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[August 31, 2006]

Horse Racing: Whitsbury Stud boss finds an online solution to nominations

(The Racing Post Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) COME November and the pressure is on for breeders to find a suitable stallion for their mares. A suitable stallion is found but his book will probably be full, leaving a disgruntled owner, and possibly a frustrated agent. Enter Charlie Oakshott.

The Whitsbury Manor stud manager has created Chepstows, what he terms as an online open market for stallion nominations. Based on the hugely popular web auction eBay, Chepstows offers stud owners and shareholders the chance to sell a stallion nomination on the web.

He explains: "I got the idea last December when I was trying to buy an ipod for my daughter on eBay, while turning away a large number of people from Compton Place - for which I got a lot of abuse!

"It just seemed a natural thing to see if I could combine the two in the stud world."

Rather like eBay each nomination will have a set time over which to sell. Chepstows will take 5 per cent commission on all sales, and a further 25 per cent on the difference between the advertised fee and the final bid.

"Hopefully it will help to eliminate some disappointment among mare owners, and it will also be valuable for stallion owners in that it will help to set fees against the basis of the market," he says.

For further information visit www.chepstows.com.

Aussies on scoresheet

MICHAEL OWEN wasn't the only footballer to cause excitement at Doncaster on the opening day of the sale. Midway through the afternoon, it was the turn of four members of this summer's Australian World Cup football team to score, namely Craig Moore, Scott Chipperfield, Lucas Neill and Zeliko Kalac, along with Scottish football agent John Viola.

The filly, who was appropriately by Choisir, was knocked down to Willie McKay for 46,000gns. Out of the smart juvenile Silca Boo, the filly will be trained by Tim Pitt.

"We've already reserved the name Socceroo," said Pitt. "We didn't deliberately go out to buy a Choisir but we liked this filly."

Copyright 2006 MGN Limited Source: The Financial Times Limited

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