Originally Posted by ELA

Gary Contessa is very well known as a seller. Not every owner of his is a seller and not every horse is for sale. Then again, as they say, everyone/everything always has a price. LOL. Whenever he and I talk he always tells me what he has for sale, what he likes, etc. -- me and about a zillion other people. We've talked quite a bit about his selling -- for example, professionally speaking (as it relates to the tax aspect, tax planning/reduction strategies, etc.).

If he doesn't own a piece of the horse he gets paid by his owner(s) if they sell one for a nice price. He tends not to "market" his horses through agents or use them to sell, but that doesn't mean if an agent contacts him for a certain horse he won't deal with him/her. He is a "seller" and his motivation is to sell. In reality, he doesn't need anyone to market his horses because he is so well known as a seller. Certain people who buy from him might have their own agent (or in some cases a manager perhaps) or someone they know do the work. Kind of like a "buyers agent". Gary is sharp and he knows the market.

Eric