ONE of the last steps in selling a horse in a public auction house is getting it to the sales ring. This requires organisation of correct documentation, transportation and grooms.
The sales complex is a stressful and busy environment and all horses should be on site in good time to get used to their new surroundings and allow for one full day to show to prospective buyers.
There are lunging facilities on site if needed as well as wash bays. Upon arrival consignors can get hip numbers at the horse entrance office for use when showing and going through the ring.
Horses are required to wear a headcollar at all times when on site and must be led quietly with a bit in their mouth.
Horse classes and the documentation required
Foals: A passport is required
Yearlings: Passports with up-to-date flu vaccinations are required
HIT/ Broken/ Unbroken (inc two-year-olds): Passport with up-to-date flu vaccines are required along with soundness for racing certificates where applicable or soundness for breeding certs for fillies three years old and over being sold as potential broodmares. CEM and EVA certificates are required if offered with soundness for breeding cert.
Fillies out of training/ Barren broodmares: A passport, soundness for breeding certificate, CEM and EVA certificates dated within 30 days are required.
Broodmares including maiden mares:A broodmare passport is required and an in-foal mare must be registered with Weatherbys as a ‘broodmare’. Flu vaccines are required. Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1, EHV-4) course of vaccinations must be started and details recorded in the passport.
The covering certificate must be lodged or written notification from Weatherbys that the covering has been recorded electronically. Pregnant mares require a pregnancy certificate dates within 14 days, and CEM and EVA certificates are required dated within 30 days.
All horses require an Intra-Community Health Certificate dated within 14 days to allow for movement after sale.
All passports should be checked to make sure vaccinations are up to date where applicable and all the details are correct, including the date of birth, coat colour and the animal’s gender, especially if the horse has been recently gelded. The microchip number should also be verified.
Consignors of horses for sale coming from overseas must apply to their Stud Book Authority for Export Certificates to be forwarded to Weatherbys.
A detailed list of documentation required can be found on the sales company websites or by ringing the sales company.
Any queries should be made ahead of the sale as it is easier to check documentation prior to having the horse on site than worry about getting complete documentation just before the sale.
One of the final details to prepare before the horse sells is filling in any updates or announcements such as vices, injuries picked up while travelling or medication given, and the reserve price. These are filled out in the sales
Final checklist