“A hundred and fifty to consign, and that is non-refundable once we accept the horse. Ten percent commission on what it brings. Stalls are twenty-five a day with two bags of shavings required at nine a bag — that is paid straight to the Park, not to us. Figure about sixty-eight dollars a horse for the weekend on stalls.”

“If your horse goes through the ring and does not make its reserve, that is a no-sale and it is two hundred and eighty dollars. Same if you pull it out on sale day. If you pull out before the sale, after we have already cataloged and advertised it, that one is five hundred.”

“You set it in writing on the consignment form, and it cannot change after the catalog goes to print. Set it where you would truly let the horse go. Set it too high and you are paying the no-sale fee and hauling him home.”

“Nobody you do not approve. You can turn down any rider for any reason and you do not owe a word of explanation. They have to show us they can handle the horse first — a competition number, a reference, or they ride in the warm-up pen where we can watch. Three rides to a horse, and you or your man is on the ground for every one of them. The buyer pays three hundred for that ride, and if he does not buy the horse, half of it is yours.”

“Three minutes of unedited video showing the horse working, conformation pictures, a copy of the papers, current Coggins, and health papers dated within thirty days of the sale. Get that vet appointment on the books now — January fills up.”

“Somebody does. The horse has to be shown Friday and somebody has to stand with it for the try-outs. If you cannot be there yourself, send a man who can ride it and speak for it.”

“Yes — register as a phone bidder ahead of time and watch the live stream. A ring man takes your bid. We do not run online bidding; a phone call and a live man is how we do it.”

“Everything the seller disclosed gets read from the block and printed in the catalog. We inspect every horse on arrival against the video it came in on, and one that does not match goes home. There is a vet on the grounds Saturday if you want your own opinion before you haul out.”