FINDING prospective new additions to a farm’s stallion team can be tough, especially with major owner-breeders’ horses unavailable and often multiple parties chasing the same selection of colts.

Buying into one when he has only listed or Group 3 form comes with the obvious risk that he may fail to enhance his profile sufficiently to prove worth the investment, and going for one who has not yet even tried blacktype company has even greater potential to backfire.