 IMPORTANT
NOTES
PLEASE READ THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRIOR TO BIDDING, AND NOTE,
IN PARTICULAR, THE FOLLOWING:
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PURCHASE
After making a successful bid on a Lot, you will be required to
complete and sign an Acknowledgement of Purchase Form after the
fall of hammer and then to report to the Registration Desk in the
Sale venue, within half an hour of the last Lot being sold. Please
read and confirm that the Lot number and price shown on the Acknowledgement
of Purchase Form are correct before signing. Please print your name
and HKJC Membership number or address and telephone number clearly,
since this document will be used for the purposes of transferring
ownership, invoicing and publishing results.
2. AGENT AUTHORISATION
All prospective purchasers who wish to buy through an Agent must
complete an Agent Authorisation Form and return it to the HKJC no
later than 5.00 pm on Monday, 6 December 2004. An Agent may not
bid until written acceptance of this Authorisation has been received
by the HKJC. To obtain an Agent Authorisation Form, please contact
the International Sale Office.
Tel : 2966 8483 or 2966 8564
Fax : 2966 7000
3. BONUS
Details of the Hong Kong International Sale bonus are shown here.
4. CATALOGUING
| a. |
Horses in the pedigrees in LARGE BLACK TYPE are
stakes race winners. |
| b. |
Horses in the pedigrees in Small Black Type are placegetters
in stakes races (to third place only).
Stakes-placed winners are also in Small Black Type. |
| c. |
Stakes races including Group / Graded races, shown as Gr.1,
Gr.2, Gr.3 or L are published in accordance with The International
Cataloguing Standards Committee's guidelines. |
| d. |
Horses in the pedigrees in LARGE TYPE are winners. |
5. HORSE IMPORT PERMITS
| a. |
In order to be eligible to retain a purchase from
this Sale to race in Hong Kong, a bidder must be: |
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(i) |
A holder of a valid 2004/2005 or 2005/2006 Import Permit (for
PP or PPG), |
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or |
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(ii) |
Listed on the Reserve and Tender / Auction List
(for PP or PPG), as published on 11 June 2004, or |
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(iii) |
A holder of a valid Replacement Permit excluding those who
must import a PP with an international rating of 95 or above. |
| b. |
A purchaser not qualified in any of the three
categories listed above will not be eligible to retain their
purchase to race in Hong Kong, and must arrange to export the
purchase immediately. |
6. INSPECTION AND VIEWING TIMES
Lots may be viewed at a distance while exercising at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Lots may be inspected at the Temporary Stables Block at Sha Tin
Racecourse at the following times, subject to confirmation of quarantine
release:
Non-racedays
8.30 am - 10.30 am
3.00 pm - 5.00 pm
See location of the Temporary Stables Block here.
7. INSURANCE
The HKJC has effected insurance cover for each Lot for its
yearling purchase price (i.e. not its Hong Kong International Sale
price) only until midnight on 11 December 2004, after which
this becomes the sole responsibility of respective purchasers. Prospective
Purchasers are recommended to make arrangements before the Sale
to insure a purchase immediately after the Sale in the event they
purchase a Lot.
Please find below contact details of independent bloodstock insurance
brokers for your reference.
| Bloodstock Insurance Brokers |
Telephone |
Mobile |
| New Zealand Bloodstock Limited |
(64) 9298 0055 |
(64) 274 598 098 |
| Chubb Insurance Services (HK) Limited |
2862 0628 |
9484 3885 |
| Storfield Insurance Consultants Limited |
2833 2803 |
9192 5615 |
These brokers are neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the HKJC,
who shall bear no responsibility or liability to any contract undertaken
between a purchaser and the broker.
8. PURCHASER REGISTRATION
In order to be eligible to bid on a horse it is necessary to complete
a Purchaser Registration Form and return it to the HKJC no later
than 5.00 pm on Monday, 6 December 2004. To obtain a Purchaser Registration
Form, please contact the International Sale Office.
Tel: 2966 8483 or 2966 8564
Fax: 2966 7000
9. REPOSITORY / VETERINARY REPORTS
Purchasers are advised to contact the HKJC's Department of Veterinary
Clinical Services for
pre-export (to Hong Kong) and pre-sale veterinary reports for each
purchase prior to the Sale. The Department of Veterinary Clinical
Services, Equine Hospital, Sha Tin Racecourse, can be contacted
at
the following numbers:
Tel: 2966 6898
Fax: 2966 6622
10.RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY
The prospective purchaser is to understand that there are risks
involved in purchasing a thoroughbred for
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