Your Racing Team Buying your first horse is just the beginning of your involvement in this exciting industry. Your best approach is to utilise a team of experts. DYNAMIC SYNDICATIONS Using the skills and expertise of Dean Watt, a reputable bloodstock agent and market leader in syndications is your major step. The Dynamic Syndications Administration Team is an elite group of industry professionals with years of specific industry business acumen behind them. This has been a key component of our success. Just as in the selection of thoroughbreds we have used the same philosophy in the selection of staff. Select the BEST and leave the REST   Administration & Personal Assistant to Dean Watt Operations Manager : FIONA Fiona has worked closely with Dean for 20 years and knows the racing industry well. Fiona is well versed in all procedural requirements required of Racing NSW and ASIC. Fiona has a intimate knowledge of every stage of your horses progress. Fiona will be liaising daily with Dean and your Stable to ensure the most up to date information is always available. Fiona is especially involved in preparing our tax reports and handling our accounts payable and receivable as well as preparing compliance reports relating to our AFS licence.  Fiona handles our individual Westpac Trust Accounts required for each individual promotion and ensures each partnership is its own separate profit centre for end of year reporting. Fiona also prepares the accounts for auditing by as required by ASIC. Fiona is responsible for ensuring that your information flow is constantly maintained. When the horse is in the stable, Fiona will issue you with a written update in summary format every 7 days as a minimum. Fiona's friendly and outgoing personality makes her an ideal point of reference for most racing and information questions you may have.   Client Liaison Officer : PETER                    Peter Wagstaff joined our staff in a full time capacity as Office Administration / Client Liaison Officer.   Peter graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Degree in Business Administration. A key component to his degree was the study of the subject:   The Horse Industry - Structure, Functions and Operations.   Additional to the that area of study were other key subject such as Information Technology, Strategic Marketing Management, Marketing Principals, Mathematics for Business and Inferential Statistics. Peter won a University Award for his work in the field subject of Facilities Location and Project Management.  Peter has also gained experience working at the Sydney Turf Club in the Racing and Wagering Department and at News Limited.  Due to the rapid growth of Dynamic Syndications and the volume of clients we now service as well as the demanding business reporting required to fulfill our AFS Licence we needed a competent and personable individual to fit within our working environment. This was paramount to ensure we continue with the highest standard of customer service and administrative support we offer our clients.  IT Consultant - Web Based Marketing & Systems : CHRIS                Dynamic Syndications is delighted to announce the appointment of a new key member to our staff. As we become more and more dependant upon information flow technology, Dynamic Syndications has a business philosophy to remain at the cutting edge of technical advancement. We wish to lead the way within the thoroughbred industry with the latest information flow technology. Realising the limitations of our own IT expertise and that our knowledge is within the thoroughbred industry - we identified the need we had for a skilled IT consultant to advance our own systems. As such we are delighted to advise our owners and future clients that Dynamic Syndications has secured the services of internationally recognised IT consultant Mr. Chris Merritt to consult to Dynamic Syndications. As with everything we do - we Select the Best from the Rest. Chris graduated in London in 1986 and has been specifically involved in IT for 20 years. For the first 10 years of his career Chris worked in the UK as an IT consultant for a large telecommunications company, specialising in design and implementation of Office solutions for the UK government. In 1996, Chris moved to Seattle, USA and ran a group for Microsoft dedicated to the Windows operating systems.  He worked specifically on Windows 98 and Windows ME. He then moved to Sydney and worked for a large law firm on numerous projects, including implementing an Office solution, deploying Windows XP/Office XP and managing the infrastructure and support teams. Chris is now based in Vancouver, Canada, where he works on various consulting roles, of which Dynamic Syndications has become a major beneficiary of his skills and work ethic.   CURRENT DYNAMIC SYNDICATIONS TRAINERS: RANDWICK: Kevin Moses WARWICK FARM: Gary Nickson (Pre-Trainer) ROSEHILL: David Payne & Gerald Ryan VIC & S.A.: Mick Price & Peter Moody  NSW PROVINCIAL:  Bede Murray (Kembla Grange), Darren Smith (Newcastle), Barbara Joseph  (Canberra) CURRENT DYNAMIC SYNDICATIONS VETERINARIANS Dr. Tim Roberts Dr Tim Roberts (Our Contracted Vet) Dr Brett Warren             Centennial Park Veterinary Practice Endoscopy Services Dr Jonathon Lumsden , Dr James Whitfield , Randwick Equine Centre Dr Christine Smith Sydney Uni Vet Hospital   The Union Picking a trainer is like getting married. We need to choose someone whom you will be compatible with. Matching personalities is an essential ingredient. Trainers come in all shapes and sizes and all levels of competence. As a group they are ethical, competent and devoted horseman. New owners need to have an affinity with their trainer. Dynamic Syndications has removed worries in this area. We only involve ourselves with leading professional trainers with proven performance, good communication skills and sound business principals. We look at the type of horse we buy - pedigree, conformation and budget - and look at the success our team of trainers have had with similiar types of horses. We then match the yearling to the trainer to ensure the horse is given every opportunity to succeed. The trainer has the day-to-day, hands-on responsibility of your investment. Communication is the key to developing the kind of owner/trainer relationship that leads to success. Dynamic Syndications in direct consultation with your trainer, manages the racing career of your Thoroughbred. Therefore it's important that we select the right trainer to work with. They must be knowledgeable and competent horsemen. The trainer takes the job of bringing your horse to each race healthy, and ready to perform at its best. In most instances the trainer will decide where and when the horse will run, who will ride it and what training preparation it will receive. Dynamic Syndications however takes an active role in assuring the correct options are being addressed. Trainers are licenced persons by their states governing body. They are bound by the Australian Rules of Racing. To be licenced they have passed a written examination and practical tests designed to reflect a degree of knowledge of Thoroughbred racing and how to handle 550 kilogram, high-spirited horses. Just as all tennis or golf pros are not equal in talent or ability, not all licenced trainers are equal in their ability to condition a racehorse. How much will services of your trainer cost ? Dynamic Syndications advises all clients that for a 10% share they should budget $67 per week ($290 per month / $3,500 per annum) to cover all costs over a 12 month period. Fees vary significantly on the success and commerciality of the trainer and are a function of supply and demand however leading trainers on average will charge anywhere from $90 per day to about $110 per day + costs. The trainer's fee includes cost of feed and labour. Remember the trainer is paying for grain, hay, bedding, vitamins, stablehands, exercise riders, administration staff, workers compensation, taxes, insurance, rent, etc. You will seperately pay for vets, farriers, race fees, jockey riding fees, transportation and other incidentals. However all these charges have already been included in the $67 per week budgeted figure. Under the Australian Rules of Racing, the trainer receives 10% of any prizemoney and the jockey receives 5% so it is in their best interests to see the horse is given every opportunity to be successful.