The Albury-based Beer has been active in both the tried horse and yearling markets and via social media the trainer has had no problems pairing his purchases with new sets of owners.
“We’ve bought 12 tried horses in the last three months. That’s my business model now and we’ve moved to New South Wales to do that,” he said.
“We’re having a good run of success with both our older horses and the younger ones so we’ve got to make hay while the sun shines.”
Beer struck twice during the Inglis Digital June 2 Sale for a pair of lightly-tried winners that perfectly fit his model.
“They are the two best-bred horses I’ve ever had in the stable. I got a half-brother to Fawkner by Sebring and a full-brother to First Seal so there’s some quality blood coming in,” he said.
“I got a half-brother to Fawkner by Sebring and a full-brother to First Seal so there’s some quality blood coming in.” – Mitchell Beer
“I like buying these really well-bred horses that were obviously bought to be stallion prospects that haven’t measured up to the requirements of their owners. They are genuinely been moved on and good horses for us to get.”
The 4-year-old Sydney Blue (Sebring) is the half-brother to the dual Group 2 winner Fawkner (Reset) and to the two-time Group 2 winner Tanby (Galileo {Ire}). Offered online by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing, he has been a winner and was bought for $13,000.
Seventh Seal
Seventh Seal (Fastnet Rock) has won two of his six starts when trained by Peter and Paul Snowden and is a 3-year-old brother to the G1 Flight S. winner First Seal. He was purchased for $15,000 from Newgate.
“They have been well looked after and we’re not buying them to run in metropolitan races. They are coming here to go through their grades in a country environment,” Beer said.
“They aren’t big outlays and a race and a-half and you’re out of them. Just through social media those two horses were syndicated in a matter of hours.
“I didn’t have any owners when I purchased them and they’ve been snapped up. That gives us confidence that people like what we’re doing.
“I didn’t have any owners when I purchased them and they’ve been snapped up. That gives us confidence that people like what we’re doing.” – Mitchell Beer
“The clients we train for aren’t necessarily out there to buy a stakes horses, a stallion or a black type filly, They want to put aside a few bucks every month and have a horse as a social sort of thing and not so much a business enterprise, that’s our market and we embrace that.”
Beer has also welcomed a shipment of young horses from New Zealand this week.
“They arrived on Monday night and we’ve got a half-sister by Proisir to The Candy Man, Meladia, who trialled up really well,” he said. “She was joined by an Al Maher colt out of Tully Thunder and Stilton, which we purchased online off Trelawney Stud.”
Meladia (NZ) and the Al Maher colt were sent over by Courtney Howells, of Ainsley Down Stud, and Stilton (NZ) (Savabeel) is a winning mare and was a $20,000 Inglis Digital May Sale buy.
“We’ve got five in work in New Zealand so we’ve got a nice team ticking over including a Tavistock and a Tivaci filly we bought at the yearling sales and a Savabeel colt that we got off Waikato Stud,” Beer said.
“They will have another spell there and then come over later in the year. I just think there is so much value in New Zealand and the way our stable is growing we are looking there every month to buy horses.
“I just think there is so much value in New Zealand and the way our stable is growing we are looking there every month to buy horses.” – Mitchell Beer
“The tried market here is very, very strong now that the trials are back on. We are looking at horses that are off that Singapore and Hong Kong level. Singapore isn’t that active in the buying market at the moment so there’s opportunities for Australian buyers.”
Beer will also be chasing a return at Caulfield on Saturday with the promising Matsumoto (Written Tycoon) in the Take It To The Neds Level H.
Matsumoto as a yearling
“He was super impressive on debut in a really strong maiden. I had him in at Sydney, but he drew poorly so he warranted the effort of getting him to Melbourne,” he said.
“I threw a nomination in for the Listed Creswick S., but it came up a little strong for him. The 1400 metres on Saturday will be ideal. His work on Tuesday was great so we’re full of confidence.
“He’s going to be a 4-year-old in a matter of weeks so we wanted to take this opportunity to run him against his own age group while we can.”
