.
• Jockey Selection: Booking the best jockeys available, particularly for stakes races.
• Trial Attendance: Attending most trials and races (for NSW-based horses).
• Race Attendance: We will attend most Saturday races in NSW and interstate
• Progress Updates: Providing regular updates on the horse’s condition, training, and performance.
• Form Analysis: Offering race insights when relevant.
• Veterinary Care: Seeking second opinions on veterinary matters when necessary.
• Owner Hospitality: Coordinating race-day hospitality where appropriate.
• Transport Logistics: Organising smooth and reliable horse transport between facilities when horses are moving from A to B. 
• Online sales: Listing and marketing horses online at the end of their racing career

Management Fee‬

While the purchase process at the sale typically involves 2 to 3 weeks of work, our racing management services often extend over several years, supporting the horse throughout its entire racing career.

We charge a‬‭ one-time management fee of $1,700 + GST‬‭ per shareholder‬‭ for‬ the duration of your horse’s entire racing career. This fee, payable upon‬ purchase, eliminates monthly billing and streamlines the process for owners.‬

We don’t measure service by share size. From 50% owners to 2.5% shareholders, everyone receives the same level of care, professionalism and respect — and is charged the same fee accordingly.

‭By charging a single fee, we focus entirely on your horse’s‬‭ success and‬ well-being‬‭ , rather than administrative tasks.‬

Unlike other competitors in this space, Astute Bloodstock does not: 

• Apply a mark-up on the price of the share
• Take a percentage of prizemoney
• Make a margin on training or adjustment invoices
• Receive rebates from trainers 
• Retain trophies

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• Strategic mating advice, selecting the most suitable stallions for each mare
• Quarterly assessments of all stock
• Recommendations on which horses to sell, when, and where
• Marketing insight ahead of major auctions
• Ongoing guidance on all bloodstock-related matters throughout the year

• 13 - 19 Gold Coast Yearling Sale 
• 25 - 26 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale

• 8 - 10 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale

• 1 - 3 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale 
• 29 - 30 Inglis Easter

• 7th Inglis Chairman's Sale 
• 8th Inglis Broodmare Sale 
• 26 - 27 Gold Coast Magic Millions Broodmare Sale

• 12th Great Southern Sale