[Easy Goer Otis]

Thanks, MMSC! Great starting points, which is where I'm at.

My partner has had some success with foreign stock, mostly through Team Valor (i.e. Animal Kingdom is by a Brazilian sire and was largely sold to Australian breeding interests, and Euro Charline runs over in Europe/UAE). He gets quite a few offers to bring horses over here. And exchange rates are ideal right now.

I want to plan a few road trips and see if we can establish win-win relationships with reliable/up and coming racing operations abroad. Optimally, perhaps develop exclusive feeder programs to keep us stocked with promising fillies (which is what are focusing on), while burnishing their international reputations by getting black type over here.

We'll see if he can make any useful connections over in Dubai next weekend.

Should be a fun project while I take some time off from the corporate grind for the spring/summer. My visit to Happy Valley was definitely inspiring!

Thanks again for your help and feel free to list any under-the-radar trainers or horses that you notice on the international simulcasts. Any leads are good leads in this case!

Cheers,

Otis