Money gouging by the Stud book

What a disgrace this mob are. I retired a mare from the stud book 5 years ago. Recently I decided to have her served on more time.

Rang to register her and they inform me I have to pay 5 years worth of fees totalling over 1k.
Why?

“Oh, they are the rules” I’m told.
Why I ask?
They can’t answer that aside from the above.

I asked why I even have to pay to register the mare at all and I’m told it’s because there is admin work which needs to be carried out on horses. I agree, totally

I then asked what admin work had been required for the mare whilst she was retired....the answer was none!!
So they did nothing for 5 years and want to change me for doing nothing

It’s nothing but a money gouging rort by them

It really puts people off breeding mares that are lapsed, our friend down the road was offered a very good deal to go to Spirit of Boom, The mare was a good match I believe and the stud really wanted her, but our friend was blown away by the cost of reinstating her, so alas the rest is history, he is kicking himself now.

It’s a rort!

I picked up a beautiful old mare who’d been abandoned at an agistment property. Rang to reinstate her and it cost over $1000 just to put “not served” next to her name for the previous few years. An absolute joke!

And the new cost for foal transfer is yet another money grab. In this day and age when we do the bulk of “paperwork” online, ourselves, it should not be anywhere near that much.

I’ll be contacting Barry O’Farrell the head honcho of Racing Australia. Apparently they oversee the stud book
Given the fraud being exposed in the DKW episode I hope he will see the stupidity of the stud books rule and not want to shaft a dozen new owners that I’ve enlisted to race the future foal

If they cared about horses’ welfare, especially those rescued, they would waive these fees.

Not eligible to race Lord H. NSBs of earlier years have usually been the result of dubious pedigree background on the dams' side.

Actually Gay3 this is not the case.  A few bigger country breeders here and in the West dropped some pretty good stock back in the 1900's out of the stud book.  They kept breeding to stud book stallions though and some were got back into the stud book when the stud book went chasing them.  Non stud book mares are usually just throughbreds who haven't been registered.

$1000 bucks to fill in a form as blank.

I’m looking forward to speaking to Barry O’Farrell tomorrow.

Especially in light of the banking royal commission where a major point has seen them condemned for charging “ Fees for no service”

They can’t just take it as gospel that there’s been no attempt to breed, but there ought to be an option to provide some sort of vet certificate for periods greater than one year.

Try getting a replacement TB ID card. Over $100 😳 At the library they can transfer details and issue a new card for $4.00 🤔😡

It’s a joke.
One of our ID cards never arrived. They claimed it was posted... had to pay $100 plus $20 for it to be posted registered from one side of Sydney to the other. Arrived after 10 business days.   Hopeless!!!

Good job pursuing this Shrunk, good luck.

I also brought two mares back in line to breed last season at a cost of approx. $800.
   Pissed at the time, but No Pay-No Play.
   Hobby breeders not respected for what we bring to the industry.

I did a follow up call last week but never heard back. Will be trying again today