Baroda Background
We are a leading consignor at major sales in Ireland and the UK since 2010. Our sales graduates include champions Cloth of Stars, Lucky Vega, Marcel, Nyaleti, Dark Vision, Glass Office, and more. Our National Hunt consignment offered Grade One winner Stage Star as a store, who was proudly raised and grazed at Baroda.
We consign to all of the major sales throughout the year, including foal, yearling, stores, and breeding stock.
We aim to ensure you obtain the best possible price at the fall of the hammer.
Why Us?
We are a diverse, smart, and friendly consignment providing a personalized experience to every client. Our trusted team with professionally skilled staff will work to maximize your horse’s value. Selling your horse at a public auction can be a challenging and sometimes daunting prospect. We have well-established locations at all the key European sales grounds that attract buyers to our consignment. Our continuous communication through sale reports, photos, videos, and conversation will put you at ease and take the hassle out of selling. We will work with you whilst carrying out the workload and detailed planning required to achieve the best sales results.
We also provide sales preparation, which is an important aspect to consider when selling stock. It is our preference that we prepare your select horses for sale in Baroda Stud with highly experienced staff, advanced nutrition plans, great facilities, and an open door for owners to call and visit at any time.
BARODA; A BOUTIQUE SALES CONSIGNOR
Consigning a horse for sale can be a daunting task which is where David Cox’s Baroda Stud comes in, with the picturesque County Kildare farm offering bespoke sales preparation programmes for your horses. We take the hassle out of selling for you.
Our eight-week sales preparation programme is designed to ensure that each horse performs to its potential on sales day, maximising profits for you. Our operation is a boutique one with an emphasis on quality over quantity so you can be assured that your horse will not be one among many.
Nutrition
We work with experts from Gain Animal Nutrition, Red Mills, and Equine Products (TRM) to ensure that your horse receives the optimum nutritional benefits. Our hay is made on the farm, it is cut from specific paddocks that consistently produce top-quality forage each year.
Reputation
Baroda Stud has developed into a respected consignor of high-class horses, from foals to breeding stock, at every major European sale with the purple colours of the Baroda uniform a hallmark of quality and service. Our well turned-out staff and expertly groomed horses have earned the highest respect at the sales
Individual Treatment
Each horse has a tailored programme so that your horse reaches the sale in peak condition. Our specialists in foal, yearling, and store preparation ensure your horses are expertly prepared for sales and a future racing career.
Goffs, Goffs UK, Tattersalls, Tattersalls Ireland, and Arqana sales grounds make it even easier for your horse to attract the right attention.
Excellent Staff
Our highly skilled and knowledgable staff ensure that your horse receives the best possible care while at Baroda Stud and the sales while ensuring is in the best possible hands to maximise its profits
Personal Touch
David and his team are renowned for their approachability, hospitality and trustworthiness and take pride in achieving the best sale for you
Location
Baroda Stud itself is located close to the world-famous Curragh in County Kildare and is perfectly positioned close to the Goffs sales complex, a major motorway, and Ireland’s main transport hubs, allowing for ease of transport to Tattersalls, Goffs UK, and Arqana
Sales Position
The Baroda sales consignments are well established in prime positions at the Goffs, Goffs UK, Tattersalls, Tattersalls Ireland, and Arqana sales grounds making it even easier for your horse to attract the right attention
Exercise
All foals, yearlings, and stores have the benefit of an individually designed exercise programme as part of their sales preparation that includes hand-walking, driving in long reins, and a certain amount of lunging (as applicable)
Sales Preparation
At Baroda Stud we pride ourselves on providing the best possible preparation for horses going to the sales. We prefer to prepare the horses for sale at our studs, a historic farm with over 450 acres in the heart of Ireland’s Thoroughbred County.
Our eight-week sales preparation programme is informed by international study and years of experience and is designed to ensure that each horse arrives at the sale in brilliant shape, ready to perform to the best of its ability. We treat each horse as an individual and know that routine is essential for horses to thrive and grow.
From cutting-edge nutritional advice to the best staff in the business, Baroda Stud’s pursuit of excellence in sales preparation is unstinting, benefiting your horses and allowing you to achieve your sales ambitions.