Catalogues for major yearling sales are available from the selling agent approximately six weeks before the sale. Catalogues provide extensive details about the relatives of each yearling offered (ie. how many foals / winners the dam has produced, the race and progeny record of a sire).
Catalogues also contain the conditions of sale - the legal terms upon which all purchases are based.
Anyone can attend any sale and seating is unrestricted. It is a public auction and you are free to bid on any lot, as long as you have the finance available. Payment will be required before the horse is removed from the sales complex. You are quite free to ask an attendant to bring a yearling out of its stable for inspection by you, your adviser or your veterinary surgeon.
Once the auction commences, about 25 yearlings will be sold per hour.