RING FENCE / DEPOSIT £100

Online bidders are required to lodge a Ring fence £100.00 prior to bidding. The £100 will be credited against any online purchases. Unused balances will have the pending status removed after the sale, but please note these deposits pending on your account may take up to at least 7 days to clear from the close of sale.  However please be aware certain banks can take up to a maximum of 30 days to clear a pending status. This process is completely out with our control and is purely dependant on how quickly your banks deal with the transactions post sale.

DEBIT/CREDIT CARDS

Only business credit cards may be used to pay for deposits or purchases. private buyers may make payments using a debit card however, Credit cards will be subject to a 2% surcharge.

BUYERS PREMIUM

A Combined Online/Buyers fee of 1% Plus VAT will be added to the Hammer Price

for HELP with Registration and on using the Online Auction tel: Alan on 01467 623753 or Mobile 07766 493320 

CONTRACTS 

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.

VAT Status will be displayed per individual lot

ONLINE BIDDING 

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.

LOSS OF ONLINE SERVICE

While all reasonable efforts are made to provide a reliable online experience, no liability whatsoever can be accepted for any loss of the service or the ability to bid.

PLEASE NOTE THESE ITEMS ARE IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS
Purchasers are responsible for arranging Collection, Shipping/Transport of their lots bought Online. 
For booking Freight space to Aberdeen please contact Northlink on  08456 000449

For full Terms & Conditions and important information, click here.

for HELP with Registration and on using the Online Auction tel: 01467 623704 the IT team.

CONTRACTS 

All accepted bids are contracts and are considered final and non withdrawable.


ONLINE BIDDING 

The person posting the bids online has to be the person who has registered for the auction.

LOSS OF ONLINE SERVICE

While all reasonable efforts are made to provide a reliable online experience, no liability whatsoever can be accepted for any loss of the service or the ability to bid.

For full Terms & Conditions and important information, click here.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR PONY SALE DAY The 2023 Sale is run under the auspices of the Shetland Pony Stud Book Society. Transfers of ownership will be processed on the day of sale and the £20 transfer fee is payable by the purchaser along with the sale price for the pony/ponies purchased.
PURCHASE OF PONIES
 Transfers of ownership will be processed on the day and the £20 transfer fee is payable by the purchaser on the day when the pony is paid for.
 Registered purchasers must go to sales office to pay and collect passports.
 For online purchasers, we would prefer to take payments over the phone but it is also possible, if local, to pay at the mart after the sale is finished and collect your passport and pony.
 Ponies can be collected after the sale is completed once payment has been made.
ONLINE BUYING
 Go to – https://auction.anmarts.co.uk/auctions and click on the sale you wish to buy from. (There is also a link from the viewing sale page.)
 Click on the Bid on this Auction button to register
 Online purchasers MUST BE contactable by phone immediately following the sale in order for payments to be taken. Ponies cannot leave the mart until they are paid for in full.
PASSPORTS
Passports and microchips for ponies will be checked at the Sale. Vendors, please ensure that you contact a “checker” immediately upon arrival at the sale to have your ponies’ passports checked, prior to handing your passports to the market office. It is the responsibility of the vendor or any person acting on his/her behalf to ensure that this is carried out. *Please Note* Passports and microchips of all ponies will be checked by officials. Should a microchip be untraceable or passport incorrect, the pony will not be permitted to go through the ring.
No pony will be sold unless it has been entered into the sale adhering to the conditions of entry/guidelines.
SHIPPING
Buyers must pay for their SHIPPING SPACE at the auction mart office at the time of purchase of ponies. The 2023 rates are as follows: Total Cost Lerwick Mart to Aberdeen Pier = £18.10 Plus Vat. Total Cost Lerwick Mart to Thainstone = £30.70 Plus Vat
IMPORTANT
Purchasers are reminded that any ponies they purchase are at their risk at the fall of the hammer. No undertaking of the auctioneers or their servants to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward them to their destination shall be held to impose upon the auctioneers any legal obligation. Whilst every effort is made by PBSA & SLMG to ensure that the information given regarding pedigree, ownership, detail of colour and date of birth is correct, the responsibility remains with the prospective purchaser to verify these details. Liability for errors and omissions will not be accepted by the Pony Breeders of Shetland Association or Shetland Livestock Marketing Group. Pictures of lots can be viewed at https://auction.anmarts.co.uk/auctions/
ADDITIONAL SHIPPING INFORMATION FOR ONLINE PURCHASERS
Please remember that it is the responsibility of the online purchaser to arrange their own transport from the pier in Aberdeen for their pony/s onward journey. This transport needs to be ready to pick up the pony/s from the Aberdeen pier first thing on the morning of arrival from Shetland (weather permitting – Friday 6th October). Transport from Aberdeen pier to Thainstone mart can be arranged at time of payment in Lerwick. Lairage can be arranged at Thainstone by contacting them directly Tel. (01467) 623710.
ONLINE BIDDING
This sale includes an online buying facility courtesy of Aberdeen & Northern Marts, Online Auction. If you would like to sign up to bid online then please use the following link -https://auction.thainstoneonline.co.uk/auctions. If you wish to bid on a pony you must be registered. A refundable fee is charged for signing up to bid as a security measure against bogus bidders. An online buyer’s fee of 1% plus VAT is added to the price of ponies. For queries contact Alan Donald, Aberdeen & Northern Marts, 01467 623753.
PLEASE CONSIDER TRANSPORT COSTS AND LOGISTICS BEFORE BIDDING.
Make sure you have thought about and organised your pony/s journey from Shetland to Aberdeen. The authorities in Aberdeen will not keep your pony/s overnight, it is essential that you have the journey home fully organised also. We can assist you with, and charge for the journey from Shetland to Aberdeen pier or Thainstone. Any onward journey is your sole responsibility.
TRAVEL & ACCOMODATION INFORMATION
Loganair operate a daily service from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow with connecting flights available from other airports. Contact your travel agent or visit https://www.loganair.co.uk/ for further details.
Visitors who prefer to sail to Shetland and perhaps bring their own car can do so with NorthLink Ferries service from Aberdeen/Orkney to Lerwick. This is a daily service with the ferry travelling overnight and arriving in Lerwick at 0730 hours. Bookings can be made directly with NorthLink by telephoning 0800 111 4422 or visit their website www.northlinkferries.co.uk
Bookings for flights, ferry travel, accommodation and car hire can be made through your own travel agent, or alternatively contact the companies directly, our local firms will be pleased to assist with your travel arrangements:
Loganair Tel: 0344 800 2855 https://www.loganair.co.uk/
NorthLink Ferries Ltd Tel: 0800 111 4422 www.northlinkferries.co.uk
VisitShetland Tel: 01595 989898 www.shetland.org
(For accommodation information)
Bolt’s Car Hire Tel. 01595 693636 www.boltscarhire.co.uk
Star Rent-a-Car Tel: 01595 692075 www.starrentacar.co.uk
Huge Thanks to Our Generous Class Sponsors
Miniature filly foal Wild About Art
Miniature colt foal Ruffloch Stud
Standard filly foal Scatness Stud
Standard colt foal Nortwick Shetland Ponies
1, 2 & 3 Y. O. filly Gue Stud
1, 2 & 3 Y. O. colt/gelding Merkisayre Stud
Mares 4 years & over Forratwatt Stud
Stallions/Geld. 4 yrs + JPL Racing & Events
Champion and Reserve Abbeygreen Shetlands
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY/ GUIDELINES FOR SALE OF PEDIGREE SHETLAND PONIES
1. This sale is run under the auspices of the Shetland Pony Stud Book Society (SPS-BS) and the show is affiliated to the SPS-BS.
2. Ponies must be the bone fide property of the vendor at time of entry and must be registered in their name with the SPS-BS and if castrated must be correctly registered as a gelding.
3. Once entered it is understood that ponies will be forward for the sale. Any vendor withdrawing stock from the sale without a valid reason or vet’s certificate will be fined £100 per pony. If the fine is not paid, then the vendor will be unable to enter ponies into subsequent sales.
4. Ponies must not be removed from pens without the owner or his/ her representative being present.
5. At all Sales, if the owner is not present in person, a representative must be nominated in advance who will be responsible for the ponies.
6. All stock must be registered with the SPS-BS. The deadline for foal passport applications is 31st July.
7. The minimum age of foals to be sold is eighteen weeks on the day of the Sale even if being sold at foot. The foal’s exact date of birth must be stated on the entry form.
8. It must be emphasised that foals, unless being sold at foot, must be living independently, weaned and able to eat hard food.
9. No ponies will be accepted for sale if they have undergone any form of surgical procedure e.g. castration, within 4 weeks of the sale date.
10. Owners who have had ponies suffering from an infectious disease within six weeks of the Sale must not present any ponies for sale. Any ponies showing symptoms of an infectious disease such as coughing, swollen glands, high temperature or a muco-purulent nasal discharge (snotty nose) will be excluded from the Sale.
11. The sale organisers reserve the right to call out a Veterinary Surgeon, at the vendors cost, should the need arise.
12. The sale organisers reserve the right to refuse to offer for sale any equine that the welfare officer or veterinary surgeon deems to be too young or unfit in any way.
13. When a horse or pony goes through the sale ring wearing a head collar or bridle, the animal must be left with a head collar after it is sold, but not necessarily the one it was sold with.
14. Any ponies over the age of eighteen years must have a Vet’s certificate, dated the day before the Sale, stating that the pony is fit to travel. The pony must only be vetted the day immediately prior to the Sale. If no such certificate is received by the Auctioneer, the pony must not be permitted to go forward for sale. No ponies over 20 years of age will be accepted for sale.
15. Any mare or filly that has been running with an entire male that has not passed the SPSBS Voluntary Vetting Examination (VVE) will not be accepted for sale.
16. If a mare is in foal, it is assumed it is to a stallion registered with SPS- BS. The covering stallion’s name and registration number and date(s) of covering must be clearly stated on the entry form. As from 1 January 2022 all foals registered with the SPS-BS must have a DNA profile of the sire completed. Buyers need to be aware of this when purchasing an in foal mare.
17. In the interests of welfare, lactating mares without a foal at foot will not be accepted for sale, nor will mares due to foal within eight weeks or less of the date of the sale. Mares 3 years old or younger with a foal at foot will not be accepted for sale. Fillies younger than 3 years old that have been running with a stallion will not be accepted for sale.
18. Entry forms MUST be completed in full or they will not be accepted
19. Entry fees are detailed on the sale entry form
20. If ponies are catalogued, as “for sale due to stud dispersal”, it is assumed that the ponies will be sold and not taken home unsold.
21. In the interests of welfare, working ponies of four years old or over only may be clipped on the body only.
22. Passports & microchips for ponies will be checked at the sale. Vendors must ensure they contact a “checker” immediately upon arrival at the Mart to have their ponies’ passports checked prior to handing your passports to the auctioneer’s office. It is the responsibility of the vendor or any person acting on their behalf to ensure that this is carried out.
23. A pony will not be permitted to be presented for sale unless a checked passport has been received by the Auctioneer’s Office prior to the Sale. The Passport must then be passed to the new owner for the onward journey.
24. TRANSFER FEES – Please note that it is now the responsibility of NEW OWNERS to pay the transfer fees for ponies they have purchased. The same rates apply for both members & non-members. All transfer fees are £20 per pony. THESE TRANSFER FEES WILL BE CHARGED ON TOP OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF ANY PONY YOU BUY.
25. VALUE ADDED TAX - Where ponies are sold from consignors who are VAT registered, VAT will be added to the Auctioneer’s knock down price.
26. If a pony is to be exported, the purchaser is responsible for arranging an International Pony Movement Certificate (IPMC) and a fee of £50 is payable to the SPS-BS. Export fees and arrangements will be in addition to this and are the responsibility of the purchaser.
27. The Society reserves the right to randomly DNA test ponies which would involve taking a hair sample.
28. The sale show is affiliated to the SPS-BS and will be judged under their rules. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to familiarise themselves with these rules prior to entering.
29. Entire males aged 2 years and over must be bitted and it is recommended that they display a stallion badge on their bridle both in the Show and the Sale Ring
30. Buyers are reminded that the ponies are sold as seen and any they purchase are at their risk at the fall of the hammer. Should anyone wish a pony vetted this must be arranged separately with the vendor and is the responsibility of the prospective purchaser. Ponies will only be sold through the ring if they are fit and healthy. No responsibility is taken for any injury or illness to befall an animal following the fall of the hammer.
31. No undertaking of the Auctioneers or their servants to take charge of any lots after the sale or to forward them to their destination shall be held to impose upon the Auctioneers any legal obligation. Whilst evert effort is made by the organisers to ensure that the information given regarding pedigree, ownership, detail of colour and date of birth is correct, the responsibility remains with the prospective purchaser to verify these details. Liability for errors and omissions will not be accepted by the Society or Auctioneers.
32. It is good practice to isolate any newly acquired animals for at least two weeks before mixing with other equines or attending any events.