0001493152-23-043691.txt : 20231205 0001493152-23-043691.hdr.sgml : 20231205 20231205160802 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-23-043691 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 1-A/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 20 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231205 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231205 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001789339 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION [7948] IRS NUMBER: 842528036 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 1-A/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 024-12291 FILM NUMBER: 231466629 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1450 N BROADWAY CITY: LEXINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 40505 BUSINESS PHONE: 8599770124 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1450 N BROADWAY CITY: LEXINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 40505 1-A/A 1 primary_doc.xml 1-A/A LIVE 0001789339 XXXXXXXX 024-12291 true Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC DE 2019 0001789339 7948 84-2528036 0 0 101 West Loudon Ave Suite 210 LEXINGTON KY 40508 323-278-5554 Alan MacDonald Other 697813.00 0.00 52737.00 653518.00 1558379.00 872737.00 0.00 872737.00 685642.00 1558379.00 916836.00 103531.00 155828.00 -49831.00 -997.00 -997.00 Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC See Part II for full listing 0 000000N/A N/A N/A 0 000000N/A N/A N/A 0 000000N/A N/A true true Tier2 Audited Other(describe) LLC ownership interests Y Y N Y Y N 22593 17704 50.0000 1129650.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1129650.00 N/A 0.00 Dalmore Group, LLC 11296.50 N/A 0.00 Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC 52000.00 Frost Brown Todd, ALP 103974.00 N/A 0.00 N/A 0.00 136352 962379.50 true AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY DC AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY DC Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC Series: Country Grammer, Mage, I Got A Gal, Pine Valley, Steinbeck, Swing Shift, We the People, Tshiebwe, Tapicat, Kiss by Fire, Constitution Filly, Tonasah Filly 18773 0 938650 0 Sold through multiple 1-A POS AMs pursuant to Regulation A, Tier II PART II AND III 2 partiiandiii.htm

 

An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time an offering circular that is not designated as a Preliminary Offering Circular is delivered and the offering statement filed with the Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the offering statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.

 

PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION; DATED DECEMBER 5, 2023

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

101 West Loudon Ave Suite 210, Lexington, Kentucky 40508

Telephone: (323) 278 5554

Website: www.joincommonwealth.com

 

Series Membership Units Overview
To Be Qualified
      Number of Units   Price to Public   Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (1)(2)   Proceeds to Issuers 
Series Head of the Class  Per Unit   1   $50.00   $0.50   $49.50 
   Total Minimum   1,480   $74,000.00   $740.00   $73,260.00 
   Total Maximum   5,925   $296,250.00   $2,962.50   $293,287.50 
                        
Series Justify ‘21  Per Unit   1   $50.00   $0.50   $49.50 
   Total Minimum   1,571   $78,550.00   $785.50   $77,764.50 
   Total Maximum   6,288   $314,400.00   $3,144.00   $311,256.00 
                        
Series Grazia (3)(4)  Per Unit   1   $50.00   $0.50   $49.50 
   Total Minimum   1,010    50,500.00    490.00    50,010 
   Total Maximum   4,000   $200,000.00   $2,000.00   $198,000.00 
                        
Series Kissed By Fire (3) (5)  Per Unit   1   $50.00   $0.50   $49.50 
   Total   2,357   $117,850.00   $1,178.50   $116,671.50 
                        
Series Sun Kissed Soiree (3)(6)   Per Unit   1   $50.00   $0.50   $49.50 
   Total Minimum   1,005   $50,250.00   $502.50   $49,747.50 
   Total Maximum   4,023   $201,150.00   $2,011.50   $199,138.50 

 

  

 

 

(1) Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore”) will be acting as executing broker and entitled to a Brokerage Fee equal to 1% of the amount raised through this Offering. Commonwealth Markets Inc. (the “Manager”) has also paid Dalmore a one-time payment of $20,000 and a one-time of $5,000 advance payment for out-of-pocket expenses. The Brokerage Fee is described in greater detail under “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure – Broker” and “Fees and Expenses.”
   
(2) No underwriter has been engaged in connection with the Offering (as defined below), and neither Dalmore nor any other entity receives a finder’s fee or any underwriting or placement agent discounts or commissions in relation to any offering of our units of membership interest. We intend to distribute units of membership interest of any of our series principally through the Commonwealth Platform, as described in greater detail under “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure.”
   
(3) The offerings of Units in the series shown in the table below, which were conducted pursuant to the Company’s Offering Statement on Form 1-A that was originally qualified on March 30, 2020, all terminated effective on March 30, 2023. When on May 10, 2023, the Company became aware that its prior Form 1-A had expired, the Company promptly undertook the following actions: (i) it rescinded all sales of Units at closings occurring after March 29, 2023; (ii) it initiated the process for returning to investors all funds for subscriptions that had not been accepted by the Company on or before March 29, 2023 or had been deposited with the escrow agent after that date; and (iii) it revised its website and application to state that the offerings by the Series listed below were closed. On or before June 2, 2023, the Company transmitted all of the funds shown below to the independent escrow agent with instructions to transmit those funds promptly to investors. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the escrow agent has confirmed that the refunds have been transmitted to investors except in a limited number of cases where investors have yet to respond to a request to provide account information for transmission.

 

Series  Refunded Offering Proceeds 
Series Mage  $200 
Series Kissed by Fire   108,950 
Series Appellate   6,900 
Series Sun Kissed Soiree   137,150 
Series Tapicat Filly   3,150 
Series Grazia   175,000 
Series Tshiebwe   200 
Total  $431,550 

 

(4) Grazia was previously referred to as “Tonasah Filly.” Following the Thoroughbred’s naming in August 2023, Series Tonasah Filly was renamed Series Grazia. In July 2023, the Company exercised an option to purchase a 25% interest in Grazia with the proceeds of a loan from the Manager, as described under “Use of Proceeds – Series Grazia,” below. Upon closing, the offering proceeds will be used to pay the principal and accrued interest of the loan, and the Manager will convert the unpaid balance, if any, into units of Series Grazia at the per unit price.
   
(5) The Company held a closing of the Series Kissed by Fire Offering in February 2023, receiving offering proceeds totaling $104,900, or 47.1% of the maximum offering amount. Series Kissed by Fire issued 2,098 Units and acquired an 14.13% interest in Kissed by Fire. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 47.1% of the principal and interest of the Kissed By Fire Note, as described under “Use of Proceeds – Series Kissed By Fire,” below. The Company is offering the remaining 52.9% interest in Series Kissed By Fire for $117,850 pursuant to this Offering Circular.
   
(6)

Sun Kissed Soiree was previously referred to as “Medaglia Filly.” Following the Thoroughbred’s naming in August 2023, Series Medaglia Filly was renamed Series Sun Kissed Soiree.

 

  

 

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Commonwealth Thoroughbreds” or the “Company”), is offering, on a best-efforts basis, units of membership interest of each of the series of the Company as set forth in the above table entitled “Series Membership Interests Overview.”

 

The Company is managed by Commonwealth Markets Inc., a Delaware corporation, which we refer to in this Offering Circular as the “Manager.” We may refer to the Company’s series offered hereunder collectively as the “Series” and each individually as a “Series.” Likewise, we may refer to the units of membership interests of all the series described above collectively as the “Units” and each, individually, as a “Unit,” and we may refer to the offerings of the Units collectively as the “offerings” and each, individually, as an “offering.”

 

The sale of Units is being facilitated by Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore”), a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and member of FINRA, is registered in each state where the offer or sales of the Units will occur. We may also refer to Dalmore as the “Broker.” The Company is not offering, and does not anticipate selling, Units in any state where Dalmore is not registered as a broker-dealer. For the avoidance of doubt, Dalmore does not and will not solicit purchases of Units or make any recommendations regarding the Units to prospective investors.

 

Units of each Series are available for purchase exclusively through the Commonwealth Platform and will be issued in book-entry electronic form only. ClearTrust LLC serves as the transfer agent and registrar of the Units of each Series.

 

Sale of the Units of each Series will begin upon qualification of this Offering Circular, and Units of each Series will be sold to no more than 2,000 qualified purchasers (no more than 500 of whom cannot be “accredited investors”). In this Offering Circular, we refer to a purchaser of the Units as an “Investor” or as a “Unit Holder.”

 

There will be a separate closing with respect to each Offering (each, a “Closing”). The Closing of an Offering will take place on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the maximum Units of a Series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by the Manager of the Company in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the minimum Units, if applicable, have been accepted. If Closing has not occurred, the Offering will terminate on (i) the date one year after the date this Offering Circular, or an Amendment to it, is qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which period may be extended by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the offering in its sole discretion. In the case of the Series Head of the Class Offering, any extension of the Offering beyond December 31, 2023, would depend on an extension of the maturity date of the note used to purchase the interest in Head of the Class. See “Use of Proceeds – Head of the Class.

 

Any subscription funds advanced by a prospective Investor as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest-bearing escrow account with North Capital Private Securities Corporation (“North Capital” or the “Escrow Agent”) and will not be commingled with the operating account of the Series, until, if and when there is a Closing with respect to that Investor. See “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure” and “Description of Units Offered” for additional information.

 

This Offering is being conducted under Regulation A (17 CFR 230.251 et. seq.) and the information contained herein is being presented in Offering Circular format. In general, no sale may be made to you in this Offering if the aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(c) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to www.investor.gov. The information contained on our Internet website, or any other Internet site described herein, is not a part of, and is not incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Offering Circular.

 

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of or give its approval to any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering circular or other solicitation materials. The Units are offered pursuant to an exemption from registration with the SEC; however, the SEC has not made an independent determination that the Units are exempt from registration. This Offering Circular does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sales of these securities in, any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification of the offer and sale under the laws of that state.

 

An investment in the Units involves a high degree of risk. SeeRisk Factorson page 13 for a description of some of the risks that you should consider before investing in the Units.

 

  

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 1
   
GLOSSARY 2
   
OFFERING SUMMARY 4
   
RISK FACTORS 13
Risks Related to the Structure, Operation and Performance of the Company 13
Risks Related to the Thoroughbred Industry 19
Risks Related to the Offering 22
Risks Related to Ownership of our Units 24
   
POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 26
   
DILUTION 29
   
OTHER INFORMATION 30
Our Co-Owners 31
Co-Management Agreements 31
Liquidated Series 33
Distribution Policy 34
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Donation 34
   
USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES JUSTIFY ‘21 35
   
DESCRIPTION OF JUSTIFY ‘21 37
Purchase & Acquisition 37
Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable 37
   
USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES HEAD OF THE CLASS 38
   
DESCRIPTION OF HEAD OF THE CLASS 40
Purchase & Acquisition 40
Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable 40
   
USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES GRAZIA 41
   
Description of GRAZIA 43
Purchase and Acquisition 43
Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable 43
On July 4, 2023 Grazia posted her first official workout and has since posted the following works: 43
   
USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES KISSED BY FIRE 44
   
Description of KISSED BY FIRE 46
Purchase and Acquisition 46
Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable 46
   
USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES SUN KISSED SOIREE 47
   
DESCRIPTION OF SUN KISSED SOIREE 49
Purchase and Acquisition 49
Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable 49
   
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE 50
Plan of Distribution 50
Minimum and Maximum Investment 51
Investor Eligibility Standards 51
Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner 52
Broker 52
Escrow Agent 53
Additional Information Regarding This Offering Circular 53
How To Subscribe 53
   
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND OPERATING RESULTS 55
Operating Results 55
Liquidity and Capital Resources 56
Plan of Operations 56
Trend Information 57
   
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS 57
Overview 57
The Commonwealth Platform 58
The Manager 59
Asset Selection and Acquisition 59
Training and Boarding 60

 

  

 

 

Racing 61
Sale of Assets 61
Breeding Activities 61
Insurance 62
Operating Expenses 62
Allocation of Revenue and Expense 62
Oversight and Governance 62
Indemnification of the Manager 63
Description of the Management Services Agreement 63
Sourcing Fee 63
Management Fee 64
Legal Proceedings 64
 
THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY 64
Introduction 64
Breeding 65
Thoroughbred Sales at Public Auction 65
Weanling Auctions 65
Yearling Auctions 66
Two-Year-Old Auctions 66
Broodmare Auctions 66
Private Sales 67
Marketplace and Competition 67
Racing 67
Wagering and Purses 67
Stallion Share/Stallion Ownership 69
Industry Organizations 70
Racetrack Industry 71
Supervision and Regulation 72
Sales Practices 73
   
FEES AND EXPENSES 74
Offering Expenses 74
Acquisition Expenses 74
Brokerage Fee 74
Sourcing Fee 74
Management Fees 74
Organizational Fee 75
 
MANAGEMENT 75
Manager 75
Responsibilities of the Manager 75
Executive Officers, Directors, and Key Employees 77
 
COMPENSATION 78
Compensation of Executive Officers 78
Compensation of Manager 79

 

  

 

 

PRINCIPAL INTEREST HOLDERS 79
   
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS 80
Loans to Purchase Thoroughbred Interests 80
WinStar Farm 81
Other Related Party Transactions 81
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS OFFERED 82
Description of the Units 82
Further Issuance of Units 83
Distribution Rights 83
Redemption Provisions 84
Registration Rights 84
Voting Rights 84
Liquidation Rights 85
Transfer Restrictions 86
Agreement to be Bound by the Operating Agreement; Power of Attorney 86
Duties of Officers 86
Books and Reports 87
Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 87
Listing 87
 
MATERIAL UNITED STATES TAX CONSIDERATIONS 87
Definitions 88
Taxation of Each Series of Units as a “C” Corporation 88
Taxation of Distributions to Investors 88
Taxation of Dispositions of Units 89
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting 89
 
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 89

 

  

 

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The information contained in this Offering Circular includes some statements that are not historical and that are considered “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our development plans for our business; our strategies and business outlook; anticipated development of the Company, the Manager, each series of the Company and the Commonwealth Platform (defined below); and various other matters (including contingent liabilities and obligations and changes in accounting policies, standards, and interpretations). These forward-looking statements express the Manager’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, and intentions regarding the future. In addition, without limiting the foregoing, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions and variations, or comparable terminology, or the negatives of any of the foregoing, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Offering Circular are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments that are difficult to predict. Neither the Company nor the Manager can guarantee future performance, or that future developments affecting the Company, the Manager or the Commonwealth Platform will be as currently anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, along with others, are also described below under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the parties’ assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and should not make an investment decision based solely on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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GLOSSARY

 

broodmare   a female Thoroughbred in foal or previously used for breeding
     
champion   In the United States, the recipient of an Eclipse Award as the horse voted best of its division in a given year by the members of the Daily Racing Form, Thoroughbred Racing Association, and National Turf Writers Association. In other countries, a champion is either voted upon in a similar fashion or top-weighted on a published year-end handicap list.
     
classic winner   a Thoroughbred winner of one of the classic races (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in the United States) run by three-year old horses
     
colt   a male thoroughbred (other than a gelding) under 5 years of age
     
conformation   the symmetrical relationship between the physical attributes of a Thoroughbred; its physical appearance and structural makeup
     
dam   the female parent of a Thoroughbred
     
filly   female Thoroughbred under 5 years of age which has not been bred
     
foal   the young offspring of a Thoroughbred, usually a Thoroughbred under 1 year of age
     
gelding   a castrated Thoroughbred
     
graded stakes race   a stakes race which is evaluated, or graded, by a panel of racing authorities (the American Grades Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA)) and is assigned Grade I, II, or III status based upon an evaluation of the quality of the prior participants in the stakes, the amount of added money contributed to the purse by the racetrack, and the overall prestige of the race
     
half-brother (or -sister)   the get of the same dam but not the same sire; the term does not apply equally to Thoroughbreds with only the same sire
     
in foal   refers to a pregnant broodmare
     
juvenile   a two-year-old Thoroughbred
     
mare   a female Thoroughbred 5 years of age or over
     
multiple graded stakes winner   a Thoroughbred winner of more than one graded stakes race
     
multiple stakes winner   a Thoroughbred winner of more than one stakes race, whether graded or ungraded
     
pari-mutuel wagering   a system of legalized betting on races whereby the holders of winning tickets divide the total amount bet (by pools such as win, place, show, exacta, trifecta, pick three, daily double, etc.) less the set deductions (“take out”) for purses and the track conducting the live race, each in proportion to the sums wagered by the winning ticket holders.
     
pinhooking   buying weanlings or yearlings for resale as yearlings or two-year olds
     
purses  

the amount of money offered as an incentive to the entrants in a race as the prize or earnings, distributed in proportion to the placing of the horses, usually 60% to the winner, 20% to the second-place finisher, 10% to the third-place finisher, 5% to the fourth-place finisher, etc.

 

select sale   a public auction of Thoroughbreds with certain conformation and pedigree restrictions, in contrast to an open sale where the requirements are proper nomination and payment of an entry fee.

 

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sire   a stallion which has produced a foal.
     
stakes placed   under the rules of the International Cataloguing Standards Committee (ICSC), a Thoroughbred which has finished second or third in a stakes race, either graded or ungraded
     
stakes race   the highest class of race in any racing jurisdiction; a race in which an entry fee is paid by the owners of the Thoroughbreds starting and those entry fees are added to the purse; often all such entry fees are paid to the winner (entry fees are not required for any other type of race); also, invitational races (no entry fee required) with a large purse (usually $50,000 or more) are regarded as stakes races
     
stakes winner   a Thoroughbred winner of a stakes race, whether graded or ungraded
     
stallion   a male Thoroughbred which has not been castrated; usually used in reference to a retired racehorse which is or will be used for breeding.
     
stallion season   the right to breed one broodmare to a particular stallion for the purpose of producing one foal during a particular season, sometimes referred to as a “breeding season,” which does not include an ownership interest in the stallion.
     
stallion share   an undivided fractional interest in a stallion, which customarily entitles the owner to breed at least one broodmare with the stallion each year for the useful life of the stallion, plus an occasional extra season, depending on the syndication agreement; syndication agreements usually provide for 40 to 60 shares and frequently provide 4 to 10 breeding rights to the syndicate manager or farm where the stallion stands and 1 breeding right to the stallion’s trainer; a “lifetime breeding right” is similar to a stallion share, but does not include an ownership interest in the stallion; the owner of a lifetime breeding right is not entitled to bonus seasons or bonus distributions, nor is the owner obligated to assume any liabilities associated with the care of the stallion
     
suckling foal   a newborn foal still nursing from its mother.
     
under tack   when a horse is fitted with a bridle and saddle it is “tacked up” or “under tack,” and can be ridden, exercised, trained, or raced.
     
weanling   a Thoroughbred before its first birthday on the January 1 following its birth (the universal birthday for all Thoroughbred horses) but after it is no longer a suckling foal and has been removed (or “weaned”) from its mother.
     
yearling   a Thoroughbred between the first New Year’s Day after being foaled and the following January 1.

 

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OFFERING SUMMARY

 

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular and in the Exhibits to it. You should read the entire Offering Circular and carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in the “Risk Factors” section. We encourage you to seek the advice of your attorney, tax consultant, and business advisor with respect to the legal, tax, and business aspects of an investment in the Units. All references in this Offering Circular to “$” or “dollars” are to United States dollars. Certain terms relating to the Thoroughbred industry are defined in the Glossary immediately preceding this Offering Summary section.

 

The Company:   Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company formed June 12, 2019.
     
    The Company aims to provide horse racing enthusiasts with the opportunity for greater involvement in the sport by enabling them to acquire a diversified portfolio of equity interests in Thoroughbreds and equine assets through the Commonwealth Platform.
     
    Our principal objective will be to acquire ownership interests in, and to manage Thoroughbreds with the pedigree, conformation, and athletic potential to compete successfully in allowance and stakes races, thereby creating opportunities to generate revenue, provide long and short-term capital appreciation, and ultimately distribute earnings to the holders of units of ownership interest in our Series. The Company intends not to engage in breeding activities following the retirement of its Thoroughbreds from racing. See “Description of the Business.”

 

Series Assets:   Series Grazia (previously referred to as Series Tonasah Filly) will own up to a 25% interest in Grazia, a two-year old filly by Uncle Mo out of Tonasah by Malibu Moon.
    Series Kissed By Fire currently owns a 12.5% interest in Kissed By Fire, a three-year old filly by Friesian Fire out of Kiss in the Forest by Forest Wildcat and will acquire up to an additional 17.5% interest in Kissed By Fire.
    Series Sun Kissed Soiree (previously referred to as Series Medaglia Filly) will own up to a 40% interest in Sun Kissed Soiree 2021, a two-year old yearling by Medaglia D’oro out of Spring Party by Smart Strike.
    Series Head of the Class will own up to a 25% interest in Head of the Class, a two-year-old colt by Awesome Slew out of Cash Reserve by Distorted Humor.
    Series Justify ‘21 will own up to a 25% interest in Justify ‘21, a two-year old unnamed colt by Justify out of Iadorakid by Lemon Drop Kid.
       
    The “Description” section for each of the Thoroughbreds named above includes more information about the Thoroughbred and its development plan.
       
    We may refer to the interests in a Thoroughbred owned by a Series as the “Series Asset” or alternatively as its “Thoroughbred Asset.”
       
    We do not anticipate that any Series would own any assets other than the interests in the Thoroughbreds described in this Offering Circular, plus cash reserves for boarding, training, insurance, and other expenses related to those Thoroughbreds and amounts earned by the Series from racing activities. We do not intend to add any Thoroughbred assets to any Series once the Offering of that Series has closed.

 

Securities Offered:   Investors will acquire units of membership interest in a Series of the Company. Each Series is intended to be separate from the Company for purposes of assets and liabilities. See “Description of Units Offered” for further details. The purchase of membership units in a Series of the Company is an investment only in that one Series and not an investment in the Company as a whole.

 

   

The Units will have voting rights only with respect to specific matters set forth in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (the “Operating Agreement”). Those matters are:

     
    the for-cause removal of the Manager;
    the dissolution of the Company upon the for-cause removal of the Manager, and
    an amendment to the Operating Agreement that would:

 

    enlarge the obligations of, or adversely affect, an interest holder in any material respect;

 

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      reduce the voting percentage required for any action to be taken by the holders of units in the Company under the Operating Agreement;
      change the situations in which the Company and any series can be dissolved or terminated;
      change the term of the Company (other than the circumstances provided in the Operating Agreement); or
      give any person the right to dissolve the Company.

 

   

In addition, the holders of a majority of the units of an individual series must approve any amendment to the Operating Agreement that would adversely change the rights of the units of the series, result in mergers, consolidations, or conversions of the units of the series and for any other matter that the Manager, in its sole discretion, determines will require the approval of the holders of the units of the series voting as a separate class.

 

See “Description of the Units Offered – Voting Rights” for further information.

 

Investors:   Each Investor must be a “qualified purchaser” as defined by Regulation A and must also be eligible to own racehorses under the applicable rules of state racing commissions. See “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure – Investor Eligibility Standards” for further details.
     
    The Manager may, in its sole discretion, decline to admit any prospective Investor, or accept only a portion of such Investor’s subscription, regardless of whether such person is a “qualified purchaser.” Furthermore, the Manager anticipates only accepting subscriptions from prospective Investors located in states where the Broker is registered.
     
The Manager:   Commonwealth Markets Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the manager of the Company and the managing member of each series of the Company’s membership units.
     
    Commonwealth Markets Inc. also owns and operates a mobile app-based investment platform called the Commonwealth Platform through which the Units in the Company’s series are sold. See “Description of the Business – The Commonwealth Platform” for more information.
     
Management Rights   The Company will not purchase an ownership interest in any Thoroughbred unless the other co-owners agree to enter into a written co-ownership agreement and/or co-management agreement that provides that all major decisions related to the racing career and the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred will be made jointly and not on the basis of their respective ownership interests. These decisions include the selection of a trainer, oversight of pre-race training, training, racing, transportation between racetracks and training centers, veterinary issues, and all other standard management practices necessary for the care and racing of the Thoroughbred. The co-managers also agree to collaborate on developing a strategy for the disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of the Thoroughbred’s racing career. The Thoroughbred may not be retired or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the co-managers. See “Other Information – Co-Management Agreements.”
     
Broker:   The Company has entered into an agreement with Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore” or the “Broker”), a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and each state where the Offering will be made and with such other regulators as may be required to execute the sale transactions and provide related services in connection with this Offering. Dalmore is a member of FINRA and SIPC.

 

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Price per Unit:  

The price per Unit is $50.00 for all Series.

 

The Purchase Price will be payable in cash at the time of subscription. Payment will only be accepted by means of electronic transfer via wire or ACH payment, by debit or credit card, but not by check.

     

Minimum and Maximum

Unit Purchase:

  The minimum subscription by an Investor is one (1) Unit. No Investor may acquire Units in a Series that would represent a 3% or more interest in the Thoroughbred and would require the investor to be individually licensed as a racehorse owner. See “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure — Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner” for more detail about these eligibility requirements.
     

Offering Size:

   
     

Series Grazia

 

Maximum Offering – 4,000 Units

Minimum Offering – 1,010 Units

     
Series Kissed By Fire   2,357 Units (no minimum)
     

Series Sun Kissed Soiree

 

 

Maximum Offering – 4,023 Units

Minimum Offering – 1,005 Units

     

Series Justify ‘21

 

 

Maximum Offering – 6,288 Units

Minimum Offering – 1,571 Units

     

Series Head of the Class

 

Maximum Offering – 5,925 Units

Minimum Offering – 1,480 Units

     

Terms of Series Asset

Acquisitions:

 

The Company acquired undivided ownership interests in two Thoroughbreds: Kissed By Fire and Sun Kissed Soiree in May and August of 2022. The Company also acquired an undivided ownership interest in Grazia in August 2023 by exercising an option on July 31, 2023. In each of these cases, the Company funded the purchase with the proceeds from a loan from the Manager. The principal amount of each loan is equal to the purchase price of the interest in the Thoroughbred plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The terms of each promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager are described in the “Use of Proceeds” section for each Series Offering.

 

Once subscriptions for the minimum offering amount of the Series have been received, the Company will hold one or more closings at which subscriber funds held in escrow as of the date of each closing will be released to the Series, the Series will pay a corresponding portion or all of the outstanding principal and accrued interest in cash to the Manager, and the Company will transfer a corresponding interest in the Thoroughbred to the Series. If the Series is fully subscribed, the Series will acquire the Company’s entire interest in the Thoroughbred. If at the conclusion of the Series Offering it has not been fully subscribed, then the Company will accept all subscriptions held in escrow (even if the minimum offering has not been attained) and will transfer the portion of the interest that was not transferred to the Series to the Manager.

 

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    There is no minimum offering amount for Series Kissed By Fire. As subscriptions are received, the Company will hold one or more closings at which subscriber funds held in escrow as of the date of each closing will be released to the Series, the Series will pay a corresponding portion or all of the outstanding principal and accrued interest in cash to the Manager, and the Company will transfer a corresponding interest in the Thoroughbred to the Series. If not fully subscribed at the conclusion of the Series Kissed By Fire Offering, the Company will transfer the portion of the interest that was not transferred to the Series to the Manager.
     
    On April 26, 2023, the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 25% undivided interest in Justify ‘21 from Gandharvi. The target purchase price is $191,625. The option expires July 28, 2024. The offering proceeds must reach the maximum offering amount of $314,400 to acquire the full 25% interest in Justify ‘21. The Offering must raise at least 25% of the maximum offering amount, or $78,550, to acquire an interest in Series Justify ‘21 The option can be exercised in multiple closings, each in increments of 25% of the maximum offering proceeds. The terms of the option to acquire an interest in Series Justify ‘21 is described under “Use of Proceeds – Series Justify ‘21.”
     
    On June 13, 2023, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the Thoroughbred Head of the Class and issued a nonrecourse promissory note in the principal amount of $175,000 to the seller, WinStar Farm, LLC (“WinStar”). The note is payable on the earlier of (a) the date 10 days after the Company receives offering proceeds of $296,250 from the sale of Units of Series Head of the Class and (b) December 31, 2023. If the Company fails to pay the principal amount of the note when due, WinStar would be entitled to retake possession of the 25% interest in Head of the Class and to receive payment of interest of 12% per annum. To the extent the offering proceeds are less than the maximum offering amount of $296,250 when the WinStar Note becomes due, the Manager has committed to purchase any unsold Units. The terms of the nonrecourse promissory note are described under “Use of Proceeds – Series Head of the Class.”
     
    Once subscriptions for the minimum offering amount of the Series Offering have been received, the Company will hold one or more closings at which subscriber funds held in escrow as of the date of each closing will be released to the Series, the Series will pay a corresponding portion or all of the outstanding principal and accrued interest in cash to the Manager, and the Company will transfer a corresponding interest in the Thoroughbred to the Series. If the Series is fully subscribed, the Series will acquire the Company’s entire interest in the Thoroughbred. If the Series Offering terminates but has not been fully subscribed, then the Company will transfer the portion of the interest that was not transferred to the Series to the Manager.

 

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Notices to Subscribers:   Upon each closing of a Series Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the use of proceeds table for the Offering based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing. Promptly following each interim closing, the Company will notify subscribers for the Series Units individually by e-mail that the interim closing has occurred, the total interest in the Thoroughbred Asset then held by the Series, and related changes, if any, in the intended use of proceeds. The Company will also file a supplement to this Offering Circular or a Current Report with the SEC and post an announcement containing the same information to the Series pages of its website and its app.

 

Ownership by Management:   Although affiliates of the Manager expect to subscribe for Units of each Series Offering on the same terms as other investors, the Manager and its affiliates are not required to own any of the outstanding Units of any Series.
     
Escrow Agent:   North Capital Private Securities Corporation (“North Capital” or the “Escrow Agent”). Fees paid to the Escrow Agent are categorized as Offering Expenses.
     
Escrow:  

The subscription funds advanced by a prospective Investor as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest-bearing escrow account with the Escrow Agent and will not be commingled with the operating account of any Series, until, if and when there is a Closing with respect to that Investor.

 

When the Escrow Agent has received instructions from the Manager or the Broker that the Offering will close and the Investor’s subscription is to be accepted (either in whole or part), then the Escrow Agent will disburse the Investor’s subscription proceeds in its possession to the account of the Series, and Units of the Series will be issued to the Investor.

 

If the Offering is terminated without a Closing, or if a prospective Investor’s subscription is not accepted or is cut back due to oversubscription or otherwise, funds held in escrow for unaccepted subscriptions will be returned promptly to the Investor without interest. Any costs and expenses associated with a terminated offering will be borne by the Manager.

     
Offering Period:  

There will be a separate closing with respect to each Offering. The Closing of each Offering will take place on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the maximum number of Units offered have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the minimum number of Units offered have been accepted, if applicable.

 

If the Closing has not occurred, the Offering will terminate on (i) the date that is one year from the date this Offering Circular, or an Amendment to it, is qualified by SEC, which period may be extended by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the offering in its sole discretion. The Manager reserves the right to terminate the offering if 35 or fewer persons subscribe for the Units of any Series.

 

Use of Proceeds:  

The Offering proceeds received by each Series will be applied in the following order of priority of payment:

 

(i) Brokerage Fee: A Brokerage fee equal to 1% of the amount raised through this Offering paid to Dalmore as compensation for brokerage services.

 

In addition, the Manager has paid Dalmore a $5,000 one-time payment for out-of-pocket expenses and a one-time consulting fee of $20,000 in connection with this Offering upon the issuance of a no objection letter by FINRA and SEC qualification.

 

(ii) Cost of the Series Asset: The actual cost incurred to acquire the Series Asset (which may have been paid before Closing with funds loaned to the Company), including any interest payable on loans to the Company, and down payments paid by the Manager or its affiliates to acquire the Series Asset before an Offering.

 

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(iii) Offering Expenses: In general, these costs include actual legal, accounting, escrow, underwriting, filing, wire transfer and compliance costs incurred by the Company in connection with the offering of a series, as applicable, paid to legal advisors, brokerage, escrow, underwriters, printing, financial institutions, accounting firms and the custodian, as the case may be. Offering Expenses excludes ongoing costs described below as Operating Expenses.

 

(iv) Acquisition Expenses: In general, these include actual costs associated with the identification, investigation, evaluation and acquisition of a Thoroughbred asset, pre-purchase medical examinations, appraisal fees, and transportation to a boarding or training facility, as applicable.

 

(v) Organizational Fee: An Organizational Fee equal to up to 3% of the proceeds received from each offering of the Company’s units will be paid to the Manager to cover legal, accounting and compliance expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of the Units offered hereby and all subsequent offerings.

 

(vi) Sourcing Fee:

 

A fee of up to 15% of the purchase price of the Series Asset will be paid to the Manager from the offering proceeds at closing as compensation for identifying, investigating, evaluating, and managing the acquisition of a Thoroughbred asset.

 

(vii) Management Fee:

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager for managing the Series’ Thoroughbred Asset and conducting Unitholder relations, the Manager will be entitled to receive the following fees (the “Management Fee”):

 

    A training management fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred. See the “Use of Proceeds” section for each Series Offering.
       
    During a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career, the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place, and the purse was earned. The percentage will increase to 20% once the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series.
       
   

After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Unit Holders of the Series, as described in Distribution Rights below. The percentage will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%.

 

   

“Series Revenue” means the cash received by the Series from racing and asset sale activities. For tax and accounting purposes, Series Revenue paid as a Management Fee will be accounted for as an expense on the books of the Series.

 

The “Use of Proceeds” sections for each of the Series and the “Fees and Expenses” section include further details.

 

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Operating Expenses:  

“Operating Expenses” are the costs and expenses attributable to the activities of a Series including:

 

    costs incurred in managing the Series Thoroughbred, including, but not limited to boarding, training, veterinarian, and transportation costs;
       
    costs incurred in preparing any reports and accounts of the Series, including any tax filings and any annual audit of the accounts of the Series (if applicable) or costs payable to any third-party registrar or transfer agent and any reports to be filed with SEC;
       
    any and all insurance premiums or expenses in connection with the Series Thoroughbred, including mortality, liability, and medical insurance of the Series Thoroughbred to insure against the death, injury, or third-party liability of racehorse ownership (as described in “Description of the Business – Business of the Company”). The decision to purchase insurance on a Thoroughbred will be made on a horse-by-horse basis, depending on such considerations as the amount of Series’ investment, premium rates, racing performance, pedigree, use and similar factors; and
       
    any indemnification payments.

 

   

The Manager will be reimbursed for the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Series Thoroughbred, which will be paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The amount of these expenses will be added to the principal amount of any loan made by the Manager to the Company to fund the Company’s purchase of the interest in the Series Thoroughbred.

 

If the Operating Expenses exceed the amount of revenues generated from the Series Asset and cannot be covered by any Operating Expense reserves on the balance sheet of the Series, the Manager may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to the Series, on which the Manager may impose a reasonable rate of interest, which cannot be lower than the Applicable Federal Rate (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), and be entitled to reimbursement of such amount from future revenues generated by the Series Asset (the “Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation”), or (c) cause additional Units to be issued in order to cover the additional amount of Operating Expenses.

 

Whether a Series will generate any revenues will depend on the development plan for the Series Thoroughbred. See discussion of “Description of the Business – Operating Expenses” and the Description section of each Series for additional information.

     
Issuance of Additional Units:  

The Manager may sell its Units of a Series from time to time after the Closing of the Offering of that Series.

 

If there are not sufficient cash reserves of, or revenues generated by, a Series to meet the Series’ Operating Expenses, the Manager may sell additional Units of the series as well as take the other actions described in immediately preceding “Operating Expenses” section of this Offering Summary.

     
Distribution Rights:  

The Manager has sole discretion to determine when distributions of Series Revenue, if any, are made to Series Unit Holders and the amount of any such distributions. Any Series Revenue from racing and sales activities will be applied in the following order of priority:

 

(i) to repay any amounts outstanding under Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligations plus accrued interest, including the portions of the Management Fee payable for training management and from net winnings, as described above;

 

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(ii) to create such reserves as the Manager deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to pay corporate income taxes applicable to the Series and meet future Operating Expenses;

 

(iii) distributions to Unit Holders, net of the Management Fee payable; and

 

(iv) distributions to the Manager in payment of the Management Fee, as described above.

     
Timing of Distributions:   The Manager has the sole discretion to determine the timing of any distributions of Series Revenue to Unit Holders and to withhold Series Revenue entirely or in part to meet anticipated costs and liabilities of the Series. In general, the timing and amount of distributions will depend on such factors as the development of the Series Thoroughbred, the quality of the races in which it is entered, winnings, and its value upon its retirement from racing.
     
No Trading Market:  

There is currently no public trading market for any of our Units, and no such public market may ever develop. If an active public trading market for our securities does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for you to resell your Units at any price. Even if a public market does develop, the market price could decline below the amount you paid for your Units. Neither Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC nor any other person who directly or indirectly provides management services has participated in, offered, or liquidated any other investment programs prior to the current Offerings.

 

The Company estimates that each Series will exist for the course of Thoroughbred’s racing career, including pre-race training periods, usually a maximum of 4 to 6 years. Then the Series Asset will be sold, which will be the primary liquidity event other than distributions of Series Revenue as discussed above. A sale of the Series Asset may occur at a lower value than when the Series Asset was first acquired or at a lower price than the aggregate of costs, fees and expenses used to purchase the Series Asset. The Company expects to terminate each Series after the Series Asset is sold and to distribute the sales proceeds to the unitholders of that Series.

     
Fiduciary Duties:   The Operating Agreement provides that neither the Manager, nor any directors, officers, or employees of the Manager, nor persons acting at the request of the Company or any series in certain capacities with respect to other entities (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) will be liable to the Company, the Series, or any Unit Holders for any act or omission taken by any Indemnified Party in connection with the business of the Company or its series of membership units unless determined to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence. Therefore, Investors have a more limited right of action than they would have absent the limitation in the Operating Agreement.
     
Indemnification:   The Company or, where relevant, the Series will indemnify the Indemnified Parties out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties, or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving as Indemnified Parties with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined to constitute fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence. Unless attributable to a specific series of units or a specific underlying asset, the costs of meeting any indemnification will be allocated pro rata across each of series of units based on the value of each underlying asset.

 

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Transfers:   The Manager may refuse a transfer of Units by an Unit Holder if the transfer would result in (a) there being more than 2,000 beneficial owners in the Series or more than 500 beneficial owners that are not “accredited investors,” (b) the assets of the Series being deemed “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, (c) such Unit Holder holding more than 19.9% of the Series Units, (d) a change of U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Company and/or the Series, or (e) the Company, the Series of Units or the Manager being subject to additional licensure or other regulatory requirements. In addition, because the Units will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Units may only be transferred in accordance with exemptions from registrations under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. See “Description of Units Offered – Transfer Restrictions” for more information.
     
Governing Law:  

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Operating Agreement will be governed by Delaware law and any dispute in relation to the Company and the Operating Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. If a Unit Holder were to bring a claim against the Company or the Manager pursuant to the Operating Agreement, it would be required to do so in the Delaware Court of Chancery to the extent the claim is not vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Delaware Court of Chancery, or for which the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction, or where exclusive jurisdiction is not permitted under applicable law.

 

Exclusive Jurisdiction for Certain Disputes; Waiver of Jury Trial:

 

The Operating Agreement requires that any claim by a Unit Holder against the Company or the Manager relating to the terms of the Operating Agreement must, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Each Investor will covenant and agree not to bring any such claim in any other venue.

 

This exclusive forum provision will not apply to claims that are vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Delaware Court of Chancery, or for which the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction, including claims or suits under federal securities laws.

 

The Operating Agreement also contains a waiver of trial by jury, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. However, neither the exclusive jurisdiction provision, nor the waiver of jury trial provision will apply to claims or suits under federal securities laws.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in a Series is highly speculative in nature, involves substantial risks and is suitable only for sophisticated Investors for whom an investment in a Series is only one portion of an investment program, who fully understand and are capable of bearing the risks of the investment and who can afford to lose their entire investment. We cannot assure you that the Company’s investment objectives will be achieved or that a secondary market would ever develop for the Units, whether via the Commonwealth Platform, via third party registered broker-dealers or otherwise. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider all information contained in this Offering Circular (and the exhibits hereto) and should give particular consideration to the risks described below. The business, operating results and financial condition of the Company or an individual Series all could be adversely affected by any of the following risks. The risk factors below are not intended to be an exhaustive list of the general or specific risks involved, but merely to identify certain risks that are now foreseen by the Company. Other risks, not now foreseen, may become significant in the future and that the risks which are now foreseen may affect the Company or a Series to a greater extent than is now foreseen or in a manner not now contemplated. Prospective Investors should obtain their own legal and tax advice prior to making an investment in a Series.

 

Risks Related to the Structure, Operation and Performance of the Company

 

Our Company has a limited prior operating history. Therefore, acquiring Units in its Series is a speculative investment. We cannot assure you that you will realize your investment objectives.

 

An investment in our Units involves a high degree of risk, including the possibility that you may not realize a return on your investment, or that your investment could lose some or all its value. The Company has only a limited operating history upon which prospective Investors may evaluate its performance. There is no guarantee that any Series will generate a financial return or that the value of its Thoroughbred Asset will increase. For these reasons, we urge you to read this Offering Circular carefully, and consult with your legal and financial advisors before deciding to invest in these Units.

 

The prospects of a Series must be considered in light of the risks, expenses, and difficulties encountered in establishing a new business in a highly competitive industry. The Company will be engaged in a highly speculative business. The future financial performance of each Series will depend on its ability to earn purses from racing and profitably dispose of its Thoroughbred Asset after the completion of the Thoroughbred’s racing career. We cannot assure you the Company can successfully carry out its investment and operational strategy.

 

An investment made through this Offering constitutes only an investment in a Series and not in the Company or the underlying Thoroughbred.

 

A purchase of Units in a Series does not constitute an investment in either the Company or the underlying Thoroughbred directly. This limits the voting rights of the Investor solely to the Series, which are further limited by the Company’s Operating Agreement, described further in this Offering Circular. Investors will have voting rights only with respect to certain matters, primarily relating to amendments to the Operating Agreement that would adversely change the rights of their Units and removal of the Manager for “cause.” The Manager thus retains significant control over the management of the Company and the underlying Thoroughbred Assets. Furthermore, because the Units in a Series do not constitute an investment in the Company as a whole, holders of the Units in one Series will not receive any economic benefit from, or be subject to the liabilities of, the assets of any of the Company’s other Series. In addition, the economic interest of a holder in a Series will not be identical to owning a direct undivided interest in the underlying Thoroughbred Asset because, among other things, the Series will be required to pay corporate taxes before distributions are made to the holders, and the Manager will receive a fee in respect of its management of the Series’ Thoroughbred.

 

Liability of investors between series of membership units.

 

The Company is structured as a Delaware series limited liability company that issues different series of membership units for each underlying asset. Each series of membership units will merely be a separate series and not a separate legal entity. The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”) provides that if certain conditions (as set forth in Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act) are met, the liability of investors holding one series is segregated from the liability of investors holding another series, the assets of one series are not available to satisfy the liabilities of other series, and a series has the power and capacity to, in its own name, sue and be sued independently of the series limited liability company. In addition, approximately 40% of the U.S. states plus the District of Columbia have adopted similar statutes authorizing the formation of series limited liability companies. Although the limitation of liability afforded to each series of a series limited liability company is recognized by the courts of Delaware, and we are not aware of any court case in which a federal or state court has not recognized the limited liability of a series under Delaware law, there is no guarantee that if challenged in the courts of a U.S. state with no series limited liability company statute or a foreign jurisdiction, those courts will uphold a similar interpretation of Delaware corporation law. If the Company’s series limited liability company structure is not respected, then Investors may have to share any liabilities of the Company with all investors and not just those who hold the same series as them. Furthermore, while we intend to maintain separate and distinct records for each series and account for them separately and otherwise meet the requirements of the LLC Act, it is possible a court could conclude that the methods used did not satisfy Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act and thus potentially expose the assets of one series to the liabilities of another series. The consequence of this is that Investors may have to bear higher than anticipated expenses which would adversely affect the value of their Units, or the likelihood of any distributions being made by the Series to the Investors. In addition, we are not aware of any court case that has tested the limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) in federal bankruptcy courts, and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one series should be applied to meet the liabilities of another series or the liabilities of the Company generally where the assets of such other series or of the Company generally are insufficient to meet its respective liabilities.

 

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If any fees, costs, and expenses of the Company are not allocable to a specific series, they will be borne proportionately across all the series. Although the Manager will allocate fees, costs and expenses acting reasonably and in accordance with its allocation policy (see “Description of the Business – Allocation of Revenue and Expense”), there may be situations where it is difficult to allocate fees, costs, and expenses to a specific series. Therefore, there is a risk that a series may bear a proportion of the fees, costs and expenses for a service or product for which another series received a disproportionately high benefit.

 

Initially there will be no public market for the resale of the Units, and no such public market may ever develop.

 

There is currently no public trading market for any of our Units, and no such public market may ever develop. The Manager has no current plans to facilitate the resale of Units acquired by Investors on the Commonwealth Platform and potentially help provide liquidity to Investors. If an active public trading market for our Units does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for you to resell your Units at any price. Even if a public market does develop, the market price could decline below the amount you paid for your Units. We estimate that each Series will exist for the course of Thoroughbred’s racing career, including pre-race training periods, usually a maximum of 4 to 6 years. Then the Thoroughbred will be sold, which will be the primary liquidity event other than distributions of Series Revenue from racing activities. A sale of the Thoroughbred may occur at a lower value than when the Thoroughbred was first acquired or at a lower price than the aggregate of costs, fees and expenses used to purchase the Thoroughbred. The Company expects to terminate each Series after the Thoroughbred is sold and to distribute the sales proceeds to the unitholders of that Series. Other than as disclosed below, neither Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC nor any other person who directly or indirectly provides management services has participated in, offered, or liquidated any other investment programs prior to the Offerings.

 

To date, the Company has liquidated multiple Series following the sale of the underlying Series Asset. The list of Series that have been or are in the process of being liquidated are set forth in “Liquidated Series” under the Other Information Section.

 

There may be state law restrictions on an Investor’s ability to sell the Units.

 

Each state has its own securities laws, often called “blue sky” laws, which (1) limit sales of securities to a state’s residents unless the securities are registered in that state or qualify for an exemption from registration and (2) govern the reporting requirements for broker-dealers and stockbrokers doing business directly or indirectly in the state. Before a security is sold in a state, there must be a registration in place to cover the transaction, or it must be exempt from registration. Also, the broker must be registered in that state. We do not know whether our securities will be registered, or exempt, under the laws of any states. A determination regarding registration will be made by the broker-dealers, if any, who agree to serve as the market-makers for our Units. There may be significant state blue sky law restrictions on the ability of Investors to sell, and on purchasers to buy, our Units. In addition, Tier 2 of Regulation A limits qualified resales of our Units to 30% of the aggregate offering price of a particular offering. Investors should consider the resale market for our Units to be limited. Investors may be unable to resell their Units, or they may be unable to resell them without the significant expense of state registration or qualification or opinions to our satisfaction that no such registration or qualification is required. If an investor purchases units in an unregistered state/territory, the Company has the right to rescind the sale.

 

No guarantee of Closing.

 

There can be no guarantee that the Company will reach its funding target from potential Investors with respect to the Series currently offered or any future proposed series of units. If the Company does not reach a funding target, it may not be able to achieve its investment objectives by acquiring additional underlying Thoroughbred assets through the issuance of further series and generating revenue to enable distributions for Investors. In addition, if the Company is unable to raise funding for additional series, this may impact any Investors already holding units as they will not see the benefits that arise from economies of scale following the acquisition by other series of additional Thoroughbred assets and other opportunities to generate revenue from racing, or sales activities.

 

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There are few businesses that have pursued a strategy or investment objective similar to the Company’s.

 

We believe other companies crowdfunding ownership interests in racehorses or proposing to run a platform for crowdfunding of interests in racehorses has been very limited to date. The Company and the Units may not gain market acceptance from potential Investors, Thoroughbred breeders, or service providers within the racehorse ownership/syndicate industry, including insurance companies, syndicate managers, training facilities or maintenance partners. This could result in an inability of the Manager to manage the career of the Company’s Thoroughbred assets profitably. It could impact the issuance of further series of units and additional Thoroughbred assets being acquired by the Company. It would further inhibit market acceptance of the Company and if the Company does not acquire any additional Thoroughbred assets, Investors would not receive any benefits that arise from economies of scale (such as a reduction in boarding, training and transportation costs and group discounts on insurance).

 

Offering amount exceeds value of the underlying Thoroughbred.

 

The size of each of the Offerings will exceed the purchase price of the Thoroughbred Asset of each Series on the date its Offering closes because the proceeds of the Offering in excess of the purchase price of the Thoroughbred Asset will be used to pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in making this Offering, acquiring the Thoroughbred Asset, and establishing reserves to cover Operating Expenses until the Thoroughbred develops and is capable of racing competitively. If a Thoroughbred Asset must be sold before there has been substantial appreciation of the value of the Thoroughbred Asset, the proceeds from the sale remaining after first paying off any liabilities owed in connection with the Thoroughbred Asset at the time of the sale (including but not limited to any outstanding Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation) may not be sufficient to repay Investors the amount of their initial investment or any additional profits in excess of that amount.

 

A Series may not be able to control many of its operating costs, and unexpected costs may adversely affect its financial results.

 

We cannot provide assurance that the Manager’s estimates regarding the price of Thoroughbreds, the cost of maintaining, training, and racing Thoroughbreds or maintaining and standing stallions, or the cost and expenses associated with buying and reselling pinhooking prospects (as described below) will prove accurate. Numerous factors may affect a Series’ operating expenses, many of which will be beyond its control. The costs of purchasing, boarding, training, providing veterinary care for, and otherwise owning and maintaining Thoroughbreds are substantial and outside the Company’s control. The Company expects these costs and expenses to increase over time due to inflationary factors.

 

Other factors that could cause a Series’ expenses to be higher than expected include market fluctuations in the Thoroughbred industry, risks associated with transporting the horses to and from races and auctions, the overall health, soundness, and competitiveness of the Thoroughbred a Series owns, interest and currency exchange rates, and other factors that are beyond the Company’s control or that cannot be accurately predicted at this time. Outbreaks of infectious diseases could result in quarantines or other restrictions that may halt racing or restrict movement, and thus impede a Series’ racing activities.

 

The Company intends that each Series will pay its operating expenses from the proceeds from the sale of its Units and future operating revenue. Higher than expected operating expenses could force a Series to sell Series Assets during unfavorable market conditions. Events that increase a Series’ operating expenses or reduce its capital resources and liquidity could prevent the Investors from receiving their anticipated return on investment.

 

The Company is controlled by the Manager, and Members must rely solely on the judgment of the Manager’s management team.

 

The success of the Company and each of its Series will depend upon the experience and business judgment of the Manager, its management team, and the advisors the Manager engages. See “Management- Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees” for information about the experience and responsibilities of our Chief Executive Officer Brian Doxtator and our Head of Racing Chase Chamberlin.

 

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The Manager has exclusive control over the day-to-day operations of each Series and most decisions as to the use of the proceeds of this offering following the purchase of the Series’ Thoroughbred Asset. The selection of a Series’ Thoroughbred Asset will be based on an analysis of bloodlines, evaluations of physical condition and the past performance of related Thoroughbred horses using such data as auction results, health records, veterinary inspections/examinations, and previous sales history, as well as input from prospective co-owners and other sources in the equine industry. However, the evaluation of a Thoroughbred’s ability to compete successfully is not an exact science.

 

The Manager will have full and complete control and authority with respect to the business and affairs of each Series. Specifically, the Manager will generally have full and complete control and authority to act on behalf of the Series with respect to all major decisions, which include, among other things:

 

 the selection and acquisition of the interest in a Thoroughbred to be purchased by each Series;
 the terms of the co-ownership and co-management agreements governing any Thoroughbred owned with other parties;
decisions concerning the care and maintenance of the Thoroughbred (including the selection of boarding, training, transporting and veterinary services);
decisions relating to the amount and form of compensation to be paid to persons providing services to a Series; and
decisions regarding the racing and eventual sale of the Thoroughbreds.

 

Our policy is not to purchase a minority ownership interest in any Thoroughbred unless a written agreement with the other co-owners grants the Manager equal decision-making power with the other co-owners or co-managers with respect to all aspects of the management of the Thoroughbred, including the selection of a trainer, oversight of pre-race training, training, racing, transportation between racetracks and training centers, major veterinary issues, and all other standard management practices necessary for the care and racing of the Thoroughbred.

 

The Members of each Series will not be able to exercise any significant control or influence over the operation of the business of the Company and each Series, even if Members disagree with the Manager’s decisions or disapprove of its performance. Accordingly, no person should invest in a Series unless he or she is willing to entrust all aspects of control to Commonwealth Markets and to rely on its management ability.

 

The loss of the Manager’s key executives could jeopardize your investment.

 

The Company will depend on the efforts and expertise of the Manager’s key employees Brian Doxtator and Chase Chamberlin. If the Manager loses or suffers an extended interruption in the service of one or more of its key personnel, the Company and the Units could be adversely affected. The Manager does not expect to maintain key-man insurance on Messrs. Doxtator and Chamberlin.

 

The Management Fee paid to the Manager by each Series is based on the performance of the Series.

 

Each Series pays the Manager a Management Fee that is based upon the Series’ performance. This performance-based fee structure may create an incentive for the Manager to cause the Company to make investments that are riskier or more speculative than might otherwise be the case in the absence of such a fee.

 

A Series’ financial performance will depend on the Manager’s relationships within the Thoroughbred industry.

 

The ability to purchase desirable Thoroughbreds may depend in part upon the Manager’s relationships with trainers, bloodstock agents and consultants and Thoroughbred owners. These relationships provide the Manager with access to information that is useful in determining which Thoroughbreds are available in the public and private markets and which have the potential to be successful. The Manager may lose key personnel who maintain key relationships. Any failure to maintain, manage or continue to establish relationships with key individuals and institutions in the Thoroughbred industry may hinder the Manager’s ability to purchase desirable Thoroughbreds for the Company’s Series.

 

The financial performance of each Series will depend on the quality of the services performed by trainers and other independent contractors.

 

The Manager will engage independent contractors to perform many essential services required for Thoroughbred racing, including selection, training, boarding and veterinary care of its Thoroughbreds. These independent contractors often subcontract or employ others who actually perform the contracted for services. Some of these contractors will also be servicing other horses not owned by the Company’s Series. The Company may have to compete for the services of trainers, bloodstock agents, jockeys and consignors, and conflicts of interest may arise from time to time. The independent contractors the Manager engages report to our Chief Executive Officer Brian Doxtator and our Head of Racing Chase Chamberlin.

 

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Trainers, veterinarians, and jockeys are licensed by regulatory bodies overseeing racing and are subject to fines, suspension, or revocation of their licenses if it is determined that a violation of racing rules occurred. Suspension or revocation of a key trainer’s, veterinarian’s or jockey’s license may interrupt the Manager’s ability to train and race the horses of the Company’s Series in the intended manner until a suitable replacement can be found. Administrative regulations are in effect in some states that provide for the suspension of a horse from competition if a trainer violates a rule involving the participation of the horse in a race or would require an owner to engage personnel unrelated to the suspended trainer to care for or train its horses during the trainer’s suspension. Any adverse administrative rulings, either against a trainer, veterinarian or jockey engaged by a Series or directly against a Series as owner, could result in fines, suspension, or revocation of a license to participate in racing. Such sanctions may result in lost opportunities to race a Series’ Thoroughbred and cause significant damage to the Company’s reputation, jeopardizing the Company’s ability to successfully carry out its business plan and may adversely affect the value of the Series Assets.

 

Injury, infertility, or death of a Series’ Thoroughbred(s) could diminish revenue and net asset values.

 

The Company plans to acquire Thoroughbreds with the pedigree quality indicative of the ability to compete and produce offspring who can compete in allowance and stakes races. Because purchasing Thoroughbreds of this caliber can be expected to require a substantial investment by a Series, any illness, injury, accident, impairment, or death of one or more of a Series’ Thoroughbreds could have a material adverse effect on the value of Units. Failure to perform as anticipated due to inability or lack of competitive will, injury, illness, disability, or death of a Thoroughbred that is uninsured or underinsured could materially diminish a Series’ net asset value. A stallion in which a Series owns an interest may be or become infertile to the extent that the stallion becomes a commercial failure. Any infertility problems with stallions could result in possible losses for a Series to the extent fertility insurance proceeds (available only in the first year of a stallion’s breeding career) do not cover the purchase price of the Units.

 

A Thoroughbred acquired as a yearling or juvenile will require development and training to race competitively. Accordingly, the potential of a yearling or juvenile Thoroughbred to generate revenue for a Series will not be known for a period that could be as short as 30-60 days after acquisition for juveniles to as long as 18 months after acquisition, particularly for yearlings.

 

The Company intends to acquire interests in yearlings and juvenile Thoroughbreds with a pedigree that indicates the potential to race competitively in allowance and stakes races in the future. However, yearlings acquired in the fall will normally require 6 to 18 months of development before they are able to race competitively. A juvenile (a two-year-old Thoroughbred) purchased in the spring or early summer of its two-year-old year will normally require from 3 to 9 months of additional training prior to racing competitively but may be ready to race within 1-2 months of acquisition. Accordingly, the ability of a yearling or a juvenile Thoroughbred to produce revenue and generate distributable Series Revenue from racing will not be known for a variable amount of time, and accurately projecting the timing of receipt of revenues, if any, from yearlings and juveniles is problematic.

 

The cost of insurance could be high, and caps on coverage could limit a Series’ ability to fully insure its assets.

 

To reduce the risks associated with possible death of its Thoroughbreds, the Company expects each Series to purchase mortality insurance on the Thoroughbreds in which it owns a substantial interest, as determined by the Manager in its discretion. However, changes in the market for insurance may affect the Company’s ability to obtain the insurance coverage at reasonable rates. Moreover, insurance is typically limited to the purchase price plus 10% and the Company cannot reasonably insure for the potential profit that each horse represents. Insurers have limited coverage on highly valued Thoroughbreds for congenital first year fertility and mortality following significant losses on several prominent racehorses that failed at stud in recent years. Any increase in the cost of such insurance could reduce a Series’ income and its ability to insure its assets. In addition, a Series’ inability to fully insure a highly valued Thoroughbred due to coverage caps could result in a significant reduction in net asset value in the event of the Thoroughbred’s death or infertility.

 

The Manager cannot predict how long a Series will own its horses, which may adversely affect a Series’ operating expenses.

 

The Company’s goal is for its Series to own Thoroughbreds for varying lengths of time and resell them when appropriate. A Series may not have sufficient resources to maintain horses for extended periods, which may cause it to resell a horse at a loss. Alternatively, a Series’ inability to resell horses within its expected resale window may result in an unanticipated increase in operating expenses that could adversely affect a Series’ results.

 

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Absence of physical facilities; reliance on others for boarding and maintenance.

 

Neither the Manager nor the Company currently owns any physical facilities for the boarding or training of the Thoroughbreds that the Company’s Series will own. Therefore, the Company will rely on third parties to board, train and race its Thoroughbreds. We do not expect to have written agreements with trainers, veterinarians, or other third-party vendors, as it is not a customary practice in the industry. Should any third-party contractor fail to competently train or care for a Thoroughbred owned by a Series, the health and/or value of that horse could suffer, which could negatively affect the net asset values of a Series.

 

Subscribers must be eligible to be licensed to own racehorses.

 

State horseracing commissions have licensure requirements that require Investors be licensed if they hold a certain ownership interest of a racehorse. For this reason, subscribers for Units must certify that they are eligible to be licensed as a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and are not the subject of any pending disciplinary or legal proceedings that may result in ineligibility for licensure. Subscribers for more than 3% of the Units of a Series may also be required to provide additional personal information sufficient to permit the Manager to assess the prospective subscriber’s ability to be licensed under the applicable regulations of the racing commissions of the various states. A promising Thoroughbred owned by a Series could be excluded from high profile stakes races in New York or other states if a Unit holder becomes ineligible to hold an owner’s license, which could reduce the value of the Thoroughbred and reduce the Series’ return on investment. An Investor who knowingly fails to disclose his or her ineligibility for licensure could be subject to claims for any damages to the Series resulting from such bad faith. See “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure – Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner” for more detail about these eligibility requirements.

 

Potential breach of the security measures of the Commonwealth Platform.

 

The highly automated nature of the Commonwealth Platform through which potential investors acquire Units may make it an attractive target and potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins or similar disruptions. The Commonwealth Platform processes certain confidential information about investors, Thoroughbred breeders, and Thoroughbred assets held by the Company’s Series. While we intend to take commercially reasonable measures to protect our confidential information and maintain appropriate cybersecurity, the security measures of the Commonwealth Platform, the Company, the Manager, or the Company’s service providers (including Dalmore and North Capital) could be breached. Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access to the Commonwealth Platform could cause confidential information to be stolen and used for criminal purposes or have other harmful effects. Security breaches or unauthorized access to confidential information could also expose the Company to liability related to the loss of the information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and negative publicity, or loss of the proprietary nature of the Manager’s and the Company’s trade secrets. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in the Commonwealth Platform software are exposed and exploited, the relationships between the Company, investors, users, Thoroughbred breeders and equine professionals could be severely damaged, and the Company or the Manager could incur significant liability or have the attention of the Manager’s personnel significantly diverted from racing and sales activities, which could have a material negative impact on the value of Units or the potential for distributions to be made on the Units.

 

Because techniques used to sabotage or obtain unauthorized access to systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, the Company, the third-party hosting used by the Commonwealth Platform and other third-party service providers may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, federal regulators and many federal and state laws and regulations require companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving their personal data. These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach are costly to implement and often lead to widespread negative publicity, which may cause investors, Thoroughbred breeders, or service providers within the industry, including insurance companies, to lose confidence in the effectiveness of the secure nature of the Commonwealth Platform. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, would harm the reputation of the Company and the Commonwealth Platform and the Company could lose investors and the opportunity to acquire Thoroughbred assets or retain equine service providers. This would impair the ability of the Company to achieve its objectives of acquiring additional Thoroughbred assets through the issuance of further series of Units and conducting racing and sales activities.

 

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Risks Related to the Thoroughbred Industry

 

Investing in Thoroughbreds is a speculative venture and highly susceptible to changes in market conditions.

 

The success of a Series will depend in large part upon racing performance, demand for particular types of horses and particular pedigrees, and the present and future values of Thoroughbreds generally, which can be highly volatile. Thoroughbred values often depend on highly subjective and unquantifiable factors. Ownership and the racing of Thoroughbred horses are often regarded more in terms of a sport, rather than a business. As a result, industry practices, structures, and valuation approaches have developed that may not be based solely upon economic considerations and may be inconsistent with the maximization of profits. For instance, a particular bloodline or pedigree might command substantial prices due principally to the interest of a small group of individuals having particular goals unrelated to the economic value of the horse, and a decline in their interest would likely have an unexpected and adverse effect on the value of the bloodline or pedigree. As a result, valuations for particular horses can be subject to sudden and unpredictable reversals that could cause Series Assets to depreciate or appreciate for reasons outside the Manager’s control.

 

The market for Thoroughbreds has been and will continue to be affected by the state of the economy, the amount of money available for investment purposes, the level of interest of foreign and domestic investors and enthusiasts in horse racing, the availability of purses and racing opportunities, the attractiveness of other investments and currency exchange rates, none of which can be accurately predicted. Other factors that may affect market valuations for Thoroughbreds include, but are not limited to:

 

the presence or absence at auctions (or other sales) of purchasers who buy for speculative purposes;
the apparent attractiveness of Thoroughbreds to foreign investors and the continued interest of such foreign investors;
the federal income tax treatment of equine activities;
the expansion of alternate forms of gaming, including “historic racing” slot machines, casino gambling and sports betting, among others;
the continued availability of the federal statutory basis for interstate wagering and exemption from the legal constraints relating to the dissemination of gambling information;
the level of betting handle (the amount of money wagered), and the amount of “takeout” (the percentage charged bettors) assessed to third party bet takers by agreement between tracks and horsemen, which both bear a direct relationship to the size of racing purses;
the continued ability for the tracks and horsemen to agree to such contracts, the absence of which will adversely impact purse revenues; and
the continued availability of purse supplements currently available from sources other than take out from pari-mutuel handle, such as subsidies from other forms of gaming and state breeders incentive programs.

 

If the Thoroughbred racing industry experiences further declines in revenues, or if general economic conditions deteriorate, the average sales price for quality Thoroughbreds may decline, in which case a Series could suffer substantial losses from owning Thoroughbreds and the value of the Series’ Units would be materially and adversely affected.

 

Buying and selling Thoroughbreds is highly competitive.

 

Buying and selling Thoroughbreds is highly competitive, with numerous breeders and individual investors typically competing for prized acquisitions. Some investors have substantially greater resources than our Series will have. Moreover, the market for Thoroughbreds can be inefficient and lack transparency. Some Thoroughbreds may be sold at public auctions in which the Manager may not participate, and the Manager may not have access to private sales of highly desirable horses. Because Thoroughbreds and auctions are frequently advertised internationally, when the Manager purchases Thoroughbreds for the Company’s Series, it may be competing against many industry participants from all over the world, some of whom also have the benefit of favorable currency exchange rates relative to the United States dollar, sales tax exemptions, or other economic advantages not available to the Series. These and other competitive factors may impede the Manager’s ability to implement its strategy to focus on Thoroughbreds that can compete successfully in allowance and stakes races.

 

Pinhooking is especially volatile.

 

Pinhooking, which generally involves acquiring weanlings, yearlings, or barren or off the track mares for resale as yearlings, two-year-olds, or in-foal mares, can be more volatile than other segments of the Thoroughbred industry, and therefore involves greater risk. For example, a Series could incur losses on its investment in weanlings, yearlings, or barren or off the track mares for resale as a result of abrupt declines in market prices or events that disrupt Thoroughbred auctions, such as Covid19 restrictions as occurred in 2020. In addition, a Series could also incur losses, even in rising markets, if individual horses fail to mature physically, lack recent commercially appealing activity in their pedigree, develop veterinary problems or simply fail to be noticed at a particular sale.

 

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The performance of Thoroughbreds in training or as lightly raced prospects with limited past performances is unpredictable.

 

A business strategy to purchase yearlings or in-training racing prospects, either before or after making initial appearances in training or actual races, is highly speculative. Intangibles such as racing class and distance/surface preferences, or limitations are still highly unpredictable at early stages in a horse’s development. Horses exhibiting precocious talent are often the subject of highly competitive bidding among several interested buyers, including the larger Kentucky-based breeding/stallion operations such as WinStar, Coolmore, Darley (owned by the ruler of Dubai), Lane’s End, Three Chimneys, Stonestreet, Spendthrift Farm and others, either alone or acting together as a partnership, co-ownership or “syndicate.” Therefore, acquiring highly sought prospects from successful bloodlines can require a substantial investment, and there is no assurance such a prospect will compete successfully.

 

Thoroughbred racing is highly competitive and is undertaken by individuals and entities with significantly greater financial resources than the Company.

 

The Company, through its different Series, will engage in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States as one of its primary activities. Future racing success will depend upon the ability of the Manager to purchase all or interests in high-quality Thoroughbreds for the Company’s series, whether those Thoroughbreds are being trained and cared for by highly skilled professionals, and whether highly skilled professional jockeys will ride the Thoroughbreds. Thoroughbred horse racing is an intensely competitive activity, and the Company will be competing with individuals and entities with substantially greater experience and financial resources than the Company and with the financial ability to purchase all of, or interests in, the best racehorses. The Company may not be successful in its effort to acquire competitive Thoroughbreds for its Series, making it more difficult to achieve a return on the investment.

 

A Thoroughbred’s ability to compete successfully depends on intangible factors that are difficult to evaluate.

 

Physical appearance, pedigree and early racing performance in maiden or allowance races can only give some indication of future success. The ability of a Thoroughbred to race successfully also depends on intangible behavioral factors, such as the ability to withstand the rigors of training and racing while maintaining the appropriate demeanor and composure. Factors related to racing at the highest levels, as the Company intends to do, such as frequent travel (often international), change of stabling environment, track surface, extreme weather and soundness issues may compromise the ability to train properly for key races. Ultimately, some horses simply do not have the will to win at the highest levels, even though they may possess the physical talent to do so. This intangible factor cannot be determined with any certainty as physical health and management of the racing career of the horse are often factors in the development or destruction of a horse’s willingness to perform at the highest levels. Examples of well bred, precocious two and three-year-old horses sold for millions of dollars early in their racing or training careers, which ultimately fail to perform competitively when challenged in upper-level stakes races, are common.

 

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If foreign purchasers reduce their participation in U.S. auction markets, prices paid for Thoroughbreds could decline and the Company’s assets could depreciate.

 

Foreign purchasers have accounted for a significant portion of the purchases of the most expensive yearlings at major auctions over the past several years. In particular, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and entities owned by Dubai-based families have invested heavily in breeding stock in Australia, North America, South America, Great Britain, and Europe. The recent effort of this group to greatly expand its ownership of top caliber stallions and stallion prospects, and its growing involvement in the Thoroughbred business, fueled by rising oil prices and the devaluation of the dollar, escalated demand and prices for Thoroughbred horses worldwide. In April 2008, a related Dubai-based investment company acquired Fasig-Tipton, a leading North American Thoroughbred auction company, a first-time event in the Thoroughbred business.

 

Factors that could affect participation by foreign interests in the North American Thoroughbred market include:

 

world economic and political conditions,
the development of competitive breeding and racing programs in other countries,
a decline in the popularity of pari-mutuel gambling or the advent and continued proliferation of alternative forms of gambling,
restrictions upon the use of the Internet as a platform for Advanced Deposit Wagering (pari-mutuel) and simulcasting,
the proliferation of exchange wagering or fixed odds wagering systems in the U.S. (as has been offered by Betfair and others in New Jersey, Great Britain, and Europe),
restrictions or government regulation of the use of credit facilities to deposit funds in accounts to be used for on-line wagering,
restrictions on the international transfer of funds,
the strength or weakness of the United States dollar compared to foreign currencies, and
governmental regulation by the United States or foreign governments.

 

The volatility in oil prices and the high levels of debt incurred for development in Dubai may discourage Dubai-based investors from participating in the Thoroughbred business at recent levels. If the Dubai-based group or other foreign investors significantly reduce their participation in public Thoroughbred auctions, or in the Thoroughbred business generally, it could lead to a significant downturn in values for Thoroughbreds. Fluctuations in prices at the major sales in Kentucky could affect prices for Thoroughbreds throughout the world.

 

The number of Thoroughbred racetracks and available racing opportunities could decrease.

 

A decrease in the number of racetracks or racing days would reduce the number of races, which would likely reduce the total purses available. In recent years, the operating environment for racetracks has become increasingly challenging. In 2020 the opportunities for live racing diminished due to the Covid19 pandemic with an approximate 25% reduction in actual race days and a 23% decline in actual number of races run. However, wagering per race day increased by 33%, almost completely offsetting the reduction in race days and races run. Total wagering was off less 1% compared to 2019. Decreasing attendance and competition from off-track and alternative forms of wagering, coupled with increasing costs, could jeopardize the continued existence of certain racetracks. If the number of racetracks decreases, reduction or elimination of race dates due to Covid 19 restrictions or other unanticipated business interruptions could reduce demand for Thoroughbreds and depress market values, either of which could adversely affect a Series and its units.

 

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In the first six months of 2019 there were over 30 equine fatalities at Santa Anita Racetrack located in southern California despite a concerted effort by the owner of the track to impose high safety standards. The California legislature recently passed legislation to impose additional safety standards and to allow the California Racing Board greater latitude in evaluating the competition readiness of the horses in training and racing in California. There have been ongoing protests organized and funded by animal rights organizations in response to the equine fatalities with the stated objective of those protests to ban racing from the state. It has become a political issue with the Governor and senior U.S. Senator of California making public statements on the subject. Should horseracing in California be shut down it would have an economic impact on the Thoroughbred business estimated by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. That development could significantly decrease demand for Thoroughbred horses of all ages and depress prices significantly.

 

Government regulation of the Thoroughbred racing industry could increase.

 

The attractiveness of owning Thoroughbreds depends largely upon continued governmental acceptance of Thoroughbred racing as a form of legalized gambling. Though valuable to federal, state, and local government as a source of revenue, Thoroughbred racing could be subjected, at any time, to more restrictive regulation or banned entirely. The value of the Thoroughbreds owned by a Series could be drastically diminished by stricter regulation or a ban, which would have a material adverse effect on the Series and the value of its Units.

 

On December 27, 2020, the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Act (“HISA”) was signed into law. HISA imposes additional safety requirements upon, and further limits medication use during, the conduct of racing in the United States. HISA will likely increase the costs associated with conducting racing in the United States with such costs being passed along to Thoroughbred owners. HISA also may indirectly limit the ability of certain tracks and horses to participate in Thoroughbred horseracing. HISA has now implemented its anti-doping enforcement regulations effective May 22, 2023, and has implemented substantially all of its safety provisions. There have been a number of lawsuits filed in various jurisdictions by horsemen’s groups, individuals and state attorneys general (on behalf of the state racing commissions or boards), and it is likely there will be successive rounds of litigation and appeals based upon the imposition of the anti-doping regulations. There have already been rollbacks of certain provisions of the HISA and Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit health and safety and anti-doping policies and regulations. Oral arguments in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the overall constitutionality of the HISA legislation were held on October 4, 2023, and the outcome of this case could adversely affect the ongoing and consistent regulation of Thoroughbred racing. If the regulatory issues related to HISA cause interruptions to the racing calendar in the future, the Company’s Thoroughbreds could lose racing opportunities. To date, the implementation of HISA has not had a material impact on the Company’s costs.

 

Risks Related to the Offering

 

We are offering our Units pursuant to Tier 2 of Regulation A, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to Tier 2 issuers will make our Units less attractive to investors as compared to a traditional initial public offering.

 

As a Tier 2 issuer, we will be subject to scaled disclosure and reporting requirements which may make an investment in our Units less attractive to investors who are accustomed to enhanced disclosure and more frequent financial reporting. In addition, given the relative lack of regulatory precedence regarding Regulation A, there is a significant amount of regulatory uncertainty in regard to how the SEC or the individual state securities regulators will regulate both the offer and sale of our securities, as well as any ongoing compliance that we may be subject to. If our scaled disclosure and reporting requirements, or regulatory uncertainty regarding Regulation A, reduces the attractiveness of the Units, we may be unable to raise the funds necessary to fund future offerings, which could impair our ability to develop a diversified portfolio of racehorses and create economies of scale, which may adversely affect the value of the Units or the ability to make distributions to Investors.

 

A Series may not raise sufficient offering proceeds to acquire the entire interest in the Series Thoroughbred.

 

The Company may close a Series Offering at any time after receiving the minimum offering amount. The Company may from time to time choose to hold an interim closing before they receive the maximum offering amount and may terminate the Offering before reaching the maximum offering amount. The Company may fund the purchase of an interest in a Thoroughbred with funds borrowed from the Manager. If the offering proceeds are insufficient to repay the loan in full, the Series will acquire a smaller interest in the Thoroughbred, and the Company will transfer the remaining interest in the Thoroughbred to the Manager to retire the loan. In addition, the Company may from time to time acquire an option to purchase an interest in a Thoroughbred that obligates the Company to hold an interim closing and to purchase a fraction of the interest in the Thoroughbred when subscriptions are received for certain percentages of the maximum offering amount. As a result, investors will not know at the time of investing how much of an interest the Series will ultimately own in the Series Thoroughbred. Promptly following each interim closing, the Company will notify subscribers for the Series Units individually by e-mail that the interim closing has occurred, the total interest in the Series Thoroughbred then held by the Series, and related changes, if any, in the intended use of proceeds. The Company will also file a supplement to this Offering Circular with the SEC and post an announcement containing the same information to the Series pages of its website and its app.

 

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Investment in fractional interests; absence of regulatory oversight.

 

From time to time, we may have an opportunity to acquire a minority interest in a Thoroughbred that has shown promise as a racehorse, is eligible for stakes or graded stakes races or otherwise presents substantial potential for appreciation in value. However, our policy is not to purchase an ownership interest in any Thoroughbred unless the other co-owners agree to grant the Company’s Manager equal rights to participate in all aspects of the management of the Thoroughbred.

 

The Manager intends that no Series will hold assets in which the Manager has limited or no management control that would represent more than 40% of the aggregate value of the Series’ total assets, so that it is not considered to be an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Accordingly, certain provisions of the Investment Company Act (which, among other things, require investment companies to have a certain number of disinterested directors and regulate the relationship between the advisor and the investment company) will not apply.

 

There may be deficiencies with our internal controls that require improvements, and if we are unable to adequately evaluate internal controls, we may be subject to sanctions.

 

As a Tier 2 issuer, we will not need to provide a report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, and we will be exempt from the auditor attestation requirements concerning any such report so long as we are a Tier 2 issuer. We are in the process of evaluating whether our internal control procedures are effective and therefore there is a greater likelihood of undiscovered errors in our internal controls or reported financial statements as compared to issuers that have conducted such evaluations.

 

Impact of non-compliance with regulations.

 

Each Series is being sold by Dalmore, which is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and will be registered in each state where the Offering and sale of the Series of Unit will occur prior to the launch of the Offering, and it is anticipated that the Units will be offered and sold only in states where Dalmore is registered as a broker-dealer. If a regulatory authority determines that the Manager, who is not a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act or any state securities laws, has itself engaged in brokerage activities, the Manager may need to stop operating and therefore, the Company will not have an entity managing the underlying Thoroughbred. In addition, if the Manager is required to register as a ‘broker-dealer,’ there is a risk that any series of units offered and sold while the Manager was not registered may be subject to a right of rescission, which may result in the early termination of the Series.

 

Furthermore, the Company is not registered and will not be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the Manager is not and will not be registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”). Thus, our Series Units will not have the benefit of the protections of the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisers Act. The Company and the Manager have taken the position that the underlying Series assets are not “securities” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisers Act, and thus the Company’s assets will comprise of less than 40% investment securities under the Investment Company Act and the Manager will not be advising with respect to securities under the Investment Advisers Act. This position, however, is based upon applicable case law that is inherently subject to judgments and interpretation. If the Company were to be required to register under the Investment Company Act or the Manager were to be required to register under the Investment Advisers Act, it could have a material and adverse impact on the results of operations and expenses of the Company’s Series, and the Manager may be forced to liquidate and wind up the Company’s Series or rescind any Offering of its Series.

 

Possible changes in federal tax laws.

 

The Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) is subject to change by Congress, and interpretations of the Code may be modified or affected by judicial decisions, by the Treasury Department through changes in regulations and by the Internal Revenue Service through its audit policy, announcements, and published and private rulings. Although significant changes to the tax laws historically have been given prospective application, we cannot assure you that any changes made in the tax law affecting an investment in any series of interest of the Company would be limited to prospective effect. Accordingly, the ultimate effect on an Investor’s tax situation may be governed by laws, regulations or interpretations of laws or regulations which have not yet been proposed, passed, or made, as the case may be.

 

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Lack of diversification.

 

It is not anticipated that any of the Series would own any assets other than their respective Thoroughbred Assets, plus potential cash reserves for maintenance, training, insurance, and other expenses pertaining to the Thoroughbreds and amounts earned by the Series from racing and sales activities. Investors looking for diversification will have to create their own diversified portfolio by investing in other opportunities in addition to the Series.

 

Industry concentration and general downturn in industry.

 

Given the concentrated nature of the Series Assets (i.e., only racehorses and related interests in them), any downturn in the racehorse industry is likely to impact the value of the Series Assets, and consequently the value of the Units. In the event of a downturn in the industry, the value of the Thoroughbred Assets of a Series is likely to decrease.

 

Difficulties in determining the value of interests in Thoroughbreds.

 

As explained in the “Description of the Business” section, racehorses are difficult to value. The valuation of interests in Thoroughbreds that the Company acquires will be based upon a subjective approach taken by the executive officers of the Manager, using such data as auction results, health records, past performances, veterinary inspections/examinations, and previous sales history, as well as input from prospective co-owners and other sources in the equine industry. The Manager sources data from reputable valuation providers in the industry, such as Bill Oppenheim Bloodstock, Keeneland Sales Results, Fasig-Tipton Sales Results, and Ocala Breeders’ Sales Results, among others. The Manager may rely on the accuracy of the underlying data without any means of detailed verification. Consequently, valuations may be uncertain.

 

The value of the Thoroughbreds in which the Company acquires interests, and consequently the value of an Investor’s Units can go down as well as up. Valuations are not guarantees of realizable price and do not necessarily correspond to the price at which the Units may be offered on the Commonwealth Platform. The value of the Series Assets may be materially affected by a number of factors outside the control of the Company, including any volatility in the economic markets and the condition of the horseracing industry.

 

Risks Related to Ownership of our Units

 

Lack of voting rights.

 

The Manager has the unilateral ability to amend the Operating Agreement and the allocation policy in certain circumstances without the consent of the Investors, and the Investors only have limited voting rights in respect of the Series in which they hold Units. Investors will have voting rights only with respect to certain matters, primarily relating to amendments to the Operating Agreement that would adversely change the rights of their Units and removal of the Manager for “cause.” Investors will therefore be subject to any amendments the Manager makes (if any) to the Operating Agreement and allocation policy and also any decision it takes in respect of the Company and its series, which the Investors do not get a right to vote upon. Investors may not necessarily agree with such amendments or decisions, and such amendments or decisions may only be in the best interests of only a limited number of the Investors, but not Investors as a whole.

 

Furthermore, the Manager can only be removed as manager of the Company and each series in a very limited circumstance, following a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud in connection with the Company or a series. Investors would therefore not be able to remove the Manager merely because they did not agree, for example, with how the Manager was managing a Series Asset.

 

The Manager will have substantial discretion to determine whether and when you receive any distributions and the amounts distributed.

 

The Operating Agreement provides that the Manager will distribute cash available for distribution to the Members of a Series as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant amounts have been received by the Series, but only after the Manager has reserved amounts reasonably believed to provide adequate future working capital for the Series’ ongoing operations and to meet any future contemplated obligations or contingencies. As revenue generated by racing activity is intermittent and highly unpredictable, planning for a Series’ future cash needs will require the Manager to exercise substantial judgment as to the amounts reasonably available at any time for distribution to the Series’ Members. Investors should not expect to receive distributions regularly, if at all.

 

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A Unit Holder’s ownership of a Series may be diluted if the Manager issues additional units of the Series after the Closing of the Offering of that Series.

 

The Manager may sell additional Units of a Series from time to time after the Closing of the Offering of that Series in order to raise capital to cover the Series’ ongoing operating expenses. If additional Units are issued in a particular Series, Investors in that Series would have their ownership interest diluted. Dilution could reduce both the current value of the Units of the Series held by existing Investors and the amount of any future distributions payable to the diluted Investors.

 

The Manager and its affiliates will not be liable to the Company or any Series absent fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence. In addition, the Company and its Series are obligated to indemnify its officers and the Manager from liability to third parties.

 

None of the Manager, nor any current or former directors, officers, employees, partners, shareholders, members, controlling persons, agents or independent contractors of the Manager, nor persons acting at the request of the Company or any Series in certain capacities with respect to other entities (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) will be liable to the Company, any Series or any Unit Holders for any act or omission taken by the Indemnified Parties in connection with the business of the Company or a Series that has not been determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

The Operating Agreement requires the Company or, where relevant, each Series of the Company to indemnify the Indemnified Parties out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving as Indemnified Parties with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence. Unless attributable to a specific Series or a specific Series Asset, the costs of meeting any indemnification will be allocated pro rata across each Series based on the value of each underlying asset. If a Series is required to indemnify any person as described above, any such payment may reduce or dissipate the assets of a Series.

 

Conflicts of interest.

 

The Manager will devote only such time to our business as it deems necessary. The Operating Agreement allows the Manager and its affiliates to participate in business ventures that are similar to, and that may compete with, our business. If the Manager organizes other companies in the future, we will be competing with the other companies for the time and talents of the personnel employed by the Manager rendering services to us.

 

The offering price for the Units determined by us may not necessarily bear any relationship to established valuation criteria such as earnings, book value of assets that may be agreed to between purchasers and sellers in private transactions or that may prevail in the market if and when our Units can be traded publicly.

 

The price of the Units of each Series was not derived as a result of arms-length negotiations but was instead based upon various factors including the valuation of the Thoroughbred Asset the Series will acquire, anticipated market demand, our future prospects, our capital structure, as well as certain expenses incurred in connection with the Offering and ongoing boarding and training costs. These estimated values and Unit prices do not necessarily accurately reflect the actual value of the Units or the price that may be realized upon disposition of the Units.

 

If a market ever develops for the Units, the market price and trading volume of our Units may be volatile.

 

If a market develops for the Units, the market price of the Units could fluctuate significantly for many reasons, including reasons unrelated to our performance, the underlying Thoroughbred, or the Series, such as the racing performance of related Thoroughbreds, reports by industry analysts, investor perceptions and general economic and industry conditions. For example, to the extent that other companies, whether large or small, within the pari-mutuel gaming industry experience declines in their share price, the value of Units may decline as well.

 

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In addition, fluctuations in operating results of a particular series or the failure of operating results to meet the expectations of investors may negatively impact the price of our Units. Operating results may fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors that could negatively affect revenues or expenses in any particular reporting period, including vulnerability of our business to a general economic downturn; changes in the laws that affect our operations; competition from other entertainment enterprises; compensation related expenses; application of accounting standards; seasonality; injury to any of the Thoroughbreds owned by the Company’s series, and our ability to obtain and maintain all necessary regulatory approvals, government certifications or licenses to conduct our business.

 

Potential claims related to the sale of unregistered securities.

 

On March 30, 2023, the Company’s Offering Statement on Form 1-A expired. The Company sold units of Series Mage, Series Kissed by Fire, Series Appellate, Series Sun Kissed Soiree, Series Tapicat Filly, Series Grazia and Series Tshiebwe (the “Rescinded Offerings”) between March 30, 2023 and May 10, 2023. Because these sales were issued under an expired Offering Statement, they were no longer exempt from registration under federal and state securities laws.

 

The Company subsequently rescinded all of sales of units in the Rescinded Offerings and fully refunded $431,550 to investors in the Rescinded Offerings, which represents the full amount sold after the expiration of the Offering Statement. For more information about the Rescinded Offerings, including the amounts refunded to investors of each Series, see Footnote 3 to the Series Membership Units Overview in the forepart of this Offering Circular.

 

The unregistered sale of securities could give rise to civil actions against the Company by purchasers in the Rescinded Offerings, who may be entitled to rescission and refund of the purchase price with interest, or damages caused by the receipt of the unregistered securities. As noted in the preceding paragraph, the Company voluntarily refunded the full amount sold to investors in the Rescinded Offerings. To date, no investor has asserted any claim for damages and the Company is not aware that any investor intends to do so.

 

Funds from purchasers accompanying subscriptions for the Units will not accrue interest while in escrow prior to admission of the subscriber as an Investor in the Series, if it occurs, in respect of such subscriptions.

 

The funds paid by purchasers for the Units will be held in a non-interest-bearing escrow account until the admission of the subscriber as an Investor in the Series, if it occurs, in respect of the applicable subscriptions. Purchasers may not have the use of such funds or receive interest thereon pending the completion of the Offering. No subscriptions will be accepted, nor Units sold unless valid subscriptions for the Offering are received and accepted prior to the termination of the Offering Period. It is also anticipated that subscriptions will not be accepted from prospective Investors located in states where Dalmore is not registered as a broker-dealer. If we terminate the Offering prior to accepting a subscriber’s subscription, escrowed funds will be returned, without interest or deduction, to the proposed Investor.

 

Any dispute in relation to the Operating Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, except where federal law requires that certain claims be brought in federal courts. Our Operating Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, provides for investors to waive their right to a jury trial.

 

Our Operating Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to limited exceptions, provides for investors and transferees who become Unitholders to consent to exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery and to waive the right to a trial by jury with respect to claims relating to the Operating Agreement. These provisions may have the effect of limiting the ability of Unitholders to bring a legal claim against us due to geographic limitations and may limit an investor’s ability to bring such a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us. Furthermore, waiver of a trial by jury may disadvantage you to the extent a judge might be less likely than a jury to resolve an action in your favor. In addition, if waiver of a trial by jury is determined to be inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, an action or proceeding against us, it may cause us to incur additional costs associated with resolving these matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Neither of these provisions will apply to claims or suits under federal securities laws. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or any other claim for which the federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction, and investors will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

We have identified the following conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the Units, in particular, in relation to the Company, the Manager and the underlying assets. The conflicts of interest described in this section should not be considered as an exhaustive list of the conflicts of interest that prospective Investors should consider before investing in the Units.

 

Our Operating Agreement contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties (including fiduciary duties) of the Manager.

 

Our Operating Agreement provides that the Manager, in exercising its rights in its capacity as the Manager, will be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting us or any of our investors and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by our Operating Agreement, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. These modifications of fiduciary duties are expressly permitted by Delaware law.

 

We do not have a conflicts of interest policy.

 

The Company, the Manager and their affiliates will try to balance the Company’s interests with their own. To the extent that such parties take actions that are more favorable to other entities than the Company, however, these actions could have a negative impact on the Company’s financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to Investors and the value of the Units. The Company has not adopted, and does not intend to adopt in the future, either a conflicts of interest policy or a conflicts resolution policy.

 

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Payments from the Company to the Manager and its employees or affiliates.

 

If the Operating Expenses exceed the revenue from the underlying Thoroughbred and any cash reserves, the Manager has the option to cause the Series to incur an Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation to cover such excess. As interest may be payable on such loan, the Manager may be incentivized to cause the Series to incur an Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation to pay Operating Expenses rather than look elsewhere for additional sources of income or to repay any outstanding Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation as soon as possible rather than make distributions to Investors. The Manager may also choose to issue additional Units to pay for Operating Expenses instead of causing the Company to incur an Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation, even if any interest payable by the Series of Units on any Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation may be economically more beneficial to Unit Holders than the dilution incurred from the issuance of additional Units.

 

The Manager determines the timing and amount of distributions of Series Revenue made to Investors. As a consequence, the Manager also determines the timing and amount of payments made to itself, since payments to the Manager are made when distributions of Series Revenue are made to the Investors. The Manager may thus be incentivized to make distributions of Series Revenue more frequently and in greater quantities rather than leaving excess Series Revenue on the balance sheet of a particular Series to cover future Operating Expenses, which may be more beneficial to a particular Series.

 

Allocation of income and expenses as between series of interests

 

There may be situations when it is challenging or impossible to accurately allocate income, costs and expenses to a specific series and certain series may get a disproportionate percentage of the cost or income, as applicable. In such circumstances, the Manager would be conflicted from acting in the best interests of the Company as a whole or the individual Series. While we presently intend to allocate expenses as described in “Description of the Business – Allocation of Revenue and Expense,” the Manager has the right to change this allocation policy at any time without further notice to Investors.

 

Conflicting interests of the Manager and the Investors

 

The Manager may choose to use certain bloodstock agents, appraisers, trainers, or other service providers because they get benefits from giving them business, which do not accrue to the Investors.

 

The Manager will determine whether or not to sell a Thoroughbred owned by a series in response to an offer to acquire the Thoroughbred. The Manager or its affiliates may be incentivized by the opportunity to receive a Management Fee in connection with the sale of all or a portion of the Thoroughbred even though Investors may prefer to retain the gains from any appreciation in value of the Thoroughbred. Furthermore, when determining to liquidate a Series Asset, the Manager will do so considering all the circumstances at the time, which may include obtaining a price for the asset that is in the best interests of a substantial majority, but not all of the Investors.

 

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Selection of trainers and races for one Thoroughbred over another owned by a different series

 

The Manager may be incentivized to enter a Thoroughbred in a certain race as to do so may generate higher Series Revenue to be distributed to the Manager and investors in the series associated with that particular underlying asset. This may lead the Series Asset(s) to generate lower distributions than the underlying assets of other series. The racing of a Thoroughbred asset could increase the risk of the Thoroughbred getting injured and could impact the value of the Thoroughbred and, as a result, the value of the related series. The Manager may therefore be conflicted when determining whether to race the Thoroughbred to generate revenue, diminish or increase the Thoroughbred’s value or limit the potential exposure to injury. Furthermore, the Manager may be incentivized to utilize Thoroughbreds that help popularize the interests via the Commonwealth Platform, which means of utilization may not generate as much immediate returns as other potential utilization methods.

 

Conflicts among the Company’s Series

 

The Company’s series may compete for the time and talents of the personnel and service providers employed by the Manager to provide certain services to the Series. At times when the service providers are experiencing high demand and have limited capacity at their facilities or within their respective organizations, their services may not be readily available to the Series or a future series for which the Manager provides management services. Simply because a trainer, jockey veterinarian or other service provider is initially available to the Series is no guarantee that the Series will continue to have access to or will be able to increase the use of that service provider. The Manager may have to make decisions and give preferences, access to or allocations of access to certain service providers in high demand to one series over another, which may not be in the best interests of the affected series. The inability to access the services of a service provider in high demand at a certain time may negatively impact the economic performance of the Series. The Manager and one or more service providers (particularly trainers and veterinarians) may have disagreements over the management of the Series’ Thoroughbreds that lead to the unwillingness of the service provider to continue to provide such services to the Company or to a series. This could lead to a reallocation of the Thoroughbreds among other service providers affording different and less beneficial racing opportunities and lesser quality care of the Thoroughbreds and exposing them to greater risk. Such a reallocation could have an adverse impact on the economic performance of the Series or a series.

 

The Manager’s discretionary authority to amend the Operating Agreement

 

The Manager has the ability to unilaterally amend the Operating Agreement and allocation policy. As the Manager is a party, or is subject, to these documents, it may be incentivized to amend them in a manner that is beneficial to it as Manager of the Company or as a holder of units in a particular Series, but which may not benefit all Investors equally. In addition, the Operating Agreement seeks to limit the fiduciary duties that the Manager owes to Investors. Therefore, the Manager is permitted to act in its own best interests rather than the best interests of the Investors. See “Description of the Units Offered” for more information.

 

Distribution income in addition to the Management Fee.

 

As the Manager may acquire a percentage of each series, it may be incentivized to attempt to generate more earnings from the underlying assets owned by those series in which it holds a greater stake.

 

Any profits generated from the Commonwealth Platform (e.g., through advertising) and from issuing additional interests in underlying assets on the Commonwealth Platform (e.g., Management Fees) will be for the benefit of the Manager. In order to increase its revenue stream, the Manager may therefore be incentivized to issue additional series and acquire more underlying assets rather than focus on monetizing any underlying assets already held by existing series.

 

Conflicts between Advisors and the Company.

 

Advisors and parties with which the Company or a Series co-own a Thoroughbred may acquire an ownership stake in the Manager. This may incentivize them to make decisions in relation to the underlying assets that benefit the Manager rather than the Company. Advisors who participate in the racehorse industry may seek to sell horses to, acquire horses from, or train horses owned by, the Company.

 

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Conflicts between the Legal Counsel, the Company, and the Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties.

 

The counsel of the Company is also counsel to the Manager and its affiliates (“Legal Counsel”) and may serve as counsel with respect to other series (collectively, the “Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties”). Because Legal Counsel represents both the Company and the Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties, certain conflicts of interest exist and may arise. To the extent that an irreconcilable conflict develops between the Company and any of the Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties, Legal Counsel may represent the Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties and not the Company or the Series. Legal Counsel may, in the future, render services to the Company or the Commonwealth Thoroughbred Parties with respect to activities relating to the Company as well as other unrelated activities. Legal Counsel is not representing any prospective Investors of the Series Units in connection with this Offering and will not be representing the members of the Company other than the Manager, although the prospective Investors may rely on the opinion of legality of Legal Counsel provided at Exhibit 12.1. Prospective Investors are advised to consult their own independent counsel with respect to the other legal and tax implications of an investment in the Series Units.

 

DILUTION

 

Dilution means a reduction in value, control or earnings of the Units the Investor owns. From time to time, additional Units of a Series may be issued in order to raise capital to cover the Series’ ongoing operating expenses. See “Description of the Business – Operating Expenses” for further details.

 

Although affiliates of the Manager expect to subscribe for Units of each Series Offering on the same terms as other investors, the Manager and its affiliates are not required to own any of the outstanding Units of any Series. If the Manager and its affiliates subscribe to an Offering, they will pay the price per share offered to all other potential Investors.

 

The arrangements for the Manager and its affiliates to acquire units of each Series or an interest in Thoroughbreds co-owned by a Series and other parties are described in greater detail in the Use of Proceeds section for that Series.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

 

Recent Developments

 

Country Grammer. On September 7, 2023, the co-owners of Country Grammer, Zedan Racing Stables, WinStar Farm and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, jointly announced that Country Grammer has been retired and will stand the 2024 breeding season beginning in February 2024 at WinStar Farm. During his racing career six-year old Country Grammer earned $14,921,320, ranking third all-time among North American racehorses, and the co-owners agreed it was an appropriate time to retire him from racing and commence his career as a breeding stallion.

 

On November 16, 2023, the co-owners entered into a Country Grammer Co-Ownership Agreement (the “Syndicate Agreement”), which provides that ownership of Country Grammer will be syndicated and divided into 40 “fractional interests.” The fractional interests and the associated breeding rights have been allocated to the co-owners pro-rata according to their percentage ownership interests. Series Country Grammer has been allocated six fractional interests. The breeding rights are the right to breed one Thoroughbred mare to Country Grammer in each breeding season. The Syndicate Agreement is Exhibit 6.31 to the Offering Statement.

 

As a result of Country Grammer’s retirement from racing and syndication, the Company has terminated the operations of Series Country Grammer except to the extent necessary to wind up its business and has initiated a process to sell all six of the Series’ fractional interests with the associated breeding rights. Until such time as all of its fractional interests have been sold, Series Country Grammer will be responsible for paying its proportionate share of the cost of breeding, maintenance and care of Country Grammer and the advertising, promotional and other fees and expenses incident to the operation of the syndicate. As winding up Series Country Grammer proceeds, the Company plans to make liquidating distributions of the Series’ remaining earnings from racing, proceeds from the sale of the fractional interests, its pro rata share and the proceeds from the sale of breeding rights not allocated to the owners and the Syndicate Manager; and any remaining reserves and then to terminate the Series.

 

WinStar Farm will serve as Syndicate Manager, and Country Grammer will initially stand at stud at WinStar Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky. The Syndicate Manager will have responsibility for the general supervision and management of Country Grammer, including supervision and control of all breeding activities. The Syndicate Manager will determine: (a) the starting date and ending date for each breeding season, (b) the maximum number of mares which may be covered by Country Grammer in a breeding season, (c) the advertised stud fee, (d) whether the mares and Country Grammer are in suitable condition for breeding, (e) the schedule when mares will be serviced, and (f) the veterinarian to attend Country Grammer. The Syndicate Manager must expend appropriate sums for the promotion and advertising of Country Grammer. The Syndicate Manager is also authorized to sell breeding rights not allocated to the owners, the Syndicate Manager and others and to distribute the net proceeds after expenses on a pro rata basis to the owners.

 

The Syndicate Manager must keep books and records of account that accurately reflect all receipts and disbursements for and on behalf of the owners. The Syndicate Manager must furnish to each owner at least annually a statement reflecting the receipts and disbursements by and on behalf of the syndicate, and, as soon as practical after the end of each breeding season, a statement showing the results of the breeding season.

 

Each Owner must bear all risks of loss, including risk of mortality, with respect to its fractional interest. The Syndicate Manager has acquired a policy of First Year Congenital Infertility Insurance, including mortality and permanent infertility as a result of accident, sickness or disease on the Stallion, at standard rates. Each Owner must pay its pro rata share of the premium for that coverage during the first year and may elect to obtain coverage for its interests thereafter.

 

The Syndicate Agreement provides that an owner must offer to sell any fractional interest to the other owners and the syndicate manager before it may sell its fractional interest to a third party. Likewise, if an owner receives an offer to purchase a fractional interest it desires to accept, the owner must first offer the interest to the other owners and the syndicate manager on the same terms and conditions.

 

Mage. On September 23, 2023, the co-owners of Mage, OMGA, LLC and Sterling Racing, LLC and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds announced that they have syndicated the breeding rights to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage with Airdrie Stud, Inc. Based on Mage’s success in Grade 1 stakes races in 2023, the co-owners believed it was an opportune time to sell Mage’s breeding rights after his future retirement from racing, while maintaining their rights to earnings during his racing career.

 

The Stallion Standing Agreement provides that Mage’s breeding rights will be syndicated and divided into 40 fractional interests with associated breeding rights to be allocated to the co-owners pro-rata according to their percentage ownership interests. Series Mage has been allocated 10 fractional interests. The Stallion Standing Agreement is Exhibit 6.30 to the Offering Statement.

 

Airdrie Stud will serve as Syndicate Manager and agent for the co-owners with the right to use reasonable commercial efforts to sell any fractional interests any co-owner desires to sell. The sale price will be based on an initial valuation of $9,000,000 (or $225,000 per fractional interest) subject to escalation as follows:

 

  (a) If Mage is the Official Winner of (a) the 2023 Grade I Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile; (b) the 2023 Grade I Breeders’ Cup Classic; or (c) the 2023 Grade I Cigar Mile, the total valuation will increase by $1,000,000.00 (an additional $25,000.00 per fractional interest);
     
  (b) If Mage is the Official Winner of (a) the 2024 Grade I Pegasus World Cup; (b) the 2024 Grade I Dubai World Cup; (c) the 2024 Grade I Saudi World Cup; (d) the 2024 Grade I Metropolitan Mile; (e) the 2024 Grade I Whitney Stakes; or (e) the 2024 Grade I Breeders’ Cup Classic, the total valuation will increase by $1,000,000 (an additional $25,000 per fractional interest); and
     
  (c) If Mage earns an escalation under both (a) and (b) above, then the total valuation will increase by an additional $1,000,000 ($25,000 per fractional interest).

 

Mage can earn only one escalator under each of (a) and (b) above, but if Mage earns escalators under both (a) and (b), then the maximum total valuation for Mage would be $12,000,000 (or a maximum value of $300,000 per fractional interest).

 

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Mage will continue to race under the joint management of the co-owners during the remainder of his racing career, and the co-owners will be entitled to receive all income from racing. The Stallion Standing Agreement provides that Mage will retire no later than the conclusion of the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships; provided, however, that Mage may be retired from racing on an alternative date upon the mutual agreement of the Owners and Airdrie. If Mage does not place first, second or third in the official order of finish, the Syndicate Manager will have the right to determine when Mage is retired in its sole discretion. The co-owners have jointly agreed that Mage will not race again until 2024.

 

If a co-owner desires to sell an ownership interest in Mage during his racing career and receives an offer to purchase that ownership interest, Airdrie will have a right of first refusal to purchase the ownership interest on the same terms in the offer. If Airdrie elects not to exercise its right of first refusal, the co-owner may sell the ownership interest in Mage on the terms of the offer Airdrie declined, but the terms of the Stallion Standing Agreement will otherwise remain in effect.

 

The Syndicate Manager will obtain a single insurance policy against mortality (in effect until October 2 of the year following Mage’s first season at stud) and first season congenital infertility and for permanent infertility due to accident, sickness and disease of the Stallion (in effect until July 15 of the year following Mage’s first season at stud). The current co-owners will be solely responsible for the payment of any associated premiums for such insurance coverage until Mage is retired and delivered to Airdrie Stud. After retirement, each then-owner of fractional interests may elect, at its own expense, for a pro rata portion of the coverage under the policy up to the owner’s insurable interest. After expiration of the insurance policy, each owner may elect to insure against the mortality, accident, sickness and disease of the Stallion to the extent of such Owner’s insurable interest.

 

Airdrie is currently offering fractional interests in Mage for sale as agent for Commonwealth and the other co-owners. Ownership of the fractional interests will transfer to the buyer upon Mage’s retirement from racing. Commonwealth intends to sell all 10 of its fractional interests in Mage such that the process of winding up Series Mage and making liquidating distributions of its remaining earnings from racing, sales proceeds, and reserves can commence promptly upon Mage’s retirement.

 

Our Co-Owners

 

As previously discussed, the Company frequently enters into agreements with other racing organizations to acquire a partial interest in a Thoroughbred. While these co-owners vary significantly in size and sophistication level, the Company’s rights as a co-manager are the same for all of their co-owners, and they make decisions regarding the Thoroughbred jointly, as described below under “Co-Management Agreements.” Currently, the Company’s primary partners are WinStar, Exline-Border Racing, Marquee Bloodstock, Gandharvi, and Medallion Racing. Below is an overview of each of these organizations:

 

WinStar

 

WinStar Farm, owned by Kenny Trout, is one of the North America’s leading Thoroughbred racing, stallion and breeding organizations. They currently have 2,500 acres and over 700 horses, including 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, 2010 Belmont Stakes Winner Drosselmeyer and 2016 Belmont Stakes winner Creator. Notable stallions that have stood at stud at WinStar include two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Tiznow and Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner American Pharoah.

 

Exline-Border Racing

 

Exline-Border Racing is a racing syndicate out of Del Mar, California with lifetime earnings of $411,720. It was started by Ryan Exline and Justin Border who have over 20+ years of racing experience, with 2x Breeders Cup Wins and 2x Eclipse Award winning Horse Racing Partnership.

 

Marquee Bloodstock

 

Marquee Bloodstock is a full-service thoroughbred bloodstock agency that offers domestic and international consulting, procurement and sourcing at major yearling, 2 year old and Horses of Racing Age sales. Marquee is run by Ramiro Restrepo. They have had many grade stakes winners, such as Have A Good Day, Saneus, Avant Garde, Belle Laura and Violent Times.

 

Gandharvi

 

Gandharvi Racing, an Australian race syndicate with operations run by Michael Wallace in Lexington Kentucky, has made a name for itself in the US by buying into Breeders’ Cup Sprint Winner Aloha West. Their ability to pick top tier horses has elevated their status in the US scene and has allowed them to work with top trainers like Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert.

 

Medallion Racing

 

Medallion Racing is the racing division of Taylor Made Farm, a large operating run by Mark Taylor out of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Medallion Racing has partnership avenues that allow us to buy into young fillies and over the years, they have raised, bought and sold over 130 G1 winners.

 

Co-Management Agreements

 

The Company will not purchase an ownership interest in any Thoroughbred unless the other co-owners agree to enter into a written co-ownership agreement and/or co-management agreement that provides that all major decisions related to the racing career and the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred will be made jointly and not on the basis of their respective ownership interests. These decisions include the selection of a trainer, oversight of pre-race training, training, racing, transportation between racetracks and training centers, veterinary issues, and all other standard management practices necessary for the care and racing of the Thoroughbred. The co-owners, or the co-owners designated as co-managers, also agree to collaborate on developing a strategy for the disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of the Thoroughbred’s racing career, who may not be retired or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the co-owners with management rights.

 

The Company has entered into agreements governing management rights with different co-owners relating to different Thoroughbreds. Each agreement is summarized in the Use of Proceeds section relating to each Series Offering. The following is an overview of the material terms of the agreements governing the management of the Thoroughbred owned by each Series. We encourage you to read our agreements with WinStar, Exline-Border Racing, Marquee Bloodstock, Gandharvi, and Medallion Racing, each of which is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement.

 

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Collaborative Decision-Making

 

Our agreements with other co-managers are individually negotiated, and therefore the terms used to describe the sharing of management authority that the parties have mutually agreed upon can differ to some degree from agreement to agreement. However expressed, the agreements require decision-making to be conducted jointly by the co-owners through communicating and reaching a consensus among all of co-owners with the right to participate in decision-making. Our agreements variously use such terms as “jointly,” “consensus,” “mutual agreement,” “combined opinion,” and “mutual agreement...after consultation” in the context of the co-management arrangements, all of which are essentially being used interchangeably to describe our collaborative decision-making process. The agreements do not give either co-owner or co-manager the right to unilaterally approve or veto decisions related to the management of the Thoroughbred. Each agreement includes a dispute resolution procedure to address situations if the parties cannot reach a consensus. The dispute resolution provisions are individually negotiated and take into account preferences expressed by the counterparty. The co-management agreements generally do not allocate to a specific co-manager responsibility for executing decisions.

 

All co-managers and co-owners of a Thoroughbred are free to engage with trainers and their staffs regarding a Thoroughbred’s development and training. Our Head of Racing Chase Chamberlin and our Chief Executive Officer Brian Doxtator stay steadily engaged with our co-owners, co-managers and trainers during the course of the process by which all material decisions relating to the racing career and day-to-day management of the Thoroughbreds in which we own and interests are made jointly through collaboration and consensus. This level of involvement with our Thoroughbreds is also necessary to represent the interests of our investors and be able to respond to their inquiries. See “Management- Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees” for information about our officers’ experience and responsibilities.

 

Messrs. Chamberlin and Doxtator schedule regular visits to the facilities where Series Thoroughbreds are in training, Mr. Chamberlin generally covering the eastern U.S., and Mr. Doxtator covering the west coast. When not on-site at training facilities observing Series Thoroughbreds in person, they will speak with trainers or their associates several times each week by telephone to monitor the Thoroughbred’s progress. They also talk with the other co-managers and co-owners frequently each week to share information, make decisions when necessary, and stay informed. The Company employs a communication platform for each Thoroughbred in which the Company holds an interest, through which co-owners and co-managers can conduct video calls, exchange emails, texts, documents and other media files to share information about the Thoroughbred and facilitate decision-making. Managing Thoroughbred racehorses is highly collaborative, and unscheduled conversations happen routinely. Because Commonwealth’s officers stay steadily involved with our horses and trainers, they frequently initiate these conversations with updates or discussions about plans for Series Thoroughbreds. It is our practice to include co-owners who do not have contractual management rights in our communications so that those owners stay informed and the co-managers have the benefit of those owners’ views on the Thoroughbred’s progress. Nevertheless, the Company and its co-manager retain the power to jointly decide whether to sell the horse and make other material decisions.

 

Neither party has the sole and exclusive right to preform administrative functions, such as maintaining registration of ownership and Jockey Club documentation; obtaining and maintaining any necessary licenses (including racing licenses), permits or other authorizations; and keeping books and records of account reflecting all receipts and disbursements. Decisions with respect to these ministerial actions will be made jointly by the co-owners.

 

As discussed below under Management- Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees, together Messrs. Chamberlin and Doxtator have experience managing both companies and Thoroughbreds. They have been operating the Company for three years with significant success in the Thoroughbred industry. Mr. Chamberlain is a lifelong equestrian that has been involved in the equine industry for more than 20 years. In addition to owning Thoroughbreds personally, Messrs. Chamberlin and Doxtator managed the racing career of the Thoroughbred Biko without a co-manager, and the Company believes that they have the skills and experience necessary to manage a racehorse if any or all of the Company’s co-owners/co-managers is no longer able to own or manage the racehorse.

 

The Role of the Trainer

 

A critical decision to be made by the co-managers is the selection of a trainer, who will be engaged to direct the Thoroughbred’s development, training and racing career. The Thoroughbred trainers engaged to train the Company’s Thoroughbreds are independent contractors who train horses for multiple clients. The co-managers or co-owners of a Thoroughbred will select a trainer collaboratively based on consideration of a variety of factors. These are:

 

  A trainer’s overall racing record, facilities and staff.
  A trainer’s capacity and willingness to take the Thoroughbred.
  Whether the horse will run in the California or the eastern racing circuit.
  If the Thoroughbred has already raced at the time of purchase, an evaluation of the horse’s progress and performance with the current trainer.
  Whether the horse is better suited for racing on dirt or grass.
  A trainer’s prior experience with the Thoroughbred’s sire, dam, or their progeny.
  A trainer’s prior experience with horses of a similar temperament as the Series Thoroughbred.
  One or more co-owners’ past experience with a trainer.
  Advice from industry professionals.

 

In most cases, the Thoroughbred will be boarded at the training facility operated by the trainer, who will directly oversee the horse’s daily care, physical training and transportation arrangements. The co-owners may mutually determine that Thoroughbreds acquired as yearlings or juveniles will be boarded at facilities of one of the co-owners until they have developed sufficiently to begin training at the selected trainer’s facility. Co-managers’ oversight responsibilities require conferring with the trainer regularly regarding the Thoroughbred’s health and progress, including periodic observation at the training facility or race track. In making strategic decisions regarding training, racing schedule, medical care, and the eventual retirement of the Thoroughbred, the co-managers expect to give substantial weight to the advice and recommendations of the trainer and any veterinarians participating in the care of the horse.

 

Equine veterinarians are generally associated with independent veterinary practices. The Company and the racing operators with which it acquires Thoroughbreds have veterinarians on call with whom they can consult when reviewing medical information about Thoroughbreds being evaluated for purchase. Likewise, trainers have veterinarians on call to examine horses training at their facilities. Racetracks have veterinarians available on the premises during meets. The Company and its co-managers will also engage specialists when a Thoroughbred has a specific medical condition that requires attention.

 

Retirement; Disposition and Sale

 

Our agreements generally provide that the co-managers will collaborate on developing a strategy for retiring the Thoroughbred at the completion of its racing career and the eventual disposition of the Thoroughbred, who may not be retired, sold, or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the co-managers or co-owners. The Manager, on behalf of the Series, may also sell the Series’ interest in the Thoroughbred, subject to any rights of the other co-owners.

 

As discussed above under “Other Information – Recent Developments,” Country Grammer was recently retired from racing. To date, none of the other Thoroughbreds in which one of the Company’s Series held an ownership interest has been retired from racing. Certain Thoroughbreds have been sold while actively racing, a decision in each case made with the consent of all of the co-owners. The circumstances surrounding the sale of the Thoroughbreds that have been sold are set forth below under “Other Information – Liquidated Series.”

 

Our agreements with Exline-Border and Marquee Bloodstock also provide that if either co-owner receives a bona fide written offer from a third party to purchase all or a portion of its ownership interest in the Thoroughbred, which the recipient desires to accept, the recipient must notify the other co-owner and provide a copy of the written offer. Upon receipt of the notice, the other co-owner will have a right of first refusal to purchase the interest (of fraction thereof) of the co-owner who received the offer at the price and on the terms contained in the offer. To exercise its right of first refusal, the co-owner must notify the co-owner who received the offer and then purchase the interest within ten days thereafter. If the co-owner notifies the co-owner who received the offer that it will not exercise its right of first refusal, the co-owner who received the offer must complete the sale of the interest within 30 days thereafter.

 

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Post-Racing Activities

 

The co-ownership agreements and co-management agreements provide that the co-managers agree to collaborate on developing an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of the Thoroughbred following its retirement from racing. As described in “Description of the Business -- Focus on Thoroughbred Racing,” the Company has elected not engage in Thoroughbred breeding activities.

 

When the Thoroughbred in which one of our Series holds an ownership interest retires from racing but retains value as a breeding stallion, the Company intends to sign a syndication agreement with a breeding operation, which would convert the ownership interest in the stallion into a number of fractional interests or “stallion shares” possessing breeding rights (the right to breed a mare to the stallion in a given breeding season). Immediately following the syndication of the stallion, the Series will discontinue operations other than to conduct an orderly liquidation of its stallion shares and breeding rights for cash and make liquidating distributions of the sales proceeds, any retained racing revenue, and the remaining balance of any cash reserves held to cover training and other expenses to the Series unit holders, and then terminate.

 

Dispute Resolution

 

Our co-ownership agreements and co-management agreements provide that disagreements over the management of the Thoroughbred or the terms of the co-management that cannot be resolved through good faith negotiations will be decided by arbitration. For more information about the specific terms of the dispute resolution for a Thoroughbred, please see the description of the co-ownership agreements and co-management agreements under the Use of Proceeds section for each Series.

 

Liquidated Series

 

To date, the Company has liquidated, or is in the process of liquidating, the following Series following the sale of the underlying Series Asset, its ownership interest in the named Thoroughbred, and distributed the following amounts to Series unitholders in connection with the liquidation:

 

Series  Series Asset  Date of Sale  Distributions (1)
Series Steinbeck  Steinbeck  December 26, 2021  $11,801
Series Swing Shift (2)  Swing Shift  July 12, 2022  $40,781
Series Pine Valley  Pine Valley  November 18, 2022  $15,006
Series I Got a Gal  I Got a Gal  March 30, 2023  $61,059.18
Series Tshiebwe (2)  Tshiebwe  July 11, 2023  $39,641.66
Series We the People (2)   We the People   November 17, 2023   $0
Series Country Grammer (2)   Country Grammer   November 16, 2023   $0

 

(1) Distributions include racing earnings that have not previously been distributed, net expenses, working capital reserves remaining at disposition, and sale proceeds.

 

(2) Liquidation is ongoing.

 

When the co-owners determine that a Thoroughbred in which a Series owns an interest is to be sold, the sale is then usually conducted through one of the major Thoroughbred auctions held throughout the year, such as the Keeneland Horses of Racing Age or Horses of All Ages Sales. Once the co-owners jointly agree to consign the Thoroughbred for sale at the auction and jointly agree on the minimum price for which the Thoroughbred can be sold, the conditions of the bidding and sale are governed by the rules of the auction house. In one case, the horse in which its Series owned an interest was sold by entering him in a claiming race.

 

Steinbeck

 

Commonwealth and WinStar agreed to enter Steinbeck in a claiming race in which an interested buyer could and did put in a claim to purchase Steinbeck for the $30,000 claiming price prior to the race. Ownership then transferred following the race. Once Steinbeck was entered in the claiming race, racetrack rules and procedures governed the transaction. The Company and WinStar, jointly made the decision to put Steinbeck in a claiming race because they did not believe the Thoroughbred had the potential to race competitively in allowance and states races in the future.

 

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Tshiebwe

 

Tshiebwe was sold at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton July Sale for $145,000. The Company and its co-owner, WinStar, jointly made the decision to sell Tshiebwe because they did not believe the Thoroughbred had the potential to race competitively in allowance and states races in the future.

 

Pine Valley

 

Commonwealth and WinStar jointly agreed to consign Pine Valley for sale in the 2022 Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale and jointly agreed on the minimum price for which Pine Valley could be sold. Thereafter, Pine Valley was sold for a gross sale price of $60,000. The Company and its co-owner, WinStar, jointly made the decision to sell Pine Valley because they did not see the Thoroughbred demonstrate the drive he had in his earlier races, and therefore did not believe the Thoroughbred had the potential to race competitively in allowance and states races in the future.

 

Swing Shift

 

Swing Shift was sold at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton July Horses of All Ages Sale for $150,000. The Company and its co-owner, WinStar, jointly made the decision to sell Swing Shift because they did not believe the Thoroughbred had the potential to race competitively in allowance and states races in the future.

 

I Got A Gal

 

I Got A Gal was sold at the Fasig-Tipton April 2023 Digital Selected Sale for $20,000. After a 2 year long career for I Got A Gal, Commonwealth and Exline-Border jointly made the decision to sell the Thoroughbred because she was losing her steam to race.

 

We the People

 

Commonwealth and WinStar jointly agreed to consign We the People for sale in the 2023 Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age sale and jointly agreed on the minimum price for which We the People could be sold. Thereafter, We the People was sold for a gross sale price of $75,000.00 The Company and its co-owner, WinStar, jointly made the decision to sell We the People because a medical issue has effectively ended his career as a racehorse.

 

Country Grammer

 

On September 7, 2023, the co-owners of Country Grammer, Zedan Racing Stables, WinStar Farm and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, jointly announced that Country Grammer has been retired and will stand the 2024 breeding season beginning in February 2024 at WinStar Farm. On November 16, 2023, the Company entered into a syndication agreement for Country Grammer’s breeding rights with the intent to sell those rights in connection with its ongoing liquidation of Series Country Grammer, as described under “Other Information – Recent Developments.”

 

Distribution Policy

 

In response to requests from the holders of Units of its Series, the Company has adopted a policy to allow the holders of Units entitled to receive distributions from a Series the choice to receive either a cash distribution or to hold those funds in an account with the Company. A Unit holder (or former Unit holder) may elect to withdraw all funds held in the holder’s account with the Company at any time upon request. Distributions held in a digital account with the Company are considered distributed at the time of deposit to the account and are available for withdrawal by the account holder.

 

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Donation

 

The Company has adopted a policy to donate approximately 2% of the proceeds from each current and future Series Offering to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (“TAA”). TAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds a variety of organizations dedicated to rehabilitating and caring for retired Thoroughbreds. TAA was initially founded by the Breeders’ Cup Ltd., Keeneland Association Inc. and The Jockey Club and is supported by donations. We believe we have an obligation as an organization dedicated to humane Thoroughbred racing to contribute to the care of retired racehorses.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES JUSTIFY ‘21

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of this Offering (including from Series Justify ‘21 Units acquired by the Manager) will be $314,400 assuming the full amount of this Offering is sold. The following table shows how the expected use of the offering proceeds at both the minimum and maximum offering amounts:

 

   Minimum Offering   Maximum Offering 
   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds 
                 
Offering Proceeds  $78,550    100.0%  $314,400    100.0%
                     
Uses of Funds                    
Cost of Thoroughbred Asset (1)  $47,906    61.0%  $191,625    61.0%
Acquisition Expenses (2)   750    1.0%   3,000    1.0%
Offering Expenses (3)   2,525    3.2%   10,100    3.2%
Management Fee (4)   7,186    9.1%   28,744    9.1%
Organizational Fee (5)   2,359    3.0%   9,436    3.0%
Brokerage Fee (6)   786    1.0%   3,144    1.0%
Total Acquisition and Offering Expenses  $61,512    78.3%  $246,049    78.3%
                     
TAA Donation (7)  $1,573    2.00%  $6,291    2.0%
                     
Working Capital                    
Race Training Expenses (8)  $8,250    10.5%  $33,000    10.5%
Working Capital Contingency   1,604    2.0%   6,600    2.1%
Training Management Fee (9)   990    1.3%   3,960    1.3%

Insurance Premiums (10)

   4,625    5.9%   18,500    5.9%
Total Working Capital  $15,469    19.7%  $62,060    19.8%

 

(1)Represents a 6.25% ownership interest if the minimum offering proceeds are raised.
(2)Includes costs of due diligence investigation of a potential Series Asset, pre-purchase medical examinations, appraisal fees, auction-related expenses, and interest on funds borrowed to acquire a Series Asset, if any, prior to a series offering. Reimbursement of these expenses incurred by the Manager is limited to 1.0% of the offering proceeds.
(3)The Manager has agreed to limit reimbursement of offering expenses equal to no more than 3.2% of offering proceeds.
(4)Equals 15% of the purchase price of the Thoroughbred interest payable to the Manager for sourcing the opportunity and negotiating the terms of the acquisition.
(5)Fee of up to 3.0% of the offering proceeds received from the offering of each series of units to reimburse the Manager for expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of offerings of each series of units.
(6)The brokerage fee equals 1% of the amount raised in this Offering excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates.
(7)Donation to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
(8)Represents the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,500 per month for 24 months based on its ownership interest.
(9)A fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.
(10)Represents the Company’s portion of premiums for racing and medical insurance coverage for 24 months based on the Thoroughbred’s estimated value.

 

On April 26, 2023 the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 25% undivided interest in Justify ‘21 from Gandharvi. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is attached as Exhibit 6.14 to the Offering Statement. The target purchase price is $191,625. The offering proceeds must attain the maximum offering amount of $314,400 in order for Series Justify ‘21 to acquire the full 25% interest. The ownership interest Series Justify ‘21 acquires will be equal to the offering proceeds as a percentage of the maximum offering amount, provided that the offering must raise at least the minimum offering proceeds of $78,550 for the Series to acquire a minimum 6.25% ownership in Justify ‘21. For example, if the offering raises 80% of the maximum offering proceeds ($251,200), Series Justify ‘21 will acquire a 20% ownership interest in Series Justify ‘21.

 

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Upon each closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the table above based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing.

 

Gandharvi will retain a 75% interest in Justify ‘21 and Justify ‘21 will race under the co-management of Commonwealth and Gandharvi. The Company’s Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement with Gandharvi, LLC provides that the Company and Gandharvi, as co-owners, will oversee the day-to-day management of Justify ‘21, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of Justify ‘21 from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All co-owners will bear their pro-rata share of costs incurred and risks associated with the services provided by any trainer retained by the co-owners. The co-owners will procure equine mortality insurance for Justify ‘21 at standard industry rates. All monies earned from the racing of Justify 21’ will be accounted for and distributed to the co-owners pro-rata. The co-owners will also develop an exit strategy for the sale of Justify ‘21 at the completion of her racing career, will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Justify ‘21, and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy. Justify ‘21 may not be entered in any claiming/selling race, undergo any surgical intervention, be bred, be retired from racing, or be otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the co-owners. Neither co-owner has the sole and exclusive right to file Jockey Club registration papers in their name, maintain records and submit reports required by the Jockey Club, and keep the books and accounts relating to the horses. Decisions with respect to these ministerial actions will be made jointly by the co-owners. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement, which is Exhibit 6.14 to the Offering Statement, is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Justify ‘21.

 

Neither co-owner has the right to unilaterally approve or veto decisions related to the management of Justify ‘21. If a disagreement exists between or among the co-owners or between one or more of the co-owners and the co-managers concerning the management of Justify ‘21 or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under the Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement, any one of the disputants may require the other parties to submit the dispute to arbitration if good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the dispute. The arbitration will proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Justify ‘21 will race under the silks and colors of Gandharvi for three out of every four races, and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds every fourth race. Justify ‘21 will race under the joint names of Gandharvi and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds.

 

The Company intends to donate approximately 2% of the proceeds from the Series Justify ‘21 Offering and its future offerings to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (“TAA”). TAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds a variety of organizations dedicated to rehabilitating and caring for retired Thoroughbreds. TAA was initially founded by the Breeders’ Cup Ltd., Keeneland Association Inc. and The Jockey Club and is supported by donations. We believe we have an obligation as an organization dedicated to humane Thoroughbred racing to contribute to the care of retired racehorses.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering set forth above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of offering proceeds based on the factors set forth above. If fewer than the maximum of 6,288 Series Justify ‘21 Units are sold in connection with this Offering, the Manager may waive the fees to which it would otherwise be entitled and may not seek reimbursement for the full amount of acquisition and offering expenses.

 

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DESCRIPTION of JUSTIFY ‘21

 

Justify ‘21 is a currently unnamed bay colt born in Kentucky on May 8th, 2021 by Justify out of Iadorakid, by Lemon Drop Kid.

 

To date, a veterinarian has taken radiographs and performed a scope, and both were reported within acceptable limits for purchase as a racing prospect.

 

Pedigree:

 

 

 

His sire Justify stands at Coolmore for $100,000 per cover. He was the 2018 Triple Crown Winner (13th in the history of racing), 2018 Horse of the Year and 2018 Champion 3-year-old colt. He was undefeated in 6 lifetime starts and retired with lifetime earnings of $3,798,000. He made a strong start at stud and was #3 First Crop sire of 2022 and is currently the #3 Second Crop sire of 2023. His top progeny include Kentucky Derby contender Veryifying (lifetime earnings (“LTE”): $489,900), G2 winner Statuette, G2 winner Learning to Fly, G3 winner Just Cindy and more.

 

His dam, Iadorakid is a lightly raced mare by 2000 Champion Older Horse and top broodmare sire Lemon Drop Kid. Iadorakid is out of the El Prado daughter Torrreadora, who produced G1-winner El Tormenta (LTE: $816,106) and G3-winner Zero Tolerance (LTE: $215,000).

 

Purchase & Acquisition

 

Following a thorough veterinary inspection, Justify ‘21 was purchased at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale in Ocala, Florida.

Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable

 

Immediately following the sale, Justify ‘21 was shipped to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s facility at Los Alamitos, California to begin full time training. Bob Baffert is a Hall of Fame trainer, the third highest earning trainer of all time, and the only trainer to win two Triple Crowns. Bob was selected for this colt because he trained the colt’s sire, Triple Crown winner Justify. We also believed the colt was well suited to the California tracks and, his physical/mental attributes would fit Bob’s training style.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES HEAD OF THE CLASS

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of this Offering (including from Series Head of the Class Units acquired by the Manager) will be $296,250 assuming the full amount of this Offering is sold. The following table shows how the expected use of the offering proceeds at both the minimum and maximum offering amounts:

 

   Minimum Offering   Maximum Offering 
   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds 
                 
Offering Proceeds  $74,000    100.0%  $296,250    100.0%
                     
Uses of Funds                    
Cost of Thoroughbred Asset (1)  $44,913    60.7%  $179,650    60.6%
Acquisition Expenses (2)   625    0.9%   2,500    0.9%
Offering Expenses (3)   2,525    3.4%   10,100    3.4%
Management Fee (4)   6,737    9.1%   26,948    9.1%
Organizational Fee (5)   2,221    3.0%   8,885    3.0%
Brokerage Fee (6)   740    1.0%   2,959    1.0%
Total Acquisition and Offering Expenses  $57,761    78.1%  $231,042    78.0%
                     
TAA Donation (7)  $1,480    2.0%  $5,923    2.0%
                     
Working Capital                    
Race Training Expenses (8)  $8,250    11.2%  $33,000    11.2%
Working Capital Contingency   1,588    2.2%   6,600    2.2%
Training Management Fee (9)   990    1.3%   3,960    1.3%

Insurance Premiums (10)

   3,931    5.3%   15,725    5.3%
Total Working Capital  $14,759    19.9%  $59,285    20.0%

 

(1)Represents payment of principal under the terms of the promissory note used to pay the purchase price of a 25% interest in the Thoroughbred, as described below.
(2)Includes costs of due diligence investigation of a potential Series Asset, pre-purchase medical examinations, appraisal fees, auction-related expenses, and interest on funds borrowed to acquire a Series Asset, if any, prior to a series offering. Reimbursement of these expenses incurred by the Manager is limited to 0.9% of the offering proceeds.
(3)The Manager has agreed to limit reimbursement of offering expenses equal to no more than 3.4% of offering proceeds.
(4)Equals 15% of the purchase price of the Thoroughbred interest payable to the Manager for sourcing the opportunity and negotiating the terms of the acquisition.
(5)Fee of up to 3.0% of the offering proceeds received from the offering of each series of units to reimburse the Manager for expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of offerings of each series of units.
(6)The brokerage fee equals 1% of the amount raised in this Offering excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates.
(7)Donation to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
(8)Represents the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,500 per month for 24 months based on its ownership interest.
(9)A fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.
(10)Represents the Company’s portion of premiums for racing and medical insurance coverage for 24 months based on the Thoroughbred’s estimated value.

 

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On June 13, 2023, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the Thoroughbred Head of the Class and issued a nonrecourse promissory note in the principal amount of $175,000 to the seller, WinStar Farm, LLC (“WinStar”). The nonrecourse promissory note (the “WinStar Note”), which is attached as Exhibit 6.16 to the Offering Statement is payable on the earlier of (a) the date 10 days after the Company receives offering proceeds of $296,250 from the sale of Units of Series Head of the Class and (b) December 31, 2023. If the Company fails to pay the principal amount of the WinStar Note when due, WinStar would be entitled to retake possession of the 25% interest in Head of the Class and to receive payment of interest of 12% per annum.

 

To the extent the offering proceeds are less than the maximum offering amount of $296,250 when the WinStar Note becomes due, the Manager has committed to purchase any unsold Units. For example, if 80% of the maximum offering amount ($237,000, or 4,740 Units) is raised, the Manager would purchase the remaining 1,185 Units for $59,250. If only the minimum offering amount ($74,000, or 1,480 Units) is raised, the Manager would purchase the remaining 4,445 Units for $222,250.

 

Upon each closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the table above based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing.

 

WinStar will own a 55% interest and Siena Farm LLC will own a 20% interest in Head of the Class. The Company’s Amended and Restated Purchase, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement with WinStar Farm provides that Head of the Class will be managed jointly by the Company and WinStar from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All material decisions related to Head of the Class’s racing career, including the selection of a trainer, will be made jointly by the Company and WinStar. If the Company and WinStar cannot come to an agreement on the selection of an initial trainer for Head of the Class, the selection will be made by John Stuart, a Thoroughbred industry professional serving as third-party mediator. The agreement also provides that the Company and WinStar will jointly oversee the day-to-day management of Head of the Class, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all necessary standard management practices. Neither co-owner has the right to unilaterally approve or veto decisions related to the management of Head of the Class. If the Company and WinStar disagree about the management of Head of the Class, the dispute will be decided by the then-current trainer of Head of the Class. The Company and WinStar will jointly develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of Head of the Class at the completion of its racing career, the Company and WinStar will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Head of the Class, and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy. Neither co-owner has the sole and exclusive right to file Jockey Club registration papers in their name, maintain records and submit reports required by the Jockey Club, and keep the books and accounts relating to the horses. Decisions with respect to these ministerial actions will be made jointly by the co-owners. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement, which is Exhibit 6.15 to the Offering Statement, is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Head of the Class.

 

All monies earned from the racing of the Head of the Class will be accounted for and distributed to the co-owners pro-rata. All expenses for Head of the Class will be shared by the co-owners pro-rata, based on their respective ownership percentages. Siena Farm LLC, a breeding farm, owns a 20% interest in Head of the Class. Although it has no management rights, Siena Farm is invited to participate on conference calls with the Company and WinStar, is included on their email exchanges, and has access to the Head of the Class communication platform.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering set forth above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of offering proceeds based on the factors set forth above. If fewer than the maximum of 5,925 Series Head of the Class Units are sold in connection with this Offering, the Manager may waive the fees to which it would otherwise be entitled and may not seek reimbursement for the full amount of acquisition and offering expenses.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF HEAD OF THE CLASS

 

Head of the Class is a bay colt born in Florida on March 1st, 2021 by Awesome Slew out of Cash Reserve by Distorted Humor.

 

To date, a veterinarian has taken radiographs and performed a scope, and both were reported within acceptable limits for purchase as a racing prospect.

 

Pedigree:

 

 

His sire Awesome Slew earned $1,223,310 during his career. He showed great versatility, winning or placing in 12 Graded stakes from distances of 7 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles, over 3 years and at 9 different tracks. At 3 he turned out an impressive gate-to-wire 7-length victory in the Smarty Jones S. At 4 he won the G3 Ack Ack Handicap at Churchill Downs and the G3 Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland (where he defeated G1-winning millionaire A.P. Indian, less than 1 second off the Keeneland track record). He earned triple digit Beyers in both races. He’d go on to multiple second and third place finishes throughout his 4-year-old campaign. In the G1 Forego he was second to eventual Eclipse champion Drefong and was third behind Battle of Midway and Sharp Azteca (while defeating Practical Joke, Accelerate, and Cupid) in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar.

 

Awesome Slew is out of the stakes-winning mare Slewfoundmoney, a daughter of Seeking the Gold. The first four dams in his female family were all stakes winners and each has produced at least two stakes horses. He stands at Ocala Stud in Ocala, Florida for $4,000 per cover. From a very limited crop he has produced undefeated stakes winner Awesome Strong (Lifetime Earnings (“LTE”): $458,000), black type placed Tigre, and Awesome Pic.

 

Head of the Class is out of the lightly raced mare Cash Reserve. She is by all-time leading broodmare sire Distorted Humor and out of the graded stakes-winning mare Private Treasure. Cash Reserve has proven herself a consistent producer of runners, she is the dam of 7 foals with 7 to race, 6 winners; her foals include stakes-placed Reckling (LTE: $208,360) and Campy Cash. Cash Reserve is the half-sister to multiple stakes-winning sire Sam Lord’s Castle, stakes-winner Golden Locket and stakes-placed Rosiano.

 

Purchase & Acquisition

 

Following a thorough veterinary inspection, Head of the Class was purchased at the 2023 Fasig Tipton Midatlantic Sale in Timonium, Maryland.

 

Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable

 

Immediately following the purchase, Head of the Class was shipped to the WinStar Farm training facility in Versailles, Kentucky, and returned to full-time prep training and evaluation after a resting period. After prep-training and an evaluation period, Head of the Class will be placed with a race trainer that is best suited to his temperament and ability.

 

The WinStar training facility is available for boarding and training any Thoroughbred, and not limited to use for Thoroughbreds in which WinStar owns an ownership interest. Head of the Class’s “prep trainer” is Neal McLaughlin, currently the in-house trainer for WinStar. Neal spent 26 years working as the assistant trainer to his brother, top trainer Kiaran P. McLaughlin. During that time Neal helped manage a stable of 120 horses that earned over $120 million and won multiple Eclipse Awards and three Breeders’ Cup Championships. In addition, our Head of Racing Chase Chamberlin is regularly present at WinStar’s training facility to monitor the progress of Head of the Class.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES GRAZIA

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of this Offering will be $200,000 assuming the maximum number of Units are sold. The following table shows how the expected use of the offering proceeds at both the minimum and maximum offering amounts:

 

   Minimum Offering (1)    Maximum Offering 
   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds 
                 
Offering Proceeds  $50,000    100.0%  $200,000    100.0%
                     
Uses of Funds                    
Cost of Thoroughbred Asset (2) (3)   $26,375    52.8%  $105,500    52.8%
Acquisition Expenses (4)    500    1.0%   2,000    1.0%
Offering Expenses (5)    1,875    3.8%   7,500    3.8%
Sourcing Fee (6)    3,956    7.9%   15,825    7.9%
Organizational Fee (7)    1,500    3.0%   6,000    3.0%
Brokerage Fee (8)    500    1.0%   2,000    1.0%
Total Acquisition and Offering Expenses  $34,706    69.4%  $138,825    69.4%
                     
TAA Donation (9)   $1,000    2.0%  $4,000    2.0%
                     
Working Capital                    
                     
Race Training Expenses (10)   $8,250    16.5%  $33,000    16.5%
Working Capital Contingency   1,800    3.6%   7,200    3.6%
Training Management Fee (11)    1,006    2.0%   4,025    2.0%

Insurance Premiums (12)

   3,238    6.5%   12,950    6.5%
Total Working Capital  $14,294    28.6%  $57,175    28.6%

 

(1) The Minimum Offering represents the amount of subscriptions at which the Company would hold an initial closing. However, if at the conclusion of the Series Offering it has not been fully subscribed, then the Company will accept all subscriptions held in escrow (even if the minimum offering has not been attained) and will transfer the portion of the interest that was not transferred to the Series to the Manager.
(2) Represents the exercise price of the option ($89,000) plus the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,500 per month for twelve months from October 15, 2022, the date the option was purchased, assuming the maximum offering proceeds are raised.
(3) Represents a 6.3% ownership interest if the minimum offering proceeds are raised.
(4) Includes costs of due diligence investigation of a potential Series Asset, pre-purchase medical examinations, appraisal fees, auction-related expenses, and interest on funds borrowed to acquire a Series Asset, if any, prior to a series offering. Reimbursement of these expenses incurred by the Manager is limited to 1.0% of the offering proceeds.
(5) The Manager has agreed to limit reimbursement of offering expenses equal to no more than 3.8% of offering proceeds.
(6) Equals 15% of the purchase price of the Thoroughbred interest (including training and racing expenses incurred) payable to the Manager for sourcing the opportunity and negotiating the terms of the acquisition.
(7) Fee of up to 3.0% of the offering proceeds received from the offering of each series of units to reimburse the Manager for expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of offerings of each series of units.
(8) The brokerage fee equals 1.0% of the amount raised in this Offering excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates.
(9) Donation to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
(10) Represents the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,500 per month for 24 months based on its ownership interest.
(11) A fee of 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.
(12) Represents the Company’s portion of premiums for racing and medical insurance coverage for 24 months based on the Thoroughbred’s estimated value.

 

On October 15, 2022, the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 25% undivided interest in Grazia from Gandharvi, LLC for a purchase price is $89,000. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is attached as Exhibit 6.11 to the Offering Statement. The Agreement also obligated the Company to pay 25% of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred from October 15, 2022 through the date the option is exercised or expires. The offering proceeds must attain the maximum offering amount of $200,000 in order for Series Grazia to acquire the full 25% interest.

 

The Company exercised the option on July 31, 2023 with the proceeds of a loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager, which is attached as Exhibit 6.12 to the Offering Statement (the “Garzia Convertible Promissory Note”), provides that the principal amount of the loan is $89,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager from October 15, 2022 through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. For example, if the Series Grazia Offering is fully subscribed and closes on December 15, 2023, 14 months after the Company acquired the option, the principal amount of the Grazia Note would be approximately $108,250, based on the Company’s share of estimated boarding, care, and training expenses of $5,500 per month. The Grazia Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which is 3.98% for July 2023. 

 

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Upon payment of the cash from the offering proceeds to the Manager, the ownership interest in Grazia will be owned by the Series and not subject to any liens or encumbrances. The Manager’s ownership interest in Series Grazia will be inversely proportional to the percentage of the maximum offering proceeds raised. For example, if the Offering terminates after raising 80% of the maximum offering proceeds ($160,000), Series Grazia would pay the Manager 80% of the purchase price ($89,000) plus 80% of training expenses for 14 months ($15,400), plus interest ($4,848) and acquire a 20% ownership interest in Grazia. The Company would transfer the remaining 5% to the Manager to retire the Note. In lieu of taking an interest in the Thoroughbred, the Manager may elect to convert the unpaid balance of the Note into Units at the conversion price of $50.00 per Unit.

 

Upon each closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the table above based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing.

 

Gandharvi will retain a 75% interest in Grazia, and Grazia will race under the co-management of Commonwealth and Gandharvi. The Company’s Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement with Gandharvi, LLC provides that the Company and Gandharvi, as co-owners, will oversee the day-to-day management of Grazia, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of Grazia from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All co-owners will bear their pro-rata share of costs incurred and risks associated with the services provided by any trainer retained by the co-owners. The co-owners will procure equine mortality insurance for Grazia at standard industry rates. All monies earned from the racing of Grazia will be accounted for and distributed to the co-owners pro-rata. The co-owners will also develop an exit strategy for the sale of Grazia at the completion of her racing career, will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Grazia, and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy. Grazia may not be entered in any claiming/selling race, undergo any surgical intervention, be bred, be retired from racing, or be otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the co-owners. Neither co-owner has the sole and exclusive right to file Jockey Club registration papers in their name, maintain records and submit reports required by the Jockey Club, and keep the books and accounts relating to the horses. Decisions with respect to these ministerial actions will be made jointly by the co-owners. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Grazia.

 

Neither co-owner has the right to unilaterally approve or veto decisions related to the management of Grazia. If a disagreement exists between or among the co-owners or between one or more of the co-owners and the co-managers concerning the management of Grazia or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under the Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement, any one of the disputants may require the other parties to submit the dispute to arbitration if good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the dispute. The arbitration will proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. Grazia will race under the silks and colors of Gandharvi for three out of every four races, and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds every fourth race. Grazia will race under the joint names of Gandharvi and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering set forth above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of offering proceeds based on the factors set forth above. If fewer than the maximum of 4,000 Series Grazia Units are sold in connection with this Offering, the Manager may waive the fees to which it would otherwise be entitled and may not seek reimbursement for the full amount of acquisition and offering expenses.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF GRAZIA

 

Grazia is a bay filly born in Kentucky on March 3rd, 2021 by Uncle Mo out of Tonasah, by Malibu Moon.

 

To date, a veterinarian has taken radiographs and performed a scope, and both were reported within acceptable limits for purchase as a racing prospect.

 

Pedigree:

 

 

 

Her sire Uncle Mo leads Ashford’s stallion roster with a stud fee of $150,000 per cover. He is the winner of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes, and the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap, with lifetime earnings of over $1.6 million in just 8 career starts. He is one of the top five leading sires in the U.S. by earnings, producing Nyquist (LTE: $5,189,200), Mo Donegal (LTE: $1,314,000), Bast (LTE: $852,200), Golden Pal (LTE: $516,075), Mo Town (LTE: $519,600), Yaupon (LTE: $703,264), and others. He produced 25 stakes winners in his first crop alone, and 11 stakes winners in 2022 to date.

 

Her dam Tonasah broke her maiden first time out at Belmont with an impressive win, then ran second in a Grade 2 at Saratoga, winning $196,660 in 8 career starts. She ran in 3 graded stakes races in her career, placing in two Grade 2 races, and running 5th in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga. She is the producer of graded stakes-placed Union Gables (LTE: $115,980) with one other foal to race.

 

Purchase and Acquisition

 

Following a thorough veterinary inspection, Grazia was purchased at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

 

Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable

 

Immediately following the purchase, Grazia was sent to Margaux Farm a pre-training facility in Midway, Kentucky, where she was broken to a saddle and rider. Margaux Farm is not affiliated with our co-owner, Ghandharvi. In 2023 Grazia began full time training with Bob Baffert, Hall of Famer, the third highest earning trainer of all time and the only trainer to win two Triple Crowns. Bob was selected for this filly because we believed she was well suited to the California tracks and that her physical/mental attributes would fit Bob’s training style.

 

On July 4, 2023 Grazia posted her first official workout and has since posted the following works:

 

Track   Date   Course   Distance   Time   Note   Rank (1)
Santa Anita   10/18/2023   Dirt   4F   47.20   Handily   3/16
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   10/12/2023   Dirt   4F   47.00   Handily   1/15
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   10/03/2023   Dirt   3F   34.80   Handily   1/11
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/23/2023   Dirt   3F   35.80   Handily   2/6
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/17/2023   Dirt   4F   49.00   Handily   17/36
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/10/2023   Dirt   4F   48.60   Handily   12/26
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/3/2023   Dirt   4F   48.20   Handily   13/28
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   8/27/2023   Dirt   4F   47.20   Handily   1/36
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   8/6/2023   Dirt   4F   48.20   Handily   6/30
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   7/30/2023   Dirt   3F   37.20   Handily   12/24
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   7/4/2023   Dirt   4F   38.00   Handily   1/5
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   7/12/2023   Dirt   4F   36.00   Handily   3/5
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   7/30/2023   Dirt   4F   37.20   Handily   12/24
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   8/6/2023   Dirt   4F   48.20   Handily   6/30
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   8/27/2023   Dirt   4F   47.20   Handily   1/36
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/3/2023   Dirt   4F   48.20   Handily   13/28
Los Alamitos Quarter Horse   9/10/2023   Dirt   4F   48.60   Handily   12/26

 

(1) Ranked against all the Thoroughbreds working out at the named track at the same distance on that date.

 

Racing Results

 

On November 12, 2023, Grazia placed first in the Maiden Special Weight at Del Mar which featured a $61,000 purse.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES KISSED BY FIRE

 

On August 12, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in Kissed by Fire from Exline-Border Racing LLC (“Exline”) for a purchase price of $105,000. The Agreement of Purchase, Sale and Co-Ownership is attached as Exhibit 6.3 to the Offering Statement.

 

The Company funded the purchase with a loan from the Manager evidenced by a convertible promissory note, as described below. On February 20, 2023, the Company held a closing of the Series Kissed by Fire Offering, receiving offering proceeds totaling $104,900, or 47.1% of the maximum offering amount. Series Kissed by Fire issued 2,098 Units and acquired a 12.5% interest in Kissed by Fire. The initial Series Kissed By Fire Offering then terminated effective March 30, 2023.

 

The Company is offering the remaining 52.9% interest in Series Kissed By Fire for $117,850 pursuant to this Offering Circular. Proceeds from the sale of these Units, including any Units purchased by the Manager, will be used to pay the outstanding principal and interest on the promissory note to acquire the remaining 17.5% interest in Kissed by Fire. The following table shows the use of the offering proceeds to date as well as the expected use of proceeds if the maximum offering amount is sold.

 

   Results of Initial Offering   Maximum Offering 
   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds   Dollar
Amount
   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds 
                 
Offering Proceeds  $104,900    100.0%  $222,750    100.0%
                     
Uses of Funds                    
Cost of Thoroughbred Asset (1)  $53,194    50.5%  $112,955    50.7%
Acquisition Expenses (2)   5,079    4.9%   10,785    4.8%
Offering Expenses (3)   4,756    4.5%   10,100    4.5%
Sourcing Fee (4)   7,979    7.5%   16,943    7.6%
Organizational Fee (5)   3,143    3.0%   6,675    3.0%
Brokerage Fee (6)   1,045    1.0%   2,220    1.0%
Total Acquisition and Offering Expenses  $75,197    71.4%  $159,679    71.6%
                     
TAA Donation (7)  $2,097    2.0%  $4,452    2.0%
                     
Working Capital                    
Race Training Expenses (8)  $16,954    16.2%  $36,000    16.2%
Working Capital Contingency   3,407    3.2%   7,200    3.2%
Training Management Fee (9)   2,036    1.9%   4,320    1.9%

Insurance Premiums (10)

   5,227    5.0%   11,100    5.0%
Total Working Capital  $27,624    26.3%  $58,620    26.3%

 

(1)Cost of Thoroughbred Asset includes the purchase price plus reimbursement of the pro rata share of monthly training expenses from the date of purchase through the date of closing to be paid by the Manager. Training expenses are estimated to total $5,000 per month. Results of initial Offering shows payment of principal and interest to the Manager by Series Kissed By Fire to acquire the current 12.5% ownership interest.
(2)Acquisition expenses include $10,785 of pre-closing expenses which consist of Breeders Cup nomination, naming fee, transportation, and bloodstock agent fee. Reimbursement of these expenses is limited to 4.89% of the offering proceeds raised.
(3)Limited to 4.53% of the offering proceeds raised. Typically, offering expenses include various filing fees and escrow, legal and accounting expenses.
(4)Equals 15% of the Cost of the Thoroughbred Asset payable to the Manager for sourcing the opportunity and negotiating the terms of the acquisition.

 

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(5)Fee of up to 3.0% of the offering proceeds received from the offering of each series of units to reimburse the Manager for expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of offerings of each series of units.
(6)The brokerage fee equals 1% of the amount raised in this Offering excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates.
(7)See “Other Information – Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Donation.”
(8)Represents the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,000 per month for 24 months based on its ownership interest.
(9)Represents 10% of the amount reserved for payment of training expenses and working capital contingency, to be paid as training expenses are incurred.
(10)Represents the Company’s portion of premiums for racing and medical insurance coverage for 24 months based on the Thoroughbred’s estimated value.

 

The promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager to fund the purchase of the interest in Kissed By Fire from Exline, which is attached as Exhibit 6.4 to the Offering Statement (the “Kissed by Fire Note”), provides that that principal amount of the loan is $105,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. For example, if the Series Kissed by Fire Offering is fully subscribed and closes one year after the Company acquired its interest, the principal amount of the Note would be approximately $123,000, based on the Company’s share of estimated boarding, care, and training expenses of $5,000 per month. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which is 2.88% for August 2022. As of June 12, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Kissed by Fire Note was $59,761.

 

Upon payment of the cash from the offering proceeds to the Manager, the ownership interest in Kissed by Fire will be owned by the Series and not subject to any liens or encumbrances. The Manager’s ownership interest in Series Kissed by Fire will be inversely proportional to the percentage of the maximum offering proceeds raised. For example, if the Offering terminates after raising 80% of the maximum offering proceeds ($176,000), Series Kissed by Fire would pay the Manager 80% of the purchase price ($84,000) plus 80% of training expenses for one year ($14,400), plus interest ($2,419) and acquire a 24% ownership interest in Kissed By Fire. The Company would transfer the remaining 6% to the Manager to retire the Note. In lieu of taking an interest in the Thoroughbred, the Manager may elect to convert the unpaid balance of the Note into Units at the conversion price of $50.00 per Unit.

 

Upon each closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the table above based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing.

 

Exline will retain a 70% interest in Kissed by Fire, who will race under the joint names of Exline-Border Racing LLC and CMNWLTH. The Company’s Kissed By Fire Agreement of Purchase and Sale with Exline-Border Racing LLC provides that all decisions related to Kissed By Fire’s training, racing and care will be made by mutual agreement of the two co-owners after consultation. If the Company and Exline disagree about the management of Kissed By Fire, the dispute will be submitted to arbitration. All costs associated with all reasonable board, care (veterinary, farrier, transportation and other such training) and training fees incurred to care for, train and race Kissed By Fire will be borne pro-rata according to ownership interests. All purse monies and expenses will be allocated between Exline and the Company on a pro-rata basis, based on their respective ownership percentages. If either co-owner receives a bona fide written offer from a third party to purchase all or a portion of its ownership interest in Kissed By Fire that the recipient desires to accept, the recipient must notify the other co-owner and provide a copy of the written offer. Upon receipt of the notice, the other co-owner will have a right of first refusal to purchase the interest (of fraction thereof) of the co-owner who received the offer at the price and on the terms contained in the offer. To exercise its right of first refusal, the co-owner must notify the co-owner who received the offer and then purchase the interest within ten days thereafter. If the co-owner notifies the co-owner who received the offer that it will not exercise its right of first refusal, the co-owner who received the offer must complete the sale of the interest within 30 days thereafter. The Kissed By Fire Agreement of Purchase and Sale is Exhibit 6.3 to the Offering Statement.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering set forth above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of offering proceeds based on the factors set forth above. If fewer than the maximum of 2,357 Series Kissed by Fire Units are sold in connection with this Offering, the Manager may waive the fees to which it would otherwise be entitled and may not seek reimbursement for the full amount of acquisition and offering expenses.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF KISSED BY FIRE

 

Kissed by Fire is a bay filly born in Maryland on March 4, 2020 by Friesan Fire out of Kiss in the Forest, by Forest Wildcat.

 

To date, a veterinarian has taken radiographs and performed a scope, and both were reported within acceptable limits for purchase as a racing prospect.

 

Pedigree:

 

 

Her sire Friesan Fire is a multiple graded stakes winner who retired after 18 starts with career earnings of $679,356. He was a debut winning 2-year-old who placed in the Belmont Futurity (Grade 2). As a 3-year-old he rose to the top of his class, winning all three of the Fair Grounds’ series of Triple Crown prep races that included: Louisiana Derby (Grade 2), the Risen Star Stakes (Grade 3) and the Lecomte Stakes (Grade 3). In the Louisiana Derby he defeated 8 other colts by 7 ¼ lengths, earning a Equibase speed figure of 111 and cementing his position as Kentucky Derby Favorite by the all-time great sire-of-sires A.P. Indy and out of the Grade 1-winning champion Australian race mare Bollinger.

 

Her dam Kiss in the Forest is a stakes placed mare who retired after 18 starts with lifetime earnings of $170,408. As a 3-year-old she ran a 99 Equibase speed figure in the Voodoo Dancer Stakes at Belmont Park, where she finished 3rd. She is the mother of 3 other foals of racing age, 2 to race.

 

Kiss in the Forest is sired by Forest Wildcat, the sire of eight Grade 1 winners including multiple Grade 1 winners Paradise Woods, Lady Aurelia and Starship Jubilee. Furthermore he is the sire of 67 stakes winners overall, divided pretty evenly between colts and fillies.

 

Kiss in the Forest’s dam is the unraced mare Hummingbird Kiss by Smart Strike, out of Hummingbird Red. This Sam-Son Farm family has successfully reproduced itself for more than 50 years. Hummingbird Kiss is a full sister to stakes placed Red Strike (ON) who retired with lifetime earnings of $324,719 after 32 starts, as well as stakes placed Strike Red. Hummingbird Kiss is the mother of 5 foals, including stakes placed Milehigh Butterfly. Kiss in the Forest’s 4th dam is the stakes winning mare, Dancing with Wings. Dancing with Wings is a half-sister to Grade 3-winning, Canadian Horse of the Year Ruling Angel, herself a producer of stakes winning All an Angel and the granddam of multiple stakes winners including the millionaire champion Regal Intention. Dancing with Wings produced 5 winners including 2x Champion and Horse of the Year Soaring Free (LTE: $2.11M).

 

Purchase and Acquisition

 

Following a thorough veterinary inspection, Kissed by Fire was purchased at the 2022 Fasig Tipton Mid-Atlantic Sale in Timonium, Maryland for $350,000.

 

Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable

 

Following the sale, Kissed by Fire was shipped to the barn of two-time Breeders’ Cup winning trainer Peter Eurton at Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles, CA. Kissed by Fire was acquired to race in California’s filly and mare divisions where there is a lot of prize money to be won but not a lot of competition. Given her training style, we believed she would be a great fit for Peter Eurton who thrives with difficult, albeit talented fillies and mares.

 

Kissed By Fire posted her first official workout at Santa Anita Park on June 27, 2022. On July 31, 2022, Kissed By Fire made her maiden start at Del Mar in an $80,000 Maiden Special Weight running 5.5 furlongs on the main dirt track. Ridden by Breeders’ Cup winning jockey Joe Bravo, she broke sharply from the gate and settled into a stalking position just off the pace setters, bid three deep into the turn and overtook the lead but was passed by a late running Justique for second place. She earned $16,000 for the effort and an Equibase speed figure of 77.

 

The following table shows Kissed By Fire’s racing results.

 

Track   Date   Race   Purse     Distance   Finish
Del Mar   7/31/2022   Maiden Special Weight   $ 80,000     5.5 furlongs   2nd
Del Mar   9/10/2022   Grade 1 Debutante Stakes   $ 300,000     7 furlongs   6th
Santa Anita   5/21/2023   Maiden Special Weight   $ 61,000     6 furlongs   2nd
Del Mar   7/23/2023   Maiden Special Weight   $ 110,000     5 furlongs   5th
Del Mar   8/7/2023   Maiden Special Weight   $ 106,000     5 furlongs   1st

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES SUN KISSED SOIREE

 

The gross proceeds of this Offering (including from Series Sun Kissed Soiree Units acquired by the Manager) will be $201,150 assuming the full amount of this Offering is sold. The following table shows how the expected use of the offering proceeds at both the minimum and maximum offering amounts:

 

   Minimum Offering (1)    Maximum Offering 
   Dollar Amount   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds   Dollar Amount   Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds 
                 
Offering Proceeds  $50,250    100.0%  $201,150    100.0%
                     
Uses of Funds                    
Cost of Thoroughbred Asset (2)   $15,600    31.05%  $62,400    31.02%
                     
Expenses and Fees                    
Acquisition Expenses (3)    500    1.00%   2,000    0.99%
Offering Expenses (4)    2,525    5.02%   10,100    5.02%
Sourcing Fee (5)    2,340    4.66%   9,360    4.61%
Organizational Fee (6)    1,506    3.00%   6,024    3.00%
Brokerage Fee (7)    501    1.00%   2,005    1.00%
Total Expenses and Fees  $7,372    14.66%  $29,489    14.84%
                     
TAA Donation (8)   $1,005    2.0%  $4,021    2.0%
                     
Working Capital                    
Race Training Expenses (9)   $18,250    36.32%  $73,000    36.29%
Working Capital Contingency   3,612    7.19%   14,600    7.26%
Training Management Fee (10)    2,190    4.36%   8,760    4.35%
Insurance Premiums (11)    2,220    4.42%   8,880    4.41%
Total Working Capital  $26,272    52.28%  $105,240    52.32%

 

(1) The Minimum Offering represents the amount of subscriptions at which the Company would hold an initial closing. However, f at the conclusion of the Series Offering it has not been fully subscribed, then the Company will accept all subscriptions held in escrow (even if the minimum offering has not been attained) and will transfer the portion of the interest that was not transferred to the Series to the Manager
(2) Represents a 10% ownership interest if the minimum offering proceeds are raised. Cost of Thoroughbred Asset includes the $60,000 purchase price plus reimbursement of the pro rata share of monthly care and boarding expenses from the date of purchase payable by the Manager for three months. Care and boarding expenses are estimated to total $2,000 per month.
(3) Includes costs of due diligence investigation of a potential Series Asset, pre-purchase medical examinations, appraisal fees, auction-related expenses, and interest on funds borrowed to acquire a Series Asset, if any, prior to the completion of the Series Offering. Reimbursement of these expenses incurred by the Manager is limited to 0.99% of the offering proceeds.
(4) The Manager has agreed to limit reimbursement of offering expenses equal to no more than 5.02% of offering proceeds. Typically, offering expenses include various filing fees and escrow, legal and accounting expenses.
(5) Equals 15% of the Cost of the Thoroughbred Asset payable to the Manager for sourcing the opportunity and negotiating the terms of the acquisition.
(6) Fee of up to 3.0% of the offering proceeds received from the offering of each series of units to reimburse the Manager for expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of offerings of each series of units.
(7) The brokerage fee equals 1% of the amount raised in this Offering excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates.
(8) See “Other Information – Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Donation.”
(9) Represents the Company’s portion of estimated training and racing expenses of $5,500 per month for 24 months based on its ownership interest.
(10) Represents 10% of the amount reserved for payment of training expenses and working capital contingency, to be paid as training expenses are incurred.
(11) Represents the Company’s portion of premiums for racing and medical insurance coverage for 24 months based on the Thoroughbred’s estimated value.

 

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On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in Sun Kissed Soiree from Medallion Racing (“Medallion”) for a purchase price of $60,000. The Purchase Agreement and Bill of Sale is attached as Exhibit 6.5 to the Offering Statement. The Company funded the purchase with a $60,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager, which is attached as Exhibit 6.7 to the Offering Statement (the “Sun Kissed Soiree Note”), provides that that principal amount of the loan is $60,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. For example, if the Series Sun Kissed Soiree Offering is fully subscribed and closes twelve months after the Company acquired its interest, the principal amount of the Sun Kissed Soiree Note would be approximately $69,600, based on the Company’s share of estimated boarding, care, and training expenses of $2,000 per month. The Sun Kissed Soiree Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.05% for September 2022.

 

Upon payment of the cash from the offering proceeds to the Manager, the ownership interest in Sun Kissed Soiree will be owned by the Series and not subject to any liens or encumbrances. The Manager’s ownership interest in Series Sun Kissed Soiree will be inversely proportional to the percentage of the maximum offering proceeds raised. For example, if the Offering terminates after raising 80% of the maximum offering proceeds ($160,480), Series Sun Kissed Soiree would pay the Manager 80% of the purchase price ($48,000) plus 80% of training expenses for twelve months ($7,680), plus interest ($1,698) and acquire a 32% ownership interest in Sun Kissed Soiree. The Company would transfer the remaining 8% to the Manager to retire the Sun Kissed Soiree Note. In lieu of taking an interest in the Thoroughbred, the Manager may elect to convert the unpaid balance of the Sun Kissed Soiree Note into Units at the conversion price of $50.00 per Unit.

 

Upon each closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Units will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will use those proceeds to pay the amounts shown in the table above based on the percentage of maximum proceeds received at each closing.

 

Medallion will retain a 60% interest in Sun Kissed Soiree, who will race under the joint names of Medallion Farms, LLC and CMNWLTH. The Company’s Co-Management Agreement with Medallion Racing provides that the Company and Medallion Racing will jointly oversee the day-to-day management of Sun Kissed Soiree, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of Sun Kissed Soiree. The Company and Medallion Racing will also develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of Sun Kissed Soiree at the completion of her racing career. If the Company and Medallion Racing disagree about the management of Sun Kissed Soiree or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under the Co-Management Agreement, and if good faith negotiations among the Co-Managers do not resolve the dispute, either Co-Manager may require the other Co-Manager to submit the dispute to the then-current trainer of Sun Kissed Soiree, whose decision will be binding. Either co-owner may transfer all or part of its interest in Sun Kissed Soiree, subject to a right of first refusal of the other co-owner in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures set forth in the co-ownership agreement. The Co-Management Agreement for Sun Kissed Soiree is Exhibit 6.6 to the Offering Statement.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds of this Offering set forth above represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of offering proceeds based on the factors set forth above. If fewer than the maximum of 4,023 Series Sun Kissed Soiree Units are sold in connection with this Offering, the Manager may waive the fees to which it would otherwise be entitled and may not seek reimbursement for the full amount of acquisition and offering expenses.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SUN KISSED SOIREE

 

Sun Kissed Soiree is a bay filly born in Kentucky on April 26, 2021 by Medaglia D’Oro out of Spring Party, by Smart Strike.

 

To date, a veterinarian has taken radiographs and performed a scope, and both were reported within acceptable limits for purchase as a racing prospect.

 

Pedigree:

 

 

Her sire, Medaglia D’Oro is a Black-type winner of $5,754,720, notably, the Grade 1 Travers’ Stakes at Saratoga. He is among the global leading sires, siring 15 crops of racing age, earning himself 2348 foals, 1646 starters, 166 black-type winners, earning his progeny a total of $177,801,839 to date. He has sired seven champions, including the Grade 1 winning Songbird who had lifetime earnings of $4,692,000, and who sold at Fasig Tipton’s Night of the Stars for 9.5 million dollars as a broodmare.

 

Her mother, Spring Party, is a black-type winner herself, with lifetime earnings of $202,077 in 21 starts. She is by one of best broodmare sires to date, Smart Strike, and her female family is one of Godolphin’s foundation broodmares. She is the half-sister to Baffled, another champion broodmare. She herself has produced a Grade 3 winner, Marzo, who is the full brother to this filly. From the family of Boynton, Constitution, Surfer, Emcee, and Jacaranda, this filly has residual value as a broodmare prospect.

 

Purchase and Acquisition

 

Following a thorough veterinary inspection, Sun Kissed Soiree was purchased at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

 

Boarding Arrangements; Development Timetable

 

Sun Kissed Soiree is in full-time training with Graham Motion, Kentucky Derby winner, multiple Breeders’ Cup winner and one of America’s leading turf trainers. Graham trained Sun Kissed Soiree’s stakes-winning mother early in her career. Graham is known for his aptitude in bringing along horses that need a bit more time and patience. Given Sun Kissed Soiree’s pedigree and physicality, we expect her to thrive under a patient, steadfast trainer that will let her blossom in her own time. Graham is especially good at finding “conditions” for horses to race in beyond his local track, which is an important quality for turf trainers.

 

Track   Date   Course   Distance   Time   Note   Rank(1)
Fair Hill   9/8/2023   All Weather Training   4F   50.20   Breezing   3/9
Fair Hill   9/2/2023   All Weather Training   3F   38.40   Breezing   9/10

 

(1) Ranked against all Thoroughbreds working out at the named track at the same distance on that date.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE

 

Plan of Distribution

 

The Manager of the Company is Commonwealth Markets Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 2019. The Manager also owns and operates a mobile app-based investment platform called the Commonwealth Platform through which investors may indirectly invest, through a series of the Company’s units, in Thoroughbred opportunities that have been historically difficult to access for many market participants. Through the use of the Commonwealth Platform, investors can browse and screen the potential investments and sign legal documents electronically. We intend to distribute the Units exclusively through the Commonwealth Platform. Neither Commonwealth Markets Inc. nor any other affiliated entity involved in the offer and sale of the Units is a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, and no person associated with us will be deemed to be a broker solely by reason of his or her participation in the sale of the Units.

 

Each Offering of Units is being conducted under Regulation A under the Securities Act and therefore, the Units are only offered and sold to “qualified purchasers.” In addition, purchasers of Units must be eligible to own interests in racehorses under the rules of racing commissions in North America. For further details on the suitability requirements an Investor must meet in order to participate in this Offering, see “Investor Eligibility Standards,” below. As a Tier 2 offering pursuant to Regulation A, this offering will be exempt from review under state securities laws, subject to meeting certain state filing requirements and complying with certain antifraud provisions, to the extent that our Units are offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” or at a time when our Units are listed on a national securities exchange. We anticipate that sales of securities will only be made in states where the Broker is registered.

 

The initial offering price per Unit of each Series was determined by the Manager based on the sum of the following estimated costs, in each case as described below: (i) the purchase price of the Thoroughbred Asset, (ii) the Brokerage Fee, (iii) Offering Expenses, (iv) the Organizational Fee, (v) the Sourcing Fee, (vi) the Management Fee, and (vii) anticipated post-offering Operating Expenses.

 

The Closing of an Offering of Units will take place on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the maximum number of Units of such Offering have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the minimum number of Units of such Offering have been accepted. If Closing has not occurred, the Offering will terminate on (i) the date one year after the date this Offering Circular is qualified by the SEC, which period may be extended by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the offering in its sole discretion. Units are being offered by subscription only in the U.S. and to residents of those states in which the offer and sale is not prohibited. This Offering Circular does not constitute an offer or sale of Units outside of the United States.

 

Due to racehorse owner licensing requirements of state racing commissions, the Manager reserves the right to terminate an Offering if 35 or fewer persons subscribe for the Units of the Series. See “Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner,” below.

 

Those persons who want to invest in the Units must sign a Subscription Agreement, which will contain representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions customary for private placement investments in limited liability companies. See “How to Subscribe” below for further details. A copy of the form of Subscription Agreement is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Offering Statement.

 

Units will be issued in book-entry form without certificates. ClearTrust LLC will serve as transfer agent and registrar to maintain Unit Holder records on a book-entry basis.

 

In general, the Manager, and not the Company, will pay all of the expenses incurred in offering the Company’s units of membership interest that are not covered by the Brokerage Fee, the Sourcing Fee, the Management Fee, the Organizational Fee, Offering Expenses or Acquisition Expenses, including fees of legal counsel, but excluding fees for counsel or other advisors to the Investors and fees associated with the filing of periodic reports with the SEC and future filings with state securities departments, as applicable. For each Offering, the Manager has agreed to limit reimbursement of Offering Expenses to no more than 10% of the proceeds raised in each Offering. Any investor desiring to engage separate legal counsel or other professional advisors in connection with this Offering will be responsible for the fees and costs of such separate representation.

 

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Minimum and Maximum Investment

 

The minimum subscription an Investor can make in this Offering is for one (1) Unit. No Investor may acquire Units in a Series that would represent a 3% or more interest in the Thoroughbred that would require the investor to be individually licensed as a racehorse owner.

 

Investor Eligibility Standards

 

The Units are being offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers,” as defined in Regulation A. “Qualified purchasers” include:

 

“Accredited Investors” as defined by Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and
any other investor so long as that person’s investment in the Company (including Units of each of the Company’s Series offered under Regulation A) does not represent more than 10% of the greater of the investor’s annual income or net worth (for natural persons), or 10% of the greater of the investor’s annual revenue or net assets at fiscal year-end (for non-natural persons).

 

In addition, a purchaser must be eligible to own an interest in a racehorse under the rules of the racing commission of each North American jurisdiction. See “Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner,” below.

 

We reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason, including if we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that such investor is not a “qualified purchaser” for purposes of Regulation A or is ineligible to own an interest in a racehorse under the rules of the racing commission of any North American jurisdiction.

 

To qualify as an “accredited investor” for purposes of satisfying one of the tests in the “qualified purchaser” definition, the investor who is a natural person must:

 

  have an individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse or spousal equivalent, that exceeds $1,000,000 at the time of the purchase. For this purpose, net worth excludes the value of the person’s primary residence and the mortgage on that primary residence (to the extent not underwater), but includes the amount of debt that exceeds the value of that residence and including any increase in debt on that residence within the prior 60 days, other than as a result of the acquisition of that primary residence; or

 

  have earned income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse or spousal equivalent exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year; or

 

  hold one of the following licenses in good standing: General Securities Representative license (Series 7), the Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82), or the Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65).

 

If the investor is not a natural person, different standards apply. See Rule 501 of Regulation D for more details. For purposes of determining whether a potential investor is a “qualified purchaser,” annual income and net worth should be calculated as provided in the “accredited investor” definition under Rule 501 of Regulation D. In particular, net worth in all cases should be calculated excluding the value of an investor’s home, home furnishings and automobiles.

 

The Units will not be offered or sold to prospective investors subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations thereunder, as amended (“ERISA”).

 

If you live outside the United States, it is your responsibility to fully observe the laws of any relevant territory or jurisdiction outside the United States in connection with any purchase, including obtaining required governmental or other consent and observing any other required legal or other formalities.

 

Our Manager and Dalmore, in its capacity as broker of record for this Offering, will be permitted to determine whether the subscribers of Units in this offering are qualified purchasers in reliance on the information and representations provided by the subscriber regarding the subscriber’s financial situation. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable federal thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to http://www.investor.gov.

 

An investment in our Units involves significant risks. Only investors who can bear both the economic risk of the investment indefinitely and the possible loss of their entire investment should invest in the Units. See “Risk Factors.”

 

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Eligibility for Registration as a Racehorse Owner

 

State licensure requirements for racehorse owners vary. The New York Racing Commission, which has the most stringent licensure requirements, requires any person who owns, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest of 3% in a Thoroughbred owned by 35 owners or more must be licensed to race on a New York racetrack. If there are fewer than 35 owners of a Thoroughbred, then the New York Racing Commission requires that all the owners must be licensed.

 

The subscription agreement that prospective investors must complete requires them to certify that they are eligible to be licensed as a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and are not the subject of any pending disciplinary or legal proceedings that may result in ineligibility for licensure. The Company intends to set its maximum subscription amount to be below the threshold for any investor to be required to be licensed. However, if there are fewer than 35 prospective subscribers for a Series, or if a prospective subscriber subscribes for a number of Units that would result in an ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred(s) owned by the Series requiring licensure by any racing jurisdiction, each prospective subscriber will be required to provide background information sufficient to permit the Manager to assess the prospective subscriber’s ability to be licensed under the applicable regulations of the racing commissions of the various states. State racing commissions often demand shareholder background information as a condition to licensing a Thoroughbred owned by a corporation or limited liability company. This information includes, among other things:

 

Horse race licensing history, including any denial, suspension, or revocation of a license;
Past disciplinary actions in connection with horse racing;
Past convictions and pending criminal proceedings;
Outstanding civil judgments;
Current ownership of racehorses; and
Relationships with racing regulators and track officials.

 

The Manager reserves the right, in its discretion, to reject the subscription of any person whom the Manager believes may be ineligible to hold an owner’s license.

 

Broker

 

Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore” or “Broker”), will manage the sale of the Units as an executing broker pursuant to a Broker Dealer Services Agreement effective as of July 5, 2023 (the “Brokerage Agreement”) and will serve as broker of record for the Company’s Regulation A offerings, process transactions by subscribers to the Offering and provide investor qualification services (such as Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering checks). Dalmore is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of the FINRA and the SIPC and will be registered in each state where the Offering and sale of the Series of Unit will occur, prior to the launch of the Offering. Dalmore will not solicit any investors on our behalf or act as underwriter. Instead, Dalmore’s role in the offering is limited to processing transactions of potential investors and providing investor qualification services. For its services, Dalmore will receive a brokerage fee equal to 1.0% of the Offering proceeds plus a one-time consulting fee of $20,000 upon the issuance of a no objection letter by FINRA and SEC qualification. Dalmore will not purchase any Units and, therefore, will not be eligible to receive any discounts, commissions or any underwriting or finder’s fees in connection with the Offering. Dalmore will also receive a one-time advance payment of $5,000 for out-of-pocket expenses, which will be refunded to the extent it is not used. Dalmore will also charge $1,000 for each additional post-qualification amendment to the Offering Statement filing by the Company. Dalmore will monitor all compensation, from any source, and will ensure that its total compensation for each Offering, and all subsequent Offerings, does not exceed 8% of the total offering proceeds, in the aggregate.

 

The Brokerage Agreement has an initial term of twelve months and renews automatically, but either party may elect not to renew the agreement by giving written notice to the other party at least 60 days before the current term expires. The Brokerage Agreement may also be terminated if either party breaches a material terms, becomes bankrupt or insolvent, and certain other events. The Brokerage Agreement includes mutual indemnification covenants in which each party agrees to indemnify the other party, its affiliates, and their representatives and agents against losses resulting from or arising out of any legal proceedings to the extent they are based upon a breach of this Agreement by, the wrongful acts or omissions of, the indemnified party. The Company also agrees to indemnify Dalmore against losses resulting from the Offering. A copy of the Brokerage Agreement is attached to the Offering Statement as Exhibit 6.1.

 

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Escrow Agent

 

North Capital Private Securities Corporation will serve as Escrow Agent for the Offering under the terms of an escrow agreement among Dalmore as broker of record, North Capital as the Escrow Agent, and the Company on behalf of the Series (the “Escrow Agreement”). Copies of the Escrow Agreements for each Series are attached to the Offering Statement as Exhibits to the Offering Statement. The escrow fee is $500 per Series, plus $100 for each amendment and for each closing of a Series offering. Each series will generally be responsible for fees due to the Escrow Agent, which are categorized as part of the Offering Expenses described in the “Fees and Expenses” section below.

 

The Company must indemnify the Escrow Agent and each of its officers, directors, employees, and agents against any losses that are incurred in connection with providing the services under the Escrow Agreement other than losses that arise out of the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

In addition, our Manager pays North Capital Investment Technology, the parent company of the Escrow Agent, a monthly administrative fee of $500 for technology tools to facilitate the offering of securities. Our manager has paid North Capital Investment Technology a one-time installation and setup fee of $2,500.

 

Additional Information Regarding This Offering Circular

 

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information other than as set forth in this Offering Circular. Except as otherwise indicated, all information contained in this Offering Circular is given as of the date of this Offering Circular. Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date hereof.

 

From time to time, we may provide an “Offering Circular Supplement” that may add, update, or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular Supplement. The Offering Statement we filed with the SEC includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular. You should read this Offering Circular and the related exhibits filed with the SEC and any Offering Circular Supplement together with additional information contained in our annual reports, semiannual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with SEC.

 

The Offering Statement and all supplements and reports that we have filed or will file in the future can be read on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. They will also be available on the section for the Thoroughbred for each Series on the Commonwealth Platform at www.joincommonwealth.com. The contents of the Commonwealth Platform (other than the Offering Statement, this Offering Circular and the Appendices and Exhibits to them) are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this Offering Circular.

 

How To Subscribe

 

Potential Investors who are “qualified purchasers” may subscribe to purchase Units of a Series. Any potential Investor wishing to acquire Units must:

 

First, either download the “CMNWLTH” mobile app on a mobile device by following a link on the Company’s website or invest directly on www.joincommonwealth.com. Before investing, you must create an account and answer four questions about your accredited or non-accredited status and prior ownership of racehorses. You will then receive an email acknowledging your account.

 

Before subscribing for Units, you must first open an account with the broker Dalmore, providing name, address, social security number, and other customary background information. You must also complete a suitability questionnaire describing financial and investment experience and authenticate electronic payment information.

 

Carefully read this Offering Circular, and any current supplement, as well as any documents described in the Offering Circular and attached to it or which you have requested. The home page of the app has separate links to the Offering Circular, Operating Agreement, Subscription Agreement, and regulatory disclosures as well as information about the Thoroughbred asset to be acquired by each series offering its units.

 

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Consult with your tax, legal and financial advisors to determine whether an investment in the Units is suitable for you.

 

Review and complete the Subscription Agreement, including the “Offering Disclosure” attached as an exhibit to the Subscription Agreement, and digitally sign the completed Subscription Agreement using electronic signature. Except as otherwise required by law, subscriptions may not be withdrawn or cancelled by subscribers.

 

Once the completed Subscription Agreement is signed, an integrated online payment provider will transfer funds in an amount equal to the purchase price for the Units you have applied to subscribe for (as set out on the front page of your Subscription Agreement) into the escrow account for the series. Payment will only be accepted by means of electronic transfer via wire or ACH payment, or by debit or credit card. Checks will not be accepted. The Escrow Agent will hold such subscription monies in escrow until such time as your Subscription Agreement is either accepted or rejected by the Manager and, if accepted, such further time until the Offering closes and Units are issued to you.

 

The Manager and Dalmore will review the subscription documentation completed and signed by you. You may be asked to provide additional information. The Manager or Dalmore will contact you directly if required. We reserve the right to reject any subscriptions, in whole or in part, for any or no reason, and to withdraw the Offering at any time prior to Closing.

 

Once the review is complete, the Manager will inform you whether or not your application to subscribe for Units is approved or denied and if approved, the number of Units you are entitled to subscribe for. If your subscription is rejected in whole or in part, then your subscription payments (being the entire amount if your application is rejected in whole or the payments associated with those subscriptions rejected in part) will be refunded promptly, without interest or deduction. The Manager accepts subscriptions on a first come, first served basis, subject to the right to reject or reduce subscriptions.

 

If all or a part of your subscription is approved, then the number of Units you are entitled to subscribe for will be issued to you upon the Closing. Simultaneously with the issuance of your Units, the subscription monies held by the Escrow Agent in escrow on your behalf will be transferred to the account of the Series as consideration for such Units.

 

By executing the Subscription Agreement, you agree to be bound by the terms of the Subscription Agreement and the Company’s Operating Agreement. The Company, the Manager and Dalmore will rely on the information you provide in the Subscription Agreement, including the “Offering Disclosure” attached thereto and the supplemental information you provide in order for the Manager and Dalmore to verify your status as a “qualified purchaser.” If any information about your “qualified purchaser” status changes prior to you being issued Units, please notify the Manager immediately using the contact details set out in the Subscription Agreement.

 

For further information on the subscription process, please contact the Manager using the contact details set out in the “Where to Find Additional Information” section.

 

The subscription funds advanced by prospective Investors as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest-bearing account with the Escrow Agent and will not be commingled with the operating account of any Series, until if, and when there is a Closing with respect to that Investor. When the Escrow Agent has received instructions from the Manager that the Offering will close and the Investor’s subscription is to be accepted (either in whole or part), then the Escrow Agent will disburse the Investor’s subscription proceeds in its possession to the account of the Series. If the Offering is terminated without a Closing, or if a prospective Investor’s subscription is not accepted or is cut back due to oversubscription or otherwise, the amounts deposited into escrow by prospective Investors will be returned promptly to them without interest or deductions. Any costs and expenses associated with a terminated offering will be borne by the Manager.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND OPERATING RESULTS

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC is a Delaware series limited liability company formed on June 12, 2019. The Company’s manager is Commonwealth Markets Inc., a Delaware corporation. The Company aims to provide horse racing enthusiasts with the opportunity for greater involvement in the sport by enabling them to acquire a diversified portfolio of equity interests in Thoroughbreds and equine assets through the Commonwealth Platform, our website and related proprietary application.

 

Our principal objective will be to acquire interests in Thoroughbreds with the pedigree, conformation, and athletic potential to compete successfully, thereby creating opportunities to generate revenue, provide long and short-term capital appreciation, and ultimately distribute Series Revenue to equity investors in the series that hold the underlying equine assets. “Series Revenue” means the cash received by the Series from racing and asset sale activities.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in this Offering Circular. See “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements.”

 

Operating Results

 

See Consolidated Statements of Operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements section for details of each Series’ operating results for the periods discussed below.

 

For the Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company conducted four and six Series offerings, respectively.

 

Revenues

 

Revenues are generated at the Series level. During the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company generated $916,836 and $1,218,673 in revenues, respectively.

 

Series Name  Underlying Asset  2023    2022  
Series I Got A Gal   I Got A Gal   $ -     $ 21,077  
Series Country Grammer   Country Grammer     455,429       1,150,475  
Series We The People   We The People     19,462       33,026  
Series Swing Shift   Swing Shift     7,342       4,901  
Series Kissed by Fire  Kissed by Fire    7,654     - 
Series Mage   Mage     412,740       -  
Series Tshiebwe   Tshiebwe     8,583       -  
Series Pine Valley  Pine Valley   1,951    915 
Series Steinbeck  Steinbeck        1,177 
Commonwealth         3,675       7,102  
Total      $ 916,836     $ 1,218,673  

 

Operating Expenses

 

The Company incurs legal, accounting and compliance expenses to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of the offerings by its Series. During the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, these organizational expenses totaled $315,475 and $151,290, respectively. These organizational expenses were recorded as operating expenses by the Company and as a corresponding capital contribution by the Manager. The Manager will be entitled to receive an organizational fee equal to 3.0% of the proceeds received from the initial offering of each Series of Units as reimbursement for organizational expenses.

 

The Company also incurs racehorse management, general and administrative and depreciation expenses. In general, racehorse management expenses represent the pro rata portion of the Series Thoroughbred’s training, boarding, healthcare, travel and insurance expenses that each Series pays to our racing stable co-manager, based on the Series’ ownership interest. During the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, racehorse management expenses totaled $321,335 and $205,596, respectively. General and administrative expenses totaled $20,667 and $4,992, respectively. Depreciation expenses totaled $155,828 and $55,187 respectively.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, the Company had a loss on sale of Thoroughbred asset of $65,365 compared to a gain on sale of thoroughbred asset of 222,784 in 2022.

 

As a result of operations, the Company generated pre-tax income of $29,147 for the year ended June 30, 2023 after incurring pre-tax income of $1,022,291 in 2022.

 

The Company has recorded income tax provisions for Series Country Grammer and Series Mage based on a federal rate of 21%.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

See Consolidated Balance Sheets in the Consolidated Financial Statements section for details of each Series’ financial condition as of June 30, 2023.

 

As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $697,813 in cash, and current liabilities including $37,411 of accounts payable, $87,380 of accrued fees to related party, $11,204 of accrued interest, accrued income taxes of $87,978, and $401,634 of notes payable.

 

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $1,577,384 in cash, and current liabilities including $34,014 of accounts payable, $119,512 of accrued fees to related party, $324,000 of accrued income taxes, $9,772 of accrued distributions, $2,184 of accrued interest and $3,833 of notes payable. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $112,069 in cash, and no financial liabilities other than a $48,335 note payable and $1,335 of associated accrued interest used to acquire a Thoroughbred.

 

From inception, the Company has financed its own business activities and those on behalf of its Series through capital contributions from the Manager or its affiliates. The Company and each Series expect to continue to have access to ample capital financing from the Manager going forward. Until such time as the Series have the capacity to generate cash flows from operations, the Manager may cover any deficits through additional capital contributions or the issuance of additional Units in any individual Series.

 

Each Series will repay any loans used to acquire its underlying asset, plus accrued interest, with proceeds generated from the closing of the offering of the Series. No Series will have any obligation to repay a loan incurred by the Company to purchase an underlying asset for another Series. To the extent a Series repays less then all of a loan and acquires a smaller interest in a Thoroughbred, the Company will transfer the residual interest in the Thoroughbred in repayment of the loan.

 

Plan of Operations

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, five Series were qualified, and four Series held initial or final closings of their offerings during the period. Eight Series were qualified, and four Series held initial or final closings of their offerings during the 2022 fiscal year.

 

The Company plans to launch additional offerings, the proceeds from which will be used to acquire additional Thoroughbred assets. In doing so, the Company intends to continue its relationships with WinStar and other racing operations. The Company also intends to continue engaging in racing, sales, and breeding activities, the commencement of which will depend on the stage of development and training of Thoroughbreds when they are acquired. We intend these activities will generate revenues for each Series to cover, in whole or in part, the ongoing post-closing operating expenses of the Series. However, a Thoroughbred racing business is subject to numerous risks, and there can be no assurance that the Thoroughbred assets of any series will produce sufficient revenue to cover its operating expenses, much less fund distributions to its Unit holders. See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

A substantial portion of the proceeds from each Offering will be used to establish reserves to cover boarding, training, medical and other operating expenses until such time as the series would be able to generate racing revenue sufficient to cover these ongoing operations. For additional information regarding the payment of Operating Expenses, see “Business – Operating Expenses.”

 

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Trend Information

 

For a description of the Thoroughbred industry, including trends that could affect the financial condition and operations of each series of the Company, see “Thoroughbred Industry.”

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

As described in greater detail in the “Thoroughbred Industry” section, the racing sector of the horse industry, which includes the Thoroughbred industry, had an estimated impact on the United States economy of $36.6 billion in 2017. Historically, participation in racing Thoroughbreds has been largely limited to wealthy individuals, due to the substantial financial investment required.

 

The Company aims to provide horse racing enthusiasts with the opportunity for greater involvement in the sport by enabling them to acquire a diversified portfolio of equity interests in Thoroughbreds and equine assets through the Commonwealth Platform.

 

Our principal objective will be to acquire ownership interests in, and to manage Thoroughbreds with the pedigree, conformation, and athletic potential to compete successfully in allowance and stakes races, thereby creating opportunities to generate revenue, provide long and short-term capital appreciation, and ultimately distribute Series Revenue to equity Investors in the underlying equine assets. “Series Revenue” means the cash received by the Series from racing and asset sale activities. The Manager may maintain Series Revenue funds in a deposit account or an investment account for the benefit of the Series.

 

The Company aims to make ownership opportunities in Thoroughbred racing available to a significantly larger number of participants than was previously possible. Breeders, racetracks, and professionals in the Thoroughbred racing industry will benefit from greater public interest and participation in horse racing, leading to more races, higher betting handle and purses, and greater attendance. Thoroughbred breeders and owners will benefit from greater liquidity, and potentially lower transaction costs and greater transparency, as compared to traditional methods of conducting Thoroughbred asset transactions.

 

While the Manager may pursue opportunities from any sector of the Thoroughbred racing business and may acquire interests in Thoroughbreds of any pedigree or racing level, it intends to concentrate on the upper echelon (allowance and stakes races) within the sport. The Company will seek to acquire Thoroughbreds that can race competitively in allowance and stakes races. The Company will usually own Thoroughbreds in conjunction with other co-owners.

 

The Company intends to conduct Thoroughbred racing, sales and other activities through separate Series. The Units represent an investment in a Series of the Company and thus indirectly in the underlying Thoroughbred Assets of the Series. They do not represent an investment in the Company or the Manager.

 

In all instances, the Manager will endeavor to manage the Thoroughbreds of each Series in a manner intended to maximize both the earnings capability and value of the Thoroughbred, and the financial return to the Series in accordance with each Series’ Management Services Agreement and the Company’s Operating Agreement. Investors may invest in one or more Series, enabling them to participate more directly in the sport and diversify risk by holding fractional interests in several racing Thoroughbreds or other equine-related assets. We expect that the operations of the Company, including the issuance of additional series and their acquisition of additional assets, may also benefit investors by enabling the Series to gain access to experienced trainers with successful records and benefit from economies of scale with respect to certain operational costs.

 

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The Manager intends to use the proceeds from the sale of Units of each Series to acquire ownership interests in Thoroughbreds with the potential, based on lineage, to race competitively. We will actively participate in managing the racing career of Thoroughbreds in which we hold interests in collaboration with other co-owners or co-managers. Our participation begins when we acquire the interest and extends until the Thoroughbred is either sold or retired from racing.

 

The Company may acquire yearlings and juveniles, who will need up to 18 months to develop and mature before they can generate revenue from racing. The Manager will oversee the development, training, and early racing career of each Thoroughbred acquired by its Series in collaboration with the other co-owners. Our Thoroughbreds will usually be entered in maiden allowance races to begin their careers as a two-year old or three-year old. The Manager may also acquire Thoroughbreds that are in training or actively racing and can earn revenue without a lengthy development period.

 

Focus on Thoroughbred Racing

 

The Company intends to focus on racing Thoroughbreds and will not engage in breeding activities following the retirement of its Thoroughbreds from racing, as described under “Breeding Activities” below. If a Series were to retain its fractional interests and related breeding rights in a stallion, it would not begin to realize revenue from the crop of foals from the first breeding season until the foals were born the following year. Values of fractional interests and related breeding rights in stallions can also be volatile. Those values are affected by the success or lack thereof of the stallions’ progeny on the racetrack, which will not be known until the progeny are at least two-years old at the earliest and is highly unpredictable. Past successes of a stallion’s progeny may not be indicative of the success of future progeny.

 

Even if feasible, active participation in overseeing the breeding of a stallion over 100 times during a breeding season would involve a substantial commitment of time by the Manager’s officers and would detract from their ability to select and manage the development and racing careers of the Thoroughbreds in which the Company’s Series own interests. For these reasons, the Manager has determined that when a Series Thoroughbred has the potential to be a successful stallion or broodmare, it would be in the best interest of the Series’ unitholders to manage an orderly sale of the breeding rights soon after retirement and syndication, wind up the Series, and make liquidating distributions of the sale proceeds to the unit holders.

 

The Commonwealth Platform

 

The Manager owns and operates the Commonwealth Platform, through which horseracing enthusiasts may indirectly invest, through a series of our membership units, in Thoroughbred assets that historically have required substantial financial resources to own. Investors will be able to use the Commonwealth Platform to browse and screen the potential investments and sign legal documents electronically. We intend to distribute the Units of the Company’s Series exclusively through the Commonwealth Platform.

 

We aim to use the Commonwealth Platform to:

 

Democratize the ownership of Thoroughbred racehorses and allow more fans to experience the excitement, perks, and benefits of ownership of top-tier competitors at a fraction of the historical cost;
Provide users with a premium, highly curated, engaging experience through opportunities to interact with the Thoroughbred, trainers, and jockeys and as well as exclusive on-track experiences;
Increase interest in horse racing generally, and provide an opportunity to share in a portion of the financial gains that the ownership of Thoroughbreds and equine assets can create;
Provide access to a broader range of equine assets for investment and opportunities for portfolio diversification; and
Provide purchasers and sellers with greater market transparency and insights, lower transaction costs, potentially greater liquidity, a seamless and convenient acquisition process, portfolio diversification and the ability to retain minority equity positions in assets via the retention of equity units in offerings conducted through the Commonwealth Platform.

 

Through the Commonwealth Platform, investors can view a detailed profile of each series of units. Within the Commonwealth Platform experience, investors can also view:

 

Investors’ amount of investment in each series of units;
Written overview of each horse’s family;
Full pedigree of each horse, with insights;
Photo and video gallery;
Detailed write up on each horse that outlines why Commonwealth and its partners selected the horse, why we believe it has the potential to be a successful racehorse and any other information that helps an investor make an informed decision. This section may also contain comments from bloodstock agents, trainers, and other industry professionals;
Offering details of each series of units; and
Offering Statement, including the Offering Circular, its exhibits, and appendices.

 

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The process for subscribing for Units through the Commonwealth Platform is described earlier under “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure – How to Subscribe.”

 

The Manager

 

The Operating Agreement designates the Manager as the managing member of the Company and each series of its units. The Manager will generally not be entitled to vote on matters submitted to the unit holders. The Manager will not have any distribution, redemption, conversion, or liquidation rights of any series by virtue of its status as the Manager.

 

The Operating Agreement further provides that the Manager, in exercising its rights in its capacity as the managing member, will be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, any series of units or any of the unit holders and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the Operating Agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. In addition, the Operating Agreement provides that the Manager will not have any duty (including any fiduciary duty) to the Company, any series or any of the unit holders.

 

If the Manager resigns as managing member of the Company, the holders of a majority of all units of the Company may elect a successor managing member. Holders of units in each series of the Company have the right to remove the Manager as manager of the Company, by a vote of two-thirds of the holders of all units in each series of the Company (excluding the Manager) if the Manager is found by a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud in connection with a series of units or the Company. If so convicted, the Manager must call a meeting of all the holders of every series of the Company’s units within 30 calendar days after the non-appealable judgment at which the holders may vote to remove the Manager as manager of the Company and each series. If the Manager fails to call such a meeting, any unit holder will have the authority to call such a meeting. If removed, the Manager will be entitled to receive all amounts that have accrued and are due and payable to it. If the holders vote to terminate and dissolve the Company (and therefore the series), the liquidation provisions of the Operating Agreement will apply (as described in “Description of the Units Offered – Liquidation Rights”). If the Manager is removed as manager of the Company, it will also immediately cease to be manager of any series.

 

The Manager and Company executives have relationships with executives and high-ranking individuals at the Thoroughbred industry’s most well-known breeding farms including: WinStar Farm, Claiborne, Spendthrift, Stonestreet, Lane’s End, Calumet, and Hill ‘n’ Dale.

 

The Manager and Company executives are focused on building and sustaining relationships with industry leading bloodstock agents. Currently, the Company has relationships with bloodstock agents known for selecting top race prospects including Kentucky Derby winners, Breeder’s Cup winners and Graded Stakes winners.

 

See “Management” for additional information regarding the Manager.

 

Asset Selection and Acquisition

 

We acquire interests in yearlings, two-year-olds and Thoroughbreds of racing age primarily at top-tier auctions, but also from private ownership and breeding farms on occasion. We select Thoroughbreds based on pedigree, conformation and, for horses two years old and older, when available, under tack workout or breeze times and race results. Target acquisition costs will fall between $70,000 and $500,000 for all or a fractional ownership interest.

 

Prior to an auction, we will consider the characteristics of Thoroughbreds that would complement our existing equine interest portfolio, such as pedigree, age, gender, suitability for turf or dirt racing, degree of competition, and, if applicable, racing experience. We will then contact, or be contacted by, other owners who have expressed interest in bidding with us on similar Thoroughbreds, which will be purchased and held through a co-ownership arrangement. We then work collaboratively with our prospective co-owners to identify and bid upon candidates for purchase that meet the agreed-upon criteria. During this assessment, the parties will inspect the horses in person, consulting with qualified bloodstock agents, owners, breeders, trainers, and veterinarians to evaluate the medical and other information provided by the auction operator. When a bid is successful, the co-owners will negotiate the terms of the co-ownership agreement, including rights to participate in the management of the Thoroughbred.

 

Selection criteria include:

 

Pedigree. Pedigree is a strong determinant of future success on the track and future commercial values. Preference will be given to horses with proven pedigrees, where both the sire, dam and siblings of the horse have successful records (past racing performances of merit) on the racetrack and in the breeding shed. The Manager will track current market trends to identify top stallions and top broodmare sires and will look to align these pedigree crosses (or “nicks” as they are often referred to in the bloodstock world) whenever possible.

 

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Conformation. Many factors determine a horse’s ability, including breeding, training, mental fitness, and disposition. Analysis of conformation will be used to guide the selection team’s assessment of a Thoroughbred’s potential ability. This will help improve the odds of finding a successful racehorse. Biomechanics, heart scans, detailed gait analysis and endoscopic exams will be used to identify positive physical characteristics and rule out limiting physical characteristics that could make a horse more prone to injury, less athletic, etc.

 

Under Tack Times and Past Performance. Under tack times indicate a two-year-old’s running ability, running style and overall performance, as well as a metric for comparative analysis against horses of the same age. For Thoroughbreds of racing age, we will also use past performances, race replays, videos of workouts and other data to evaluate the horse’s ability, running style and future potential.

 

Physical Examination. Each Thoroughbred will undergo pre-purchase and post-purchase physical examinations conducted by a veterinarian. The examination may include but will not be limited to:

 

Basic walking examination;
   
Soundness and health of hoof structures;
   
Skin and body evaluation to identify previous injuries or surgery that could indicate structural or internal health issues, or which might adversely affect the horse’s future value or performance;
   
Oral cavity exam to look for any abnormalities that may affect future training or performance;
   
Optical examination for superficial lesions on the cornea, anterior chamber, and lens. A fundic (or base of the eye) exam should be performed to evaluate the posterior chamber and the optic nerve at the back of the eye;
   
Cardiac exam to detect evidence of any overt cardiac disease (elevated resting heart rate, elevated resting respiratory rate, distended jugular veins, dependent edema, etc.), cardiac murmurs or cardiac arrhythmias;
   
Endoscopic examination to evaluate the functionality and size of the airway; and
   
Full radiographs to identify the presence of developmental orthopedic disease (age, breed and joint specific), osteoarthritis or evidence of “wear and tear,” fractures, chips, and bone remodeling. Pre-sale radiographs are available in the repository of the auction company. Post-sale radiographs will be taken, and soft tissue ultrasonic examinations of tendons and ligaments will be performed as determined to be necessary by the selection team and its veterinarian.

 

A post-purchase examination is important to detect any issue concerning the physical condition of a Thoroughbred. The conditions of sale of leading auctions may provide buyers with certain rights based on the results of a post-purchase examination. For example, dispute resolution procedures for sales of two-year-olds in training can be triggered if radiographs taken within 24 hours after the auction session and before the horse leaves the sales grounds show evidence of injury or disease of bone structure that did not appear on previous radiographs filed in the repository provided by the auction house. This could result in the renegotiation of the purchase price or the rescission of the sale and a refund of the purchase price.

 

Training and Boarding

 

A foal will be boarded at a farm until it has developed sufficiently to commence training. Boarding rates for suckling foals are generally no more $15 per day. Rates for weanlings generally range from $25 to $45 per day. Boarding rates are generally stable, rarely increasing by more than 5% annually. Unanticipated cost increases for hay, bedding, or other items due to external factors may sometimes be passed through to boarding customers.

 

Thoroughbreds purchased for the Company’s Series will be sent to trainers who, in the judgment of the Manager and its co-managers, can best realize the Thoroughbred’s potential. Thoroughbreds purchased as juveniles will be boarded at facilities near the Company’s office in Lexington, Kentucky and may be handled by trainers from the ground under tack to familiarize them with the use of the tack necessary to ride them. During this process they may be ridden in a round pen or paddock to provide them with basic skills until they have matured sufficiently to commence training at a training center or racetrack, usually as a two-year-old.

 

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Each trainer employed by the Series will be an independent contractor and will concurrently be handling Thoroughbreds for other owners. Racetrack based trainers generally are paid approximately $85 to $135 per Thoroughbred per day, plus 10%-12% of the Thoroughbred’s gross winnings. Trainers based at non-racetrack affiliated training centers will generally charge lower “day rates” for initial training or training related to rehabilitation from injury than the rates charged by trainers based at racetracks. Trainers may charge stall rent fees in addition to “day rates” charged for horses located at training centers. In general, training fees are generally stable, with annual increases of more than 5% uncommon.

 

Racing

 

Once a Thoroughbred horse reaches the final race preparation stage in its training regime, and while racing, certain additional charges for services associated with racing will be incurred. Charges such as having a lead pony take the horse to the gate, fees to have independent contractors handle the horse on race day, race day medication, transportation, jockey’s fees based either on a percentage of winnings for placed horses (first or second, and in some instances third) or a flat fee pursuant to a set schedule for unplaced horses (referred to as “Jock Mounts” in the vernacular,) trainer’s and stable commissions based on a percentage of winnings will be incurred or assessed. For races other than stakes races, there are no entry fees. For stakes races there are nomination or subscription fees, entry and starting fees and, in some instances, supplementary nomination fees to make horses eligible to compete after the closing deadline for nominations.

 

Each trainer will employ jockeys, who are generally paid a nominal fee plus 10% of the purse if the Thoroughbred finishes first in the race, 5% for second place finishes or sometimes third, and a standard flat fee for lesser placings. In addition, a barn commission amounting to approximately 2% of the purse is usually paid to the groom and barn help of the winning Thoroughbred. This payment is referred to as a “stake” in the stable vernacular.

 

Because of competition level variables, the racetracks where the Thoroughbreds will be located and the races into which they will be entered will be selected based upon the recommendation of the trainer with the input of the advisors and the Manager’s officers.

 

There is no guarantee that a horse entered in a race will “draw in” and be able to race. Luck can determine if and how many times a horse may run during a race meet. Eligibility and preference of entries are governed by each track’s procedures to maintain a fair and even-handed approach, but horses are routinely excluded from races based upon the random draw in oversubscribed races. In those cases, a horse in such “entered and excluded” status would generally be given priority for entry in a comparable race in the same meet. In addition, trainers would ordinarily have options to race the horse at racetracks in the region. Although as horse may not be able to run as desired during a meet, the possibility that the horse would be excluded entirely from racing even though entered numerous times would be remote.

 

Sale of Assets

 

The Manager expects to sell interests in Thoroughbreds owned by its Series from time to time in the ordinary course of operations or in connection with the dissolution of a Series. The Manager may sell its interest in a particular Thoroughbred if the Manager concludes it would be in the best interest of the Series to do so, based on the Thoroughbred’s racing performance and market value.

 

As the racing career of each Thoroughbred progresses, the Manager and the other co-owners will evaluate the Thoroughbred’s potential trajectory based on the horse’s performance at various levels of competition. If the horse is not demonstrating the potential to compete successfully in allowance and stakes races, the co-owners may decide to sell the horse. Our co-ownership and co-management agreements provide that the horse may not be sold without our consent. With few exceptions, all the co-owners participate in the meetings at which the decision to sell is jointly made.

 

The sale of the Thoroughbred is then usually conducted through one of the major Thoroughbred auctions held throughout the year, such as the Keeneland Horses of Racing Age or Horses of All Ages Sales. Once the co-owners jointly agree to consign the Thoroughbred for sale at the auction and jointly agree on the minimum price for which the Thoroughbred can be sold, the conditions of the bidding and sale are governed by the rules of the auction house. The Company has also sold one horse in which its Series owned an interest, Steinbeck, by entering him in a claiming race in which an interested buyer could and did put in a claim to purchase Steinbeck for the $30,000 claiming price prior to the race. Ownership then transferred immediately following the race. Once Steinbeck was entered in the claiming race, racetrack rules and procedures governed the transaction. The decision to sell Steinbeck in this manner was made jointly with the other co-owner based on disappointing racing results.

 

Upon the sale of a Series Thoroughbred, the Series will discontinue operations other than to wind up its business and make liquidating distributions of the sales proceeds, any retained racing revenue, and the remaining balance of any cash reserves held to cover training and other expenses.

 

The Management Services Agreement authorizes the Manager to pay reasonable fees and or commissions consistent with industry standards to unaffiliated agencies such as trainers, sales agencies, or consignors upon any purchase or sale of Thoroughbreds by a Series. Some trainers may charge a fee or commission for arranging the sale of a Thoroughbred for the Series. Sales agencies and consignors customarily charge a fee or commission on a set or sliding scale for their services in selling Thoroughbreds at public auctions. The Management Services Agreement requires the Manager to comply with state laws regulating private and public sales of Thoroughbred assets.

 

Breeding Activities

 

The Company will not engage in Thoroughbred breeding activities. When the Thoroughbred in which one of our Series holds an ownership interest retires from racing but retains value as a breeding stallion, the Company intends to sign a syndication agreement with a breeding operation, which would convert the ownership interest in the stallion into a number of fractional interests or “stallion shares” possessing breeding rights (the right to breed a mare to the stallion in a given breeding season). Immediately following the syndication of the stallion, the Series will discontinue operations other than to conduct an orderly liquidation of its stallion shares and breeding rights for cash and make liquidating distributions of the sales proceeds, any retained racing revenue, and the remaining balance of any cash reserves held to cover training and other expenses to the Series unit holders, and then terminate.

 

When the Thoroughbred in which one of our Series holds an ownership interest retires from racing but retains value as a broodmare, the Company intends to sell the ownership interest in the horse and conduct a similar process to liquidate the Series assets and make liquidating distributions to Series unit holders.

 

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Insurance

 

The Manager expects to carry mortality insurance (and fertility insurance if applicable) on the Series’ Thoroughbreds and will decide on a case-by-case basis the amount of coverage on a particular Thoroughbred. Generally, a full mortality policy will insure against loss by death caused directly or indirectly by sickness, accident and/or disease. The amount of recovery generally would be the lesser of the insured amount or the last claiming price (if any) the Thoroughbred has been subjected to at the time of the casualty.

 

If a Thoroughbred owned by the Series enjoys great racing success or its value otherwise increases substantially (which can sometimes occur when a member of the immediate family wins a prestigious race), the Manager may decide not to increase mortality insurance to the level of the animal’s value because of the relatively high cost of the additional coverage.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Upon the Closing, each Series will be responsible for the following costs and expenses attributable to the activities of the Company related to the Series (together, the “Operating Expenses”):

 

any and all ongoing fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the management of the Series Asset, including bloodstock agent commissions, transportation (other than those related to Acquisition Expenses), boarding, training and racing expenses (nomination fees, entry fees, jockey fees, pony fees, etc.), veterinarian fees, farrier charges, feed supplements and medications, physical therapy charges, equipment costs, research and database expenses, periodic registration fees, marketing, security, valuation, and utilization of the Series Asset;
fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with preparing any reports and accounts of the Series of Units, including any required federal or state securities filings and any annual audit of the accounts of the Series (if applicable);
fees, costs and expenses of a third-party registrar and transfer agent appointed in connection with the Series;
fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with making any tax filings on behalf of the Series;
any indemnification payments;
any and all insurance premiums or expenses incurred in connection with the Series Asset, including equine mortality or fertility insurance; and
any similar expenses that may be determined to be Operating Expenses, as determined by the Manager in its reasonable discretion.

 

The Manager will be reimbursed for the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Series Thoroughbred, which will be paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering, The amount of these expenses will be added to principal amount of each loan made by the Manager to the Company to fund the Company’s purchase of the interest in the Series Thoroughbred.

 

If the Operating Expenses exceed the amount of revenues generated from the Series Asset and cannot be covered by any Operating Expense reserves on the balance sheet of the Series Asset, the Manager may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to the Series, on which the Manager may impose a reasonable rate of interest, and be entitled to reimbursement of such amount from future revenues generated by the Series (an “Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation”), and/or (c) cause additional Units to be issued in the Series in order to cover such additional amounts.

 

Allocation of Revenue and Expense

 

To the extent relevant, the Manager will allocate items of expense and revenue that are allocable to a specific series to be borne by, or distributed to (as applicable), the applicable series of units. If, however, an item is not allocable to a specific series but to the Company in general, it will be allocated pro rata based on the value of underlying assets or the number of units, as reasonably determined by the Manager.

 

Oversight and Governance

 

The Series will be able to pay a fee or commission to any advisor or other person affiliated with or related to the Manager, advisors, or any Member only with the approval of the principals of the Manager who are not parties to the transaction and will be fully disclosed to Series owners. In such situations, the Manager may consult with unaffiliated advisors who also are not parties to the transaction.

 

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Indemnification of the Manager

 

The Operating Agreement provides that none of the Manager, nor any current or former directors, officers, employees, partners, shareholders, members, controlling persons, agents or independent contractors of the Manager, advisors, nor persons acting at the request of the Company in certain capacities with respect to other entities (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) will be liable to the Company, any Series or any interest holders for any act or omission taken by the Indemnified Parties in connection with the business of the Company or any Series that has not been determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

The Series will indemnify the Indemnified Parties out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving as Indemnified Parties with respect to the Company or the Series and with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

Description of the Management Services Agreement

 

Each Series will appoint the Manager to manage the Company’s operations and the Thoroughbred assets of each Series pursuant to a Management Services Agreement. Each Management Services Agreement for the Series in this Offering are attached as exhibits to the Offering Statement. The services provided by the Manager will include:

 

Preparing a business plan and operating budget and attending to all bloodstock and racing matters;
Selecting and acquiring in the name of the Company or its Series suitable Thoroughbreds for racing as well as other equine assets;
Developing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies for each Thoroughbred acquired or raised by the Company with the intent to maximize its potential value and appreciation;
Securing the services of professional trainers, veterinarians, bloodstock agents and other service providers needed for the proper management, care and training of the Thoroughbreds in each series;
Selecting the racing incentive programs to which the Thoroughbreds produced or owned by the Company will be nominated; and
Providing general administrative services necessary for managing the Company’s business operations, such as bookkeeping, billing, collection, cash management and payment services.

 

The Management Services Agreement will have an initial term of one year and will renew for additional consecutive one-year terms until it is terminated in accordance with its terms. Either party may terminate the Management Services Agreement at the end of the initial term or any renewal term by providing the other party with thirty days written notice prior to the expiration of the then effective term. The Management Services Agreement will also terminate upon (i) the removal of the Manager as managing member of the Company (and thus all series of the Company’s units), (ii) notice by one party to the other party following the other party’s failure to cure a material breach of the Management Services Agreement or (iii) such other date as agreed between the parties to the Management Services Agreement.

 

Each series will indemnify the Manager out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving as managing member under the Management Services Agreement with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

Sourcing Fee

 

As compensation for identifying investigating, evaluating, and managing the acquisition of a Thoroughbred asset, the Management Services Agreement provides that the Manager will be paid a fee of up to 15% of the purchase price of the Series Asset from the offering proceeds at closing.

 

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Management Fee

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager managing the Series’ Thoroughbred Asset and conducting Unitholder relations, the Manager will be entitled to receive the following fees:

 

A training management fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.
   
During a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place, and the purse was earned. The percentage will increase to 20% once the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series.
   
After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Unit Holders of the Series, as described in Distribution Rights below. The percentage will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

None of the Company, any series, the Manager, or any director or executive officer of the Manager is presently subject to any material legal proceedings.

 

THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY

 

The information included in the following section has been derived from publicly available Thoroughbred industry sources. We have no reason to believe this information is incorrect, but we have not independently verified its accuracy.

 

Introduction

 

In 2017, the horse industry contributed approximately $50 billion in direct economic impact to the U.S. economy and had a direct employment impact of approximately 1 million jobs.1 Additionally, the industry itself contributed $38 billion in direct wages, salaries, and benefits.2

 

From those direct effects, the horse industry’s contribution ripples out into other sectors of the economy, resulting in an estimated total contribution to the U.S. economy of $122 billion, and a total employment impact of 1.7 million jobs.3

 

The Thoroughbred industry, a subset of the horse industry, traces its roots back over 300 years to England and its contributions to the economy are significant. Thoroughbred racing, together with Quarter Horse and harness racing, had an estimated economic impact of $36.6 billion to the US economy in 2017 with estimated employment impact of 472,000 jobs.4

 

The Company intends to focus its efforts on acquiring, racing and selling Thoroughbreds with highly sought, commercially attractive pedigrees from established and successful bloodlines.

 

 

1American Horse Council Foundation, 2017 National Economic Impact Study available at www.horsecouncil.org/resources/economics.

2 Id.

3 Id.

4 Equine Business Association, citing 2017 National Economic Impact Study, available at www.equinebusinessassociation.com/2017-economic-impact-study-u-s-horse-industry/.

 

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Breeding

 

The Thoroughbred breeding industry is perpetuated by selectively breeding top mares to top stallions to yield top quality racehorses. There is no guarantee that a Thoroughbred, even with the most sought-after pedigree, will be marketable. Conformation flaws, inherent physical fragility, injury, death, or health issues can and often do render a well-bred Thoroughbred completely valueless. The Thoroughbred breeding industry is concentrated largely in central Kentucky with the majority of top-quality broodmares and stallions located in and around Lexington, Kentucky. However, in recent years regional markets, fueled by breeders’ incentive programs and corresponding higher purses (some supplemented by revenues from alternative forms of gaming) in New York, and Florida and elsewhere are exerting a stronger influence on the breeding of high-quality Thoroughbreds. In North America, stallions are bred to broodmares from mid-February to the end of June of each year. The gestation period for a broodmare (a female horse capable of bearing offspring) is approximately eleven months. Thus, most foals in the United States are born between early January and the end of May.

 

Thoroughbred Sales at Public Auction

 

The majority of Thoroughbreds are sold at public auction. As the most transparent and efficient market of Thoroughbreds, auction statistics are the traditional barometer for the value of Thoroughbred bloodstock. North American Auction averages for yearling Thoroughbreds (a traditional economic barometer used in the Thoroughbred business) have increased from around $40,000 in 2010 into the $83,000 range in 2019 before rebounding from an off year in 2020 to around $86,000 in 2021. The commercial market for Thoroughbred bloodstock, however, has been cyclical. After steady growth throughout the 1970’s, the bloodstock market increased sharply in the early 1980’s, followed by sharp declines in the mid-1980’s, the early 1990’s and again during the latter part of the first decade of the 2000’s.

 

The average prices paid for Thoroughbreds sold at public auction in North America in the 21st century have increased over time, peaking in 2018, after significant declines in 2007-2010. Thereafter, the Thoroughbred yearling market (and the overall Thoroughbred market in general) has experienced a slow, but somewhat erratic growth in yearling sales averages and medians, albeit with significantly reduced numbers of horses offered. The North American foal Crop in 1984 was in excess of 50,000 newborn foals, but volume has steadily declined to an estimated 19,200 registered foals in 2021. Although total receipts for public sales of Thoroughbred horses exceeded one billion dollars (U.S.) each year from 2004 through 2007, total receipts from public sales decreased to $941,320,193 in 2008, a drop of 23.8% from 2007 totals. Totals in recent years have reached levels just above one billion dollars with a total of all Thoroughbred auction revenues reaching $1,087,528,402 in 2019 before pulling back approximately 26% to a total of $805,203,467 in the Covid-19 interrupted 2020 auction year, rebounding to $1,154,037,082 in 2022, an increase of approximately 26.3%.The primary Thoroughbred auctions are conducted by sales companies such as Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, Barretts and Ocala Breeders Sales, and are held primarily in Kentucky, Florida, New York, Maryland, and California. Auction companies such as these earn a sales commission between 4.5% and 5% on the horses they sell at public auction. The sales held by The Keeneland Association, historically the leading sales company for elite level Thoroughbreds, are considered a measure of industry health due to the large volume and variety of Thoroughbred yearlings sold there. Fasig-Tipton’s standing in the market has increased following its acquisition in 2008 by a firm backed by Dubai’s ruling family.

 

Weanling Auctions

 

Selling a horse as a weanling presents the breeder’s initial opportunity to generate revenue. Public auctions for weanlings occur from October through the following January. The gross sales of all weanlings in 2020 totaled over $51.6 million, down 27.5% from $71,236,078 in 2019.5 This decrease followed an increase in gross sales from $61.1 million in 2016 to $79.26 million in 2018, an increase of 30.4%. Gross revenue from weanling sales in North America had increased during the two years (2017-2018) prior to the downturns in 2019 and 2020. The average sale price of $51,674 in 2020 represented a 48% decrease from the record average price of approximately $100,000 in 2006. The gross sales of $73.75 million for weanlings in 2021 rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels with an increase in the average of approximately 15.8% to $64,752.6

 

 

5 The Blood-Horse Auction Review.

6 Id.

 

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Yearling Auctions

 

Yearling sales are traditionally where breeders sell their produce. Public auctions for yearlings occur throughout the country from July through October. In 2021, approximately 40.74% (7,752) of all registered yearlings bred in the U.S. (19,025) were offered for sale and 6,379 (33.52%) were sold at public auction.7 The gross sales of all yearlings in 2021 totaled over $$552.7 million, an increase of 29.3% from over $371.3 million in 2020. The yearling sales market is concentrated in Kentucky where approximately 50% are sold at public auction. There were approximately 45 other public auctions are held in 2021 throughout North America for the sale of yearlings.

 

Of the yearling sales, the Keeneland September yearling auction is the largest auction and draws buyers from around the world. The 2021 Keeneland September yearling auction resulted in gross revenues of $364.51 million for the 2,789 horses sold, with the average per yearling up 30.18% from 2020 figures. The 2020 Keeneland September yearling auction yielded gross revenue of approximately $248.9 million for the 2,481 Thoroughbred yearlings sold. The gross revenue figure increased by 46.4% from the total reached in 2020 of approximately $248.9 million.8 The number of Thoroughbreds sold in 2021 increased 12.41% to 2,789 sold from the previous year number of 2,481 sold at the 2020 Keeneland September auction.9 The average price (mean) per yearling at the 2021 Keeneland September yearling auction was $130,698, which represented a 30.2% increase from the 2020 average of $100,354. The median price was $65,000 in 2021, which represented a 75.67% decrease from $37,000 in 2020.10

 

Overall, the North American yearling market in 2020, with about 6,350 sold (including “short” yearlings sold in January and February), experienced an 28.3% decrease in gross sales. The average sale price for a yearling decreased 20.3% to $62,229.11 At the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Sale held in September 2020 due to the Covid-19 delays, 348 yearlings changed hands (about 5.4% of the anticipated overall market in 2020) with an average price of $177,486 (an increase on average of 2.7% from 2019 figures (all three Fasig Tipton yearling sales combined.))12 The yearling and two-year-old markets have become much more international in recent years with horses bred in the U.S. often being offered in foreign markets. In fact, after not reaching his reserve at a yearling auction in the U.S., War of Will, 2019 Preakness Stakes (Grade 1) winner, was purchased by a U.S. based bloodstock agent for approximately $300,000 at the Arqana May two-year-old in training (or “breeze up” sale as it is referred to in Europe) in France, repatriated to the U.S. and campaigned in the Triple Crown series.13 In addition to the U.S. and European markets, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Ireland and Japan have active yearling and two-year-old auctions offering racing prospects that often end up competing at U.S. racetracks.

 

Two-Year-Old Auctions

 

Public auctions for two-year-old Thoroughbred racing prospects take place from February through June of each year in warmer locales favorable to training. The major two-year-old sales are held in Florida, Maryland, California, and Kentucky. In 2020, two-year-old sales figures indicate that the gross sales were down 38.2% and averages were down 26.7% from 2019.14 The average price in 2019 was $89,614, a slight increase of less than 1.0% from 2018 figures.15

 

Broodmare Auctions

 

The number of broodmares sold at public auction in North America during 2020 was 2,763 (about half the number of broodmares sold (5,5286) in 2006), which was the second highest number of broodmares ever sold in a single year at public auction.16 Gross sales proceeds decreased 9.7% from 2019 to $218,253,650, lowest gross sales since 2012.17 The average price for a broodmare in 2020 also declined approximately 2.8% to $78,735.18 Broodmares are usually offered for sale (in foal, barren or maiden) in what are known as breeding stock or bloodstock sales in November and January in the U.S. In January 2020, the Keeneland January Horses of all Ages sale posted a record average of $46,704 per horse with a $15,000 median sale price. There were gross sales of $46,236,600, the second highest gross sales amount since 2008 when the gross reached $70.45 million from a seven-session sale. There were only four sessions in the 2020 sale.19

 

 

7 Id.

8 Id.

9 Id.

10 Id.

11 Id.

12 Id.

13 The Blood-Horse online June 5, 2019, “Agent Casse Proud of War of Will’s Accomplishments” by Ron Mitchell

14 Id.

15 Id.

16 Blood-Horse Sales State of the Market, January 28, 2021

17 The Blood-Horse online January 15, 2021; Keeneland 2021 January Horses of all ages Sales Results-Overview.

18 Id.

19 Id.

 

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Private Sales

 

A substantial private market for Thoroughbreds also exists. Bloodstock agents negotiate the majority of private deals for buyers and sellers. The success of an agent is often predicated on his reputation in the industry and his longstanding relationships with both buyers and sellers. In addition to bloodstock agents, trainers having a horse sold privately while under their care typically will be paid a sales commission of 5% on the gross sales price of the horse.

 

Marketplace and Competition

 

The major markets for Thoroughbreds include the nationwide racing circuit, public auctions, and private sales throughout North America. Most buyers are North Americans, but there are a number of significant international buyers from the Middle East, Europe, the U.K., Australia, and Japan. Several hundred individuals and agencies conduct pinhooking operations in the weanling and yearling markets across the United States, as well as thousands of owners and trainers who purchase weanlings and yearlings to eventually race for their own account. Competitors in the two-year-old market consist mostly of racehorse owners trying to acquire top two-year-olds for immediate racing.

 

Racing

 

When a yearling becomes a two-year-old on the second January 1 following its birth, it is eligible to race, although two-year-old races are not usually conducted until April of each year. Early two-year-old races can be as short as two to four furlongs (a quarter to one half of a mile) but are generally five to six furlongs. Two-year-old Thoroughbreds competing in these early races, may later race at distances up to one mile and a sixteenth or beyond. During the early two-year-old season, many young horses prove simply too small or fragile for early racing and are “turned out” for further development. For many Thoroughbred horses, racing careers will not begin until their third or fourth year, when they reach full development. During its career, a Thoroughbred may run in races at a variety of distances and over a variety of surfaces. A “claiming race” is a race in which any horse running may be purchased at a specified “claiming” price, which is posted as a condition of entry. In “allowance” races, the weight each horse will carry is set by conditions written by the track’s racing secretary, making specific allowances in weights for horses with less impressive past performances and saddling better performing horses with more weight. A “weight for age” race utilizes a standard scale of weights established by The Jockey Club, which are then assigned to horses based upon their age and the month of the year.

 

The most prestigious and lucrative Thoroughbred races, “stakes races,” sometimes run under “handicap” conditions (whereby the track’s handicapper assigns different weights to the horses based upon their relative perceived ability in an effort to achieve a dead heat result, or in other words to give each horse an equal opportunity to win the race, all other factors being equal). These stakes or handicap races attract the best horses and the most public attention. To participate in these types of races, owners must pay a “subscription” or “nomination” fee or a series of nomination fees well in advance, and an entry fee or “starting” fee at the time of the race. Some stakes races allow supplemental nominations if premium nomination fees are paid for otherwise ineligible horses. These fees may or may not be added to the purse money and may be substantial (as much as $360,000 to supplement to the Breeder’s Cup Classic) with no guarantee that any part of the supplementary nomination will be earned back by the horse supplemented. Failure to draw into a stakes race, however, cancels all fees. The stakes money raised by these fees is often supplemented by state breeders’ association awards, the Breeders’ Cup, the track and by sponsorship.

 

Wagering and Purses

 

Currently, at least 38 states have adopted legislation permitting pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. Pari-mutuel handle, or the amount of money wagered, on Thoroughbred racing in the United States and North America, peaked in 2003. U.S. handle in 2003 was $15.18 billion. U.S. and North American handle have decreased by 25.77% and 24.99%, respectively, from 2003 through 2018.20 U.S. and North American handle increased slightly by 3.28% and 3.47%, respectively, in 2018. U.S. handle in 2018 totaled to $11.27 billion,21 an increase due principally to a 4.1% increase in off-track wagering handle.22 Handle was down approximately 7.2% through the first six months of 2019.23

 

 

20 The Jockey Club 2018 Online Fact Book.

21 The Jockey Club 2019 Online Fact Book.

22 Id.

23 www.astarthor.com/blog/asexpected-pari-mutuel-handle-drops.

 

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In the United States during 2020, total purses decreased dramatically to $869.8 million, the lowest since 1997, not factoring in for inflation. According to information published by the Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., in 2019, $1.167 billion in purses was distributed in 27,700 races at United States tracks representing a 23.5% decrease in the number of races and a decrease from total purses distributed in 2019.of 25.53%24 Average purse per race decreased approximately 2.7% to $31,400 in 2020 from $32,257 in 2019. If purse levels remain constant and the number of runners and races continues to decline due to shrinking foal crops, then the recent trends may continue. The overall trend in purses, however, can be attributed to the decline in the number of races and increased revenue from video lottery terminals, historic horse racing wagers and table games (or “Alternative Gaming”) at racetracks.

 

Several other sources of revenue support purse-earning opportunities for Thoroughbreds. The sport now has two 24-hour cable channels devoted to it, Horse Racing TV (“HRTV”) and TVG, owned by the British company Betfair Group Ltd. (“Betfair”), an online betting exchange that has been successful in Great Britain and around the world. While betting exchanges (online markets where individuals can act as both bettors and bookmakers with one another) are currently only legal in the United States in New Jersey (which saw Betfair suspend its operations in 2020 due to lower than anticipated handle), more states may authorize online betting exchanges in the near future. In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court, adjudicating a case brought before it by the State of New Jersey, struck down a law prohibiting sports gaming in the United States, allowing individual states to pass legislation allowing this form of gambling. To date, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico (Pueblo of Santa Ana tribe only,) Oregon, Tennessee, Montana, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and New Jersey, Nevada, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Rhode Island, New York (limited to upstate New York casinos in-person only), Arkansas and Delaware either offer sports wagering or have legislation in place to implement sports wagering.25 Further developments that enhance these potential sources of revenue and allocate a portion to the racing industry could have a positive impact on purses.

 

Advance deposit wagering (“ADW”) from simulcasts of live racing transmitted from multiple tracks to viewing outlets is another important source of purse revenue. The Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, as amended, vests in horsemen’s groups at the host tracks the power to withhold consent to the transmission of the signal unless the horsemen receive a fair portion of the ADW revenue. In 2008, when eighteen tracks and the Thoroughbred Horseman’s Group (the “THG”), an entity representing horsemen from those tracks, could not agree on appropriate rates to charge for the signals, THG withheld its consent. As a result, Churchill Downs and other affected tracks were unable to send their signals to simulcast outlets and ADW companies during their live meets, exclusive of certain races for which there were pre-existing agreements. This reduced handle from all sources at several tracks and led the tracks to announce purse reductions (and in one case, suspension of racing) due to the anticipated loss of revenues. Churchill Downs filed suit alleging that the THG violated antitrust laws by forming a compact to “fix prices” for simulcast signals (television and video feeds for computer access to live racing) in restraint of trade. The parties subsequently settled the lawsuit and agreed upon a new rate structure. However, the episode illustrated that a prolonged period without ADW revenue would adversely impact purses at many North American racetracks.

 

In recent years, many states have authorized the use of Alternative Gaming at racetracks. Revenues from Alternative Gaming have been a significant new source of purse revenue. Several major racing jurisdictions have considered or passed legislation to enable those states to conduct alternative forms of gaming such as the operation of video lottery and historical racing terminals or slot machines at racetracks. Florida has enacted such legislation, limited to certain counties by local option ballot initiatives, and such gaming is being conducted at multiple locations with mixed economic results. Similarly, in 2005, New York authorized Alternative Gaming at several locations. To date, the authorized gaming at the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct Racetrack has had a significant positive economic impact on Thoroughbred purses and operators. Pennsylvania has approved up to six licenses for alternative forms of gaming, which have been allocated and operational since 2007. Other jurisdictions with Alternative Gaming include Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, New Mexico, and West Virginia.

 

 

24 The Jockey Club 2019 Online Fact Book.

25 www.legalbettingonline.com.

 

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To date, the Kentucky legislature has failed to approve casino-style Alternative Gaming at racetracks, but presently has a Senate Bill pending to redefine pari-mutuel wagering to include Historical Horse Racing (“HHR”) which has significantly added to purses and racetrack re-development in Kentucky and Arkansas. HHR is being considered in other states in recent years. California also has yet to approve on-track Alternative Gaming despite the intense competition its racetracks face from full casino style gaming at Indian reservations throughout the state. Online gaming is now available in at least eight states, including online poker, sports betting, casino style gaming and lottery games. These competing forms of gaming could adversely impact wagering handle on racing.

 

If more states do not protect horse racing from competition from Alternative Gaming and online gaming or approve Alternative Gaming at racetracks, purse revenues may decline. Conversely, should additional jurisdictions approve such legislation and fully develop Alternative Gaming facilities, purses in those states could increase significantly. If states, however, amend their enabling legislation to divert Alternative Gaming revenue from supporting Thoroughbred racetracks, purses would be adversely affected. Purse funds in West Virginia have already been tapped by the state government as a source of money to stabilize a troubled workers’ compensation fund.

 

Stallion Share/Stallion Ownership

 

Ownership of shares in syndicated stallions entitles the owner to certain rights to breed either the owner’s mares or mares owned by third parties to the stallion and to bonus pool revenues generated by the sale of “bonus nominations” – additional rights to breed the stallion. Usually, syndicates consist of from 36-60 shares (sometimes referred to as “fractional interests”) owned by multiple owners, normally a mixture of individuals, farms, and other entities. The syndicate manager, usually an entity associated with an established commercial breeding farm, has a fiduciary duty to the syndicate members to manage the stallion to maximize its potential in the marketplace, to enhance or maintain the value of the stallion, and to generate revenues to pay the expenses of the syndicate and to make distributions to the syndicate members as set forth in the syndicate (co-ownership) agreement.

 

Ownership of a stallion share usually entitles an owner to one or two regular nominations (sometimes simply referred to as “seasons” which in effect is the right to breed one mare to the stallion as many times as is reasonably necessary to obtain a pregnancy during a given breeding season) and often a bonus nomination every year, every other year or every third year, as the syndicate agreement provides, on a rotating basis with other share owners. The allocation of bonus nominations is in the discretion of the syndicate manager and can be limited if the stallion is injured, is out of service due to sickness or disease, or is physically unable (usually due to advanced age or semen quality issues) to impregnate mares in large numbers. A stallion share owner may elect to sell both regular and bonus nominations through either private sale, public auction (generally, very limited and almost always subject to the consent of the syndicate manager), or by offering the nominations to the syndicate manager to sell at the farm. Another available option is to sell the contract at a discount (usually in the 75-85% of live foal stud fee range) to a company in the business of factoring such contracts for the immediate payment of cash without further risk of loss.

 

In response to increases and declines in auction prices for yearlings, most major commercial breeding farms will raise or lower stud fees. Reductions and increases of as much as 20-25% are common in all price ranges of stallions offered for breeding in 2019, depending on market demand and the performance of the stallion’s progeny at the racetrack or his in-foal mares and offspring selling at public auction. Increases and decreases in stud fees can affect the value of stallions, as there is a direct correlation between available stud fee revenue, stud fees actually paid and the overall value of the stallion. Commercial breeding farms may resort to alternative arrangements to ensure mares are attracted to the stallions standing at their respective farms. Some farms are offering breeders incentives, guarantees on sales (stud fee will be no more than the sale price if the progeny of the stallion fails to bring an amount equal to the stud fee), the option to convert a “stands and nurses contract” to a “foal share” arrangement, or the option to pay the stud fee out of the proceeds of sale (essentially interest free financing of the stud fee for up to 30 months). These stallion management strategies can affect anticipated cash flow and asset values of stallions held for appreciation and revenue generation and may have an overall negative or positive affect on the projected revenues and values of the Company’s stallion share portfolio, if any.

 

Shares in syndicated stallions are available in various price ranges and multiples of stud fees (a common measure of value in the marketplace), since the market demand for stallions varies widely based upon commercial success at the industry sales events and success at the racetracks. Another factor is the stallion’s fertility and libido, which determines the size of the book of mares the stallion may reasonably service in a given breeding season. Stallion books range from a modest 50 mares (or less) to more than 200 mares in the Northern Hemisphere breeding season.

 

The Southern Hemisphere breeding season begins in August. Some stallions also shuttle to the Southern Hemisphere (primarily South America and Australia, but also to South Africa or New Zealand) either on a lease basis or to stand at an affiliate of the syndicate manager for the benefit of the stallion share owner. They may breed a similar number of mares in the Southern Hemisphere season, but the stud fees are usually reduced by 35%-50% depending upon the location of the stallion and the demand for his services. There are additional costs to the syndicate for transportation and quarantine that are incurred when shuttling stallions. An alternative used less frequently, but with some economic success, however, has North American stallions breeding Southern Hemisphere based mares (or those to be transported to the Southern Hemisphere after breeding) during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season while remaining at their Northern Hemisphere homes.

 

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Colts successful in graded stakes races often are targeted as stallion prospects by major commercial breeding farms. As these horses establish their ability on the racetrack, breeding farms are making assessments of pedigree, conformation, and commercial appeal of the crop of colts racing to determine if they represent viable commercial stallion prospects fitting their future stallion needs. Usually, the prospective stallion buyer projects what the market is willing to pay for the stallion’s services on a live foal basis for these colts upon retirement. Once the projected live foal stud fee is determined, farms will gauge demand and appraise the stallion prospect based on recouping their investment in three years. In recent years Darley and Coolmore, two of the largest commercial breeding farms and aggressive competitors in the marketplace for stallions, have driven up the price of viable stallion prospects considerably.

 

The breeding rights often will be acquired before the stallion prospect is actually retired from racing. Some owners prefer to retain some or all of the breeding rights and share the upside potential for a stallion should the prospect prove to be successful in the breeding shed. It is also customary to grant to the trainer of the stallion one or two breeding rights per year. Agents involved in the purchase or sale of stallion prospects may also be awarded lifetime breeding rights as part of their compensation for facilitating the transaction whereby the stallion’s breeding rights are sold or purchased. Other owners of male Thoroughbred racehorse stallion prospects retain only breeding rights (but no liabilities) and otherwise sell the breeding rights outright upon retirement of the colt. Revenue generated by ownership of proven or unproven stallions varies as stud fees are routinely adjusted based initially upon sales results and then upon racing performance of the stallion’s progeny.

 

Share ownership in commercially proven stallions can be lucrative. Investment in unproven stallions is speculative, and the industry generally accepts that one of ten stallion prospects will ultimately be a commercially viable stallion in central Kentucky. Fortunately, there is a secondary market in other states and foreign countries so that stallion prospects failing to establish commercial viability can be sold or leased to stallion operations in such regional markets or in foreign countries. Insurance is available to cover first year congenital infertility. The continued availability of such insurance is subject to rate variability and to caps on coverage. Not all stallion prospects will be fully insurable for mortality or infertility.

 

Industry Organizations

 

The Jockey Club, with offices in New York City and Lexington, Kentucky, is the recognized official registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States. Similar organizations exist in other racing countries throughout the world. The Jockey Club database includes the names of more than 3,000,000 horses tracing back to the late 1800’s. The database also is updated daily to include results of virtually every race in North America and pedigree and racing data from major racing centers throughout the world.

 

To race in sanctioned races or to register its offspring, a Thoroughbred must be registered with The Jockey Club. Purchasers generally require a Jockey Club Certificate of Foal Registration as a condition of sale. These certificates are now available in electronic form. All the Company’s Thoroughbreds will be registered with The Jockey Club.

 

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (“NTRA”) was established in April 1998 by a coalition of Thoroughbred industry interests including owners, trainers, racetracks, horsemen’s groups, jockeys, off-track betting facilities and breeders’ sales companies. At the time, the Thoroughbred industry faced challenges such as declining revenue growth and attendance, an aging fan base and increased competition from new gaming alternatives and other nationally marketed sports. The mission of the NTRA is to increase public awareness of Thoroughbred racing, its fan base, total handle, and purses. The main objective of the NTRA is to create a centralized national structure and successfully implement a comprehensive marketing and television strategy for the Thoroughbred racing industry.

 

The NTRA has launched several extensive marketing and advertising campaigns with mixed reviews from industry participants. The NTRA is not self-funding and depends on industry contributions to continue its operations. In particular, the NTRA depends on the continued support of Churchill Downs and The Stronach Group, the two major operators of Thoroughbred racetracks. Any withdrawal of financial support by a significant group of racetracks, as has been threatened in the past, could compromise the ability of the NTRA to function as a nationally recognized industry association and could have a significant adverse effect on industry unity and continued viability of the Thoroughbred business.

 

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Racetrack Industry

 

In the late 1990’s, Churchill Downs, Inc. (“CDI”) and Magna Entertainment Corp. (“MEC”) emerged as the two principal national racetrack operators, buying up major racetracks from coast to coast, as well as some smaller facilities. The consolidation trend ended a few years later when CDI sold Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California to developers and sold Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky and Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana. During the same period, MEC went through a bankruptcy, sold some of its facilities, emerged as a reorganized company and has been transformed into The Stronach Group headed by its founder’s daughter, Belinda Stronach. The two major players are also finding competition from gaming companies that are interested in racetracks authorized to offer Alternative Gaming. Casino operators like Eldorado Resorts, Hollywood Casinos, MGM Resorts, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Indiana Grand and Indian tribes with gaming industry acumen have entered the racetrack business. Smaller racetrack operators like Penn National Gaming, Inc. and Boyd Gaming earning Alternative Gaming revenue at their tracks have shifted focus to become “gaming” companies and have purchased or opened other small facilities authorized to offer Alternative Gaming.

 

The consolidation in ownership of major racing facilities brought greater continuity and cohesiveness to the industry. CDI and The Stronach Group are still the two principal national racetrack operators and are partners as well as competitors in various racing related ventures. CDI now owns multiple racetrack properties including Churchill Downs (Louisville, Kentucky), Calder Race Course (Miami Gardens, Florida), Fairgrounds Race Course & Slots (New Orleans, Louisiana), Ocean Downs (Berlin, Maryland), Presque Isle Downs (Erie, Pennsylvania), Arlington Park (Arlington Heights, Illinois) and a new harness track soon to be built in Oak Grove, Kentucky. CDI also owns its own account deposit wagering platform, Twinspires.com; its own research database, Bloodstock Research Information Systems; and off-track betting facilities related to its racetrack holdings. In addition, CDI owns United Tote (a totalizator company it uses to process wagers).

 

The Stronach Group’s Thoroughbred racetrack holdings include Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, California), Golden Gate Fields (Berkley, California) and Portland Meadows (Portland, Oregon). Beyond racetracks, The Stronach Group owns AmTote, a totalizator service provider for the pari-mutuel industry; Palm Meadows, a training center near Boynton Beach, Florida that provides necessary stabling to conduct live racing at Gulfstream Park; XpressBet, an account deposit wagering platform; and Monarch Content Development, LLC, a simulcast purchase, and sales agent for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. Monarch sells horse racing content from its stable of racetracks to a variety of wagering outlets around the world, including racetracks, casinos, off-track wagering facilities, and internet-based wagering companies. Monarch’s current customers include Santa Anita Park, Del Mar, Gulfstream Park, Pimlico, Laurel Park, Golden Gate Fields, Los Alamitos (TB), Portland Meadows, Meadowlands, Monmouth Park, XpressBet and XBNet.

 

As a result of this consolidation of racetrack ownership, any significant financial setbacks, or other threats to the ongoing viability of CDI or The Stronach Group could have a material adverse impact on the industry as a whole. The Stronach Group’s racetracks have a significant impact on the Thoroughbred industry. Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita conduct major race meets offering lucrative purses for winter racing. In addition, The Stronach Group’s second tier tracks offer significant opportunities in geographic areas not otherwise offering live racing. If any of the racetracks owned by CDI or the Stronach Group cease to operate, it could have an adverse impact on the overall health of the Thoroughbred industry.

 

Santa Anita Park conducts most Southern California racing in the fall, winter and spring months since Hollywood Park closed in 2009 to be sold and developed as commercial real estate. If Santa Anita Park were also to be sold for real estate development, the Los Angeles area would be without a major Thoroughbred racing and training facility. The end of live Thoroughbred racing in one of North America’s largest metropolitan areas would greatly reduce the sport’s ability to gain exposure in an important market and would also eliminate some of the highest purses in North America. Santa Anita has also experienced a spate of equine fatalities during the 2019 winter race meet. The potential fallout from this pattern of fatalities could provide the impetus for legislation banning or severely limiting horse racing in California. This would have a significant adverse impact on the Thoroughbred racing and breeding business in North America.

 

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Supervision and Regulation

 

The supervision and regulation of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering are principally governed by state law, which varies from state to state. A horse racing board or commission is the state governmental authority that oversees horse racing, pari-mutuel wagering, and related activities for the purpose of, among other things, ensuring the integrity of racing within the state. In general, state racing commissions have authority to supervise and regulate the following activities associated with horse racing:

 

The conduct of all horse racing activities at licensed racetracks within the state, including scheduling meets, setting standards for tracks and grounds, and inspecting racing facilities;
   
The conduct of pari-mutuel wagering and the amount of purses, stakes, or awards to be offered;
   
Licensing requirements and procedures and for participation by owners, jockeys, trainers, and others;
   
Oversight of the health and sound racing condition of racehorses;
   
Restricting or prohibiting the use and administration of drugs or stimulants or other improper acts to horses before participating in a race;
   
Maintaining and operating facilities for drug testing;
   
Establishing safety standards for jockeys and racing equipment;
   
Setting minimum fees for jockeys to be effective in the absence of a contract between an employing owner or trainer and a jockey;
   
Requiring racetrack operators to file financial information and a list of their stockholders or other persons holding a beneficial interest in the organization; and
   
Enforcing statutes and regulations governing horse racing, including adjudicatory power to conduct hearings, issue subpoenas and impose penalties for violations, such as suspension or revocation of licenses, fines, and forfeiture of purses.

 

The National Racing Compact was created as an independent, interstate governmental entity (the Association of Racing Commissioners International), composed of pari-mutuel racing regulators from participating states, to set standards for individual licenses, accept applications and fingerprints, analyze criminal history information, and issue a national license. The national license is recognized by the 15 compact member states and nine other states that have elected to recognize the national license or the application for the license to a lesser degree.

 

The Association of Racing Commissioners International was formed in 1947 to “encourage forceful and honest nationwide control of racing for the protection of the public.” The goals of the organization are to facilitate reciprocity in enforcing each other’s official rulings (penalties) and uniform rules and practices. From the beginning, the Association has functioned as a repository and redistribution center for all official rulings by stewards and racing commissioners.

 

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) was passed at the end of 2020 to create uniform national standards for Thoroughbred racing in the areas of racetrack safety and medication. The effort was prompted by growing public concern about safety of racehorses and riders resulting from an unusual spate of breakdowns at Santa Anita between July 1, 2018, and November 30, 2019, when fifty-six horses died or were euthanized because of injuries suffered at the track. Although the issue was of concern at all racetracks across the nation with similar safety records, the Santa Anita cluster of injuries and deaths galvanized the opponents to racing and the press to elevate the issue significantly. Contributing to the impetus for the legislation were several high-profile trainers involved with medication issues in stakes races of national interest (including the Kentucky Oaks, the Arkansas Derby and the Kentucky Derby) and the indictment of several east coast trainers alleged to have used and trafficked in illegal performance enhancing substances resulting from an FBI undercover operation. These events cast a shadow over racing’s reputation and were the subject of increased media scrutiny forcing industry leaders to act.26

 

 

26 https://www.hisaus.org/about; https://www.albanylaw.edu/government-law-center/news/understanding-the-horseracing-integrity-and-safety-act-and-new-era.

 

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HISA created the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (the “Authority”), a “private, independent, self-regulatory, nonprofit corporation” purposed to develop and implement “a horseracing anti-doping and medication control program and a racetrack safety program.…”27 Two standing committees of the Authority will prescribe rules for each of the two target areas of concern.28 The Racetrack Safety Committee will establish a horseracing safety program, while The Anti-Doping and Medication Committee will help the Authority establish a medication control policy.29 The Authority only covers Thoroughbred horses, leaving the coverage of other breeds to individual racing commissions or breed governing organizations.30

 

The Authority is charged to seek an agreement with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) under which USADA will serve “as the anti-doping and medication control enforcement agency,” but will have no hand in prescribing drug rules.31 The Authority could not come to an agreement with USADA, but consistent with its mandate to identify and contract with an entity of comparable reputation to perform drug testing services, Drug Free Sport International was retained as the HISA drug enforcement arm. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will serve as an oversight body to the Authority and the FTC must approve all substantive and procedural rules of the Authority.32 The FTC also decides appeals from final decisions of the Authority.33

 

HISA has now implemented its anti-doping enforcement regulations effective May 22, 2023, and has implemented substantially all of its safety provisions. There have been a number of lawsuits filed in various jurisdictions by horsemen’s groups, individuals and state attorneys general (on behalf of the state racing commissions or boards), and it is likely there will be successive rounds of litigation and appeals based upon the imposition of the anti-doping regulations. There have already been rollbacks of certain provisions of the HISA and Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit health and safety and anti-doping policies and regulations. Oral arguments in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the overall constitutionality of the HISA legislation have been scheduled for October 2, 2023, and the outcome of this case could adversely affect the ongoing and consistent regulation of Thoroughbred racing. If the regulatory issues related to HISA cause interruptions to the racing calendar in the future, the Company’s Thoroughbreds could lose racing opportunities. To date, the implementation of HISA has not had a material impact on the Company’s costs. 

 

Sales Practices

 

Three of the four states where a significant percentage of public auctions of Thoroughbreds are conducted, California, Florida, and Kentucky, have enacted statutes governing the documentation of transactions involving horses. (The fourth, New York, has not followed suit.) In general, these statutes require that the purchase or sale of equine assets be accompanied by a written bill of sale signed by both the buyer and the seller or their authorized agent. For purchases and sales made through public auctions, the bill of sale requirement may be satisfied by the issuance of an auction receipt or acknowledgement of purchase generated by the auction house and signed by the buyer or the buyer’s authorized agent.

 

In response to allegations of unfair and deceptive trade practices, states have begun to enact legislation intended to foster greater transparency in transactions involving equine assets. Florida and Kentucky have enacted laws governing the conduct of agents acting on behalf of buyers and sellers of equine assets. For example, an agent is not permitted to represent both the buyer and seller in the same transaction, unless the agent first discloses the dual representation and obtains the written consent of both the buyer and seller. Similarly, an agent is not permitted to purchase on behalf of a buyer, or recommend that the buyer purchase, any equine asset in which the agent has a direct or indirect interest without the buyer’s prior knowledge and written consent. An agent is also not permitted to receive payments in excess of $500 in connection with the purchase or sale of an equine asset from anyone other than his or her principal, unless the agent and the person making the payment first discloses the payment in writing to both the purchaser and seller, and the agent’s principal consents in writing to the payment. In addition, an agent acting on behalf of a buyer or seller in a transaction involving an equine asset is required, upon the request of his or her principal, to provide the principal with all financial records relating to the transaction.

 

 

27 HISA § 1203(a).

28 Bennett Liebman, Introducing the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act and a New Era of Racing Regulation, 32 NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sprots Law Journal 64 (2021), https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3780750.

29 Id..; HISA § 1207(B).

30 HISA § 1205(l).

31 HISA § 1205(e)(1)(A).

32 HISA § 1204, 1205(c)(2); https://www.hisaus.org/regulations.

33 HISA § 1209.

 

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These laws generally afford a person injured by a violation the right to recover from the violator the difference between the price paid for the equine assets and the actual value of the equine assets at the time of sale, the amount of any undisclosed or unapproved payments made by a third party, and legal fees and expenses.

 

FEES AND EXPENSES

 

Offering Expenses

 

Each series of the Company’s units will generally be responsible for certain fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the offering of the units associated with that series. Offering expenses consist of legal, accounting, escrow, underwriting, filing and compliance costs, as applicable, related to a specific offering (and excludes the ongoing costs of operating the series, classified as operating expenses). The Manager has agreed to limit the reimbursement of offering expenses by each Series to no more than 10% of the offering proceeds.

 

Acquisition Expenses

 

Each series of the Company’s units will be responsible for any and all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the evaluation, discovery, investigation, development, and acquisition of the underlying asset related to such series incurred prior to the Closing. Acquisition expenses are expected to consist principally of the purchase price of the Series Asset, plus documentation costs, interest expense, the cost of pre-purchase medical examinations, bloodstock agent and sales fees and commissions, appraisal fees, research fees, transfer taxes, third party industry and due diligence experts, bank fees and interest (if the underlying asset was acquired using debt prior to completion of an offering), auction house fees, travel and lodging for inspection purposes and transportation costs to transfer the Thoroughbred from the seller’s possession. Acquisition expenses do not include the Brokerage Fee described in the following section.

 

Brokerage Fee

 

As compensation for serving as executing broker providing certain administrative services to the Company in connection with this Offering, Dalmore will receive a Brokerage Fee equal to 1% of the amount raised through this Offering plus a one-time consulting fee of $20,000 after the issuance of a “no objection” letter by FINRA and a one-time payment of $5,000 for out-of-pocket expenses paid to Dalmore. In connection with each offering and sale of units, each series of the Company’s units will be responsible for paying its own Brokerage Fee to Dalmore. The Brokerage Fee will be payable from the proceeds of each offering of units immediately upon closing. The Company will also pay Dalmore $1,000 for each post-effective amendment it subsequently files to offer a new series of units.

 

The “Use of Proceeds” sections for each of the Series and the “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure” section include further details.

 

Sourcing Fee

 

The Company, the Series and the Manager will enter into the Management Services Agreement, pursuant to which the Series will appoint the Manager to manage the Series’ Thoroughbred asset and conduct its racing activities. See “Description of the Business – Description of the Management Services Agreement.”

 

As consideration for identifying and exploring acquisition opportunities, conducting due diligence evaluations of potential Thoroughbred assets, negotiating, and structuring the terms and conditions of acquisitions and other related functions, the Manager will be paid a fee of up to 15% of the cost of acquiring the Thoroughbred Asset from the proceeds of each offering at closing.

 

Management Fees

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager managing the Series’ Thoroughbred Asset and conducting Unitholder relations, the Manager will be entitled to receive the following fees:

 

A fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.

 

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During a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place, and the purse was earned. The percentage will increase to 20% once the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series.
   
After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Unit Holders of the Series, as described in Distribution Rights below. The percentage will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%.

 

The Manager will not be entitled to any compensation other than as described above and will be responsible for its own operating and administrative expenses.

 

The “Use of Proceeds” sections for each of the Series and the “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure” section include further details.

 

Organizational Fee

 

The Manager will be paid an Organizational Fee equal to 3% of the proceeds received from each offering of units of the Company’s series to reimburse the Manager for legal, accounting and compliance expenses incurred to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of Units in all subsequent Series Offerings. Organizational expenses incurred by the Manager totaled $7,822 in 2021, $5,169 for the first six months of 2022 and $2,549 for the last six months of 2022. The Organizational Fee would be 3% of the offering proceeds raised in each Series Offering.

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Manager

 

The Manager of the Company is Commonwealth Markets Inc. The Company operates under the direction of the Manager, which is responsible for conducting the operation of its business, directing its day-to-day affairs, and implementing our investment strategy. The Manager serves as the “Managing Member” of each series under the terms of the Operating Agreement and the Management Services Agreement of that series.

 

The Manager will make decisions with respect to all asset acquisitions and dispositions and determine how to manage the Thoroughbred Assets in order, in general terms, to generate revenue, maximize asset value, and evaluate potential sale opportunities, which may lead to the liquidation of a Series. The Manager will be responsible for the development, health, and training of Series Thoroughbreds, including hiring trainers and veterinarians. The Manager and its officers and directors are not required to devote all their time to our business and are only required to devote such time to our affairs as their duties require.

 

The Company will follow guidelines adopted by the Manager and implement policies set forth in the Operating Agreement unless otherwise modified by the Manager. The Manager may establish further written policies and will monitor our administrative procedures, investment operations and performance to ensure that the policies are fulfilled. The Manager may change our objectives at any time without approval of our Unit Holders. The Manager itself has limited track record and is relying on the experience of its individual officers, directors, and advisors.

 

The Manager performs its duties and responsibilities as set forth in our Operating Agreement. The Manager maintains a contractual, as opposed to a fiduciary relationship, with us and our Unit Holders. Furthermore, we have agreed to limit the liability of the Manager and to indemnify the Manager against certain liabilities.

 

Responsibilities of the Manager

 

The responsibilities of the Manager include:

 

Thoroughbred Sourcing and Disposition Services

 

Define and oversee the overall strategy of Thoroughbred sourcing, training, racing, and disposition;

 

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Manage the Company’s Thoroughbred sourcing activities, including creating the Thoroughbred acquisition policy, organizing, and evaluating due diligence for specific acquisition opportunities, and structuring partnerships with breeders, trainers, brokers, and dealers who may provide opportunities to source quality Thoroughbreds;
   
Negotiate and structure the terms and conditions of acquisitions of Thoroughbred assets with sellers;
   
Evaluate any potential Thoroughbred purchase offers from third parties, which may result in Thoroughbred sales or other liquidity transactions;
   
Structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of transactions pursuant to which Thoroughbred assets may be sold.

 

Services in Connection with an Offering

 

Create and manage all series of interest for offerings related to Thoroughbred assets on the Commonwealth Platform;
   
Develop offering materials, including the determination of its specific terms and structure and description of the Thoroughbred assets;
   
Create and submit all necessary regulatory filings including, but not limited to, SEC filings and financial audits and coordinate with the broker of record, lawyers, accountants, and escrow agents as necessary in such processes;
   
Prepare all marketing materials related to offerings and obtain approval for such materials from the broker of record;
   
Together with the broker of record, coordinate the receipt, collection, processing and acceptance of subscription agreements and other administrative support functions;
   
Create and implement various technology services, transactional services, and electronic communications related to any offerings;
   
All other necessary offering related services.

 

Thoroughbred Operations

 

Oversee training and racing opportunities by any Thoroughbred assets;
   
Engage service providers for training and racing activities of Thoroughbred assets;
   
Allocate revenues and costs related to Thoroughbred racing activities to the appropriate series in accordance with our allocation policy;
   
Approve potential joint ventures, limited partnerships, and other such relationships with third parties related to Thoroughbred assets.

 

Unit Holder Relationship Services

 

Provide any appropriate updates related to Thoroughbred assets or offerings electronically or through the Commonwealth Platform;
   
Manage communications with Unit Holders, including answering e-mails, preparing, and sending written and electronic reports and other communications;
   
Establish technology infrastructure to assist in providing Unit Holder support and services;
   
Determine our distribution policy and determine amounts of and authorize Series Revenue distributions from time to time;

 

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Maintain Series Revenue funds in deposit accounts or investment accounts for the benefit of a Series.

 

Administrative Services

 

Manage and perform the various administrative functions necessary for our day-to-day operations;
   
Provide financial and operational planning services and collection management functions including determination, administration and servicing of any expense reimbursement made to the Company or any series by the Manager to cover any operating expense shortfalls;
   
Administer the potential issuance of additional Units to cover any potential operating expense shortfalls;
   
Maintain accounting data and any other information concerning our activities as will be required to prepare and to file all periodic financial reports and required to be filed with the SEC and any other regulatory agency, including annual and semi-annual financial statements;
   
Maintain all appropriate books and records for the Company and all the series of units;
   
Obtain and update market research and economic and statistical data in connection with the Thoroughbred assets and the general Thoroughbred market;
   
Oversee tax and compliance services and risk management services and coordinate with appropriate third parties, including independent accountants and other consultants, on related tax matters;
   
Supervise the performance of such ministerial and administrative functions as may be necessary in connection with our daily operations;
   
Provide all necessary cash management services;
   
Manage and coordinate with the transfer agent, if any, the process of making distributions and payments to Unit Holders or the transfer or re-sale of securities as may be permitted by law;
   
Evaluate and obtain adequate insurance coverage for the Thoroughbred assets based upon risk management determinations;
   
Provide timely updates related to the overall regulatory environment affecting the Company, as well as managing compliance with regulatory matters;
   
Evaluate our corporate governance structure and appropriate policies and procedures related thereto; and
   
Oversee all reporting, record keeping, internal controls and similar matters in a manner to allow us to comply with applicable law.

 

Executive Officers, Directors, and Key Employees

 

The following individuals are the principal shareholders, directors, executive officers, and significant employees of the Manager:

 

Name   Position   Age   Term of Office
Brian Doxtator   Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer   41   Since June 2019
Chase Chamberlin   Head of Racing   33   Since June 2019

 

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Brian Doxtator, age 41, has over 15 years’ experience at the intersection of strategy, operations, and management at companies focused on innovation and growth industries. Since 2019 Brian has been CEO of Commonwealth Markets Inc. and led the company since inception. Brian oversees the financial and business side of the Company. Under his leadership, Commonwealth’s horse racing efforts have achieved the highest levels of racing including owning part of Country Grammer, the highest earning racehorse in the world in 2022, and Mage, winner of the 2023 Kentucky Derby.

 

Brian’s formative years were spent in the fields of mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) and corporate strategy. First, Brian was an analyst with Legg Mason’s technology M&A group, where he was responsible for structuring and modeling M&A transactions. While at Legg Mason, he was the sole analyst, and heavily involved in drafting SEC offerings memos, for two lead-managed IPOs. Later, as an associate in the M&A and strategy group for IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC), Brian worked with dozens of IAC business units to define long-term strategic objectives, and based on those objectives, Brian would identify opportunities to acquire, invest, and partner with other companies to further IAC’s long-term strategy. Once an opportunity was identified, Brian managed a cross-functional team of corporate employees to structure and execute the transaction. During his time at IAC, Brian became an expert on digital business models while working with the company’s 80 owned and operated businesses including Ticketmaster, Match.com, LendingTree, HSN, College Humor and many others.

 

In 2011, Brian moved on to work in venture-backed startups. From March 2011 through March 2016, he served as Vice President, General Manager (the company’s first non-technical executive) of PlayHaven, a mobile marketing platform for mobile app developers. At PlayHaven, Brian and his staff were broadly responsible for all non-technical functions including revenue, account management, data analysis and optimization, legal, finance, marketing, and board management and fundraising. From 2011 to 2016, the PlayHaven platform was integrated into 80% of the top 1,000 mobile apps in the world and 500 million mobile phones around the world. PlayHaven clients included top app developers Supercell, Disney, EA, King, and several others. Brian was instrumental in growing revenue from $0 to $45 million per year and expanding the team from five to 150 employees with offices around the world. Additionally, Brian helped lead the company through multiple VC-backed fundraising rounds and navigate a merger with analytics platform Kontagent.

 

From February 2017 through June 2018, Brian served as Chief Operating Officer of Model VR, a virtual-reality hardware and software developer for the entertainment and video game industries. Brian’s responsibilities as Model VR were go-to-market strategy and fundraising.

 

Since April 2014, Brian has also been serving as the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of LOHO Bride LLC, a high-end bridal brand with retail stores in Los Angeles and San Francisco and online e-commerce operations.

 

Chase Chamberlin, age 33, has been involved in the equine industry for more than 20 years. Since 2018 he has served as the Head of Racing for Commonwealth and in that time has lead Commonwealth in acquiring multiple stakes-winning racehorses including: G1 winner Country Grammer (currently the 5th highest earning racehorse in history), Kentucky Derby winner Mage, and G3 winner We the People. Under his guidance the racing stable has achieved a remarkable 83% WPS record (as of August 2023) and 27% win rate. He is responsible for managing Commonwealth’s rapidly growing stable of horses and serves as the primary point of contact between hall of fame trainers, veterinarians, bloodstock agents and other industry representatives both nationally and internationally. He has deep ties in horse racing globally and actively serves on the Advisory Board of the Retired Racehorse Project and as an independent consultant for an equine biomedical device company.

 

A national champion equestrian in both the United States and Canada, Chase has a deep understanding of acquiring and selecting bloodstock, veterinary care, equine performance management, nutrition, training, and breeding. Since June 2013, Chase has served as an independent equine consultant, in which capacity he has personally been involved in brokering more than $3 million in bloodstock with American and foreign buyers.

 

From May 2016 to March 2020 Chase was a Digital Marketing Strategist for Epipheo Inc., one of the world’s largest digital video agencies. During his time at Epipheo, Chase was the leading contributor to the organization’s growth, producing over $25 million in award winning digital brand strategies and content for companies such as Google, Proctor and Gamble, Walmart, Amazon, Red Bull, Fifth Third Bank, Travelers, Nickelodeon, Disney, Microsoft, GlaxoSmithKline and many more. In this role, Chase was responsible for helping clients large and small clarify complex business problems, architecting digital strategies to solve those problems and aligning the right team of world class creative talent to bring those strategies to life.

 

From June 2013 through December 2014, Chase worked as the Assistant Director, Business Development and Marketing with Great Nursing Care, Inc. In this role, Chase managed the development of a department and initiative responsible for re-branding, repositioning, and growing the 20-year-old home health care organization, which operates in one of the United States’ most competitive markets. During this time, he led the development of strategic relationships with healthcare providers, insurance networks and other local partners.

 

COMPENSATION

 

Compensation of Executive Officers

 

The Company currently has no employees, nor do we currently intend to hire any employees who will be compensated directly by the Company. Each of the executive officers of the Manager manage our day-to-day affairs, oversee the review, selection and recommendation of acquisition and disposition opportunities, and monitor the development, health, and training performance of acquired Thoroughbreds, consistent with our business objectives. In the future, each of these individuals may receive compensation from Commonwealth Markets Inc. for their services, including services performed for us on behalf of the Manager, although they have not received any such compensation to date. Although we will indirectly bear some of the costs of the compensation paid to these individuals, through fees we pay to the Manager, we do not intend to pay any compensation directly to these individuals.

 

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Compensation of Manager

 

The Manager may receive Management Fees and reimbursement for costs incurred relating to this and other offerings (such as Offering Expenses and Acquisition Expenses). Neither the Manager nor its affiliates will receive any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in connection with the offer and sale of the Units.

 

The following table shows the compensation of the Manager for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.

 

Period (1)    

Capacities in which

compensation was

received (e.g., Chief

Executive Officer,

Director, etc.)

  Cash
compensation
($) (2)
    Other
compensation
($)
    Total
compensation
($)
 
6/30/22 to 6/30/23     Manager   $ 326,250     $ 0     $ 326,250  
6/30/21 to 6/30/22     Manager   $ 94,918     $ 0     $ 94,918  

 

(1) In March 2023, the Company changed its fiscal year from December 31 to June 30.
   
(2) The following table shows the amount of cash compensation attributed to the Manager’s closing fees for the acquisition of Thoroughbred assets and to its management fees from racing operations for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022.

 

Period   Sourcing
Fees
    Management
Fees
    Total Cash
Compensation
 
6/30/22 to 6/30/23   $ 161,979     $ 164,271     $ 326,250  
6/30/21 to 6/30/2022   $ 93,245     $ 1,673     $ 94,918  

 

A more complete description of the management of the Company is included in “Description of the Business” and “Management.”

 

PRINCIPAL INTEREST HOLDERS

 

As of November 20, 2023, the securities of the Company were beneficially owned as follows:

 

 

Unit Series

 

 

Beneficial Owner (1)

  Units Beneficially Owned  

 

Percent of Class

             
Series A1   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   50   100%
Series Country Grammer   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   52   2.7%
Series I Got A Gal (2)   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   44   2.7%
Series Pine Valley   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   28   3.3%
Series Swing Shift   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   45   2.2%
Series We The People   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   26   2.2%
Series Tshiebwe (3)   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   7   0.3%
Series Mage (4)   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   151   4.4%
Series Tapicat Filly   Commonwealth Markets Inc.   72   2.3%

 

(1) Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth in this column is 101 West Loudon Ave Suite 210, Lexington, Kentucky 40508.

(2)

 

 

The Manager loaned the Company $53,623 to purchase a 33% interest in I Got A Gal. As provided in the convertible note from the Company to the Manager, proceeds from the Series I Got A Gal Offering were used to pay 95.8% of the principal of the note from the Manager, and the $2,242 unpaid balance was converted into 44 Units issued to the Manager. See “Interest of Management and Others in Certain Transactions.”

(3)

 

The Manager loaned the Company $47,500 to purchase a 10% undivided interest in Tshiebwe. As provided in the convertible note from the Company to the Manager, proceeds from the Series Tshiebwe Offering were used to pay 99.7% of the principal from the Manager. See “Interest of Management and Others in Certain Transactions.”
(4) The Manager loaned the Company $72,500 to purchase a 25% undivided interest in Mage. As provided in the convertible note from the Company to the Manager, proceeds from the Series Mage Offering were used to pay 95.6% of the principal from the Manager. See “Interest of Management and Others in Certain Transactions.”

 

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Commonwealth Markets acquired 50 of the Company’s Series A1 Units in exchange for a capital contribution of $5,000. The Series A1 Units represent the Manager’s capital account in the Company, which is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for all federal and state tax purposes. Each of the Company’s series offered to investors elected to be taxed as a “C” corporation.

 

Holders of Series A1 Units are not entitled to vote on matters submitted for the consent or approval of all of the Company’s members generally. No separate vote or consent of the holders of Series A1 Units is required to approve any matter, except as required by the Delaware Act or the Operating Agreement. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Series A1 Units then outstanding is required for:

 

Any amendment to the Operating Agreement that would adversely change the rights of the Series A1 Units;
Mergers, consolidations, or conversions of Series A1 or the Company; and
All such other matters that the Managing Member, in its sole discretion, determines require the approval of the holders of the outstanding Series A1 Units voting as a separate class.

 

Upon any liquidation of the Company, subject to the preferential rights, if any, of holders of any other class or Series of Units, all property held solely by the Company and not by a specific Series, and all amounts in excess of the amount required to discharge liabilities of the Company only (and not of a specific Series) will be distributed to the holders of the Series A1 Units on an equal per unit basis as provided in the Operating Agreement.

 

Holders of Series A1 Units have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights, no preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of the Company and no preferential rights to distributions.

 

INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

Loans to Purchase Thoroughbred Interests

 

The Company has funded the purchase of interests in several Thoroughbreds with loans from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that that principal amount of the loan is the purchase price of the Thoroughbred interest plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually. Upon payment of the cash from the offering proceeds to the Manager, the ownership interest in Thoroughbred will be assigned to the Series. To the extent that the note is not repaid in full from offering proceeds, the Company will transfer the unassigned portion of the Thoroughbred interest to the Manager to retire the note. In lieu of taking an interest in the Thoroughbred, the Manager may elect to convert the unpaid balance of the note into Series Units at the conversion price of $50.00 per Unit.

 

The Company’s loans from the Manager to fund the purchase of interests in Kissed By Fire, Appellate, and Sun Kissed Soiree are described in the Use of Proceeds section of each of those Series. The following table presents information about Company’s loans from the Manager for the three Series Offerings that have been completed.

 

Series  Principal Amount of Promissory Note   Amount Repaid   Amount Converted into Units 
             
I Got A Gal  $53,623   $51,381   $2,242 
Mage   72,500    64,950    7,550 
Tshiebwe   47,500    47,150    350 

 

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WinStar Farm

 

The Manager, Commonwealth Markets Inc. has issued a convertible promissory note to WinStar Ventures, LP, an affiliate of WinStar Farm (“Ventures”), in the principal amount of $300,000 and bearing interest at 6% per annum. At any time on or after February 19, 2025, Ventures may elect to convert the outstanding principal balance and unpaid accrued interest of the Note into shares of the Manager’s common stock at the conversion price of $0.39215 per share. Ventures may also elect to convert the note in the event of a Corporate Transaction (defined below) at the same conversion price. In the event of an equity financing, the note will automatically convert at a conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.39215 per share or the lowest per share purchase price of the equity securities issued in the equity financing.

 

In addition, the Manager has also issued a stock purchase warrant to Ventures that entitles Ventures to purchase 3,620,000 shares of the Manager’s common stock at a purchase price of $100,000. The warrant will become exercisable after (a) WinStar places $3,000,000.00 of aggregate value (based on the Company’s public offering prices) on the Commonwealth Platform or (b) a Corporate Transaction (each, a “Triggering Event”) for 12 years after the Triggering Event. A “Corporate Transaction” means the sale of substantially all the Manager’s assets, a merger or similar change of control transaction, or the sale of the Manager’s capital stock in which a person or group acting in concert would become the beneficial owner of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager.

 

As set forth in this Offering Circular, and the Company’s previous Offering Circulars, the Company has conducted 8 series offerings to acquire interests in WinStar Thoroughbreds with an aggregate value of $514,460.

 

Other Related Party Transactions

 

The Manager paid a total of $20,300 and $16,800 of rent expense on behalf of the Company during the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Additionally, the Manager incurred professional fees of $315,475 and $151,290 on behalf of the Company during the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, to support the Company.

 

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company has an advance to the Manager of $153,533 and $26,250, respectively. During the year end ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, executives of the Manager provided services to the Company for no specific compensation at the Manager level or Company level. Management expects in the future these executive services will be compensated through the management fee (see Note 5).

 

During the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Manager forgave $17,897 and $12,500, respectively of debt.

 

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company had a related party debt of $226,634 and $3,833, respectively, with associated accrued interest of $11,204 and $2,184, respectively.

 

On June 12, 2021, the Company executed a $53,623 note with the Manager to finance the purchase of a 33% interest in the filly, I Got A Gal. The note accrued interest at 1.58% and was due within 10 business days of the closing or termination of the Series I Got A Gal offering. As the offering proceeds did not entirely retire the note, the unpaid balance was converted into Series I Got A Gal units at the price per unit as sold in the offering.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the colt Mage from Marquee Farms, LLC for a purchase price of $72,500. The Company funded the purchase with a $72,500 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that the principal amount of the loan is $72,500 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance of the convertible promissory note $5,867 was forgiven.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in the colt Tshiebwe from WinStar Farms, LLC for a purchase price of $47,500. The Company funded the purchase with a $47,500 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that the principal amount of the loan is $47,500 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance of the convertible promissory note of $9,787 was forgiven.

 

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On August 12, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in the filly Kissed by Fire from Exline-Border Racing LLC for a purchase price of $105,000. The Company funded the purchase with a loan from the Manager. The promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that that principal amount of the loan is $105,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance on the convertible promissory note is $51,806 at June 30, 2023.

 

On August 30, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in the colt Pensacola, from WinStar Farms LLC for a purchase price of $60,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $60,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that the principal amount of the loan is $60,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The Company plans to offer Units in a Series Pensacola Offering in the future. The balance on the note is $60,000 at June 30, 2023.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in an unnamed filly (“Constitution Filly”) from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $75,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $75,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that that principal amount of the loan is $75,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.05% for September 2022. The current outstanding balance on the convertible promissory note is $2,828 at June 30, 2023.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in an unnamed filly (“Medaglia Filly”) from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $60,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $60,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that that principal amount of the loan is $60,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.05% for September 2022. The Offering by Series Medaglia Filly expired on March 29, 2023, prior to the sale of any units. The balance on the convertible promissory note is $60,000 at June 30, 2023.

 

On January 18, 2023, the Company acquired a 20% undivided interest in Bipartisanship from Magna Carta LLC for a purchase price of $52,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $52,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that principal amount of the loan is $52,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.85% for January 2023. The balance on the note at June 30, 2023 is $52,000.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred offering costs associated with series offering of $155,659 and $111,534, respectively, with amounts ultimately remitted to the Manager.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred management fees associated with Series horse winnings of $138,459 and $102,896, respectively, with amounts ultimately remitted to the Manager.

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS OFFERED

 

The following is a summary of the principal terms of, and is qualified by reference to the Limited Liability Company Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2, and the Subscription Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, relating to the purchase of the applicable Series of Units. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of those agreements, which should be reviewed in their entirety by each prospective Investor. If the provisions of this summary differ from the provisions of the Operating Agreement or the Subscription Agreement (as applicable), the provisions of the Operating Agreement or the Subscription Agreement (as applicable) shall apply. Capitalized terms used in this summary that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Operating Agreement.

 

Description of the Units

 

The Company is a series limited liability company formed pursuant to Section 18-215 of the LLC Act. The purchase of membership units in any Series of the Company is an investment only in that Series and not an investment in the Company as a whole. In accordance with the LLC Act, the Series Units are, and any other series of units if issued in the future will be, a separate series of units of limited liability company interest of the Company and not in a separate legal entity. The Company has not issued, and has no current intention to issue, any class or series of Units entitled to any preemptive, preferential, or other rights that are not otherwise available to Investors purchasing Units in connection with any of the Series Offerings.

 

Title to the Thoroughbred Assets will be held by, or for the benefit of, the applicable Series of Units. We intend that each Series will own its own Thoroughbred Asset(s). We do not anticipate that any of the Series offered hereby will acquire any Thoroughbred asset other than its interest in the Thoroughbred for whom the Series is named. A new series will be issued for future Thoroughbred Assets. An Investor who invests in this Offering will not have any indirect interest in any other Thoroughbred Assets unless the Investor also participates in a separate offering associated with those other Thoroughbred Assets.

 

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Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act provides that, if certain conditions are met, (including that certain provisions are in the formation and governing documents of the series limited liability company, and if the records maintained for any such series account for the assets associated with such series separately from the assets of the limited liability company, or any other series), then the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series shall be enforceable only against the assets of such series and not against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series. Accordingly, the Company expects the Manager to maintain separate, distinct records for each series and its associated assets and liabilities. As such, the assets of a series include only the horse associated with that series and other related assets (e.g., cash reserves). As noted in the “Risk Factors” section, the limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) have never been tested in federal bankruptcy courts and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one series should be applied to meet the liabilities of the other series or the liabilities of the Company generally where the assets of such other series or of the Company generally are insufficient to meet the Company’s liabilities.

 

Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act provides that a series established in accordance with Section 18-215(b) may carry on any lawful business, purpose, or activity, other than the business of banking, and has the power and capacity to, in its own name, contract, hold title to assets (including real, personal, and intangible property), grant liens and security interests, and sue and be sued. The Company intends for each series to conduct its business and enter into contracts in its own name to the extent such activities are undertaken with respect to a particular series and title to the relevant Thoroughbred asset will be held by, or for the benefit of, the relevant series.

 

All Units offered by this Offering Circular will be duly authorized and validly issued. Upon payment in full of the consideration payable with respect to the Units of a Series, as determined by the Manager, the Unit Holders of that Series will not be liable to the Company to make any additional capital contributions with respect to the purchased Units (except for the return of distributions under certain circumstances as required by Sections 18-215, 18-607 and 18-804 of the LLC Act). Holders of the Units offered by this Offering Circular have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights, no pre-emptive rights to subscribe for any Units and no preferential rights to distributions.

 

Although affiliates of the Manager expect to subscribe for Units of each Series Offering on the same terms as other investors, the Manager and its affiliates are not required to own any of the outstanding Units of any Series. If the Manager or its associates participates in the Offering, they will participate on the same terms as all other Investors. The Manager may sell any of its Units from time to time after the Closing of an Offering.

 

The Manager has the authority under the Operating Agreement to cause the Company to issue Units to investors as well as to other persons or entities for such cost (or no cost) and on such terms as the Manager may determine, subject to the terms set forth in the applicable Series Designation. The Series Designations are attached as Exhibits to the Offering Statement.

 

An Investor in this Offering will acquire an ownership interest in the Series in which the Investor purchased Units and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in (i) the Company, (ii) any other series if the Company’s Units, (iii) the Manager, (iv) the Commonwealth Platform or (v) the Series Asset or any underlying asset owned by any other series of interest. Our Units will not immediately be listed on a securities exchange and a liquid market in the Unit cannot be guaranteed. We currently have no plans to create our own trading market or partner with an existing platform to allow for trading of the Units. We encourage you to review the additional risks related to liquidity in the “Risk Factors” section.

 

Further Issuance of Units

 

Only Units in the Series named on the cover page are being offered and sold pursuant to this Offering Circular. The Operating Agreement provides that the Manager may limit the number of beneficial owners of Units of each Series to no more than 2,000 qualified purchasers (no more than 500 of whom cannot be accredited investors). The Manager has the option to issue additional Units of a Series (in addition to those issued in connection with this Offering) on the same terms as the Units offered hereunder as is required from time to time in order to pay any Operating Expenses which exceed revenue generated from the Series Asset.

 

Distribution Rights

 

The Manager has sole discretion in determining what distributions of Series Revenue, if any, are made to Unit Holders except as otherwise limited by law or the Operating Agreement. The Company expects the Manager to distribute any Series Revenue on a quarterly basis as set forth below. However, the Manager may change the timing of distributions or determine that no distributions shall be made in its sole discretion.

 

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Any Series Revenue generated by a Series will be applied in the following order of priority:

 

(1)First, to repay any amounts outstanding under any Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation of the Series plus accrued interest; including the portions of the Management Fee payable for training management and from net winnings, as described under “Management Fee;”
   
(2)Second, to create such reserves as the Manager deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to meet future Operating Expenses of the Series;
   
(3)Third, to Series Unit holders, pro rata according to their Unit ownership; and
   
(4)Fourth, after the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Series Unit holders.

 

The percentage of Series Revenue payable to the Manager from race winnings and from sale activities will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%.

 

No Series will distribute a Series Asset in kind to its Unit Holders.

 

The LLC Act (Section 18-607) provides that a member who receives a distribution with respect to a series and knew at the time of the distribution that the distribution was in violation of the LLC Act will be liable to the series for the amount of the distribution for three years. Under the LLC Act, a series limited liability company may not make a distribution with respect to a series to a member if, after the distribution, all liabilities of such series, other than liabilities to members on account of their limited liability company interests with respect to such series and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specific property of such series, would exceed the fair value of the assets of such series. For the purpose of determining the fair value of the assets of the series, the LLC Act provides that the fair value of property of the series subject to liability for which recourse of creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of such series only to the extent that the fair value of that property exceeds the nonrecourse liability. Under Section 18-704 of the LLC Act, an assignee who becomes a substituted member of a company is liable for the obligations of his assignor to make contributions to the company, except the assignee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to it at the time the assignee became a member and that could not be ascertained from the operating agreement.

 

Redemption Provisions

 

The Units are not redeemable.

 

Registration Rights

 

There are no registration rights in respect of the Units.

 

Voting Rights

 

The Manager is not required to hold an annual meeting of Unit Holders. The Operating Agreement provides that meetings of interest holders may be called by the Manager and a designee of the Manager shall act as chairman at such meetings. The Investor does not have any voting rights as an interest holder in the Company or a series except with respect to:

 

the for-cause removal of the Manager;
the dissolution of the Company upon the for-cause removal of the Manager, and
an amendment to the Operating Agreement that would:

enlarge the obligations of, or adversely affect, an interest holder in any material respect;
reduce the voting percentage required for any action to be taken by the holders of units in the Company under the Operating Agreement;
change the situations in which the Company and any series can be dissolved or terminated;
change the term of the Company (other than the circumstances provided in the Operating Agreement); or
give any person the right to dissolve the Company.

 

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Each unit holder will be entitled to one vote per unit owned on all matters submitted to a vote of the unit holders of an applicable series or of the unit holders of all series of the Company, as applicable. The removal of the Manager as manager of the Company and all series of units must be approved by two-thirds of the votes that may be cast by all unit holders in any series of the Company. All other matters to be voted on by the unit holders must be approved by a majority of the votes cast by all unit holders in any series of the Company present in person or represented by proxy.

 

The consent of the holders of a majority of the units of a series is required to amend the Operating Agreement in a manner that would adversely change the rights of the units of the series, result in mergers, consolidations, or conversions of the units of the series and for any other matter as the Manager, in its sole discretion, determines will require the approval of the holders of the units of the series voting as a separate class.

 

The Manager and its affiliates (if they hold units of a series) may not vote as unit holders in respect of any matter put to the unit holders. However, the submission of any action of the Company or a series for a vote of the unit holders must first be approved by the Manager, and no amendment to the Operating Agreement may be made without the prior approval of the Manager if the amendment would decrease the rights of the Manager or increase the obligations of the Manager.

 

The Manager has broad authority to act with respect to the Company and any series. See “Management” for more information. Except as set forth above, the Manager, in its sole discretion, may amend the Operating Agreement without the approval of the unit holders to, among other things, reflect the following:

 

the merger of the Company with, or the conveyance of all its assets to, a newly formed entity if the sole purpose of that merger or conveyance is merely to change the legal form into another limited liability entity;
a change that the Manager determines to be necessary or appropriate to implement any state or federal statute, rule, guidance, or opinion;
a change that the Manager determines to be necessary, desirable, or appropriate to facilitate the trading of units;
a change that the Manager determines to be necessary or appropriate for the Company to qualify as a limited liability company under the laws of any state or to ensure that each series will continue to qualify as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
an amendment that the Manager determines, based upon the advice of counsel, to be necessary or appropriate to prevent the Company, the Manager, or the officers, agents, or trustees from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or “plan asset” regulations adopted under ERISA, whether or not substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed;
any amendment that the Manager determines to be necessary or appropriate for the authorization, establishment, creation, or issuance of any additional series;
any amendment that the Manager determines to be necessary or appropriate for the formation by the Company of, or its investment in, any corporation, partnership, or other entity, as otherwise permitted by the Operating Agreement;
a change in the fiscal year or taxable year and related changes;
a change in the name of the Company, the location of the Company’s principal place of business or the Company’s registered agent; and
any other amendments which the Manager deems necessary or appropriate to enable the Manager to exercise its authority under the Operating Agreement.

 

In each case, the Manager may make such amendments to the Operating Agreement provided the Manager determines that those amendments do not adversely affect the unit holders (including any particular series of units as compared to other series) in any material respect.

 

Furthermore, the Manager retains sole discretion to create and set the terms of any new series and will have the sole Power To Acquire, Manage And Dispose Of Underlying Asset Of Each Series.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

The Operating Agreement provides that the Company will remain in existence until the earlier of the following: (i) the election of the Manager to dissolve it; (ii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company; (iv) at any time that the Company no longer has any members, unless the business is continued in accordance with the LLC Act; and (v) a vote by two-thirds of all unit holders of the Company following the for-cause removal of the Manager. In no circumstances may the Company be wound up pursuant to Section 18-801(a)(3) of the LLC Act upon the vote of members who hold more than two-thirds of the interests in the profits of the Company.

 

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A series will remain in existence until the earlier of the following: (i) the dissolution of the Company, (ii) the election of the Manager to dissolve such series; (iii) the sale, exchange, or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the series; or (iv) at any time that the series no longer has any members, unless the business is continued in accordance with the LLC Act. In no circumstances may a series be wound up pursuant to Section 18-801(a)(3) of the LLC Act upon the vote of members who hold more than two-thirds of the interests in the profits of the series.

 

Upon the occurrence of one of the foregoing events, the Manager (or a liquidator selected by the Manager) is charged with winding up the affairs of the series or the Company as a whole, as applicable, and liquidating its assets. Upon the liquidation of a series or the Company as a whole, as applicable, the underlying assets will be liquidated and any after-tax proceeds distributed: (i) first, to any third party creditors, (ii) second, to any creditors that are the Manager or its affiliates (e.g., payment of any outstanding Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation), and thereafter, (iii) to the unit holders of the relevant series, allocated pro rata based on the number of units held by each unit holder (which may include the Manager and any of its affiliates and which distribution within a series will be made consistent with any preferences that may exist within such series).

 

Transfer Restrictions

 

The Units are subject to restrictions on transferability. A Unit Holder may not transfer, assign, or pledge its Units without the consent of the Manager. The Manager may withhold consent in its sole discretion, including when the Manager determines that such transfer, assignment or pledge would result in (a) there being more than 2,000 beneficial owners of the Series or more than 500 beneficial owners of the Series that are not “accredited investors”, (b) the assets of the Series being deemed “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, (c) the transferee Unit Holder holding in excess of 19.9% of the Series, (d) a change of U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Company and the Series, or (e) the Company, the Series or the Manager being subject to additional regulatory requirements. The transferring Unit Holder is responsible for all costs and expenses arising in connection with any proposed transfer (regardless of whether such sale is completed) including any legal fees incurred by the Company or any broker or dealer, any costs, or expenses in connection with any opinion of counsel and any transfer taxes and filing fees. The Manager may transfer all or any portion of the Units held by the Manager at any time and from time to time.

 

Additionally, unless and until the Units of the Company are listed or quoted for trading, there are restrictions on the holder’s ability to the pledge or transfer the Units. We cannot assure you that we will, or will be able to, register the Units for resale. Therefore, Investors may be required to hold their Units indefinitely. Please refer to Exhibit 4.1 – Form of Subscription Agreement for additional information regarding these restrictions. To the extent certificated, the Units issued in this Offering will bear a legend setting forth these restrictions on transfer and any legends required by state securities laws.

 

Agreement to be Bound by the Operating Agreement; Power of Attorney

 

By purchasing Units, the Investor will be admitted as a member of the Company and will be bound by the provisions of, and deemed to be a party to, the Operating Agreement. Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, each Investor grants to the Manager a power of attorney to, among other things, execute and file documents required for the Company’s qualification, continuance, or dissolution. The power of attorney also grants the Manager the authority to make certain amendments to, and to execute and deliver such other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions or purposes of, the Operating Agreement.

 

Duties of Officers

 

The Operating Agreement provides that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Operating Agreement, the property, affairs, and business of each series of units will be managed under the direction of the Manager. The Manager has the power to appoint the officers and such officers have the authority, exercise the powers, and perform the duties specified in the Operating Agreement or as may be specified by the Manager. Commonwealth Markets Inc. is the Manager of each series and manages the underlying assets.

 

The Company may decide to enter into separate indemnification agreements with the directors and officers of the Company, the Manager (including if the Manager appointed is not Commonwealth Markets Inc.). If entered into, each indemnification agreement is likely to provide, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Operating Agreement against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements may also provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to the Company if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Operating Agreement.

 

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Books and Reports

 

The Company is required to keep appropriate books of the business at its principal offices. The books will be maintained for both tax and financial reporting purposes on a basis that permits the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. For financial reporting purposes and tax purposes, the fiscal year and the tax year are the calendar year, unless otherwise determined by the Manager in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. The Manager will file periodic reports of the Company with the SEC as required by 17 CFR §230.257.

 

Under the Securities Act, we must update this Offering Circular upon the occurrence of certain events, such as asset acquisitions. We will file updated offering circulars and offering circular supplements with SEC. We are also subject to the informational reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that are applicable to Tier 2 companies whose securities are registered pursuant to Regulation A, and accordingly, we will file annual reports, semiannual reports, and other information with SEC. In addition, we plan to provide Unit Holders with periodic updates, including offering circulars, offering circular supplements, pricing supplements, information statements and other information.

 

We will provide such documents and periodic updates electronically through the Commonwealth Platform. As documents and periodic updates become available, we will notify Unit Holders of this by sending the Unit Holders an e-mail message or a message through the Commonwealth Platform that will include instructions on how to retrieve the periodic updates and documents. If our e-mail notification is returned to us as “undeliverable,” we will contact the Unit Holder to obtain an updated e-mail address. We will provide Unit Holders with copies via e-mail or paper copies at any time upon request. The contents of the Commonwealth Platform are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this Offering Circular.

 

Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any dispute in relation to the Operating Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, and each Investor and transferee who becomes a Unitholder will covenant and agree not to bring any such claim in any other venue. If a Unit Holder were to bring a claim against the Company or the Manager pursuant to the Operating Agreement, it would have to do so in the Delaware Court of Chancery. This exclusive forum provision will not apply to claims which are vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Delaware Court of Chancery, or for which the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction.

 

Our Operating Agreement also provides, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to limited exceptions, for investors and transferees who become Unitholders to waive the right to a trial by jury with respect to claims relating to the Operating Agreement.

 

Neither the exclusive jurisdiction provision, nor the waiver of jury trial provision will apply to claims or suits under federal securities laws. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or any other claim for which the federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction, and investors will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Listing

 

None of the Units of any Series of the Company are currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system.

 

MATERIAL UNITED STATES TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

The following is a summary of the material United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Units to United States holders but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations relating thereto. This summary is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative rulings and judicial decisions, all as of the date hereof. These authorities may be changed, possibly retroactively, so as to result in United States federal income tax consequences different from those set forth below. We have not sought any ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), with respect to the statements made and the conclusions reached in the following summary, and we cannot assure you that the IRS will agree with such statements and conclusions.

 

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This summary also does not address the tax considerations arising under the laws of any United States state or local or any non-United States jurisdiction or under United States federal gift and estate tax laws. In addition, this discussion does not address tax considerations applicable to an Investor’s particular circumstances or to Investors that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation:

 

banks, insurance companies or other financial institutions;
persons subject to the alternative minimum tax;
tax-exempt organizations;
dealers in securities or currencies;
traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings;
persons that own, or are deemed to own, more than five percent of our Units (except to the extent specifically set forth below);
certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States;
persons who hold our Units as a position in a hedging transaction, “straddle,” “conversion transaction” or other risk reduction transaction;
persons who do not hold our Units as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, for investment purposes); or
persons deemed to sell our Units under the constructive sale provisions of the Code.

 

In addition, if a partnership, including any entity or arrangement, domestic or foreign, classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, holds Units, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend on the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. Accordingly, partnerships that hold Units, and partners in such partnerships, should consult their tax advisors.

 

You are urged to consult your tax advisor with respect to the application of the United States federal income tax laws to your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Units arising under the United States federal estate or gift tax rules or under the laws of any United States state or local or any foreign taxing jurisdiction or under any applicable tax treaty.

 

Definitions

 

U.S. Holder. A “U.S. Holder” includes a beneficial owner of the Units that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, an individual citizen or resident of the United States.

 

Taxation of Each Series of Units as a “C” Corporation

 

The Company, although formed as a Delaware series limited liability company eligible for tax treatment as a “partnership,” has affirmatively elected for each series of its units to be taxed as a “C” corporation under Subchapter C of the Code for all federal and state tax purposes. Thus, each series of units (other than the Series A1 Units held exclusively by the Manager) will be taxed at regular corporate rates on its income before making any distributions to Unit Holders as described below.

 

Taxation of Distributions to Investors

 

Distributions to U.S. Holders out of the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits will be taxable as dividends. A U.S. Holder who receives a distribution constituting “qualified dividend income” may be eligible for reduced federal income tax rates. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the characterization of corporate distributions as “qualified dividend income.” Distributions in excess of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a U.S. Holder to the extent that the distributions do not exceed the adjusted tax basis of the U.S. Holder’s units. Rather, such distributions will reduce the adjusted basis of such U.S. Holder’s units. Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits that exceed the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in its Units will be taxable as capital gain in the amount of such excess if the Units are held as a capital asset.

 

Investors should note that Section 1411 of the Code imposes a 3.8% tax on certain investment income (the “3.8% NIIT”). In general, in the case of an individual, this tax is equal to 3.8% of the lesser of (i) the taxpayer’s “net investment income” or (ii) the excess of the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income over the applicable threshold amount ($250,000 for taxpayers filing a joint return, $125,000 for married individuals filing separate returns, $250,000 for qualifying widow(er)s with a dependent child and $200,000 for other taxpayers). In the case of an estate or trust, the 3.8% tax will be imposed on the lesser of (x) the undistributed net investment income of the estate or trust for the taxable year, or (y) the excess of the adjusted gross income of the estate or trust for such taxable year over a beginning dollar amount of the highest tax bracket for such year (for 2021, that amount is $13,050). U.S. Holders should note that dividends will be included as investment income in the determination of “net investment income” under Section 1411(c) of the Code.

 

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Taxation of Dispositions of Units

 

Upon any taxable sale or other disposition of our Units, a U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes on the disposition in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received on such disposition; and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Units. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Units generally equals his or her initial amount paid for the Units and decreased by the amount of any distributions to the Investor in excess of the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits. In computing gain or loss, the proceeds that U.S. Holders receive will include the amount of any cash and the fair market value of any other property received for their Units, and the amount of any actual or deemed relief from indebtedness encumbering their Units. The gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Units are held for more than one year before disposition. Long-term capital gains of individuals, estates and trusts currently are taxed at a maximum rate of 20% (plus any applicable state income taxes) plus the 3.8% NIIT. The deductibility of capital losses may be subject to limitation and depends on the circumstances of a particular U.S. Holder; the effect of such limitation may be to defer or to eliminate any tax benefit that might otherwise be available from a loss on a disposition of the Units. Capital losses are first deducted against capital gains, and, in the case of non-corporate taxpayers, any remaining such losses are deductible against salaries or other income from services or income from portfolio investments only to the extent of $3,000 per year.

 

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

 

Generally, the Company must report annually to the IRS the amount of dividends paid to you, your name and address, and the amount of tax withheld, if any. A similar report will be sent to you.

 

Payments of dividends or of proceeds on the disposition of the Units made to you may be subject to additional information reporting and backup withholding at a current rate of 24% unless you establish an exemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, backup withholding and information reporting may apply if either we or our paying agent has actual knowledge, or reason to know, that you are a United States person.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax; rather, the United States income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund or credit may generally be obtained from the IRS, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner.

 

The preceding discussion of United States federal tax considerations is for general information only. It is not tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult its own tax advisor regarding the particular United States federal, state, and local and foreign tax consequences, if applicable, of purchasing, holding, and disposing of our Units, including the consequences of any proposed change in applicable laws.

 

WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Manager will answer inquiries from potential Investors concerning the offered Series Units, the Company, the Manager, and other matters relating to the offer and sale of Units under this Offering Circular. The Company will afford the potential Investors in the Units the opportunity to obtain any additional information to the extent the Company possesses such information or can acquire such information without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the information in this Offering Circular.

 

All potential Investors in the Units are entitled to review copies of any other agreements relating to the Units we are offering described in this Offering Circular, if any. In the Subscription Agreement, you will represent that you are completely satisfied with the results of your pre-investment due diligence activities.

 

Any statement contained in this Offering Circular or in any document incorporated into it by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Offering Circular to the extent that a statement contained in this Offering Circular or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Offering Circular modifies or replaces such a prior statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Offering Circular, except as so modified or superseded.

 

Requests and inquiries regarding this Offering Circular should be directed to:

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

101 West Loudon Ave Suite 210,

Lexington, Kentucky 40508

E-Mail: brian@joincommonwealth.com

Telephone: (859) 977-0124

Attention: Brian Doxtator

 

We will provide requested information to the extent that we possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense.

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

 

Consolidated Financial Statements as of June 30, 2023 and 2022   Page
     
Report of Independent Auditors   F-2
     
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023   F-4
     
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2022   F-6
     
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2023   F-7
     
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022   F-9
     
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)   F-10
     
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2023   F-11
     
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022   F-13
     
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2022, (unaudited)   F-14
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended June 30, 2023   F-16
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022   F-18
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)   F-20
     
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   F-22

   
Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020    
     
Report of Independent Auditors   F-33
     
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021   F-35
     
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020   F-36
     
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2021   F-37
     
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2020   F-38
     
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2021   F-39
     
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2020   F-40
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2021   F-41
     
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2020   F-42
     
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   F-43

 

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Report of Independent Auditors

 

Manager

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

Lexington, Kentucky

 

Opinion

 

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, and each listed Series, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity, and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2023, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the financial statements)

 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, and each listed Series, as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2023 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

 

Basis for Opinion

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, and each listed Series, and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We are required to be independent with respect to Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each listed Series in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Code of Professional Conduct. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Substantial Doubt About Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each listed Series will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC has suffered recurring losses from operations and has stated that substantial doubt exists about Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series’, ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s evaluation of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

Other Matters

 

Commonwealth Thororoughbreds LLC has included additional consolidated financial statements due to change in its fiscal year end to June 30. The June 30, 2022 consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows along with associated disclosures have been included for comparative purposes but have not been audited or reviewed by us, nor were we required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, we did not express an opinion, a conclusion nor provide any form of assurance on these consolidated financial statements. Additionally, the six-month period ended June 30, 2022 consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows have been included without associated disclosures. Our audit report on the consolidated financial statements was included in the June 30, 2022 1-K Transition Report dated June 28, 2023 and was unmodified and included an emphasis of a matter relative to Commonwealth Thoroughbred LLC’s ability and each listed Series’ abilities to continue as a going concern.

 

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Manager

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

Report of Independent Auditors, continued

 

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series, ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued or available to be issued.

 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

 

In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:

 

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
  
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
  
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series, internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
  
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.
  
Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series, ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

 

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control–related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

 

Lexington, Kentucky

October 30, 2023

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023

 

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Kissed by Fire   Mage   Appellate   Tapicat 
Assets                                        
Current Assets                                        
Cash  $186,985   $52,277   $576   $49   $22,766   $320,764   $78,549   $75,005 
Accounts receivables   -    -    -    -    -    50,074    -    - 
Advance-related party   -    -    -    -    -    84,245    -    - 
Other current assets   -    778    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Total Current Assets   186,985    53,055    576    49    22,766    455,083    78,549    75,005 
Long-term Assets                                        
Thoroughbred assets, net   17,907    -    -    -    84,409    72,315    57,800    58,500 
Total Assets  $204,892   $53,055   $576   $49   $107,175   $527,398   $136,349   $133,505 
                                         
Liabilities and Member’s Equity (Deficit)                                        
                                         
Current Liabilities                                        
Accounts payable  $16,759   $-   $-   $28   $3,356   $3,897   $3,771   $3,078 
Accrued fees - related party   -    660    -    241    765    72,530    377    9,780 
Accrued income taxes   10,643    -    -    -    -    77,335    -    - 
Accrued distributions   -    -    -    -    -    247,130    -        -
Accrued interest – related party   -    469    -    -    1,008    734    540    - 
Notes payable – related party   -    -    -    -    51,806    -    2,828    - 
Notes payable - Winstar   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Total Current Liabilities   27,402    1,129    -    269    56,935    401,626    7,516    12,858 
Member’s Equity (Deficit)                                        
Membership interest   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    9,586    14,112    5,312    14,823 
Subscription in series, net   85,913    116,692    38,771    32,267    80,965    138,682    153,709    128,725 
Retained earnings (deficit)   76,138    (71,009)   (49,039)   (40,758)   (40,311)   (27,022)   (30,188)   (22,901)
Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)   177,490    51,926    576    (220)   50,240    125,772    128,833    120,647 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY (Deficit)  $204,892   $53,055   $576   $49   $107,175   $527,398   $136,349   $133,505 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023, Continued

 

Series  Swing Shift   We The People   Tshiebwe   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Assets                         
Current Assets                         
Cash  $(12,140)  $17,388   $(20,677)  $(23,729)  $697,813 
Accounts receivables   -    2,663    -    -    52,737 
Due from related party   -    -    50,188    19,100    153,533 
Other current assets   -    -    -    -    778 
Total Current Assets   (12,140)   20,051    29,511    (4,629)   904,861 
Long-term Assets                         
Thoroughbred assets, net   -    17,985    45,540    299,062    653,518 
Total Assets  $(12,140)  $38,036   $75,051   $294,433   $1,558,379 
                          
Liabilities and Member’s Equity (Deficit)                         
Current Liabilities                         
Accounts payable  $15   $-   $1,697   $4,810   $37,411 
Accrued fees - related party   1,049    1,120    858    -    87,380 
Accrued distributions   -    -    -    -    247,130 
Accrued income taxes   -    -    -    -    87,978 
Accrued interest – related party   -    -    491    7,962    11,204 
Notes payable – related party   -    -    -    172,000    226,634 
Notes payable – Winstar   -    -    -    175,000    175,000 
Total Current Liabilities   1,064    1,120    3,046    359,772    872,737 
Member’s Equity (Deficit)                         
Membership interest   18,050    9,319    14,406    1,057,753    1,184,158 
Subscription in series, net   72,107    50,402    82,865    (3,600)   977,498 
Retained earnings (deficit)   (103,361)   (22,805)   (25,266)   (1,119,492)   (1,476,014)
Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)   (13,204)   36,916    72,005    (65,339)   685,642 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)  $(12,140)  $38,036   $75,051   $294,433   $1,558,379 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2022

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Assets                                        
Current Assets                                        
Cash  $1,413,727   $89,044   $11,638   $13,582   $26,790   $43,451   $(20,848)  $1,577,384 
Accounts receivables   -    2,654    -    -    -    -    -    2,654 
Advance-related party   26,250    -    -    -    -    -    -    26,250 
Other current assets   -    171    -    -    -    -    -    171 
Total Current Assets   1,439,977    91,869    11,638    13,582    26,790    43,451    (20,848)   1,606,459 
Long-term Assets                                        
Thoroughbred assets, net   15,328    37,459    -    14,621    49,992    24,524    -    141,924 
Total Assets  $1,455,305   $129,328   $11,638   $28,203   $76,782   $67,975   $(20,848)  $1,748,383 
                                         
Liabilities and Member’s Equity (Deficit)                                        
Current Liabilities                                        
Accounts payable  $20,519   $5,835   $1,290   $986   $1,984   $1,952   $(552)  $34,014 
Accrued fees - related party   97,122    5,584    -    -    10,880    2,648    3,278    119,512 
Accrued distributions   -    -    9,772    -    -    -    -    9,772 
Accrued income taxes   322,500    -    -    -    -    1,500    -    324,000 
Accrued interest – related party   -    850    -    -    -    -    1,334    2,184 
Notes payable – related party   -    3,833    -    -    -    -    -    3,833 
Total Current Liabilities   440,141    16,102    11,062    986    12,864    6,100    4,060    491,315 
Member’s Equity (Deficit)                                        
Membership interest   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    18,050    9,319    759,960    828,126 
Subscription in series, net   77,232    112,130    38,771    32,182    70,734    47,988    -    379,037 
Retained earnings (deficit)   922,493    (5,147)   (49,039)   (13,236)   (24,866)   4,568    (784,868)   49,905 
Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)   1,015,164    113,226    576    27,217    63,918    61,875    (24,908)   1,257,068 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)  $1,455,305   $129,328   $11,638   $28,203   $76,782   $67,975   $(20,848)  $1,748,383 

 

See accompanyiIg report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-6
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2023

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Pine Valley   Kissed by Fire   Mage   Appellate   Swing Shift 
                             
Revenues  $455,429   $-   $1,951   $7,654   $412,740   $-   $7,342 
Operating Expenses                                   
Racehorse management   142,543    9,904    3,187    6,630    88,413    5,657    4,865 
Legal and professional fees   -    -    -    9,586    14,112    5,312    - 
General and administrative   -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Depreciation   7,935    14,834    2,288    31,376    12,741    19,200    1,434 
Total Operating Expenses   150,478    24,738    5,475    47,592    115,266    30,169    6,299 
Operating Income/(Loss)   304,951    (24,738)   (3,524)   (39,938)   297,474    (30,169)   1,043 
                                    
Interest expense   -    -    -    (373)   (31)   (19)   - 
Gain (loss) on sale of thoroughbred asset   -    (17,616)   (8,992)   -    -    -    (38,757)
Pre-tax income (loss)   304,951    (42,354)   (12,516)   (40,311)   297,443    (30,188)   (37,714)
Income tax expense   (1,643)   -    -    -    (77,335)   -    - 
Net Income / (Loss)  $303,308   $(42,354)  $(12,516)  $(40,311)  $220,108   $(30,188)  $(37,714)
                                    
Income (loss) Per Membership Interest                                   
Basic  $136   $(16)  $(15)  $(52)  $156   $(24)   (17)
Weighted Average Membership Interest                                   
Basic   2,227    2,618    823    776    1,410    1,247    2,180 
                                    
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:                                   
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a 
Weighted average number of units outstanding:                                   
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-7
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2023, Continued

 

Series  Tapicat   We The People   Tshiebwe   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
                     
Revenues  $-   $19,462   $8,583   $3,675   $916,836 
Operating Expenses                         
Racehorse management   3,078    38,690    10,837    7,531    321,335 
Legal and professional fees   14,823    -    14,406    257,236    315,475 
General and administrative   -    -    -    20,667    20,667 
Depreciation   5,000    8,145    8,525    44,350    155,828 
Total Operating Expenses   22,901    46,835    33,768    329,784    813,305 
Operating Income/(Loss)   (22,901)   (27,373)   (25,185)   (326,109)   103,531 
                          
Interest expense   -    -    (81)   (8,515)   (9,019)
Gain (loss) on sale of thoroughbred asset   -    -    -    -    (65,365)
Pre-tax income (loss)   (22,901)   (27,373)   (25,266)   (334,624)   29,147 
Income tax expense   -    -    -    -    (78,978)
Net Income / (Loss)  $(22,901)  $(27,373)  $(25,266)  $(334,624)  $(49,831)
                          
Income (loss) Per Membership Interest                         
Basic  $(178)  $(22)   (33)    n/a    n/a 
Weighted Average Membership Interest                         
Basic   129    1,266    774    n/a    n/a 
                          
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:                         
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a   $(997)
Weighted average number of units outstanding:                         
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    50 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-8
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Six-Month Ended June 30, 2022

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
                                 
Revenues  $1,150,475   $6,441   $-   $-   $4,901   $33,026   $-   $1,194,843 
Operating Expenses                                        
Racehorse management   124,485    4,481    796    1,142    5,681    14,950    3,368    154,903 
Legal and professional fees   -    -    -    -    18,050    9,319    25,860    53,229 
General and administrative   -    -    -    -    -    -    1,302    1,302 
Depreciation   3,018    8,814    -    2,707    6,036    2,689    -    23,264 
Total Operating Expenses   127,503    13,295    796    3,849    29,767    26,958    30,530    232,698 
Operating Income/(Loss)   1,022,972    (6,854)   (796)   (3,849)   (24,866)   6,068    (30,530)   962,145 
Interest expense   -    (850)   -    -    -    -    -    (850)
Gain on sale of thoroughbred asset   244,000    -    -    -    -    -    -    244,000 
Pre-tax income (loss)   1,266,972    (7,704)   (796)   (3,849)   (24,866)   6,068    (30,530)   1,205,295 
Income tax expense   (322,500)   -    -    -    -    (1,500)   -    (324,000)
Net Income / (Loss)  $944,472   $(7,704)  $(796)  $(3,849)  $(24,866)  $4,568   $(30,530)  $881,295 
                                         
Income (loss) Per Membership Interest                                        
Basic  $486   $(3)  $(1)  $(5)  $(21)  $4    n/a    n/a 
Weighted Average Membership Interest                                        
Basic   1,942    2,754    1,023    823    1,181    1,266    n/a    n/a 
                                         
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:                                        
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a   $17,626 
Weighted average number of units outstanding:                                        
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    50 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-9
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2022, (Unaudited)

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
                                 
Revenues  $1,150,475   $21,077   $1,177   $915   $4,901   $33,026   $7,102   $1,218,673 
Operating Expenses                                        
Racehorse management   127,786    5,954    1,425    2,496    5,681    14,950    47,304    205,596 
Legal and professional fees   15,439    8,166    10,844    8,271    18,050    9,319    81,201    151,290 
General and administrative   -    -    -    -    -    -    4,992    4,992 
Depreciation   6,257    10,785    408    3,384    6,036    2,689    25,628    55,187 
Total Operating Expenses   149,482    24,905    12,677    14,151    29,767    26,958    159,125    417,065 
Operating Income/(Loss)   1,000,993    (3,828)   (11,500)   (13,236)   (24,866)   6,068    (152,023)   801,608 
Interest expense   -    (1,319)   -    -    -    -    (946)   (2,265)
Other income                                 164    164 
Gain on sale of thoroughbred asset   244,000    -    (25,330)   -    -    -    4,114    222,784 
Pre-tax income (loss)   1,244,993    (5,147)   (36,830)   (13,236)   (24,866)   6,068    (148,691)   1,022,291 
Income tax expense   (322,500)   -    -    -    -    (1,500)   -    (324,000)
Net Income / (Loss)  $922,493   $(5,147)  $(36,830)  $(13,236)  $(24,866)  $4,568   $(148,691)  $698,291 
                                         
Income (loss) Per Membership Interest                                        
Basic  $542   $(2)  $(103)  $(27)  $(33)  $10    n/a    n/a 
Weighted Average Membership Interest                                        
Basic   1,702    2,754    359    496    764    444    n/a    n/a 
                                         
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:                                        
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a   $13,966 
Weighted average number of units outstanding:                                        
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    50 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-10
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2023

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Kissed by Fire   Mage   Appellate   Swing Shift 
Operating Activities                                        
Net income / (loss)  $303,308   $(42,354)  $-   $(12,516)  $(40,311)  $220,108   $(30,188)  $(37,714)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:                                        
Loss on sale of thoroughbred asset   -    17,616    -    8,992    -    -    -    38,757 
Member contribution   -    -    -    -    9,586    14,112    5,312    - 
Depreciation   7,935    14,834    -    2,288    31,376    12,741    19,200    1,434 
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:                                        
Operating assets and liabilities   (412,739)   (6,395)   (1,290)   (717)   5,129    92,111    4,688    (920)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   (101,496)   (16,299)   (1,290)   (1,953)   5,780    339,072    (988)   1,557 
                                         
Investing Activities                                        
Purchase of thoroughbred assets   (10,514)   (1,591)   -    -    (10,785)   (6,112)   (2,000)   - 
Proceeds from sale of thoroughbred asset   -    6,600    -    3,341    -    -    -    9,801 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (10,514)   5,009    -    3,341    (10,785)   (6,112)   (2,000)   9,801 
                                         
Financing Activities                                        
Payments on notes payable – related parties   -    (1,591)   -    -    (53,194)   (66,633)   (72,172)   - 
Subscriptions received in series, net   8,681    (378)   -    85    80,965    138,682    153,709    (9,507)
Advance-related party   26,250                        (84,245)          
Distributions   (1,149,663)   (23,508)   (9,772)   (15,006)   -    -    -    (40,781)
Member contributions   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (1,114,732)   (25,477)   (9,772)   (14,921)   27,771    (12,196)   81,537    (50,288)
                                         
Net cash increase (decrease) for the year   (1,226,742)   (36,767)   (11,062)   (13,533)   22,766    320,764    78,549    (38,930)
Cash at beginning of year   1,413,727    89,044    11,638    13,582    -    -    -    26,790 
Cash at end of year  $186,985   $52,277   $576   $49   $22,766   $320,764   $78,549   $(12,140)
                                         
Distribution accrued  $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $247,130   $-   $- 
Series closing fees – accrued   -    -         -    -    -    -    - 
Debt forgiveness   -    2,242    -    -         5,867    -    - 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-11
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2023, continued

 

Series  Tapicat   We The People   Tshiebwe   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Operating Activities                         
Net income / (loss)  $(22,901)  $(27,373)  $(25,266)  $(334,624)  $(49,831)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:                         
Loss on sale of thoroughbred asset   -    -    -    -    65,365 
Member contribution   14,823    -    14,406    131,375    189,614 
Depreciation   5,000    8,145    8,525    44,350    155,828 
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:                         
Operating assets and liabilities   1,858    (7,643)   (10,393)   30,198    (306,113)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   (1,220)   (26,871)   (12,728)   (128,701)   54,863 
                          
Investing Activities                         
Purchase of thoroughbred assets   (60,000)   (1,606)   (2,913)   -    (95,521)
Proceeds from sale of thoroughbred asset   -    -    -    -    19,742 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (60,000)   (1,606)   (2,913)   -    (75,779)
                          
Financing Activities                         
Payments on notes payable – related parties   -    -    (37,713)   -    (231,303)
Subscriptions received in series, net   136,225    2,414    82,865    (3,600)   590,141 
Advance-related Party             (50,188)   (19,100)   (127,283)
Distributions   -    -    -    -    (1,238,730)
Member contributions   -    -    -    148,520    148,520 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   136,225    2,414    (5,036)   125,820    (858,655)
                          
Net cash increase (decrease) for the period   75,005    (26,063)   (20,677)   (2,881)   (879,571)
Cash at beginning of period   -    43,451    -    (20,848)   1,577,384 
Cash at end of period  $75,005   $17,388   $(20,677)  $(23,729)  $697,813 
                          
Debt for thoroughbred assets  $-   $-   $-   $657,096   $657,096 
Distributions accrued   -    -    -    -    247,130 
Series closing fees – accrued   9,500    -    -    -    9,500 
Debt forgiveness   -    -    9,787    -    17,896 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-12
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2022

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Operating Activities                                        
Net income / (loss)  $944,472   $(7,704)  $(796)  $(3,849)  $(24,866)  $4,568   $(30,530)  $881,295 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:                                        
(Gain) loss on sale of thoroughbred asset   (244,000)   -    -    -    -    -    -    (244,000)
Member contribution   -    -    -    -    -    -    10,000    10,000 
Depreciation   3,018    8,814    -    2,707    6,036    2,689    -    23,264 
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:                                        
Operating assets and liabilities   410,103    19,952    1,538    2    2,020    6,100   (24,278)   415,437 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   1,113,593    21,062    742    (1,140)   (16,810)   13,354   (44,808)   1,085,996 
                                         
Investing Activities                                        
Purchase of thoroughbred assets   -    -    -    -    (56,064)   (27,213)   -    (83,277)
Proceeds from sale of thoroughbred asset   262,500    -    -    -    -    -    -    262,500 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   262,500    -    -    -    (56,064)   (27,213)   -    179,223 
                                         
Financing Activities                                        
Payments on notes payable – related parties   -    (22,002)   -    -    -    0    (10,000)   (32,002)
Subscriptions received in series, net   -    50,834    -    -    81,614    47,988    -    180,436 
Distributions   -    -    (2,029)   -    -    -    -    (2,029)
Member contributions   -    -    -    -    18,050    9,319    26,322    53,691 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   -    28,832    (2,029)   -    99,664    57,307    16,322    200,096 
                                         
Net cash increase (decrease) for the period   1,376,093    49,894    (1,287)   (1,140)   26,790    43,451    (28,486)   1,465,315 
Cash at beginning of period   37,634    39,150    12,925    14,722    -    -    7,638    112,069 
Cash at end of period  $1,413,727   $89,044   $11,638   $13,582   $26,790   $43,451   $(20,848)   $1,577,384 
                                         
Distribution accrued  $-   $-   $9,772   $-   $-   $-   $-   $9,772 
Series closing fees – accrued   -    -         -    10,880    -    -    10,880 
Debt forgiveness   -    -    -    -         -    12,500    12,500 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-13
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Swing Shift   We The People 
Operating Activities                              
Net income / (loss)  $922,493   $(5,147)  $(36,830)  $(13,236)  $(24,866)  $4,568 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:                              
(Gain) loss on sale of thoroughbred asset   (244,000)   -    25,330    -    -    - 
Member contribution   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    -    - 
Depreciation   6,257    10,785    408    3,384    6,036    2,689 
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:                              
Operating assets and liabilities   412,059    15,877    (11,221)   166    2,020    6,100 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   1,112,248    27,758    (11,469)   (1,415)   (16,810)   13,357 
                               
Investing Activities                              
Purchase of thoroughbred assets   (40,085)   (2,590)   (29,658)   (18,005)   (56,064)   (27,213)
Proceeds from sale of thoroughbred asset   262,500    -    15,000    -    -    - 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   222,415    (2,590)   (14,658)   (18,005)   (56,064)   (27,213)
                               
Financing Activities                              
Payments on notes payable – related parties   -    (49,790)   -    -    -    - 
Subscriptions received in series, net   79,064    113,666    39,794    33,002    81,614    47,988 
Distributions   -    -    (2,029)   -    -    - 
Member contributions   -    -    -    -    18,050    9,319 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   79,064    63,876    37,765    33,002    99,664    57,307 
                               
Net cash increase (decrease) for the year   1,413,727    89,044    11,638    13,582    26,790    43,451 
Cash at beginning of year   -    -    -    -    -    - 
Cash at end of year  $1,413,727   $89,044   $11,638   $13,582   $26,790   $43,451 
                               
Distribution accrued  $-   $-   $9,772   $-   $-   $- 
Series closing fees – accrued   -    -         -    10,880    - 
Debt forgiveness   -    -    -    -         - 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-14
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Series  Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Operating Activities          
Net income / (loss)  $(148,691)  $698,291 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:          
(Gain) loss on sale of thoroughbred asset   (4,114)   (222,784)
Member contribution   42,157    82,954 
Depreciation   25,628    55,187 
Increase (decrease) in cash due to changes in:          
Operating assets and liabilities   35,368    460,369 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   (49,652)   1,074,017 
           
Investing Activities          
Purchase of thoroughbred assets   -    (173,615)
Proceeds from sale of thoroughbred asset   1,245    278,745 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   1,245    105,130 
           
Financing Activities          
Payments on notes payable – related parties   (15,000)   (64,790)
Subscriptions received in series, net   -    395,128 
Distributions        (2,029)
Member contributions   33,216    60,585 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   18,216    388,894 
           
Net cash increase (decrease) for the year   (30,191)   1,568,041 
Cash at beginning of year   9,343    9,343 
Cash at end of year  $(20,848)  $1,577,384 
           
Distribution accrued  $-   $9,722 
Series closing fees – accrued   -    10,880 
Debt forgiveness   27,774    27,774 

 

F-15
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended June 30, 2023

 

   Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Kissed by Fire  

 

Mage

 
Balance July 1, 2022  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271   $-   $- 
   Member Contribution   -    -    -    -    9,586    14,112 
Balance June 30, 2023  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271   $9,586   $14,112 
                                  
Balance July 1, 2022  Subscription in Series, net  $77,232   $112,130   $38,771   $32,182    -    - 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   8,681    4,562    -    85    80,965    138,682 
Balance June 30, 2023  Subscription in Series, Net  $85,913   $116,692   $38,771   $32,267   $80,965   $138,682 
                                  
Balance July 1, 2022  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $922,493   $(5,147)  $(49,039)  $(13,236)  $-   $- 
   Net Income (loss)   303,308    (42,354)   -    (12,516)   (40,311)   220,108 
   Distributions   (1,149,663)   (23,508)   -    (15,006)        (247,130)
Balance June 30, 2023  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $76,138   $(71,009)  $(49,039)  $(40,758)  $(40,311)  $(27,022)
                                  
Balance July 1, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $1,015,164   $113,226   $576   $27,217   $-   $- 
   Changes noted above   (837,674)   (61,300)   -    (27,437)   50,240   $125,772 
Balance June 30, 2023  Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)  $177,490   $51,926   $576   $(220)  $50,240   $125,772 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-16
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended June 30, 2023, continued

 

   Series  Appellate   Swing Shift   Tapicat   We The People   Tshiebwe   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Balance July 1, 2022  Membership Interest  $-   $18,050   $   $9,319        $759,960   $828,126 
   Member Contribution   5,312    -    14,823    -    14,406    297,793    356,032 
Balance June 30, 2023  Membership Interest  $5,312   $18,050   $14,823   $9,319   $14,406   $1,057,753   $1,184,158 
                                       
Balance July 1, 2022  Subscription in Series, net  $   $70,734   $   $47,988    -   $-   $379,037 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   153,709    1,373    128,725    2,414    82,865    (3,600)   598,461 
Balance June 30, 2023  Subscription in Series, Net  $153,709   $72,107   $128,725   $50,402   $82,865   $(3,600)  $977,498 
                                       
Balance July 1, 2022  Retained Deficit  $   $(24,866)  $-   $4,568        $(784,868)  $49,905 
   Net Income (loss)   (30,188)   (37,714)   (22,901)   (27,373)   (25,266)   (334,624)   (49,831)
   Distribution        (40,781)        -         -    (1,476,088)
Balance June 30, 2023  Retained Deficit  $(30,188)  $(103,361)  $(22,901)  $(22,805)  $(25,266)  $(1,119,492)  $(1,476,014)
                                       
Balance July 1, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $-   $63,918   $   $61,875   $-   $(24,908)  $1,257,068 
   Changes noted above   128,833    (77,122)   120,647    (24,959)   75,120    (40,431)   (571,642)
Balance June 30, 2023  Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)  $128,833   $(13,204)  $120,647   $36,916   $75,120   $(65,339)  $685,642 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-17
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2022

 

   Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley 
Balance January 1, 2022  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271 
   Member Contribution   -    -    -    - 
Balance June 30, 2022  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271 
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Subscription in Series, net  $77,232   $61,296   $38,771   $32,182 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   -    50,834    -    - 
Balance June 30, 2022  Subscription in Series, Net  $77,232   $112,130   $38,771   $32,182 
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $(21,979)  $2,557   $(36,442)  $(9,387)
   Net Income (loss)   944,472    (7,704)   (796)   (3,849)
   Distributions   -    -    (11,801)   - 
Balance June 30, 2022  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $922,493   $(5,147)  $(49,039)  $(13,236)
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $70,692   $70,096   $13,173   $31,066 
   Changes noted above   944,472    43,130    (12,597)   (3,849)
Balance June 30, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $1,015,164   $113,226   $576   $27,217 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-18
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2022, continued

 

   Series  Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Balance January 1, 2022  Membership Interest  $-   $-   $712,926   $753,723 
   Member Contribution   18,050    9,319    47,034    74,403 
Balance June 30, 2022  Membership Interest  $18,050   $9,319   $759,960   $828,126 
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Subscription in Series, net  $-   $-   $-   $209,481 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   70,734    47,988    -    169,556 
Balance June 30, 2022  Subscription in Series, Net  $70,734   $47,988   $-   $379,037 
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Retained Deficit  $-   $-   $(754,338)  $(819,589)
   Net Income (loss)   (24,866)   4,568    (30,530)   881,295 
   Distribution   -    -    -    (11,801)
Balance June 30, 2022  Retained Deficit  $(24,866)  $4,568   $(784,868)  $49,905 
                        
Balance January 1, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $-   $-   $(41,412)  $143,615 
   Changes noted above   63,918    61,875    16,504    1,113,453 
Balance June 30, 2022  Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)   $63,918   $61,875   $(24,908)  $1,257,068 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-19
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for the Year Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)

 

   Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley 
Balance July 1, 2021  Membership Interest  $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Member Contribution   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271 
Balance June 30, 2022  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271 
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Subscription in Series, net  $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   77,232    112,130    38,771    32,182 
Balance June 30, 2022  Subscription in Series, Net  $77,232   $112,130   $38,771   $32,182 
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Net Income (loss)   922,493    (5,147)   (36,830)   (13,236)
   Distributions   -    -    (12,209)   - 
Balance June 30, 2022  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $922,493   $(5,147)  $(49,039)  $(13,236)
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Total Member’s Equity  $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Changes noted above   1,015,164    113,226    576    27,217 
Balance June 30, 2022  Total Member’s Equity  $1,015,164   $113,226   $576   $27,217 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-20
 

 

COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Member’s Equity for Year-End Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)

 

   Series  Swing Shift   We The People   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Balance July 1, 2021  Membership Interest  $-   $-   $656,843   $656,843 
   Member Contribution   18,050    9,319    103,117    171,283 
Balance June 30, 2022  Membership Interest  $18,050   $9,319   $759,960   $828,126 
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Subscription in Series, net  $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   70,734    47,988    -    379,037 
Balance June 30, 2022  Subscription in Series, Net  $70,734   $47,988   $-   $379,037 
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Retained Deficit  $-   $-   $(636,177)  $(636,177)
   Net Income (loss)   (24,866)   4,568    (148,691)   698,291 
   Distribution   -    -    -    (12,209)
Balance June 30, 2022  Retained Deficit  $(24,866)  $4,568   $(784,868)  $49,905 
                        
Balance July 1, 2021  Total Member’s Equity  $-   $-   $20,666   $20,666 
   Changes noted above   63,918    61,875    (45,574)   1,236,402 
Balance June 30, 2022  Total Member’s Equity (Deficit)  $63,918   $61,875   $(24,908)  $1,257,068 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

F-21
 

 

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Description of Organization and Business Operations

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC (the “Company” or “Commonwealth”) is a Delaware series limited liability company formed on June 12, 2019 and headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. The Company’s fiscal year was December 31. On March 29, 2023, the Company changed its fiscal year end to June 30. Commonwealth Markets Inc. is the sole owner of units of membership interest of the Company. The Company was formed to engage in the business of acquiring and managing Thoroughbred racehorses and related equine breeding and sales activities. The Company has created and expects to continue to create several separate Series of membership interests (“Series”). Different Thoroughbred assets will be owned by separate Series, and the assets and liabilities of each Series will be separate in accordance with Delaware law. Investors will acquire units of membership interest (“Units”) of a Series and will be entitled to share in the return of that particular Series but will not be entitled to share in the return of any other Series.

 

Commonwealth Markets Inc. (the “Manager”), a Delaware corporation formed on January 10, 2019, is a technology and marketing company that operates the Commonwealth Platform and App (“the Platform”). The Manager manages the Company, the assets owned by the Company and the assets of each Series.

 

The Company sells Units in several separate and individual Series of the Company. Investors in any Series acquire a proportional share of the assets, income and liabilities pertaining to a particular Series. The Manager has the authority to conduct the ongoing operations of each Series in accordance with the Company’s limited liability company agreement, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Operating Agreement”). Unit holders have only the limited voting and management rights provided in the Operating Agreement or required by law.

 

Going Concern and Capital Resources

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

 

From inception, the Company has financed business activities through capital contributions from the Manager or its affiliates and incurred operating losses at the Company and Series level. The Company and each Series expect to continue to have access to ample capital financing from the Manager going forward. Until such time as the Series have the capacity to generate cash flows from operations, the Manager may cover any deficits through additional capital contributions or the issuance of additional Units in any individual Series. In addition, parts of the proceeds of future offerings may be used to create reserves for future operating expenses for individual Series at the sole discretion of the Manager.

 

The Company’s and Series’ ability to continue depends upon management’s plan to raise additional funds, capital contributions from the Manager and the ability to consistently maintain profitable operations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company and each listed Series to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company or any listed Series are not able to continue as a going concern.

 

Offerings

 

The Company’s offerings are described in the Offering Circular included in the Offering Statement on Form 1-A attached hereto. Proceeds from the offerings will be used to repay the respective loans or options used to acquire the Thoroughbred assets (See Notes 2 and 3) and pay for other offering related fees and expenses. These will include a fee of $10,000 plus 1% of the amount raised in the offering (excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates) payable to the clearing broker upon completion of the offering.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

 

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for the fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the periods presented have been included.

 

Any offerings that close of the date of the consolidated financial statements are issued under Tier 2 of Regulation A and qualified under an offering statement. As such, upon the closing of the Series, separate financial statements are presented for each such Series, and each is consolidated in the financial statements of the Company after eliminating inter-company balances and transactions, if any. In the consolidated financial statements, the Commonwealth column includes all transactions non-series related including legal, travel, organization and Commonwealth’s share of racehorse expenses, such as percentage of offerings not closed and horses that have not been series offered.

 

The June 30, 2022 fiscal year operations, equity changes and cash flows have been included for comparative purposes but have not been audited or reviewed.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

 

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the consolidated financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near-term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from Company estimates.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company and each listed Series have a limited operating history. The Company’s business and operations are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States. A host of factors beyond the Company’s control could cause fluctuations in these conditions. Adverse conditions may include recession, downturn or otherwise, local competition or changes in consumer taste. These adverse conditions could affect the Company’s and each listed Series financial condition and the results of their operations.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash consists of funds held in the Company’s checking account.

 

Certain Series, Swing Shift and Tshiebwe, and the Commonwealth column have negative cash balances at June 30, 2023. These negative balances were caused by the Company using one bank account for all the Series cash activity, and certain Series over-extending on payment of expenses or closing costs. The Manager will fund these negative balances through future capital contributions.

 

The Manager expects to maintain cash reserves funded from offering proceeds on behalf of each of the Company’s Series to cover the Series’ operating expenses.

 

Income tax paid during the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 amounted to $315,000 and 0, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company has uninsured cash balances of $447,813 and $1,327,384, respectively.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

 

Offering Expenses

 

Offering Expenses relate to the offering for a specific Series and consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, escrow, compliance, filing and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to a proposed offering and will generally be charged to member’s equity upon the completion of the proposed offering. Offering expenses that are incurred prior to the closing of an offering for that Series are being funded by the Manager and will generally be reimbursed through the proceeds of the offering related to the Series. The Manager has agreed to limit the reimbursement of offering expenses by each Series to no more than 10% of the offering proceeds. Should the proposed offering prove to be unsuccessful, these costs, as well as additional expenses to be incurred, will be charged to the Manager.

 

In addition to the discrete offering expenses related to a particular Series, the Manager has also incurred legal, accounting and compliance expenses to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of all subsequent offerings. The Manager will receive an Organizational Fee equal to 3.0% of the proceeds received from the offering of each Series of units as reimbursement for these expenses.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating expenses related to a particular horse include stabling, training, insurance, transportation (other than the initial transportation from the horse’s location to the Manager’s boarding facility prior to the offering, which is treated as an “Acquisition Expense”, as defined below), maintenance, annual audit and legal expenses and other equine-specific expenses as detailed in the Manager’s Allocation Policy. The Company distinguishes between pre-closing and post-closing operating expenses. Operating Expenses are expensed as incurred.

 

Except as disclosed with respect to any future Series offering, expenses of this nature that are incurred prior to the closing of an offering of Series are funded by the Manager and are not reimbursed by the Company, Series or economic members. These are accounted for as capital contributions by the Manager for expenses related to the business of the Company or a Series.

 

Upon closing of an offering, a Series becomes responsible for these expenses and finances them either through revenues generated by a Series or available cash reserves at the Series. Should revenues or cash reserves not be sufficient to cover operating expenses the Manager may (a) pay such operating expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the operating expenses to the Series at a reasonable rate of interest and be entitled to reimbursement of such amount from future revenues generated by the Series (“Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation(s)”), and/or (c) cause additional units to be issued in order to cover such additional amounts.

 

Operating expenses incurred prior to the offering’s closing will have been borne by the Manager and not reimbursed.

 

Thoroughbred Assets

 

Thoroughbred assets are recorded at cost. The cost of the Thoroughbred includes the purchase price, including any deposits paid by the Manager, the Sourcing Fee, Brokerage Fee and “Acquisition Expenses”, including transportation of the asset to the Manager’s stables, pre-purchase medical examinations, pre-offering expenses, and other costs detailed in the Manager’s Allocation Policy.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

 

The Brokerage Fee and Sourcing Fee are paid from the proceeds of any successfully closed offering. Should an offering be unsuccessful, these expenses do not occur. During the year-end ended June 30, 2023, the Company conducted four offerings: Series Mage, Series Tshiebwe, Series Tapicat, and Series Appellate.

 

Acquisition Expenses related to a particular Series are initially funded by the Manager but may be reimbursed with the proceeds from an offering related to the Series, to the extent described in the applicable offering document. Acquisition Expenses are capitalized into the cost of the horse. Should a proposed offering prove to be unsuccessful, the Company will not reimburse the Manager and these expenses will be accounted as capital contributions.

 

Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method based on useful lives of the asset. Thoroughbred assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over 36 months with no estimated salvage value. A horse is treated as placed in service upon its acquisition by the Company.

 

The Company reviews the carrying value of Thoroughbred assets for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the use of the property, and the effects of health, demand, competition, and other economic factors.

 

Income Taxes

 

The separate Series have elected and qualify to be taxed as a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. The separate Series comply with the accounting and disclosure requirement of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

Series A-1, the master Series of the Company is taxed as a “partnership” or a “disregarded entity” for federal income tax purposes and will not make any election or take any action that could cause it to be separately treated as an association taxable as a corporation under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code. The Series use a calender year end date for tax filings.

 

The Company has recorded a tax provision estimate for the Series Country Grammer and Series Mage based on taxable income incurred in 2023 and 2022 for Series Country Grammer. No tax provision has been recorded for any other Series through June 30, 2023, as each is in a taxable loss position and no future tax benefits can be reasonably anticipated.

 

The Series Country Grammer’s effective tax rate in 2023 is reduced by the 2022 tax return true up.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the Company’s contracts to provide goods to customers. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods are transferred to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects for those goods. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligation under each of its agreements: 1) identify the contract with the customer, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and 5) recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company generally recognizes revenues upon earning income from its horses at a point in time. Horse racing revenues are generally recorded on a net basis based

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

 

on the lack of a controlling interest in the horse. The Company and Series are entitled to their share of the net earnings from a race.

 

Racehorse Management

 

Racehorse management includes horse related expenses such as insurance, photography, stables and training, transportation and veterinary.

 

Advertising Expenses

 

The Company expenses advertising costs as they are incurred.

 

Earnings per Membership Unit

 

Upon completion of an offering, each Series intends to comply with accounting and disclosure requirement of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share.” For each Series, earnings per membership unit will be computed by dividing net income for that particular Series by the weighted average number of outstanding units in that particular Series during the period. For a period of net loss, basic and diluted earnings per unit are the same as the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants and the conversion of convertible debt are anti-dilutive.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issues updates to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of updates to date that amend the original text of ASC. Management believes that those issued to date that are not yet effective either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

Reclassifications

 

The Company has reclassified certain balances in 2022 to conform to the 2023 presentation. The changes did not impact Company or Series member’s equity (deficit) or net income (loss).

 

NOTE 3RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Manager paid a total of $20,300 and $16,800 of rent expense on behalf of the Company during the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Additionally, the Manager incurred professional fees of $315,475 and $151,290 on behalf of the Company during the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, to support the Company.

 

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company has an advance to the Manager of $153,533 and $26,250, respectively. During the year end ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, executives of the Manager provided services to the Company for no specific compensation at the Manager level or Company level. Management expects in the future these executive services will be compensated through the management fee (see Note 5).

 

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During the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Manager forgave $17,897 and $12,500, respectively of debt.

 

As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company had a related party debt of $226,634 and $3,833, respectively, with associated accrued interest of $11,204 and $2,184, respectively.

 

On June 12, 2021, the Company executed a $53,623 note with the Manager to finance the purchase of a 33% interest in the filly, I Got A Gal. The note accrued interest at 1.58% and was due within 10 business days of the closing or termination of the Series I Got A Gal offering. As the offering proceeds did not entirely retire the note, the unpaid balance was converted into Series I Got A Gal units at the price per unit as sold in the offering.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the colt Mage from Marquee Farms, LLC for a purchase price of $72,500. The Company funded the purchase with a $72,500 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that the principal amount of the loan is $72,500 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance of the convertible promissory note $5,867 was forgiven.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in the colt Tshiebwe from WinStar Farms, LLC for a purchase price of $47,500. The Company funded the purchase with a $47,500 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that the principal amount of the loan is $47,500 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance of the convertible promissory note of $9,787 was forgiven.

 

On August 12, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in the filly Kissed by Fire from Exline-Border Racing LLC for a purchase price of $105,000. The Company funded the purchase with a loan from the Manager. The promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provided that that principal amount of the loan is $105,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note accrued interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The balance on the convertible promissory note is $51,806 at June 30, 2023.

 

On August 30, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in the colt Pensacola, from Winstar Farms LLC for a purchase price of $60,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $60,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that the principal amount of the loan is $60,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 2.88% for August 2022. The Company plans to offer Units in a Series Pensacola Offering in the future. The balance on the note is $60,000 at June 30, 2023.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in an unnamed filly (“Constitution Filly”) from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $75,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $75,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that that principal amount of the loan is $75,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.05% for September 2022. The current outstanding balance on the convertible promissory note is $2,828 at June 30, 2023.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in an unnamed filly (“Medaglia Filly”) from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $60,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $60,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that that principal amount of the loan is $60,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The Note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.05% for September 2022. The Offering by Series Medaglia Filly expired on March 29, 2023, prior to the sale of any units. The balance on the convertible promissory note is $60,000 at June 30, 2023.

 

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On January 18, 2023, the Company acquired a 20% undivided interest in Bipartisanship from Magna Carta LLC for a purchase price of $52,000. The Company funded the purchase with a $52,000 loan from the Manager. The convertible promissory note issued by the Company to the Manager provides that principal amount of the loan is $52,000 plus the Company’s pro rata share of boarding, care, and training expenses for the Thoroughbred paid by the Manager through the date of the closing of the Series Offering. The note bears interest at the applicable federal rate for debts compounding annually, which was 3.85% for January 2023. The balance on the note at June 30, 2023 is $52,000.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred offering costs associated with series offering of $155,659 and $111,534, respectively, with amounts ultimately remitted to the Manager.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred management fees associated with Series horse winnings of $138,459 and $102,896, respectively, with amounts ultimately remitted to the Manager.

 

NOTE 4THOROUGHBRED ASSETS

 

Name  Horse Asset plus Acquisition Cost at June 30, 2023   Less: Depreciation through June 30, 2023   Total 
Series Country Grammer   30,351    12,444    17,907 
Series Kissed by Fire   105,000    20,591    84,409 
Series Mage   85,056    12,741    72,315 
Series Tshiebwe   54,065    8,525    45,540 
Series Appellate   77,000    19,200    57,800 
Series Tapicat   63,500    5,000    58,500 
Series We The People   28,819    10,834    17,985 
Commonwealth   346,999    47,937    299,062 
Total  $790,790   $137,272   $653,518 

 

Name  Horse Asset plus Acquisition Cost at June 30, 2022   Less: Depreciation through June 30, 2022   Total 
Series I Got A Gal  $56,214   $18,755   $37,459 
Series Country Grammer   19,837    4,509    15,328 
Series Pine Valley   18,005    3,384    14,621 
Series Swing Shift   56,028    6,036    49,992 
Series We The People   27,213    2,689    24,524 
Total  $177,297   $35,373   $ 141,924 

 

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On January 12, 2022, Series Country Grammer and WinStar sold a 50% undivided interest in Country Grammer to Zedan Racing Stables Inc. (“Zedan”) for total consideration of $875,000. Following the sale, the ownership interests in Country Grammer are Zedan 50%; WinStar 35%; Commonwealth Thoroughbreds Series Country Grammer 14.7%, and the Manager 0.3%. The Company recorded a gain on sale of $244,000 on this transaction during the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

On February 26, 2022, Country Grammer placed second in the Saudi Cup which featured a $20 million purse. On March 26, 2022, Country Grammer won the Dubai World Cup which featured a $12 million purse. Country Grammer has collective earnings in 2022 of approximately $10.5 million from the two races. As a result, Series Country Grammer received approximately $1.1 million from the net race winnings during the first six months of 2022.

 

On July 12, 2022, Swing Shift was sold at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton July sale for a gross sale price of $150,000.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Mage, from Marquee Bloodstock for a purchase price of $72,000.

 

On August 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Tshiebwe, from Winstar for a purchase price of $47,500.

 

On August 24, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Kissed by Fire, from Exline-Border Racing for a purchase price of $105,000.

 

On August 30, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Pensacola, from Winstar for a purchase price of $60,000.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in a yearling, Medaglia Filly, from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $60,000. On that date, the Company also acquired a 30% undivided interest in a yearling, Constitution Filly, from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $75,000.

 

In November, 2022, Pine Valley was sold at the 2022 Keeneland November HOAA sale for a gross sale price of $60,000. (Pro rata share to Series was $3,341, a loss was recorded and proceeds were collected after December 31, 2022).

 

On January 18, 2023, the Company acquired a 20% undivided interest in Bipartisanship from Magna Carta LLC for a purchase price of $52,000.

 

On February 25, 2023, Country Grammer placed second in the Saudi Cup which featured a $20 million purse.

 

On March 25, 2023, Country Grammer placed seventh in the Dubai World Cup which featured a $12 million purse.

 

On April 1, 2023, Mage placed second in the Florida Derby at Gulstream Park which featured a $1 million purse.

 

On April 15, 2023, I Got a Gal was sold at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton April HOAA sale for a gross sale price of $20,000.

 

On April 26, 2023, the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 25% undivided interest in Justify `21 from Gandharvi. The target purchase price is $191,625. The option expires July 28, 2024.

 

On May 6, 2023, Mage won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs which featured a $3 million purse.

 

On May 20, 2023, Mage placed third in the Preakness at Pimlico which featured a $1.6 million purse.

 

On June 13, 2023, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the Thoroughbred Head of The Class and issued a nonrecourse promissory note in the principal amount of $175,000 to the seller, WinStar Farm, LLC, which bears interest at 6.0%. The note is due at the earliest of a Series offering of at least $296,250 or December 31, 2023.

 

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NOTE 5REVENUE, EXPENSE AND COST ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY

 

The Company distinguishes expenses and costs between those related to the purchase of a particular Thoroughbred asset and operating expenses related to the management of that asset.

 

Fees and expenses related to the purchase of an underlying Thoroughbred asset include the offering expenses, acquisition expenses, Brokerage Fee and Sourcing Fee.

 

Within operating expenses, the Company distinguishes between operating expenses incurred prior to the closing of an offering and those incurred after the close of an offering. Although these pre- and post- closing operating expenses are similar in nature and consist of expenses such as stabling, training, insurance and transportation, pre-closing operating expenses are borne by the Manager and may or may not be reimbursed by the Company or the economic members of the Series, as outlined within that particular Series Designation. Post-closing operating expenses are the responsibility of each Series and may be financed through (i) revenues generated by the Series or cash reserves at the Series; (ii) contributions made by the Manager, for which the Manager does not seek reimbursement; (iii) loans by the Manager, for which the Manager may charge a reasonable rate of interest; or (iv) issuance of additional Units in a Series.

 

Allocation of revenues and expenses and costs are made amongst the various Series in accordance with the Manager’s allocation policy. The Manager’s allocation policy requires items that are related to a specific Series be charged to that specific Series. Items not related to a specific Series are primarily held at the Commonwealth level with series expenses allocated to Series that close during the period, as stated in the Manager’s allocation policy and as reasonably determined by the Manager. The Manager may amend its allocation policy in its sole discretion from time to time.

 

NOTE 6 - DISTRIBUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT FEES

 

As compensation for identifying and exploring acquisition opportunities, conducting due diligence evaluations of potential Thoroughbred assets, negotiating, and structuring the terms and conditions of acquisitions and other related functions, the Manager will be paid a fee of up to 15% of the cost of acquiring the Thoroughbred Asset from the proceeds of each offering at closing.

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager, the Management Services Agreements for Series other than Series Country Grammer provide that, during a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career, the Manager will be paid a management fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place and the purse was earned. After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to 10% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Free Cash Flow to Unit Holders of the Series. For Series Country Grammer, the Manager is entitled to a quarterly fee equal to 10% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series, which will only become due and payable at the time there is a distribution of Free Cash Flow to Unit Holders of the Series.

 

The Management Agreements for future Series will provide for the following management fees:

 

A training management fee equal to 10% of the training expenses, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred. The maximum amount of the management training fee is 10% of the amount reserved for payment of training expenses and working capital contingencies.
   
During a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place, and the purse was earned. The percentage will increase to 20% (excluding Series Country Grammer) once the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series.
   
After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Unit Holders of the Series, as described in Distribution Rights below. The percentage will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing, breeding, and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%. “Series Revenue” means the cash received by the Series from racing, breeding, and asset sale activities.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, continued

 

NOTE 7 - MEMBERS EQUITY

 

Series Subscriptions

 

As of June 30, 2023, gross subscriptions and units were as follows.

 

Series Name  Units Offered   Units Tendered   Units owned by Manager   Subscription Amount* 
Series I Got A Gal   2,966    2,842    44   $142,100 
Series Pine Valley   1,336    823    28    41,150 
Series Country Grammer   2,277    2,227    50    111,350 
Series Appellate   3,910    3,672    238    183,600 
Series Kissed by Fire   4,455    2,098    2,357    104,900 
Series Mage   3,428    3,277    151    163,850 
Series Tapicat   3,142    3,070    72    153,500 
Series Tshiebwe   2,101    2,094    3    104,700 
Series Swing Shift   2,214    2,180    45    109,000 
Series We The People   1,289    1,266    26    63,300 
Total   27,118    23,549    3,014   $1,177,450 

 

*Excludes distributions and closing costs.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, the Compnay had to return funds after March 30, 2023 back to shareholders. The Series below had returned funds.

 

-Series Kissed by Fire
-Series Mage
-Series Tapicat
-Series Tonasah/Grazia

 

The members of each of the Company’s Series have certain rights with respect to the membership Series they are subscribed to. Each Series generally holds a single Thoroughbred asset. A Series member is entitled to their pro rata share of the net profits derived from the Series asset after deduction of expense allocations and direct expenses attributable to the underlying series asset, based on their percentage of the total outstanding membership interest in that Series.

 

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In February 2022, the Company conducted multiple closings of the Series Swing Shift Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $102,850, issuing 2,057 Units, and acquiring a 9.3% interest in Swing Shift.

 

On February 22, 2022, the Company conducted an initial closing of the Series We The People Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $59,600, issuing 1,192 Units, and acquiring a 9.3% interest in We The People.

 

On March 1, 2022, the Company elected to terminate the Series Winged Foot Offering. The Company did not solicit and received no subscriptions for Series Winged Foot Units, and the option expired.

 

From January 4, 2023 through March 29, 2023, the Company completed a series of closings of the Series Mage Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $163,850 and issuing 3,277 Units as of the date of this report, representing 95.6% of the maximum offering amounts. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 23.9% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager. The Manager acquired a 1.1% interest in Mage.

 

In February 2023, the Company completed the Series Tshiebwe Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $104,700, or 99.97% of the maximum offering amount. Series Tshiebwe issuing 2,094 Units and acquired a 9.97% interest in Tshiebwe. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 99.97% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager, and the $9,787 unpaid balance was converted into 7 Units issued to the Manager.

 

On February 20, 2023, the Company held a closing of the Series Kissed by Fire Offering, receiving offering proceeds totaling $104,900, or 47.1% of the maximum offering amount. Series Kissed by Fire issued 2,098 Units and acquired an 11.77% interest in Kissed by Fire. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 47.1% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager.

 

On February 26, 2023, the Company held a closing of the Series Constitution Filly Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $183,600, or 93.9% of the maximum offering amount. Series Constitution Filly issued 3,672 Units and acquired a 23.5% interest in Constitution Filly. Offering proceeds were used to pay 95.82% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager.

 

NOTE 8 - MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Member contributions primarily reflect the assumption of payables that support the Company’s operating results. Constructive payments made by the member on behalf of the Company have been included in the statement of cash flows as financing activities. The Company has treated the other member contributions as noncash activity to better reflect the actual cash movement that benefited the Company. The member contributions during the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were are as follows:

 

   2023   2022 
Other operating expenses incurred by the member (b)  $189,614   $82,954 
Operating expenses paid directly by the member (a)   148,520    53,806 
Member cash contributions   2    6,779 
Debt forgiveness   17,896    27,744 
Total  $356,032   $171,283 

 

(a) Included in consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

(b) Added back in operating section of the consolidated statements of cash flows to arrive at net cash used in operating activities.

 

NOTE 9SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events from June 30, 2023 through October 30, 2023, the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, other than the disclosure below, no additional material events were identified which require adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

On July 10, 2023, the Company sold Series Tshiebwe at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton July Sale for net sale of $12,767 and recorded a loss on sale of approximately $30,000.

 

On July 31, 2023, the Company executed Tonasah Filly purchase option for $89,000 for an acquired interest of 25%. This will be repaid either from the re-offering of Tonasah Filly or from the Manager.

 

On September 7, 2023, the co-owners of Country Grammer, Zedan Racing Stables, Winstar Farm and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, jointly announced that Country Grammer be retired and will stand the 2024 breeding season at Winstar Farm.

 

On September 23, 2023, the Company announced that Mage’s owners sold the breeding rights to Airdrie Stud, Inc.

 

On October 10, 2023, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in Asean for a purchase price of $112,000. The Company funded 33% of the purchase price ($37,000) that was paid for by the Manager. 67% of the purchase price ($75,000) was funded by ORR 2022, LLC (“Ocean Reef Racing”) through a convertible promissory note issued by ORR 2022, LLC to the Company. Another convertible promissory note was issued between the Company and the Manager for 33% of the principal loan amount of $37,000.

 

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Report of Independent Auditors

 

Manager

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

Lexington, Kentucky

 

Opinion

 

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, and each listed Series, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the financial statements)

 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each listed Series as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each listed Series and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We are required to be independent with respect to the Company and each listed Series in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Code of Professional Conduct. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Substantial Doubt About Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each listed Series will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC has suffered recurring losses from operations and has stated that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s and each listed Series’ ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s evaluation of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

Emphasis of Matter

 

The Company has changed the presentation of its financial statements in the accompanying financial statements to reflect individual Series’ results in a consolidating format. This change in presentation did not change the total consolidated results reflected in the 2021 and 2020 financial statements noted in our report dated July 22, 2022.

 

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Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s and each listed Series ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued or available to be issued.

 

Other Matters

 

The Company has included additional financial statements due to change in its fiscal year end to June 30. The June 30, 2022 statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows along with associated disclosures have been included for comparative purposes but have not been audited or reviewed. Additionally, the six-month period ended June 30, 2022 statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows have been included without associated disclosures. Our audit report relative to these stub period financial statements was included in the 1-K Transition Report dated June 28, 2023.

 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

 

In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, we:

 

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.
Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC’s, and each listed Series, ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements, continued

 

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control–related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

 

Lexington, Kentucky

June 28, 2023

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Assets                              
Current Assets                              
Cash  $37,634   $39,150   $12,925   $14,722   $7,638   $112,069 
Accounts receivables   -    14,636    2,422    -    3,541    20,599 
Other current assets   -    171    -    -    -    171 
Total Current Assets   37,634    53,957    15,347    14,722    11,179    132,839 
Long-term Assets                              
Thoroughbred assets, net   36,846    46,273    -    17,328    1,752    102,199 
Total Assets  $74,480   $100,230   $15,347   $32,050   $12,931   $235,038 
                               
Liabilities and Member’s Equity                              
Current Liabilities                              
Accounts payable  $3,788   $3,830   $2,174   $984   $30,977   $41,753 
Accrued interest - related party   -    469    -    -    866    1,335 
Notes payable – related party   -    25,835    -    -    22,500    48,335 
Total Current Liabilities   3,788    30,134    2,174    984    54,343    91,423 
Member’s Equity                              
Membership interest   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    712,926    753,723 
Subscription in series, net   77,232    61,296    38,771    32,182    -    209,481 
Retained earnings (deficit)   (21,979)   2,557    (36,442)   (9,387)   (754,338)   (819,589)
Total Member’s Equity   70,692    70,096    13,173    31,066    (41,412)   143,615 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY  $74,480   $100,230   $15,347   $32,050   $12,931   $235,038 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statement.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020

 

Series    
Assets     
Current Assets     
Cash  $8,017 
Total Current Assets   8,017 
Long-term Assets     
Thoroughbred assets, net   20,471 
Total Assets   28,488 
      
Liabilities and Member’s Equity     
Current Liabilities     
Accrued interest - related party  $539 
Notes payable – related party   27,500 
Total Current Liabilities   28,039 
Member’s Equity     
Membership interest   463,409 
Subscription in series’ net   - 
Retained earnings (deficit)   (462,960)
Total Member’s Equity   449 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER’S EQUITY  $28,488 

 

*There were no series in 2020.

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
                         
Revenues  $-   $14,636   $1,177   $915   $7,102   $23,830 
Operating Expenses                              
Racehorse management   3,301    1,473    1,037    1,354    77,853    85,018 
Legal & professional fees   15,439    8,166    10,844    8,271    183,757    226,477 
Loss (gain) on disposal   -    -    25,330    -    (4,114)   21,216 
General and administrative   -    -    -    -    7,101    7,101 
Depreciation   3,239    1,971    408    677    32,640    38,935 
Total Operating Expenses   21,979    11,610    37,619    10,302    297,237    378,747 
Operating Income/(Loss)   (21,979)   3,026    (36,442)   (9,387)   (290,135)   (354,917)
Interest expense   -    (469)   -    -    (1,407)   (1,876)
Other income   -    -    -    -    164    164 
Net Income / (Loss)  $(21,979)  $2,557   $(36,442)  $(9,387)  $(291,378)  $(356,629)
                               
Income (loss) per Membership Interest                              
Basic  $(11)  $2   $(36)  $(11)   n/a     n/a 
                               
Weighted Average Membership Interests                              
Basic   1,942    1,537    1,023    823    n/a    n/a 
                               
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:                              
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a   $(7,133)
                               
Weighted Number of Units Outstanding:                              
Basic   n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    n/a    50 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

Series*    
     
Revenues  $- 
Operating expenses     
Racehorse management   35,637 
Legal & professional fees   87,883 
General and administrative   4,201 
Depreciation   10,393 
Total Operating Expenses   138,114 
      
Operating Income/(Loss)   (138,114)
Interest expense   (496)
Net Income / (Loss)  $(138,610)
      
Net Gain (Loss) Per Unit:     
Basic  $(2,772)
Weighted Number of Units Outstanding:     
Basic   50 

 

*There were no series in 2020.

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Operating Activities                              
Net income / (loss)  $(21,979)  $2,557   $(36,442)  $(9,387)  $(291,378)  $(356,629)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations:                              
Loss (gain) on disposal of Thoroughbreds   -    -    25,330    -    (4,114)   21,216 
Member contribution   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    156,205    197,002 
Depreciation   3,239    1,971    408    677    32,640    38,935 
Increase (Decrease) in cash due to changes in:                              
Operating assets and liabilities   1,956    (4,075)   (12,351)   164    31,955    17,649 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   (1,345)   6,696    (12,211)   (275)   (74,692)   (81,827)
                               
Investing Activities                              
Purchase of Thoroughbred Assets   (40,085)   (2,590)   (29,658)   (18,005)   -    (90,338)
Proceeds from Sale of Thoroughbred Asset   -    -    15,000    -    1,245    16,245 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (40,085)   (2,590)   (14,658)   (18,005)   1,245    (74,093)
                               
Financing Activities                              
Payments on notes payable – related parties   -    (27,788)   -    -    (5,000)   (32,788)
Subscriptions received in series, net   79,064    62,832    39,794    33,002    -    214,692 
Member contributions   -    -    -    -    78,068    78,068 
Net cash provided by financing activities   79,064    35,044    39,794    33,002    73,068    259,972 
                               
Net cash increase (decrease) for the year   37,634    39,150    12,925    14,722    (379)   104,052 
Cash at beginning of year   -    -    -    -    8,017    8,017 
Cash at end of year  $37,634   $39,150   $12,925   $14,722   $7,638   $112,069 
                               
Thoroughbred assets obtained through notes payable  $-   $53,623   $-   $-   $73,500   $127,123 
Related party debt and accrued interest removed through equity                       15,244    15,244 
Offering expenses included in accounts payable   1,832    1,536    1,023    820    -    5,211 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

Operating Activities    
Net income / (loss)  $(138,610)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations:     
Member contribution   30,076 
Depreciation   10,393 
Increase (Decrease) in cash due to changes in:     
Operating assets and liabilities   487 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   (97,654)
Investing Activities     
Capital expenditure   (1,500)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   (1,500)
      
Financing Activities     
Member contributions   105,115 
Net cash provided by financing activities   105,115 
Net cash increase (decrease) for the year   5,961 
Cash at beginning of year   2,056 
Cash at end of year  $8,017 
      
Thoroughbred assets obtained through notes payable  $20,000 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members’ Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

   Series  Country Grammer   I Got a Gal   Steinbeck   Pine Valley   Commonwealth   Consolidated 
Balance January 1, 2021  Membership Interest  $-   $-   $-   $-   $463,409   $463,409 
   Member Contribution   15,439    6,243    10,844    8,271    249,517    290,314 
Balance December 31, 2021  Membership Interest  $15,439   $6,243   $10,844   $8,271   $712,926   $753,723 
                                  
Balance January 1, 2021  Subscription in Series, net  $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $- 
   Subscriptions received in series, net of offering expenses   77,232    61,296    38,771    32,182    -    209,481 
Balance December 31, 2021  Subscription in Series, Net  $77,232   $61,296   $38,771   $32,182   $-   $209,481 
                                  
Balance January 1, 2021  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $-   $-   $-   $-   $(462,960)  $(462,960)
   Net Income (loss)   (21,979)   2,557    (36,442)   (9,387)   (291,378)   (356,629)
Balance December 31, 2021  Retained Earnings (Deficit)  $(21,979)  $2,557   $(36,442)  $(9,387)  $(754,338)  $(819,589)
                                  
Balance January 1, 2021  Total Equity  $-   $-   $-   $-   $449   $449 
   Changes noted above   70,692    70,096    13,173    31,066    (41,861)   143,166 
Balance December 31, 2021  Total Equity  $70,692   $70,096   $13,173   $31,066   $(41,412)  $143,615 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members’ Equity for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

Balance, December 31, 2019    $3,868 
   Member contribution   135,191 
   Net loss   (138,610)
Balance, December 31, 2020     $449 

 

See accompanying report of independent auditors and notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Description of Organization and Business Operations

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC (the “Company”) is a Delaware series limited liability company formed on June 12, 2019, and headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. Commonwealth Markets Inc. is the sole owner of units of membership interest of the Company. The Company was formed to engage in the business of acquiring and managing Thoroughbred racehorses and related equine breeding and sales activities. The Company creates several separate Series of membership interests (the “Series” or “Series”), and different Thoroughbred assets are owned by separate Series, and that the assets and liabilities of each Series are separate in accordance with Delaware law. Investors acquire units of membership interest (“Units”) of a Series and are entitled to share in the return of that particular Series but are not entitled to share in the return of any other Series.

 

Commonwealth Markets Inc. (the “Manager”), a Delaware corporation formed on January 10, 2019, is a technology and marketing company that operates the Commonwealth Platform and App (“the Platform”). The Manager manages the Company, the assets owned by the Company and the assets of each Series.

 

The Company sells Units in several separate and individual Series of the Company. Investors in any Series acquire a proportional share of the assets, income and liabilities pertaining to a particular Series. The Manager has the authority to conduct the ongoing operations of each Series in accordance with the Company’s limited liability company agreement, as amended and restated from time to time (the “Operating Agreement”). Unit holders have only the limited voting and management rights provided in the Operating Agreement or required by law.

 

Going Concern and Capital Resources

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has not generated profits since inception through December 31, 2021. The Company has a net loss of $356,629 for the year ended December 31, 2021 and has retained deficit of $819,589 as of December 31, 2021. The Company lacks liquidity to satisfy obligations as they come due.

 

Through December 31, 2021, minimal revenues have been generated through the utilization of underlying Thoroughbred assets. See Note 7 for subsequent sales activity.

 

From inception, the Company has financed business activities through capital contributions from the Manager or its affiliates. The Company and each Series expect to continue to have access to ample capital financing from the Manager going forward. Until such time as the Series have the capacity to generate cash flows from operations, the Manager may cover any deficits through additional capital contributions or the issuance of additional Units in any individual Series. In addition, parts of the proceeds of future offerings may be used to create reserves for future Operating Expenses for individual Series at the sole discretion of the Manager.

 

The Company’s and Series’ ability to continue depends upon management’s plan to raise additional funds, capital contributions from the Manager and the ability to achieve profitable operations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company and each listed Series to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company or any Series are not able to continue as a going concern.

 

Offerings

 

The Company’s offerings are described in the Offering Circular included in the Offering Statement on Form 1-A POS filed with the SEC. Proceeds from the offerings will be used to repay the respective loans or options used to acquire the Thoroughbred assets (See Notes 2 and 3) and pay for other offering related fees and expenses. These will include a one-time FINRA fee of $10,000 as well as a $1,000 1-A POS fee per Series with a 1% of the amount raised in the offering (excluding any Units purchased by the Manager or its affiliates) payable to the clearing broker upon completion of the offering.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for the fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the years presented have been included.

 

Any offerings that close of the date of the financial statements are issued under Tier 2 of Regulation A and qualified under an offering statement. As such, upon the closing of the Series, separate financial statements are presented for each such Series, and each is consolidated in the financial statements of the Company after eliminating inter-company balances and transactions, if any.

 

In the consolidated financials statements, the Commonwealth column includes all transactions non-series related including legal, travel, organization and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds share of racehorse expenses like percentage of offerings not closed and horses that have not been series offered.

 

In the attached consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its presentation from previously filed financial statements. Each Series’ net financial position, operating results and cash flow are now presented separately. The consolidated results have not changed from the results previously filed for the periods presented. The results for the year ended December 31, 2020 did not contain any Series activity.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year.

 

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near-term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from Company estimates.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Company has a limited operating history. The Company’s business and operations are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States. A host of factors beyond the Company’s control could cause fluctuations in these conditions. Adverse conditions may include: recession, downturn or otherwise, local competition or changes in consumer taste. These adverse conditions could affect the Company’s financial condition and the results of its operations.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash consists of funds held in the Company’s checking account.

 

Receivables and Credit Policy

 

Account receivables from customers are uncollateralized customers obligations due under normal trade terms. Account receivables are stated at the amount due from race winnings and horse sales. Payments of account receivables are allocated to the specific invoices identified on the customer’s remittance advice or, if unspecified, are applied to the earliest unpaid invoice. The Company, by policy, routinely assesses the financial strength of its customers. As a result, the Company believes that its accounts receivable credit risk exposure is limited, and it has not experienced significant write-downs in its accounts receivable balances. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no allowance against its accounts receivable.

 

Offering Expenses

 

Offering Expenses relate to the offering for a specific Series and consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, escrow, compliance, filing and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to a proposed offering and will generally be charged to member’s equity upon the completion of the proposed offering. Offering expenses that are incurred prior to the closing of an offering for that Series are being funded by the Manager and will generally be reimbursed through the proceeds of the offering related to the Series. The Manager has agreed to limit the reimbursement of offering expenses by each Series to no more than 10% of the offering proceeds. Should the proposed offering prove to be unsuccessful, these costs, as well as additional expenses to be incurred, will be charged to the Manager.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

In addition to the discrete Offering Expenses related to a particular Series, the Manager has also incurred legal, accounting and compliance expenses to set up the legal and financial framework and compliance infrastructure for the marketing and sale of all subsequent offerings. The Manager will receive an Organizational Fee equal to 3.0% of the proceeds received from the offering of each Series of units as reimbursement for these expenses.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Operating Expenses related to a particular horse include stabling, training, insurance, transportation (other than the initial transportation from the horse’s location to the Manager’s boarding facility prior to the offering, which is treated as an “Acquisition Expense”, as defined below), maintenance, annual audit and legal expenses and other equine-specific expenses as detailed in the Manager’s Allocation Policy. The Company distinguishes between pre-closing and post-closing Operating Expenses. Operating Expenses are expensed as incurred.

 

Except as disclosed with respect to any future Series offering, expenses of this nature that are incurred prior to the closing of an offering of Series are funded by the Manager and are not reimbursed by the Company, Series or economic members. These are accounted for as capital contributions by the Manager for expenses related to the business of the Company or a Series.

 

Upon closing of an offering, a Series becomes responsible for these expenses and finances them either through revenues generated by a Series or available cash reserves at the Series. Should revenues or cash reserves not be sufficient to cover Operating Expenses the Manager may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to the Series at a reasonable rate of interest and be entitled to reimbursement of such amount from future revenues generated by the Series (“Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation(s)”), and/or (c) cause additional units to be issued in order to cover such additional amounts. Operating expenses incurred prior to the offering’s closing will be borne by the Manager and not reimbursed.

 

Thoroughbred Assets

 

Thoroughbred assets are recorded at cost. The cost of the Thoroughbred includes the purchase price, including any deposits paid by the Manager and “Acquisition Expenses”, including transportation of the asset to the Manager’s stables, pre-purchase medical examinations, pre-offering expenses, and other costs detailed in the Manager’s Allocation Policy.

 

On March 27, 2021, the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 30% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Country Grammer, from WinStar Farm, LLC (WinStar). On September 24, 2021, the Company completed a closing of the Series Country Grammer Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $97,100 and issuing 1,942 Units, representing approximately 85.3% of the maximum offering amounts. Offering proceeds were used to purchase a 28.6% interest in Country Grammer for $35,821 (exclusive acquisition expenses).

 

On June 12, 2021, the Company executed a $53,623 note (see Note 3) with the Manager to finance the purchase of a 33% interest in the filly I Got a Gal. Series I Got a Gal conducted closings on November 29, 2021, January 19, 2022, and February 24, 2022 in the amounts of $76,850, $34,200, $26,650, respectively, totaling $142,100 or 95.8% of the maximum offering amount. Offering proceeds were used to pay 95.8% of the principal of the note, and the $3,850 unpaid balance was converted into 77 Units of Series I Got A Gal issued to the Manager.

 

On August 16, 2021, the Company acquired options to purchase up to a 10% undivided interest in each of the following five two-year old colts from WinStar: Pine Valley, Steinbeck, Swing Shift, We The People, and Winged Foot (see Note 7).

 

On November 22, 2021, the Company closed the Series Pine Valley Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $41,000, issuing 820 Units, and acquiring a 6.1% interest in Pine Valley for $16,471 (exclusive acquisition expenses).

 

Also on November 22, 2021, the Company closed the Series Steinbeck Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $51,150, issuing 1,023 Units, and acquiring a 4.15% interest in Steinbeck. On December 26, 2021, Steinbeck, the Series’ only asset, was claimed in a claiming race and sold for the $30,000 claiming price. The funds remaining after payment of acquisition and offering expenses and post-closing expenses will be made available for distribution to Series Steinbeck Unit holders in accordance with the Company’s distribution policy (see Note 7).

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company has the following Thoroughbred Assets:

 

Name  Horse Asset plus Acquisition Cost   Less: Depreciation through
December 31, 2021
   Total 
Commonwealth  $10,600    8,848   $1,752 
Series I Got A Gal   56,214    9,941    46,273 
Series Country Grammer   40,085    3,239    36,846 
Series Pine Valley   18,005    677    17,328 
Total  $124,904   $22,705    102,199 

 

As of December 31, 2020, the Company had Thoroughbred asset costs and accumulated depreciation of $32,100 and $11,629, respectively.

 

Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method based on useful lives of the asset. Thoroughbred assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over 36 months with no estimated salvage value. A horse is treated as placed in service upon its acquisition by the Company. The Company reviews the carrying value of Thoroughbred assets for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the use of the property, and the effects of health, demand, competition, and other economic factors. When a horse is sold or retired, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed and the resultant gain or loss is reflected in income.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” establishes principles from reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the Company’s contracts to provide goods to customers. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods are transferred to a customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration that the Company expects for those goods. The Company applies the following five steps in order to determine the appropriate amount of revenue to be recognized as it fulfills its obligation under each of its agreements: 1) identify the contract with the customer, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; 3) determine the transaction price; 4) allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and 5) recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company generally recognizes revenues upon earning income from its horses at a point in time. Horse racing revenues are generally recorded on a net basis based on the lack of a controlling interest in the horse. The Company and Series are entitled to their share of the net earnings from a race.

 

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Racehorse Management

 

Racehorse management includes horse related expenses such as insurance, photography, stables and training, transportation and veterinary.

 

Advertising Expenses

 

The Company expenses advertising costs as they are incurred.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company intends that the separate Series will elect and qualify to be taxed as a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. The separate Series will comply with the accounting and disclosure requirement of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

No tax provision has been recorded for any Series through the balance sheet date as each is in a taxable loss position and no future tax benefits can be reasonably anticipated.

 

The master Series of the Company intends to be taxed as a “partnership” or a “disregarded entity” for federal income tax purposes and will not make any election or take any action that could cause it to be separately treated as an association taxable as a corporation under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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Earnings per Membership Unit

 

For a period of net loss, basic and diluted earnings per unit are the same as the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants and the conversion of convertible debt are anti-dilutive.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issues updates to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of updates to date that amend the original text of ASC. Management believes that those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On August 20, 2019, the Company acquired the Thoroughbred asset to be assigned to series TF2019 from a principal executive of the Manager in exchange for a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $7,500, which accrues interest at a rate of 1.91% per annum. As of both December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company owed $7,500.

 

On January 16, 2020, the Company acquired a 75% interest in Biko for a purchase price of $20,000. The Manager loaned the $20,000 purchase price to the Company with a 1.69% interest rate (see Note 7). As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company owed $15,000 and $20,000, respectively.

 

On June 8, 2021, the Company acquired a 100% interest in three Thoroughbreds from affiliates of the Manager:

 

● Scat Lady, a 2014 mare by Scat Daddy out of It’s About Midnight by Distorted Humor (Scat Lady) was acquired from Chase Chamberlin in exchange for a $55,000 promissory note. Scat Daddy is also the sire of 2019 Triple Crown winner Justify;

 

● An unnamed yearling colt by Commissioner out of Scat Lady by Scat Daddy (CS2020) was acquired from Chase Chamberlin in exchange for a $13,500 promissory note;

 

● An unnamed yearling colt by Commissioner out of Timido by Gio Ponti (CT2020) was acquired from Brian Doxtator in exchange for a $5,000 promissory note;

 

The purchase price of each Thoroughbred was based on a valuation conducted by an independent appraiser engaged by the Company. The appraised fair market values ranged from $50,000 to $60,000 for Scat Lady, $12,000 to $15,000 for CS2020, and $4,000 to $6,000 for CT2020. The parties set the purchase price for each Thoroughbred at the midpoint of the valuation range.

 

Each note bears interest at the Applicable Federal Rate at such note’s date of execution. Each note described above has been forgiven as of December 31, 2021 with each horse returned. The Company recorded the net result as a $15,244 member contribution in 2021.

 

On June 12, 2021, the Company executed a $53,623 note with the Manager to finance the purchase of a 33% interest in the filly, I Got a Gal. The note bears interest of 1.58% and is due within 10 business days of the closing or termination of the Series I Got A Gal offering. If the applicable offering proceeds are not sufficient to retire the note, any unpaid balance will be converted into Series I Got a Gal Units at the price per unit as sold in the offering. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owed $25,835.

 

Professional fees of $226,447 and $87,883 were incurred at the Manager level in 2021 and 2020 respectively to support the Company. The Manager will not seek reimbursement.

 

The Manager maintains cash reserves funded from offering proceeds on behalf of each of the Company’s Series to cover the Series’ operating expenses.

 

During 2020 and 2021 executives of the Manager provided services to the Company for no compensation at the Manager level or Company level. Management expects in the future these executive services will be compensated through the management fee agreement (see Note 5).

 

During 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred offering expenses associated with Series offerings of $48,747 and $0, respectively, with amounts remitted to the Manager.

 

During 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred acquisition expenses associated with Series offerings of $10,464 and $0, respectively, with amounts remitted to the Manager.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 4 – REVENUE, EXPENSE AND COST ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY, CONTINUED

 

The Company distinguishes expenses and costs between those related to the purchase of a particular Thoroughbred asset and Operating Expenses related to the management of that asset.

 

Fees and expenses related to the purchase of an underlying Thoroughbred asset include the Offering Expenses, Acquisition Expenses, Brokerage Fee and Sourcing Fee.

 

Within Operating Expenses, the Company distinguishes between Operating Expenses incurred prior to the closing of an offering and those incurred after the close of an offering. Although these pre- and post- closing Operating Expenses are similar in nature and consist of expenses such as stabling, training, insurance and transportation, pre-closing Operating Expenses are borne by the Manager and may or may not be reimbursed by the Company or the economic members of the Series, as outlined within that particular Series Designation. Post-closing Operating Expenses are the responsibility of each Series and may be financed through (i) revenues generated by the Series or cash reserves at the Series; (ii) contributions made by the Manager, for which the Manager does not seek reimbursement; (iii) loans by the Manager, for which the Manager may charge a reasonable rate of interest; or (iv) issuance of additional Units in a Series.

 

Allocation of revenues and expenses and costs are made amongst the various Series in accordance with the Manager’s allocation policy. The Manager’s allocation policy requires items that are related to a specific Series be charged to that specific Series. Items not related to a specific Series are primarily held at the Commonwealth level with series expenses allocated to Series that close during the period, as stated in the Manager’s allocation policy and as reasonably determined by the Manager. The Manager may amend its allocation policy in its sole discretion from time to time.

 

NOTE 5 - DISTRIBUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT FEES

 

As compensation for identifying and exploring acquisition opportunities, conducting due diligence evaluations of potential Thoroughbred assets, negotiating, and structuring the terms and conditions of acquisitions and other related functions, the Manager will be paid a fee of up to 15% of the cost of acquiring the Thoroughbred Asset from the proceeds of each offering at closing.

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager under the Management Agreement, the Manager will be paid a semi-annual fee equal to:

 

  10% of any Free Cash Flow (as defined below) generated by the Series, until such time as Investors have received a return of their invested capital;
  20% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series from racing activities thereafter; and

 

As compensation for the services provided by the Manager, the Management Services Agreements for Series other than Series Country Grammer provide that, during a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career, the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place and the purse was earned. During 2021, a management fee of $1,673 has been incurred. After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to 10% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Free Cash Flow to Unit Holders of the Series, as described in Distribution Rights below.

 

For Series Country Grammer, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to 10% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series, which will only become due and payable at the time there is a distribution of Free Cash Flow to Unit Holders of the Series

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 6 - Member’s Equity

 

Series Subscriptions

 

Series Name  Units Offered   Units Tendered   Subscription Amount 
Series Steinbeck (See Note 7)   2,465    1,023   $51,150 
Series I Got A Gal   2,966    1,537    76,850 
Series Pine Valley   1,336    820    41,000 
Series Country Grammer   2,277    1,942    97,100 
Total   9,044    5,322   $266,100 

 

The Company has received membership subscriptions for the following Series as of December 31, 2021.

 

The members of each of the Company’s series have certain rights with respect to the membership series they are subscribed to. Each series generally holds a single horse asset. A series member is entitled to their pro rata share of the net profits derived from the horse asset held in that series after deduction of expense allocations and direct expenses attributable to the underlying horse asset, based on their percentage of the total outstanding membership interest in that series.

 

MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Member contributions primarily reflect the assumption of payables that support the Company’s operating results. Constructive payments made by the Member on behalf of the Company have been included in the statements of cash flows as financing activities. The Company has treated the other member contributions as noncash activity to better reflect the actual cash movement that benefited the Company. The member contributions during 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

 

   2021   2020 
Financing cash contributions  $22,500   $53,445(a)
Other operating expenses incurred by the member   197,002    30,076(b)
Operating expenses paid directly by the member   55,568    51,670(a)
Forgiveness of notes payable (Note 3)   15,244     
Total  $290,314   $135,191 

 

  (a) Included in statements of cash flows.
  (b) Added back in operating section of the statements of cash flows to arrive at net cash used in operating activities.

 

NOTE 7SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2021, through June 28, 2023, the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, other than the disclosure below, no additional material events were identified which require adjustment or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2022, the Company closed out Series Steinbeck (See Notes 2 and 6) and began the distribution process. The proceeds were made available pursuant to the Distribution Policy.

 

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COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

On January 12, 2022, the Company and WinStar entered into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale with Zedan Racing Stables Inc., which acquired an undivided 50% interest in Country Grammer. The purchase price was $875,000, with Zedan responsible for paying any taxes arising from the transaction. Series Country Grammer and Commonwealth Markets together conveyed an undivided 15% of total ownership, and WinStar conveyed an undivided 35.7% of total ownership. As a result of the sale, the ownership interests in Country Grammer are Zedan 50%; WinStar 35.7%; Commonwealth Thoroughbreds Series Country Grammer 14.7%; and Commonwealth Markets 0.3%.

 

On January 26, 2022, the Biko related note payable (see Note 3) had a subsequent payment amount of $10,000 paid by the Manager.

 

In February 2022, the Company conducted multiple closings of the Series Swing Shift Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $102,850, issuing 2,057 Units, and acquiring a 9.3% interest in Swing Shift.

 

On February 22, 2022, the Company conducted a closing of the Series We The People Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $59,600, issuing 1,192 Units, and acquiring a 9.3% interest in We The People.

 

On March 1, 2022, the Company elected to terminate the Series Winged Foot Offering. The Company did not solicit and received no subscriptions for Series Winged Foot Units, and the option expired.

 

On March 26, 2022, Country Grammer won the Dubai World Cup which featured a $12 million purse. Country Grammer has collective earnings in 2022 of approximately $10.5 million from two races. The Series Country Grammer received approximately $1.1 million from the net race winnings in 2022.

 

On July 12, 2022, Swing Shift was sold at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton July HOAA sale for a gross sale price of $150,000.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company acquired a 25% undivided in a Thoroughbred, Mage, from Marquee Bloodstock for a purchase price of $72,500.

 

On August 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Tshiebwe, from Winstar for a purchase price of $47,500.

 

On August 24, 2022, the Company acquired a 30% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Kissed by Fire, from Exline-Border Racing for a purchase price of $105,000.

 

On August 30, 2022, the Company acquired a 10% undivided interest in a Thoroughbred, Pensacola, from Winstar for a purchase price of $60,000.

 

On September 23, 2022, the Company acquired a 40% undivided interest in a yearling, Medaglia Filly, from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $60,000. On that date, the Company also acquired a 30% undivided interest in a yearling, Constitution Filly, from Medallion Racing for a purchase price of $75,000.

 

In November 2022, Pine Valley was sold at the 2022 Keeneland November HOAA sale for a gross sale price of $60,000. Pro rata share to Series Pine Valley was $3,341, a loss was recorded, and proceeds were collected after December 31, 2022.

 

From January 4, 2023, through March 29, the Company completed a series of closings of the Series Mage Offering, accepting subscriptions in the amount of $163,850 and issuing 3,277 Units as of the date of this report, representing 95.6% of the maximum offering amounts. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 23.9% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager. The Manager acquired a 1.1% interest in Mage.

 

On January 18, 2023, the Company acquired a 20% undivided interest in Bipartisanship from Magna Carta LLC for a purchase price of $52,000.

 

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In February 2023, the Company completed the Series Tshiebwe Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $104,700, or 99.97% of the maximum offering amount. Series Tshiebwe issuing 2,094 Units and acquired a 9.97% interest in Tshiebwe. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 99.97% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager, and the $350 unpaid balance was converted into 7 Units issued to the Manager.

 

On February 20, 2023, the Company held a closing of the Series Kissed by Fire Offering, receiving offering proceeds totaling $104,900, or 47.1% of the maximum offering amount. Series Kissed by Fire issued 2,098 Units and acquired an 11.77% interest in Kissed by Fire. Offering proceeds were then used to pay 47.1% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager.

 

On February 25, 2023, Country Grammer placed second in the Saudi Cup which featured a $20 Million purse.

 

On February 26, 2023, the Company held an interim closing of the Series Constitution Filly Offering, receiving offering proceeds of $183,600, or 93.9% of the maximum offering amount. Series Constitution Filly issued 3,672 Units and acquired a 23.5% interest in Constitution Filly. Offering proceeds were used to pay 95.82% of the principal of the Company’s note to the Manager.

 

On March 25, 2023, Country Grammer placed seventh in the Dubai World Cup which featured a $12 million purse.

 

On April 1, 2023, Mage placed second in the Florida Derby at Gulstream Park which featured a $1 million purse.

 

On April 15, 2023, I Got a Gal was sold at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton April HOAA sale for a gross sale price of $20,000.

 

On April 26, 2023, the Company acquired an option to purchase up to a 25% undivided interest in Justify `21 from Gandharvi. The target purchase price is $191,625. The option expires July 28, 2024.

 

On May 6, 2023, Mage won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs which featured a $3 million purse.

 

On May 20, 2023, Mage placed third in the Preakness at Pimlico which featured a $1.6 million purse.

 

On June 13, 2023, the Company acquired a 25% undivided interest in the Thoroughbred Head Of The Class and issued a nonrecourse promissory note in the principal amount of $175,000 to the seller, WinStar Farm, LLC.

 

The Manager funded several acquisitions of Thoroughbred assets through loans to the Company that will be repaid through proceeds from the respective series. To the extent the proceeds from a series offering are not sufficient to repay the entire outstanding balance due on a convertible promissory note, the Manager may elect to convert the unpaid balance of the note into units of the series at the per unit offering price or to acquire the portion of the interest in the underlying Thoroughbred asset that was not acquired by the Series.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 2.1 - Certificate of Formation (1)
Exhibit 2.2 - Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (1)
Exhibit 2.3 - Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (9)
Exhibit 3.1 - Series Designation for Series Kissed By Fire (9)
Exhibit 3.2 - Series Designation for Series Appellate (Constitution Filly) (9)
Exhibit 3.3 - Series Designation for Series Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia Filly) (9)
Exhibit 3.4 - Series Designation for Series Grazia (Tonasah Filly) (11)
Exhibit 3.5 - Series Designation for Series Tapicat Filly (11)
Exhibit 3.6 - Series Designation for Series Justify 21’ (12)
Exhibit 3.7 - Series Designation for Series Head of the Class (12)
Exhibit 3.8 - Series Designation for Series Country Grammer (3)
Exhibit 3.9 - Series Designation for Series A1 (2)
Exhibit 3.10 - Series Designation for Series I Got A Gal (7)
Exhibit 3.11 - Series Designation for Series We The People (7)
Exhibit 3.12 - Series Designation for Series Mage (9)
Exhibit 3.13 - Series Designation for Series Tshiebwe (9)
Exhibit 4.1 - Form of Subscription Agreement (6)
Exhibit 6.1 - Broker Dealer Agreement with Dalmore Group, LLC (13)
Exhibit 6.2 - Form of Management Services Agreement *
Exhibit 6.3 - Kissed By Fire Agreement of Purchase and Sale (9)
Exhibit 6.4 - Convertible Promissory Note and Security Agreement for Kissed By Fire (12)
Exhibit 6.5 - Purchase Agreement and Bill of Sale for Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia Filly) (9)
Exhibit 6.6 - Co-Management Agreement for Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia Filly) (9)
Exhibit 6.7 - Convertible Promissory Note and Security Agreement for Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia Filly) (12)
Exhibit 6.8 - Purchase Agreement and Bill of Sale for Appellate (Constitution Filly) (9)
Exhibit 6.9 Co-Management Agreement for Appellate (Constitution Filly) (9)
Exhibit 6.10 - Convertible Promissory Note and Security Agreement for Appellate (Constitution Filly) (12)
Exhibit 6.11 - Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Grazia (Tonasah Filly) *
Exhibit 6.12 - Convertible Note and Security Agreement for Series Grazia (Tonasah Filly) (14)
Exhibit 6.13 - Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Tapicat Filly *
Exhibit 6.14 Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Justify 21 *
Exhibit 6.15 - Amended and Restated Purchase, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Head of the Class *
Exhibit 6.16 - Promissory Note for Head of the Class (12)
Exhibit 6.17 - Security Agreement for Head of the Class (12)
Exhibit 6.18 - Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Country Grammer (3)
Exhibit 6.19 - First Amendment to Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Country Grammer (4)
Exhibit 6.20 - Co-Management Agreement, Country Grammer (5)
Exhibit 6.21 - Country Grammer Agreement of Purchase and Sale among WinStar Farm, LLC, Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, and Zedan Racing Stables Inc. (8)
Exhibit 6.22 - Agreement of Purchase, Sale, and Co-Ownership, I Got A Gal (7)
Exhibit 6.23 - Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement, We The People (12)
Exhibit 6.24 - Agreement of Purchase, Sale and Co-Ownership for Series Tshiebwe (10)
Exhibit 6.25 - Convertible Promissory Note and Security Agreement for Series Tshiebwe (9)
Exhibit 6.26 - Agreement of Purchase, Sale and Co-Ownership for Series Mage (9)
Exhibit 6.27 - Convertible Promissory Note and Security Agreement for Series Mage (9)
Exhibit 6.28 - Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Pine Valley (14)
Exhibit 6.29 - Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement for Series Steinbeck (14)
Exhibit 6.30 - Stallion Standing Agreement for Mage (15)
Exhibit 6.31 - Country Grammer Co-Ownership Agreement (Syndication Agreement)*
Exhibit 6.32 - Mage Syndicate Agreement *

 

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Exhibit 8.1 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Kissed By Fire (10)
Exhibit 8.2 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Appellate (Constitution Filly) (10)
Exhibit 8.3 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Sun Kissed Soiree (Medaglia Filly) (10)
Exhibit 8.4 - Escrow Agreement with North Captial Private Securities Corporation for Series Grazia (Tonasah Filly) (11)
Exhibit 8.5 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Tapicat Filly *
Exhibit 8.6 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Justify 21’ (12)
Exhibit 8.7 - Escrow Agreement with North Capital Private Securities Corporation for Series Head of the Class (12)
Exhibit 11.1 - Consent of Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC *
Exhibit 11.2 - Consent of Frost Brown Todd LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 12.1)
Exhibit 12.1 - Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLP *

 

* Filed herewith.
   
(1) Incorporated herein by reference to Form 1-A dated December 13, 2019.
   
(2) Incorporated herein by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Form 1-A dated January 7, 2020.
   
(3) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Form 1-A dated April 13, 2021.
   
(4) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Form 1-A dated June 11, 2021.
   
(5) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Form 1-A dated July 2, 2021.
   
(6) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Form 1-A dated July 19, 2021.
   
(7) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 3 to Form 1-A dated September 3, 2021.
   
(8) Incorporated herein by reference to Form 1-K dated July 22, 2022.
   
(9) Incorporated herein by reference to Post Qualification Amendment No. 5 to Form 1-A dated October 11, 2022.
   
(10) Incorporated herein by reference to amendment to Post Qualification Amendment No. 5 to Form 1-A dated October 24, 2022.
   
(11) Incorporated herein by reference to amendment to Post Qualification Amendment No. 6 to Form 1-A dated January 13, 2023.
   
(12) Incorporated herein by reference to Form 1-A dated June 28, 2023.
   
(13) Incorporated herein by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Form 1-A dated August 10, 2023.

 

(14)

 

Incorporated herein by reference to Form 1-A/A dated September 25, 2023.

   
(15) Incorporated herein by reference to Form 1-K dated October 30, 2023.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lexington, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on December 5, 2023.

 

  COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC
   
  By: Commonwealth Markets Inc., its Manager
   
  /s/ Brian Doxtator
  Name: Brian Doxtator
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

This offering statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Brian Doxtator   Chief Executive Officer (Principal   December 5, 2023
Name: Brian Doxtator   Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)    
         
/s/ Chase Chamberlain   Chief Marketing Officer and   December 5, 2023
Name: Chase Chamberlain   Head of Equine Operations    
         
Commonwealth Markets Inc.   Manager   December 5, 2023
         
/s/ Brian Doxtator        
Name: Brian Doxtator        
Title: Chief Executive Officer        

 

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ADD EXHB 3 ex6-2.htm

 

Exhibit 6.2

 

MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This is a Management Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of [Date], between Commonwealth Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Markets”), and Series [Name] (the “Series”), a series of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (the “Company”).

 

Recitals

 

A. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, owning and selling interests in, raising, training, and racing Thoroughbred horses, which it conducts through its series, including Series [Name], in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated September 27, 2019, of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, together with the Series Designation of Series [Name] setting forth the terms of the Series, in each case as amended and restated from time to time (the “Operating Agreement”).

 

B. Markets was appointed as the Company’s managing member with effect from the date of the formation of the Company and, except as otherwise set forth in the certificate of designations of a series, will be the managing member of each of the Company’s series.

 

C. The Operating Agreement provides that the managing member of the Series shall have full power and authority to do all things, and on such terms as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Company and the Series, to exercise all powers and to effectuate the purposes set forth in the Operating Agreement.

 

D. The Series desires to appoint Markets to serve as its managing member with the responsibility for the Thoroughbred and other equine assets acquired and owned by the Series (the “Series Assets”), providing racing management, consultation and bloodstock services (pedigree consultation, selection of horses for purchase and sale etc.), and otherwise managing and administering the Series’ business.

 

E. Markets desires to provide such services and license its Platform to the Company in return for the consideration set forth in this Agreement.

 

F. The Company also desires to license from Markets the right to use Market’s Commonwealth Platform (as defined below).

 

Agreement

 

THE PARTIES, INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1. Appointment of Markets; Acceptance of Appointment. The Series hereby appoints Markets as managing member of the Series for the purpose of managing the Series Assets, and Markets hereby accepts such appointment.

 

 

 

 

2. Services to be Provided.

 

(a) Markets’ Duties. Markets will have the responsibility and authority to provide care and maintenance of the Series Assets (wherever stabled) as well as all racing management, consultation and bloodstock services (including without limitation, pedigree consultation, selection of horses for purchase and sale, management of the training and competing of the horses, etc.) necessary for the operation of the Series’ business (the “Services”). Markets shall perform the Services for the account of and as exclusive agent of the Company and the Series using commercially reasonable efforts. The Services shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following matters:

 

(1) managing the racing business operations of the Company and the Series, including assisting with preparation of business plans and operating budgets and attending to all bloodstock and racing matters reasonably necessary to afford the Company and the Series the opportunity to realize their business goals;

 

(2) communicating with the Company with respect to financial and business matters, and all activities and developments relating to the acquisition, racing, retirement and/or sale of the Thoroughbreds;

 

(3) selecting and acquiring in the name of the Company or the Series suitable Thoroughbreds for racing as well as other equine assets necessary to operate the Series’ business and execute the Series’ business plan;

 

(4)  developing and implementing short-term and long-term strategies for each Thoroughbred acquired by the Company’s series, including the Series Assets, with the intent to maximize its potential value and appreciation;

 

(5) securing the services of professional trainers to train and compete the Thoroughbreds of Company’s series, including the Series Assets;

 

(6) entering into a written agreement with any bloodstock agent or veterinarian engaged on behalf of the Company or the Series, which shall comply with state laws regulating private and public sales of Thoroughbred assets;

 

(7) advising the Company with respect to the selection of the stallions to which mares owned by the Company’s series will be bred;

 

(8) selecting the racing incentive programs to which the Thoroughbreds produced or owned by the Company’s series, including the Series Assets, shall be nominated;

 

(9) purchasing liability and other insurance to protect the business and property of the Company and the Series;

 

(10) selling or otherwise disposing of assets of the Company or the Series in the ordinary course of business approved in advance by the Company, consistent with the Company’s business plan, and executing on behalf of the Company all instruments and documents, providing for the acquisition, or disposition of the Company’s property necessary, in Markets’ reasonable discretion, to the successful operation of the business;

 

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(11) paying reasonable fees and or commissions consistent with industry standards to unaffiliated agents such as trainers, sales agencies, or consignors upon any purchase or sale of Thoroughbreds by the Series;

 

(12) providing general administration services, including office administration, reception, scheduling, clerical services, managing inventory and overhead, negotiating contracts, and administering and paying accounts payable of the Company and the Series;

 

(13) purchasing, at the Company’s expense, all equipment and any related software necessary for the operation of the Company’s business and maintain the same, pursuant to the approved operating budget;

 

(14) providing financial services including, but not limited to, bookkeeping, record creation and maintenance, collection, banking, accounting, budget development, auditing and tax return preparation (provided this shall not include personal income tax returns), as well as such other accounting services as are reasonably required;

 

(15) providing billing and collection services for the Company and the Series, managing their cash, and making payments on their behalf, including any Management Fees that become payable under this Agreement;

 

(16) taking primary responsibility with respect to personnel and employment matters; and

 

(17) obtaining or renewing all necessary licenses and permits, and otherwise assisting in the compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, with any fees payable by the Company.

 

(b) Rights of the Company. Markets understands and acknowledges that the Company reserves the right to make all material decisions, with input from Markets, about the implementation of the Company’s business plan, the acquisition of services or assets and the use and/or disposition of assets. Markets shall provide the Services in consultation with, for the benefit, and at the direction, of the Company.

 

3. Sourcing Fee:

 

(a) A fee of up to 15% of the purchase price of the Series Asset will be paid to the Manager from the offering proceeds at closing as compensation for identifying, investigating, evaluating, and managing the acquisition of a thoroughbred asset.

 

4. Management Fee. As compensation for the services provided by the Manager for managing the Series’ Thoroughbred Asset and conducting Unitholder relations, the Manager will be entitled to receive the following fees (the “Management Fee”):

 

(a) A training management fee equal to 10% of the amount of the reserves for training expenses and working capital contingencies for each Series Offering, payable from the offering proceeds at the time training expenses are incurred.

 

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(b) During a Series Thoroughbred’s racing career, the Manager will be paid a fee equal to 10% of net winnings after fees customarily withheld from purses by the horsemen’s bookkeeper prior to distribution of net purses earned, which will become due and payable to the Manager when released by the track at which the race took place, and the purse was earned. The percentage will increase to 20% once the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Series.

 

(c) After the Series Thoroughbred retires from racing, the Manager will be paid a quarterly fee equal to a percentage of any Series Revenue generated by the Series, payable at the time there is a distribution of Series Revenue to Unit Holders of the Series. The percentage will be 10% until the aggregate amount of distributions to Series Unit holders from racing and asset sale activities equals the amount of offering proceeds received by the Seires, at which time the percentage will increase to 20%.

 

(d) After the Thoroughbred held as a Series Asset retires from racing, the Company shall pay Markets, on the first day of each calendar quarter, 10% of any Free Cash Flow generated by the Series and distributed to Series members during the preceding quarter (the “Management Fee”). For purposes of this Section 4, “Free Cash Flow” means any available cash for distribution generated from the net income received by a Series of the Company, as determined by Markets to be in the nature of income as defined by U.S. GAAP, plus (i) any change in the net working capital (as shown on the balance sheet of such Series) (ii) any amortization to the Series’ assets (as shown on the income statement of such Series) and (iii) any depreciation to the Series’ Assets (as shown on the income statement of such Series) and (iv) any other non-cash Operating Expenses less (a) any capital expenditure related to the Series’ assets (as shown on the cash flow statement of such Series) (b) any other liabilities or obligations of the Series, in each case to the extent not already paid or provided for and (c) upon the termination and winding up of a Series or the Company, all costs and expenses incidental to such termination and winding as allocated to the relevant Series.

 

5. License. In consideration of the compensation set forth in Section 4, Markets hereby grants to the Company, during the term of this Agreement, a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license to access and use Market’s Commonwealth Platform (the “Platform”) in connection with the Company’s business and operations.

 

6. Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

 

(a) None of Markets, its affiliates, or any of their respective directors, members, stockholders, partners, officers, employees or controlling persons (collectively, “Managing Parties”) shall be liable to the Series or the Company for (i) any act or omission performed or failed to be performed by any Managing Party (other than any criminal wrongdoing) arising from the exercise of such Managing Party’s rights or obligations hereunder, or for any losses, claims, costs, damages, or liabilities arising therefrom, in the absence of criminal wrongdoing, willful misfeasance or gross negligence on the part of such Managing Party, (ii) any tax liability imposed on the Series or the Series Assets, or (iii) any losses due to the actions or omissions of the Series or any brokers or other current or former agents or advisers of the Series.

 

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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Series will indemnify Markets and its Managing Parties against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “Losses”) to which such person may become subject in connection with any matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent that any such Loss results solely from the acts or omissions of a Managing Party that have been determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Managing Party’s fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence. If this Section 6 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Series shall nevertheless indemnify the Managing Party for any Losses incurred to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section that shall not have been invalidated.

 

(c) Markets gives no warranty as to the performance or profitability of the Series Assets or as to the performance of any third party engaged by Markets hereunder.

 

(d) Markets may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from action upon any instruction from, or document signed by, any authorized person of the Series or other person reasonably believed by the Markets to be authorized to give or sign the same whether or not the authority of such person is then effective.

 

7. Term; Termination.

 

(a) The initial term of this Agreement shall commence as of the date of this Agreement and have a term of one (1) year unless earlier terminated as provided for in this Section 7 (the “Initial Term”). Thereafter, this Agreement shall continue for consecutive one-year terms (each a “Renewal Term”) until it is terminated in accordance with this Section 7. Either party may terminate this Agreement at the end of the Initial Term or any applicable Renewal Term by providing the other party with thirty (30) days written notice prior to the expiration of the then effective term. Notwithstanding the forgoing provisions, this Agreement may be terminated any time during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term by written agreement signed by both parties to this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive any termination.

 

(b) Either party shall be in default if it fails to perform any material term of this Agreement and that failure is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notification of such failure from the party not in default. In the event of such a failure to cure, the non-defaulting party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice to the other party. This Agreement shall also terminate if Markets is terminated as the Company’s Managing Member pursuant to the Operating Agreement.

 

8. Independent Contractor. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Markets is to act as an independent contractor of the Company in providing the services specified in this Agreement. Nothing in the Agreement shall be construed to constitute either party as the joint venturer of the other. Neither party has the right to bind the other party or make any promises or representations on behalf of the other party except as specifically set forth in this Agreement or the Operating Agreement.

 

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9. No Breach; Consents and Approvals.

 

(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Markets that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) violate or conflict with Operating Agreement or (ii) constitute a breach or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach or default) of, or give rise to any lien, third party right of termination, cancellation, material modification or acceleration, under any material agreement, understanding or undertaking to which the Company or any affiliate of the Company is a party or by which it or any of them is bound or violate or conflict with any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order to which it or any of them is subject.

 

(b) Markets hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Markets does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) violate or conflict with its Certificate of Formation or its Operating Agreement or (ii) constitute a breach or default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach or default) of, or give rise to any lien, third party right of termination, cancellation, material modification or acceleration, under any material agreement, understanding or undertaking to which Markets or any Affiliate of Markets is a party or by which it or any of them is bound or violate or conflict with any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order to which it or any of them is subject.

 

10. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended except by a written instrument signed by all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior agreements, representations, warranties, statements, promises, information, arrangements and undertakings, whether oral or written, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be waived, or be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain binding and in full force and effect, and in the case any provision is found to be invalid or unenforceable, each of the parties shall use its best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same results as that contemplated by such provision.

 

13. Remedies Cumulative. Any rights or remedies of either party in the event of default are intended to be cumulative rather than exclusive. Moreover, if either party chooses not to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement, that choice shall not impair its rights to insist on strict performance in the event of subsequent acts of default, and the waiver by a party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement by the non-breaching party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by that party.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and be construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to or application of its conflicts of law rules. Jurisdiction and venue for any litigation or arbitration arising out of this agreement shall lie in Fayette County Kentucky.

 

15. Headings. The underlined headings of sections in this Agreement are included for reference only and are not a part of this Agreement.

 

16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

17. Assignment. Neither of the parties hereto shall have the right to assign, transfer or convey any of its rights or interest under this Agreement, or to delegate any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement, without the prior written approval of the other party, which consent may be withheld at the other party’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

[Signatures on the following page]

 

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Signature Page to Management Services Agreement

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  COMMONWEALTH MARKETS, INC.
     
  By
   
  Title:
     
  COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS LLC
     
  By
     
  Title:                                  
     
  [Series Name]
     
  By: Commonwealth Markets, Inc., as managing member
     
  By
     
  Title:   

 

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ADD EXHB 4 ex6-11.htm

 

Exhibit 6.11

 

PURCHASE OPTION, BILL OF SALE AND CO-OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of the 16th day of November, 2023, by and between: (i) Gandharvi, LLC a Kentucky limited liability company (“Seller”); and (ii) Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) (Seller and Buyer being sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Co-Owners”).

 

Recitals:

 

A. Seller is currently an owner of the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Thoroughbred”).

 

B. Seller desires to sell, or cause to be sold, the undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Target Interest”), and Buyer wishes to purchase the Target Interest, for the purchase price and upon other terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

C. Seller and Buyer wish to set forth the terms upon which, as Co-Owners of the Thoroughbred, they will race, breed, own and manage the Thoroughbred, as applicable.

 

D. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety (i) the Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement Seller and Buyer entered into as of October 25, 2022, and (ii) the Agreement of Co-Management dated as of October 25, 2022

 

Agreement:

 

Now, Therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Purchase Option. Upon execution of this Agreement, Buyer shall have an Option (“Option”) to purchase up to 100% of the Target Interest (the “Maximum Interest”) in the Thoroughbred for the period set forth on Exhibit A (the “Option Period”) for the purchase price set forth on Exhibit A (the “Target Purchase Price”). Buyer shall be deemed to have exercised the Option at such time as Buyer has sold indirect fractional shares (“Platform Fractional Shares”) in the Thoroughbred pursuant to a public offering on Buyer’s fractional share platform (the “Offering”) equal to or greater than the amount of the “Minimum Offering Proceeds” set forth on Exhibit A (based on Buyer’s public offering prices.) Buyer shall provide notice to Seller within one (1) business day after Buyer’s receipt of the Minimum Offering Proceeds. If the Option Period ends without Buyer exercising the Option, this Agreement shall terminate and be null and void with no other force or effect ab initio.

 

 

 

 

2. The Sale.

 

2.1 Terms of Sale.

 

(a) Initial Purchase.

 

(1) Upon Buyer’s exercise of the Option in accordance with Section 1, Buyer shall pay Seller, within ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (the “Initial Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the Minimum Offering Proceeds multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Target Purchase Price divided by (B) the maximum proceeds available in the Offering as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Maximum Offering Proceeds”). The quotient obtained by dividing the Target Purchase Price by the Maximum Offering Proceeds shall be referred to herein as the “Price Percentage” and shall be set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Initial Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (the “Initial Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Minimum Offering Proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(b) Additional Purchases.

 

(1) Following Buyer’s purchase of the Initial Fractional Interest, each time Buyer has sold Platform Fractional Shares in the Offering equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering Proceeds, Buyer shall pay Seller, within in ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (each such amount, an “Additional Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds multiplied by (ii) the Price Percentage.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Additional Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an additional undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (an “Additional Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, following the Offering Closing Date, the Final Purchase Price (defined below) paid by Buyer and the Final Interest (defined below) sold by Seller shall be proportional to each other. In other words, if the Final Purchase Price is equal to 75% of the Target Purchase Price, then the Final Interest shall equal 75% of the Target Interest.

 

(4) The Initial Purchase Price together with the Additional Purchase Prices (if any) and the Remaining Purchase Price (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Purchase Price.” The Initial Fractional Interest together with the Additional Fractional Interests (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Interest.

 

(5) Assuming the Maximum Interest is transferred hereunder, the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer to Buyer will be as set forth on Exhibit A. In the event the Final Interest is less than the Maximum Interest, Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer of the Final Interest to Buyer.

 

 

 

 

2.2 Risk of Loss. Buyer shall assume all risk of loss with respect to the Initial Fractional Interest acquired by Buyer as of exercise of the Option and each Additional Fractional Interest acquired thereafter.

 

2.3 Title. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has upon the date hereof, and upon exercise of the Option, or will cause to be delivered to Buyer, good and marketable title to the Final Interest sold and conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, claims, liabilities, options, security interests, equities, encumbrances, and charges of any kind whatsoever, and that Seller has full right, power and authority to sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver and assign (or to cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered and assigned) the Final Interest to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.4 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE THOROUGHBRED, ALL OF WHICH WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE RACING ABILITY OR ELIGIBILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED OR THE FERTILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED.

 

3. The Co-Ownership.

 

3.1 Term. The following terms and conditions governing the ownership of the Thoroughbred shall take effect concurrently with the effective date of sale of the Initial Fractional Interest, and shall continue in full force and effect until the death of the Thoroughbred, sale of all of Buyer’s interest in the Thoroughbred, or the termination of this Agreement by the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

3.2 Relationship Among Co-Owners. The relationship among Co-Owners shall be that of tenants-in-common of the Thoroughbred. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture, partnership, corporation or other relationship among Co-Owners other than that of tenancy-in-common.

 

3.3 Management of the Thoroughbred;

 

a. The Thoroughbred will be managed jointly by the Co-Owners from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All material decisions related to the Thoroughbred’s racing career, including the selection of a trainer for the Thoroughbred, will be made jointly by the Co-Owners. If a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the initial designation of the trainer for the Thoroughbred, and good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the impasse, either Co-Owner may require the other party to submit the decision to a mutually agreed arbitrator to break the impasse and his decision shall be binding on both Co-Owners.

 

 

 

 

b. The Thoroughbred will not be entered in any claiming/selling race, undergo any surgical intervention, be bred, retired from racing or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the Co-Owners.

 

c. The Co-Owners will jointly develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of its racing career and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy.

 

d. The Co-Owners will oversee the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of the Thoroughbred from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition.

 

e. The Co-Owners will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Grazia (Tonasah ‘21).

 

f. Notwithstanding Section 6 of this Agreement, if a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the management of the Thoroughbred or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under this Section 3.3 (a “Management Dispute”) and good faith negotiations between the Co-Owners do not resolve the Management Dispute, either Co-Owner may require the other Co-Owner to submit the Management Dispute to the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred. Such Management Dispute shall be decided by the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred, whose decision shall be memorialized in writing and shall be binding upon all parties hereto.

 

g. All monies earned from the racing of the Thoroughbred shall be accounted for and distributed pro-rata amongst Co-Owners.

 

3.4 Required Payments. Each Co-Owner shall be obligated to pay such Co Owners’ pro rata share, based on their respective percentage ownership of the Thoroughbred, of all reasonable costs, expenses or charges relating to the Thoroughbred, including, but not limited to, the racing, shipment, promotion, maintenance and care of the Thoroughbred, and all training, jockey, stakes nomination, entry and starting fees from the effective date of this Agreement.

 

3.5 Tax Incidents. For income tax purposes, the net profits and losses arising from the ownership and any disposition of the Thoroughbred and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, or depreciation entering into the calculation of such profits and losses, shall be allocated to and among the Co-Owners as tenants-in-common owners of their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred and not as a partnership or joint venture, each Co-Owner owning their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred which entitles such Co-Owner to its respective share of proceeds therefrom and which obligates such Co-Owner to bear its pro rata losses attributable thereto. Each Co-Owner shall be responsible for filing such Co-Owner’s own federal, state, and local tax returns required to be filed in connection with such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interests in the Thoroughbred and for reporting all their income, deductions, credits relating to such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interest in the Thoroughbred.

 

 

 

 

3.6 Insurance. Each Co-Owner shall, at such Co-Owner’s option and sole expense, secure and maintain insurance policies insuring such Co-Owner’s interest in the Thoroughbred against mortality or other risks.

 

3.7 Trophies. All Co-Owners shall be entitled to the trophies won by the Thoroughbred or duplicates thereof. If there are not enough original trophies available for all Co-Owners that desire a trophy, the cost of the duplicate trophies shall be shared among Co-Owners and any other owners of the Thoroughbred on an inverse pro-rata basis (for example if Co-Owner 1 owns an undivided 75% fractional interest and Co-Owner 2 owns an undivided 25% fractional interest, the cost of any duplicate trophy would be charged 25% to Co-Owner 1 and 75% to Co-Owner 2).

 

3.8 Other Activities of Co-Owners. Each of the Co-Owners may engage in other business ventures of every kind and nature, including, but not limited to, the ownership, racing, purchasing, selling of horses wheresoever located. The other Co-Owners shall not have any right in such independent ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, nor shall any Co-Owner be required or obligated to afford any other Co-Owner any opportunity to purchase or invest in any horses before such Co-Owner may purchase or invest in such horses individually or with others.

 

4. Operations.

 

4.1 Jockey Club Documentation. The Jockey Club certificate of registration for the Thoroughbred shall be endorsed to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Co-Owners. Each Co-Owner shall maintain all records required by the Jockey Club and shall promptly submit to the Jockey Club all required reports as they become due.

 

4.2 Licensures and Authorizations. Buyer shall be solely responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for obtaining and maintaining any licenses (including racing licenses), permits, or other authorizations that are required with respect to Buyer’s ownership of the Interest or in connection with the Offering. Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the Offering and the issuance of securities in connection therewith will be in compliance with applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

5. Security And Payment Default

 

5.1 Seller’s Security Interest. Seller shall have an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in Buyer’s Final Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Buyer hereunder and so billed have not been paid.

 

 

 

 

5.2 Payment Default.

 

(a) In the event Buyer fails to pay any amounts billed to Buyer by Seller within ten (10) days after the date of Seller’s invoice (a “Payment Default”), Seller may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable monthly, upon any such delinquent amounts.

 

(b) Seller shall be entitled to commence legal action against Buyer for a Payment Default upon ten (10) days prior written notice to Buyer.

 

6. Dispute Resolution.

 

6.1 Except for a proceeding instituted pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 5.2 of this Agreement, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a “Dispute”) shall be settled by final and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

(a) All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in the principal city of the county or state having jurisdiction over the location where Thoroughbred is boarded or such other more convenient location as the arbitrators may select.

 

(b) The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators, one designated by Seller and one designated by Buyer, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

(c) The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators.

 

(d) The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e) The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by Seller and the Buyer and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

6.2 Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Agreement or in connection with Thoroughbred or the operation hereof, other than an action specified in Section 5.2, may be commenced more than two (2) years after a Co-Owner’s discovery of the event giving rise to such cause of action. Each Co-Owner consents to the jurisdiction of all courts located within Fayette County, Kentucky for the purpose of enforcing the arbitration provisions of this Section 6 and for the purpose of enforcing any award or finding made by the arbitrators pursuant to this Section 6 and also consents to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts (all parties hereby waiving any defense of forum non conveniens).

 

 

 

 

7. Miscellaneous.

 

7.1 Notices. Any notice being given to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by means of nationally-recognized overnight courier service such as UPS or FedEx, and shall be deemed to have been given when received upon delivery. Any such notices shall be given to the addressee at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, or at such other addresses as may hereafter be designated by notice in accordance with this Section.

 

7.2 Assignment. Except in connection with offering and conveying Platform Fractional Shares on Buyer’s fractional share platform (i.e., via the sale of series limited liability company interests in Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC), Buyer may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the Final Interest (or any part thereof) without the prior written consent of Seller. Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Seller from any costs, expenses and liabilities arising from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made by Buyer in connection with the sale or transfer of indirect fractional interests in the Final Interest (including Platform Fractional Shares), regardless of whether such transfer or sale is consummated on Buyer’s fractional share platform or otherwise. Seller may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit Seller from selling or otherwise transferring its undivided fractional interest or any part thereof.

 

7.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to any conflict of laws or choice of laws principle which would result in the application of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

7.5 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties consent and voluntarily submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky located in Fayette County, Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

 

7.6 Amendment or Modification. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

7.7 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of all parties hereto, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

7.8 Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in the performance of all obligations under this Agreement.

 

7.9 Controlling Document. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Grazia.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)

 

  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Summary of Purchase and Other Terms

 

1. Thoroughbred: a thoroughbred filly by UNCLE MO out of TONASAH 21’ by MALIBU MOON (“the thoroughbred”).

 

2. Target Interest: An undivided twenty five percent (25%) fractional interest

 

3. Ownership of Thoroughbred after transfer (assuming Maximum Interest is transferred):

 

Gandharvi, LLC 75%

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC: 25%

 

4. Option Period: Begins November 16 2023; Ends September 31, 2024.

 

5. Target Purchase Price: $89,000

 

6. Minimum Offering Proceeds: $48,200

 

7. Maximum Offering Proceeds: $191,250

 

8. Price Percentage: 46.16%

 

9. Offering Closing Date: September 31, 2024

 

10. Silks: The name and silks under which the Thoroughbred shall race shall be as follows: Thoroughbred shall wear Commonwealth silks every fourth race.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Exhibit A.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 

 

 

ADD EXHB 5 ex6-13.htm

 

Exhibit 6.13

 

PURCHASE OPTION, BILL OF SALE AND CO-OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of the 16th day of November, 2023, by and between: (i) Gandharvi, LLC a Kentucky limited liability company (“Seller”); and (ii) Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) (Seller and Buyer being sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Co-Owners”).

 

Recitals:

 

A. Seller is currently an owner of the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Thoroughbred”).

 

B. Seller desires to sell, or cause to be sold, the undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Target Interest”), and Buyer wishes to purchase the Target Interest, for the purchase price and upon other terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

C. Seller and Buyer wish to set forth the terms upon which, as Co-Owners of the Thoroughbred, they will race, own and manage the Thoroughbred, as applicable.

 

D. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety (i) the Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement Seller and Buyer entered into as of October 25, 2022, and (ii) the Agreement of Co-Management dated as of October 25, 2022

 

Agreement:

 

Now, Therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Purchase Option. Upon execution of this Agreement, Buyer shall have an Option (“Option”) to purchase up to 100% of the Target Interest (the “Maximum Interest”) in the Thoroughbred for the period set forth on Exhibit A (the “Option Period”) for the purchase price set forth on Exhibit A (the “Target Purchase Price”). Buyer shall be deemed to have exercised the Option at such time as Buyer has sold indirect fractional shares (“Platform Fractional Shares”) in the Thoroughbred pursuant to a public offering on Buyer’s fractional share platform (the “Offering”) equal to or greater than the amount of the “Minimum Offering Proceeds” set forth on Exhibit A (based on Buyer’s public offering prices.) Buyer shall provide notice to Seller within one (1) business day after Buyer’s receipt of the Minimum Offering Proceeds. If the Option Period ends without Buyer exercising the Option, this Agreement shall terminate and be null and void with no other force or effect ab initio.

 

 

 

 

2. The Sale.

 

2.1 Terms of Sale.

 

(a) Initial Purchase.

 

(1) Upon Buyer’s exercise of the Option in accordance with Section 1, Buyer shall pay Seller, within ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (the “Initial Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the Minimum Offering Proceeds multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Target Purchase Price divided by (B) the maximum proceeds available in the Offering as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Maximum Offering Proceeds”). The quotient obtained by dividing the Target Purchase Price by the Maximum Offering Proceeds shall be referred to herein as the “Price Percentage” and shall be set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Initial Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (the “Initial Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Minimum Offering Proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(b) Additional Purchases.

 

(1) Following Buyer’s purchase of the Initial Fractional Interest, each time Buyer has sold Platform Fractional Shares in the Offering equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering Proceeds, Buyer shall pay Seller, within in ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (each such amount, an “Additional Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds multiplied by (ii) the Price Percentage.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Additional Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an additional undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (an “Additional Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, following the Offering Closing Date, the Final Purchase Price (defined below) paid by Buyer and the Final Interest (defined below) sold by Seller shall be proportional to each other. In other words, if the Final Purchase Price is equal to 75% of the Target Purchase Price, then the Final Interest shall equal 75% of the Target Interest.

 

(4) The Initial Purchase Price together with the Additional Purchase Prices (if any) and the Remaining Purchase Price (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Purchase Price.” The Initial Fractional Interest together with the Additional Fractional Interests (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Interest.

 

 

 

 

(5) Assuming the Maximum Interest is transferred hereunder, the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer to Buyer will be as set forth on Exhibit A. In the event the Final Interest is less than the Maximum Interest, Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer of the Final Interest to Buyer.

 

2.2 Risk of Loss. Buyer shall assume all risk of loss with respect to the Initial Fractional Interest acquired by Buyer as of exercise of the Option and each Additional Fractional Interest acquired thereafter.

 

2.3 Title. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has upon the date hereof, and upon exercise of the Option, or will cause to be delivered to Buyer, good and marketable title to the Final Interest sold and conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, claims, liabilities, options, security interests, equities, encumbrances, and charges of any kind whatsoever, and that Seller has full right, power and authority to sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver and assign (or to cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered and assigned) the Final Interest to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.4 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE THOROUGHBRED, ALL OF WHICH WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE RACING ABILITY OR ELIGIBILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED.

 

3. The Co-Ownership.

 

3.1 Term. The following terms and conditions governing the ownership of the Thoroughbred shall take effect concurrently with the effective date of sale of the Initial Fractional Interest, and shall continue in full force and effect until the death of the Thoroughbred, sale of all of Buyer’s interest in the Thoroughbred, or the termination of this Agreement by the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

3.2 Relationship Among Co-Owners. The relationship among Co-Owners shall be that of tenants-in-common of the Thoroughbred. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture, partnership, corporation or other relationship among Co-Owners other than that of tenancy-in-common.

 

3.3 Management of the Thoroughbred;

 

a. The Thoroughbred will be managed jointly by the Co-Owners from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All material decisions related to the Thoroughbred’s racing career, including the selection of a trainer for the Thoroughbred, will be made jointly by the Co-Owners. If a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the initial designation of the trainer for the Thoroughbred, and good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the impasse, either Co-Owner may require the other party to submit the decision to a mutually agreed arbitrator to break the impasse and his decision shall be binding on both Co-Owners.

 

 

 

 

b. The Thoroughbred will not be entered in any claiming/selling race, undergo any surgical intervention, be bred, retired from racing or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the Co-Owners.

 

c. The Co-Owners will jointly develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of its racing career and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy.

 

d. The Co-Owners will oversee the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of the Thoroughbred from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition.

 

e. The Co-Owners will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Tapicat ‘21.

 

f. Notwithstanding Section 6 of this Agreement, if a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the management of the Thoroughbred or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under this Section 3.3 (a “Management Dispute”) and good faith negotiations between the Co-Owners do not resolve the Management Dispute, either Co-Owner may require the other Co-Owner to submit the Management Dispute to the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred. Such Management Dispute shall be decided by the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred, whose decision shall be memorialized in writing and shall be binding upon all parties hereto.

 

g. All monies earned from the racing of the Thoroughbred shall be accounted for and distributed pro-rata amongst Co-Owners.

 

3.4 Required Payments. Each Co-Owner shall be obligated to pay such Co Owners’ pro rata share, based on their respective percentage ownership of the Thoroughbred, of all reasonable costs, expenses or charges relating to the Thoroughbred, including, but not limited to, the racing, shipment, promotion, maintenance and care of the Thoroughbred, and all training, jockey, stakes nomination, entry and starting fees from the effective date of this Agreement.

 

3.5 Tax Incidents. For income tax purposes, the net profits and losses arising from the ownership and any disposition of the Thoroughbred and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, or depreciation entering into the calculation of such profits and losses, shall be allocated to and among the Co-Owners as tenants-in-common owners of their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred and not as a partnership or joint venture, each Co-Owner owning their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred which entitles such Co-Owner to its respective share of proceeds therefrom and which obligates such Co-Owner to bear its pro rata losses attributable thereto. Each Co-Owner shall be responsible for filing such Co-Owner’s own federal, state, and local tax returns required to be filed in connection with such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interests in the Thoroughbred and for reporting all their income, deductions, credits relating to such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interest in the Thoroughbred.

 

 

 

 

3.6 Insurance. Each Co-Owner shall, at such Co-Owner’s option and sole expense, secure and maintain insurance policies insuring such Co-Owner’s interest in the Thoroughbred against mortality or other risks.

 

3.7 Trophies. All Co-Owners shall be entitled to the trophies won by the Thoroughbred or duplicates thereof. If there are not enough original trophies available for all Co-Owners that desire a trophy, the cost of the duplicate trophies shall be shared among Co-Owners and any other owners of the Thoroughbred on an inverse pro-rata basis (for example if Co-Owner 1 owns an undivided 75% fractional interest and Co-Owner 2 owns an undivided 25% fractional interest, the cost of any duplicate trophy would be charged 25% to Co-Owner 1 and 75% to Co-Owner 2).

 

3.8 Other Activities of Co-Owners. Each of the Co-Owners may engage in other business ventures of every kind and nature, including, but not limited to, the ownership, racing, purchasing, selling of horses wheresoever located. The other Co-Owners shall not have any right in such independent ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, nor shall any Co-Owner be required or obligated to afford any other Co-Owner any opportunity to purchase or invest in any horses before such Co-Owner may purchase or invest in such horses individually or with others.

 

4. Operations.

 

4.1 Jockey Club Documentation. The Jockey Club certificate of registration for the Thoroughbred shall be endorsed to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Co-Owners. Each Co-Owner shall maintain all records required by the Jockey Club and shall promptly submit to the Jockey Club all required reports as they become due.

 

4.2 Licensures and Authorizations. Buyer shall be solely responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for obtaining and maintaining any licenses (including racing licenses), permits, or other authorizations that are required with respect to Buyer’s ownership of the Interest or in connection with the Offering. Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the Offering and the issuance of securities in connection therewith will be in compliance with applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

5. Security And Payment Default

 

5.1 Seller’s Security Interest. Seller shall have an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in Buyer’s Final Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Buyer hereunder and so billed have not been paid.

 

 

 

 

5.2 Payment Default.

 

(a) In the event Buyer fails to pay any amounts billed to Buyer by Seller within ten (10) days after the date of Seller’s invoice (a “Payment Default”), Seller may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable monthly, upon any such delinquent amounts.

 

(b) Seller shall be entitled to commence legal action against Buyer for a Payment Default upon ten (10) days prior written notice to Buyer.

 

6. Dispute Resolution.

 

6.1 Except for a proceeding instituted pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 5.2 of this Agreement, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a “Dispute”) shall be settled by final and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

(a) All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in the principal city of the county or state having jurisdiction over the location where Thoroughbred is boarded or such other more convenient location as the arbitrators may select.

 

(b) The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators, one designated by Seller and one designated by Buyer, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

(c) The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators.

 

(d) The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e) The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by Seller and the Buyer and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

6.2 Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Agreement or in connection with Thoroughbred or the operation hereof, other than an action specified in Section 5.2, may be commenced more than two (2) years after a Co-Owner’s discovery of the event giving rise to such cause of action. Each Co-Owner consents to the jurisdiction of all courts located within Fayette County, Kentucky for the purpose of enforcing the arbitration provisions of this Section 6 and for the purpose of enforcing any award or finding made by the arbitrators pursuant to this Section 6 and also consents to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts (all parties hereby waiving any defense of forum non conveniens).

 

 

 

 

7. Miscellaneous.

 

7.1 Notices. Any notice being given to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by means of nationally-recognized overnight courier service such as UPS or FedEx, and shall be deemed to have been given when received upon delivery. Any such notices shall be given to the addressee at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, or at such other addresses as may hereafter be designated by notice in accordance with this Section.

 

7.2 Assignment. Except in connection with offering and conveying Platform Fractional Shares on Buyer’s fractional share platform (i.e., via the sale of series limited liability company interests in Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC), Buyer may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the Final Interest (or any part thereof) without the prior written consent of Seller. Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Seller from any costs, expenses and liabilities arising from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made by Buyer in connection with the sale or transfer of indirect fractional interests in the Final Interest (including Platform Fractional Shares), regardless of whether such transfer or sale is consummated on Buyer’s fractional share platform or otherwise. Seller may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit Seller from selling or otherwise transferring its undivided fractional interest or any part thereof.

 

7.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to any conflict of laws or choice of laws principle which would result in the application of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

7.5 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties consent and voluntarily submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky located in Fayette County, Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

 

7.6 Amendment or Modification. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

7.7 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of all parties hereto, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

7.8 Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in the performance of all obligations under this Agreement.

 

7.9 Controlling Document. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Tapicat Filly.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
                         
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Summary of Purchase and Other Terms

 

1. Thoroughbred: a thoroughbred filly by QUALITY ROAD out of TAPICAT by TAPIT (“the thoroughbred”).

 

2. Target Interest: An undivided twenty five percent (25%) fractional interest

 

3. Ownership of Thoroughbred after transfer (assuming Maximum Interest is transferred):

 

Gandharvi LLC 75%

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC: 25%

 

4. Option Period: Begins November 16 2023; Ends September 31, 2024.

 

5. Target Purchase Price: $61,500

 

6. Minimum Offering Proceeds: $40,300

 

7. Maximum Offering Proceeds: $157,600

 

8. Price Percentage: 38.16%

 

9. Offering Closing Date: September 31, 2024

 

10. Silks: The name and silks under which the Thoroughbred shall race shall be as follows: Thoroughbred shall wear Commonwealth silks every fourth race.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Exhibit A.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
                           
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 

 

ADD EXHB 6 ex6-14.htm

 

Exhibit 6.14

 

PURCHASE OPTION, BILL OF SALE AND CO-OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of the 16th day of November, 2023, by and between: (i) Gandharvi, LLC a Kentucky limited liability company (“Seller”); and (ii) Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) (Seller and Buyer being sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Co-Owners”).

 

Recitals:

 

A. Seller is currently an owner of the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Thoroughbred”).

 

B. Seller desires to sell, or cause to be sold, the undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Target Interest”), and Buyer wishes to purchase the Target Interest, for the purchase price and upon other terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

C. Seller and Buyer wish to set forth the terms upon which, as Co-Owners of the Thoroughbred, they will race, own and manage the Thoroughbred, as applicable.

 

D. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety (i) the Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement Seller and Buyer entered into as of May 2, 2023, and (ii) the Agreement of Co-Management dated as of May 2, 2023.

 

Agreement:

 

Now, Therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Purchase Option. Upon execution of this Agreement, Buyer shall have an Option (“Option”) to purchase up to 100% of the Target Interest (the “Maximum Interest”) in the Thoroughbred for the period set forth on Exhibit A (the “Option Period”) for the purchase price set forth on Exhibit A (the “Target Purchase Price”). Buyer shall be deemed to have exercised the Option at such time as Buyer has sold indirect fractional shares (“Platform Fractional Shares”) in the Thoroughbred pursuant to a public offering on Buyer’s fractional share platform (the “Offering”) equal to or greater than the amount of the “Minimum Offering Proceeds” set forth on Exhibit A (based on Buyer’s public offering prices.) Buyer shall provide notice to Seller within one (1) business day after Buyer’s receipt of the Minimum Offering Proceeds. If the Option Period ends without Buyer exercising the Option, this Agreement shall terminate and be null and void with no other force or effect ab initio.

 

 
 

 

2. The Sale.

 

2.1 Terms of Sale.

 

(a) Initial Purchase.

 

(1) Upon Buyer’s exercise of the Option in accordance with Section 1, Buyer shall pay Seller, within ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (the “Initial Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the Minimum Offering Proceeds multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Target Purchase Price divided by (B) the maximum proceeds available in the Offering as set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Maximum Offering Proceeds”). The quotient obtained by dividing the Target Purchase Price by the Maximum Offering Proceeds shall be referred to herein as the “Price Percentage” and shall be set forth on Exhibit A hereto.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Initial Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (the “Initial Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the Minimum Offering Proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(b) Additional Purchases.

 

(1) Following Buyer’s purchase of the Initial Fractional Interest, each time Buyer has sold Platform Fractional Shares in the Offering equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering Proceeds, Buyer shall pay Seller, within ten (10) business days, in immediately available funds, an amount (each such amount, an “Additional Purchase Price”) equal to the product of: (i) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds multiplied by (ii) the Price Percentage.

 

(2) In consideration of the payment of the Additional Purchase Price, Seller shall sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver, and assign (or cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer an additional undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred (an “Additional Fractional Interest”), the percentage of such undivided fractional interest to be the product of: (i) the Maximum Interest multiplied by (ii) the quotient of: (A) the applicable incremental Offering proceeds divided by (B) the Maximum Offering Proceeds.

 

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, following the Offering Closing Date, the Final Purchase Price (defined below) paid by Buyer and the Final Interest (defined below) sold by Seller shall be proportional to each other. In other words, if the Final Purchase Price is equal to 75% of the Target Purchase Price, then the Final Interest shall equal 75% of the Target Interest.

 

(4) The Initial Purchase Price together with the Additional Purchase Prices (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Purchase Price.” The Initial Fractional Interest together with the Additional Fractional Interests (if any) shall be collectively referred to as the “Final Interest.

 

(5) Assuming the Maximum Interest is transferred hereunder, the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer to Buyer will be as set forth on Exhibit A. In the event the Final Interest is less than the Maximum Interest, Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of the undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the transfer of the Final Interest to Buyer.

 

 
 

 

2.2 Risk of Loss. Buyer shall assume all risk of loss with respect to the Initial Fractional Interest acquired by Buyer as of exercise of the Option and each Additional Fractional Interest acquired thereafter.

 

2.3 Title. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has upon the date hereof, and upon exercise of the Option, or will cause to be delivered to Buyer, good and marketable title to the Final Interest sold and conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, claims, liabilities, options, security interests, equities, encumbrances, and charges of any kind whatsoever, and that Seller has full right, power and authority to sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver and assign (or to cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered and assigned) the Final Interest to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.4 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE THOROUGHBRED, ALL OF WHICH WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE RACING ABILITY OR ELIGIBILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED OR THE FERTILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED.

 

3. The Co-Ownership.

 

3.1 Term. The following terms and conditions governing the ownership of the Thoroughbred shall take effect concurrently with the effective date of sale of the Initial Fractional Interest, and shall continue in full force and effect until the death of the Thoroughbred, sale of all of Buyer’s interest in the Thoroughbred, or the termination of this Agreement by the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

3.2 Relationship Among Co-Owners. The relationship among Co-Owners shall be that of tenants-in-common of the Thoroughbred. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture, partnership, corporation or other relationship among Co-Owners other than that of tenancy-in-common.

 

3.3 Management of the Thoroughbred;

 

a. The Thoroughbred will be managed jointly by the Co-Owners from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All material decisions related to the Thoroughbred’s racing career, including the selection of a trainer for the Thoroughbred, will be made jointly by the Co-Owners. If a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the initial designation of the trainer for the Thoroughbred, and good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the impasse, either Co-Owner may require the other party to submit the decision to a mutually agreed arbitrator to break the impasse and his decision shall be binding on both Co-Owners.

 

 
 

 

b. The Thoroughbred will not be entered in any claiming/selling race, undergo any surgical intervention, be bred, retired from racing or otherwise disposed of without the agreement of the Co-Owners.

 

c. The Co-Owners will jointly develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of its racing career and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon exit strategy.

 

d. The Co-Owners will oversee the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of the Thoroughbred from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition.

 

e. The Co-Owners will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in Justify ‘21.

 

f. Notwithstanding Section 6 of this Agreement, if a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the management of the Thoroughbred or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under this Section 3.3 (a “Management Dispute”) and good faith negotiations between the Co-Owners do not resolve the Management Dispute, either Co-Owner may require the other Co-Owner to submit the Management Dispute to the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred. Such Management Dispute shall be decided by the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred, whose decision shall be memorialized in writing and shall be binding upon all parties hereto.

 

g. All monies earned from the racing of the Thoroughbred shall be accounted for and distributed pro-rata amongst Co-Owners.

 

3.4 Required Payments. Each Co-Owner shall be obligated to pay such Co Owners’ pro rata share, based on their respective percentage ownership of the Thoroughbred, of all reasonable costs, expenses or charges relating to the Thoroughbred, including, but not limited to, the racing, shipment, promotion, maintenance and care of the Thoroughbred, and all training, jockey, stakes nomination, entry and starting fees from the effective date of this Agreement.

 

3.5 Tax Incidents. For income tax purposes, the net profits and losses arising from the ownership and any disposition of the Thoroughbred and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, or depreciation entering into the calculation of such profits and losses, shall be allocated to and among the Co-Owners as tenants-in-common owners of their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred and not as a partnership or joint venture, each Co-Owner owning their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred which entitles such Co-Owner to its respective share of proceeds therefrom and which obligates such Co-Owner to bear its pro rata losses attributable thereto. Each Co-Owner shall be responsible for filing such Co-Owner’s own federal, state, and local tax returns required to be filed in connection with such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interests in the Thoroughbred and for reporting all their income, deductions, credits relating to such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interest in the Thoroughbred.

 

 
 

 

3.6 Insurance. Each Co-Owner shall, at such Co-Owner’s option and sole expense, secure and maintain insurance policies insuring such Co-Owner’s interest in the Thoroughbred against mortality or other risks.

 

3.7 Trophies. All Co-Owners shall be entitled to the trophies won by the Thoroughbred or duplicates thereof. If there are not enough original trophies available for all Co-Owners that desire a trophy, the cost of the duplicate trophies shall be shared among Co-Owners and any other owners of the Thoroughbred on an inverse pro-rata basis (for example if Co-Owner 1 owns an undivided 75% fractional interest and Co-Owner 2 owns an undivided 25% fractional interest, the cost of any duplicate trophy would be charged 25% to Co-Owner 1 and 75% to Co-Owner 2).

 

3.8 Other Activities of Co-Owners. Each of the Co-Owners may engage in other business ventures of every kind and nature, including, but not limited to, the ownership, racing, purchasing, selling of horses wheresoever located. The other Co-Owners shall not have any right in such independent ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, nor shall any Co-Owner be required or obligated to afford any other Co-Owner any opportunity to purchase or invest in any horses before such Co-Owner may purchase or invest in such horses individually or with others.

 

4. Operations.

 

4.1 Jockey Club Documentation. The Jockey Club certificate of registration for the Thoroughbred shall be endorsed to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Co-Owners. Each Co-Owner shall maintain all records required by the Jockey Club and shall promptly submit to the Jockey Club all required reports as they become due.

 

4.2 Licensures and Authorizations. Buyer shall be solely responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for obtaining and maintaining any licenses (including racing licenses), permits, or other authorizations that are required with respect to Buyer’s ownership of the Interest or in connection with the Offering. Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the Offering and the issuance of securities in connection therewith will be in compliance with applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

5. Security And Payment Default

 

5.1 Seller’s Security Interest. Seller shall have an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in Buyer’s Final Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Buyer hereunder and so billed have not been paid.

 

 
 

 

5.2 Payment Default.

 

(a) In the event Buyer fails to pay any amounts billed to Buyer by Seller within ten (10) days after the date of Seller’s invoice (a “Payment Default”), Seller may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable monthly, upon any such delinquent amounts.

 

(b) Seller shall be entitled to commence legal action against Buyer for a Payment Default upon ten (10) days prior written notice to Buyer.

 

6. Dispute Resolution.

 

6.1 Except for a proceeding instituted pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 5.2 of this Agreement, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a “Dispute”) shall be settled by final and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

(a) All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in the principal city of the county or state having jurisdiction over the location where Thoroughbred is boarded or such other more convenient location as the arbitrators may select.

 

(b) The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators, one designated by Seller and one designated by Buyer, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

(c) The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators.

 

(d) The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(e) The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by Seller and the Buyer and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

6.2 Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Agreement or in connection with Thoroughbred or the operation hereof, other than an action specified in Section 5.2, may be commenced more than two (2) years after a Co-Owner’s discovery of the event giving rise to such cause of action. Each Co-Owner consents to the jurisdiction of all courts located within Fayette County, Kentucky for the purpose of enforcing the arbitration provisions of this Section 6 and for the purpose of enforcing any award or finding made by the arbitrators pursuant to this Section 6 and also consents to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts (all parties hereby waiving any defense of forum non conveniens).

 

 
 

 

7. Miscellaneous.

 

7.1 Notices. Any notice being given to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by means of nationally-recognized overnight courier service such as UPS or FedEx, and shall be deemed to have been given when received upon delivery. Any such notices shall be given to the addressee at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, or at such other addresses as may hereafter be designated by notice in accordance with this Section.

 

7.2 Assignment. Except in connection with offering and conveying Platform Fractional Shares on Buyer’s fractional share platform (i.e., via the sale of series limited liability company interests in Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC), Buyer may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the Final Interest (or any part thereof) without the prior written consent of Seller. Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Seller from any costs, expenses and liabilities arising from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made by Buyer in connection with the sale or transfer of indirect fractional interests in the Final Interest (including Platform Fractional Shares), regardless of whether such transfer or sale is consummated on Buyer’s fractional share platform or otherwise. Seller may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit Seller from selling or otherwise transferring its undivided fractional interest or any part thereof.

 

7.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

7.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to any conflict of laws or choice of laws principle which would result in the application of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

7.5 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties consent and voluntarily submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky located in Fayette County, Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

 

7.6 Amendment or Modification. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

7.7 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of all parties hereto, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

7.8 Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in the performance of all obligations under this Agreement.

 

7.9 Controlling Document. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Justify ‘21.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
                          
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Summary of Purchase and Other Terms

 

1. Thoroughbred: a thoroughbred bay colt by JUSTIFY out of IADORAKID by LEMON DROP KID (“the thoroughbred”).

 

2. Target Interest: An undivided twenty five percent (25%) fractional interest

 

3. Ownership of Thoroughbred after transfer (assuming Maximum Interest is transferred):

 

Gandharvi LLC 75%

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC: 25%

 

4. Option Period: Begins November 16 2023; Ends September 31, 2024.

 

5. Target Purchase Price: $191,625

 

6. Minimum Offering Proceeds: $78,554

 

7. Maximum Offering Proceeds: $314,400

 

8. Price Percentage: 60.99%

 

9. Offering Closing Date: September 31, 2024

 

10. Silks: The name and silks under which the Thoroughbred shall race shall be as follows: Thoroughbred shall wear Commonwealth silks every fourth race.

 

[Signature Page follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Exhibit A.

 

  Gandharvi, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
                         
  By: /s/ Michael Wallace
     
  Name: Michael Wallace
     
  Title: COO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: Partner
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

 

 

ADD EXHB 7 ex6-15.htm

 

Exhibit 6.15

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PURCHASE, BILL OF SALE AND CO-OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Purchase, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of the 16th day of November, 2023, by and between: (i) WinStar Farm, LLC a Kentucky limited liability company (“Seller”); and (ii) Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its Affiliates (as defined herein) (“Buyer”) (Seller and Buyer being sometimes hereinafter referred to as “Co-Owners”).

 

Recitals:

 

A. Seller and Buyer previously entered into that certain Purchase, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement on June 13, 2023 (the “Original Agreement”) regarding the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the “Thoroughbred”).

 

B. Pursuant to the Original Agreement, Seller sold the undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Interest”) to Buyer.

 

C. Buyer intends to sell indirect fractional shares (“Platform Fractional Shares”) in the Thoroughbred pursuant to a public offering on Buyer’s fractional share platform (the “Offering”).

 

D. Seller and Buyer wish to amend the terms upon which, as Co-Owners of the Thoroughbred, they will race, own and manage the Thoroughbred, as applicable.

 

E. On February 19, 2021, the parties hereto entered into that certain Bloodstock Agreement and this Agreement is entered into pursuant to the terms thereof. If any terms hereof conflict with the terms of the Bloodstock Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

 

F. The Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Loan Documents (as defined herein) shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Agreement:

 

Now, Therefore, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. The Sale.

 

1.1 Terms of Sale.

 

(a) Upon execution of the Original Agreement, Buyer paid Seller, pursuant to a non-recourse promissory note and security agreement (the “Loan Documents”) entered into and effective as of the date of the Original Agreement, the amount set forth on Exhibit A (the “Purchase Price”).

 

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(b) In consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price, Seller sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered and assigned (or caused to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered, and assigned) to Buyer the Interest.

 

(c) The undivided ownership percentage in the Thoroughbred after the Interest is transferred to Buyer is as set forth on Exhibit A.

 

1.2 Risk of Loss. Buyer assumes all risk of loss with respect to the Interest acquired by Buyer as of the date of the Original Agreement.

 

1.3 Title. Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that Seller has upon the date of the Original Agreement, or will cause to be, delivered to Buyer, good and marketable title to the Interest sold and conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, claims, liabilities, options, security interests, equities, encumbrances, and charges of any kind whatsoever (except as provided in the Loan Documents), and that Seller has full right, power and authority to sell, transfer, convey, set over, deliver and assign (or to cause to be sold, transferred, conveyed, set over, delivered and assigned) the Interest to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

1.4 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE THOROUGHBRED, ALL OF WHICH WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. SELLER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE RACING ABILITY OR ELIGIBILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED OR THE FERTILITY OF THE THOROUGHBRED.

 

2. The Co-Ownership.

 

2.1 Term. The following terms and conditions governing the ownership of the Thoroughbred shall take effect concurrently with the sale of the Interest, and shall continue in full force and effect until the death of the Thoroughbred, sale of all of Buyer’s interest in the Thoroughbred, or the termination of this Agreement by the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

2.2 Relationship Among Co-Owners. The relationship among Co-Owners shall be that of tenants-in-common of the Thoroughbred. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a joint venture, partnership, corporation or other relationship among Co-Owners other than that of tenancy-in-common.

 

2.3 Management of the Thoroughbred; Sale.

 

(a) The Thoroughbred will be managed jointly by the Co-Owners from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition. All material decisions related to the Thoroughbred’s racing career, including the selection of a trainer for the Thoroughbred, will be made jointly by the Co-Owners. If a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the initial designation of the trainer for the Thoroughbred, and good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the impasse, either Co-Owner may require the other party to submit the decision to John Stuart to break the impasse and his decision shall be binding on both Co-Owners.

 

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(b) The Thoroughbred will not be retired from racing or disposed of without the agreement of the Co-Owners. The Co-Owners will jointly develop an exit strategy for the sale or other disposition of the Thoroughbred at the completion of its racing career and will jointly negotiate any sale, syndication, co-ownership or other agreement necessary to implement the agreed upon strategy.

 

(c) The Co-Owners will oversee the day-to-day management of the Thoroughbred, including oversight of pre-training, training, transportation, veterinarian issues, and all standard management practices necessary for the care of the Thoroughbred from the date of acquisition through the date of disposition.

 

(d) The Co-Owners will jointly consider any inquiries or offers to purchase an interest in the Thoroughbred.

 

(e) Notwithstanding Section 5 of this Agreement, if a disagreement exists between the Co-Owners concerning the management of the Thoroughbred or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations under this Section 2.3 (a “Management Dispute”) and good faith negotiations between the Co-Owners do not resolve the Management Dispute, either Co-Owner may require the other Co-Owner to submit the Management Dispute to the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred. Such Management Dispute shall be decided by the then current trainer of the Thoroughbred, whose decision shall be memorialized in writing and shall be binding upon all parties hereto.

 

(f) All monies earned and received from the racing of the Thoroughbred shall be accounted for and distributed pro-rata amongst Co-Owners.

 

2.4 Standard of Care. Co-Owners shall apply the degree of care customarily employed by persons who manage thoroughbreds for racing purposes in first class thoroughbred operations, and shall not be liable for the loss of, theft of, or injury to the Thoroughbred unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence that such care was not employed; provided, however, that (a) any such liability shall in no event exceed the Purchase Price; and (b) neither Co-Owner shall be liable for, and each Co-Owners is hereby released from liability with respect to, the death of the Thoroughbred to the extent that the Co-Owner making a claim has obtained or could have obtained mortality insurance with regards to the Thoroughbred.

 

2.5 Required Payments. Each Co-Owner shall be obligated to pay such Co-Owners’ pro rata share, based on their respective percentage ownership of the Thoroughbred, of all reasonable costs, expenses or charges relating to the Thoroughbred, including, but not limited to, the racing, shipment, promotion, maintenance and care of the Thoroughbred, and all boarding, training, racing, veterinarian, farrier, jockey, stakes nomination, entry and starting fees from the effective date of the Original Agreement.

 

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2.6 Tax Incidents. For income tax purposes, the net profits and losses arising from the ownership and any disposition of the Thoroughbred and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, or depreciation entering into the calculation of such profits and losses, shall be allocated to and among the Co-Owners as tenants-in-common owners of their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred and not as a partnership or joint venture, each Co-Owner owning their undivided interest in the Thoroughbred which entitles such Co-Owner to its respective share of proceeds therefrom and which obligates such Co-Owner to bear its pro rata losses attributable thereto. Each Co-Owner shall be responsible for filing such Co-Owner’s own federal, state, and local tax returns required to be filed in connection with such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interests in the Thoroughbred and for reporting all their income, deductions, credits relating to such Co-Owner’s respective undivided interest in the Thoroughbred.

 

2.7 Insurance. Each Co-Owner shall, at such Co-Owner’s option and sole expense, secure and maintain insurance policies insuring such Co-Owner’s interest in the Thoroughbred against mortality or other risks, provided that any Co-Owner who wishes to obtain such insurance coverage shall obtain such coverage in coordination with the other Co-Owner.

 

2.8 Trophies. All Co-Owners shall be entitled to the trophies won by the Thoroughbred or duplicates thereof. If there are not enough original trophies available for all Co-Owners that desire a trophy, the cost of the duplicate trophies shall be shared among Co-Owners and any other owners of the Thoroughbred on an inverse pro rata basis (for example if Co-Owner 1 owns an undivided 75% fractional interest and Co-Owner 2 owns an undivided 25% fractional interest, the cost of any duplicate trophy would be charged 25% to Co-Owner 1 and 75% to Co-Owner 2).

 

2.9 Other Activities of Co-Owners. Each of the Co-Owners may engage in other business ventures of every kind and nature, including, but not limited to, the ownership, racing, purchasing, selling of horses wheresoever located. The other Co-Owners shall not have any right in such independent ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, nor shall any Co-Owner be required or obligated to afford any other Co-Owner any opportunity to purchase or invest in any horses before such Co-Owner may purchase or invest in such horses individually or with others.

 

3. Operations.

 

3.1 Jockey Club Documentation. The Jockey Club certificate of registration for the Thoroughbred shall be endorsed to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of Co-Owners. Each Co-Owner shall maintain all records required by the Jockey Club and shall promptly submit to the Jockey Club all required reports as they become due.

 

3.2 Registration of Ownership. The Co-Owners shall maintain syndicate records indicating ownership of each undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred. Any transfer of ownership of an undivided fractional interest in the Thoroughbred shall include the agreement of the transferee to be bound by all the terms of this Agreement For the avoidance of doubt, such syndicate records shall not include Platform Fractional Shares sold on Buyer’s fractional share platform (i.e., via the sale of series limited liability company interests in Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC).

 

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3.3 Licensures and Authorizations. Buyer shall be solely responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for obtaining and maintaining any licenses (including racing licenses), permits, or other authorizations that are required with respect to Buyer’s ownership of the Interest or in connection with the Offering. Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the Offering and the issuance of securities in connection therewith will be in compliance with applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

4. Security and Payment Default.

 

4.1 Seller’s Security Interest. Seller shall have an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in Buyer’s Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Buyer hereunder and so billed have not been paid.

 

4.2 Payment Default.

 

(a) In the event Buyer fails to pay any amounts billed to Buyer by Seller within ten (10) days after the date of Seller’s invoice (a “Payment Default”), Seller may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable monthly, upon any such delinquent amounts.

 

(b) Seller shall be entitled to commence legal action against Buyer for a Payment Default upon ten (10) days prior written notice to Buyer.

 

(c) In the event a Payment Default shall continue for a period of twelve (12) months, Seller shall be entitled to sell the Interest, as agent and attorney-in-fact, for the Buyer.

 

5. Dispute Resolution.

 

5.1 Except for a proceeding instituted pursuant to Section 2.3 or Section 4.2 of this Agreement, any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement (a “Dispute”) shall be settled by final and binding arbitration. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

(a) All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in the principal city of the county or state having jurisdiction over the location where Thoroughbred is boarded or such other more convenient location as the arbitrators may select.

 

(b) The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators, one designated by Seller and one designated by Buyer, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

(c) The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators.

 

(d) The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

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(e) The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by Seller and the Buyer and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

5.2 Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Agreement or in connection with Thoroughbred or the operation hereof, other than an action specified in Section 4.2, may be commenced more than two (2) years after a Co-Owner’s discovery of the event giving rise to such cause of action. Each Co-Owner consents to the jurisdiction of all courts located within Fayette County, Kentucky for the purpose of enforcing the arbitration provisions of this Section 5 and for the purpose of enforcing any award or finding made by the arbitrators pursuant to this Section 5 and also consents to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts (all parties hereby waiving any defense of forum non conveniens).

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

6.1 Notices. Any notice being given to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by means of nationally-recognized overnight courier service such as UPS or FedEx, and shall be deemed to have been given when received upon delivery. Any such notices shall be given to the addressee at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, or at such other addresses as may hereafter be designated by notice in accordance with this Section.

 

6.2 Assignment. Except in connection with offering and conveying Platform Fractional Shares on Buyer’s fractional share platform (i.e., via the sale of series limited liability company interests in Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC), Buyer may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the Interest (or any part thereof) without the prior written consent of Seller. Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Seller from any costs, expenses and liabilities arising from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made by Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with the sale or transfer of indirect fractional interests in the Interest (including Platform Fractional Shares), regardless of whether such transfer or sale is consummated on Buyer’s fractional share platform or otherwise. Seller may not assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit Seller from selling or otherwise transferring its undivided fractional interest or any part thereof.

 

6.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

6.4 Affiliates Defined. As used in this Agreement, an “Affiliate” of a Co-Owner means, with respect to any specified Co-Owner, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more entities, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Co-Owner. As used herein, “controls”, “control” and “controlled” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct the management and policies of a party, whether through the ownership of ten percent (10%) or more of the voting interests of such party, through contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, WinStar Ventures LP is an Affiliate of Seller and Buyer is an Affiliate of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, but neither WinStar Ventures LP nor Seller shall be considered Affiliates of Buyer or Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC.

 

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6.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to any conflict of laws or choice of laws principle which would result in the application of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

6.6 Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties consent and voluntarily submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky located in Fayette County, Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

 

6.7 Amendment or Modification. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified without the written consent of all Co-Owners.

 

6.8 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of all parties hereto, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.9 Time is of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in the performance of all obligations under this Agreement.

 

6.10 Controlling Document. The Amended and Restated Purchase Option, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement is the controlling document on the rights and responsibilities of the co-owners with respect to Head of the Class.

 

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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  WinStar Farm, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ W. Elliott Walden
     
  Name: W. Elliott Walden
     
  Title: President, CEO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: CEO
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

Summary of Purchase and Other Terms

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase, Bill of Sale and Co-Ownership Agreement (the “Agreement”) to which this Exhibit A is attached

 

  1. Thoroughbred: Thoroughbred horse HEAD OF THE CLASS (2021) by AWESOME SLEW out of CASH RESERVE by DISTORTED HUMOR (the “Thoroughbred”).
     
  2. Interest: An undivided twenty-five percent (25%) fractional interest
     
  3. Purchase Price: $175,000
     
  4. Ownership of Thoroughbred after Transfer:

 

WinStar Farm, LLC (“Seller”): 55%
   
Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC (“Buyer”): 25%
   
Other 20%

 

  5. Silks: The name and silks under which the Thoroughbred shall race shall be as follows:
     
    The Thoroughbred shall race in the silks and colors of WinStar Farm, LLC and thereafter every fourth race in the silks and colors CMNWLTH. The Thoroughbred shall race in the names of WinStar Farm, LLC, CMNWLTH, and such other applicable owners.

 

6. Other:

 

6.1 Buyer has physically inspected the Thoroughbred and is satisfied with the physical inspection. The Buyer has caused, or declined to cause, the Thoroughbred to be examined by a licensed veterinarian acceptable to Buyer and Buyer’s insurance company, and, if applicable, has obtained from said veterinarian an opinion, satisfactory to Buyer, in its sole discretion, certifying that the Thoroughbred is suitable for racing and is otherwise an acceptable horse for Buyer and is fully insurable.

 

6.2 Upon the closing of the Interest, Buyer and Seller shall execute, as applicable, and exchange a Non-Recourse Promissory Note and Security Agreement for payment of the Purchase Price and a Bill of Sale and Assignment containing all of the standard warranties of title and disclaimers of all other warranties and evidencing the conveyance of the Interest to Buyer.

 

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6.3 Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement and this Exhibit A, the execution of the Agreement and this Exhibit A and the fulfillment of the terms thereof and hereof will not result in any breach of the terms and the provisions of, nor constitute a default under, nor conflict with, any material agreement or other instrument to which Seller is bound, any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator to which Seller is bound. Seller is a limited liability company with full capacity and power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Agreement and this Exhibit A and all other documents referred to herein.

 

6.4 Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller that the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement and this Exhibit A, the execution of the Agreement and this Exhibit A and the fulfillment of the terms thereof and hereof will not result in any breach of the terms and the provisions of, nor constitute a default under, nor conflict with, any material agreement or other instrument to which Buyer is bound, or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator to which Buyer is bound. Buyer is a limited liability company with full capacity and power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Agreement and this Exhibit A and all other documents referred to herein.

 

6.5 BUYER HEREBY ACCEPTS RISK OF LOSS AND TITLE TO THE INTEREST IN THE THOROUGHBRED ON AN “AS IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS.

 

6.6 This Exhibit A shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to any conflict of laws or choice of laws principle which would result in the application of any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

6.7 This Exhibit A may be executed in multiple counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of all parties hereto, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Page to Exhibit A Follows]

 

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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have duly executed this Exhibit A, or have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of June 13, 2023.

 

  WinStar Farm, LLC,
  a Kentucky limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ W. Elliott Walden
     
  Name: W. ELLIOTT WALDEN
     
  Title: PRESIDENT & CEO
     
    (“Seller”)
     
  Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  Name: Brian Doxtator
     
  Title: CEO
     
    (“Buyer”)

 

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Exhibit 6.31

 

Country Grammer Co-Ownership Agreement

 

This COUNTRY GRAMMER CO-OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the effective date (“Effective Date”) as defined in Section 9.6 below, by and among WinStar Farm, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company, 3001 Pisgah Pike, Versailles, Kentucky 50383 (“WinStar”) and the (“Syndicate Manager”), WinStar Farm, LLC Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC, COUNTRY GRAMMER Series, a Delaware limited liability company, 1450 N. Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky 40505 (hereinafter “Commonwealth”), and Zedan Racing Stables, Inc., a Kentucky corporation, 2421 Members Way, Lexington, Kentucky 40504 (“hereinafter “Zedan”), (hereinafter together WinStar, Commonwealth and Zedan are sometimes hereinafter also referred to as the “Initial Owners”).

 

The parties desire to provide for the co-ownership and management of the Thoroughbred Stallion COUNTRY GRAMMER (2017) by TONALIST out of ARABIAN SONG by FORESTRY (hereinafter “COUNTRY GRAMMER” and “the Stallion”). Accordingly, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

 

1.1 Fractional Interests. Ownership of COUNTRY GRAMMER shall be divided into and represented by forty (40) fractional ownership interests (“Fractional Interests”) which shall be numbered 1 through 40. The owner of a Fractional Interest, including each Initial Owner, is hereinafter also called an “Owner.” Each Owner of a Fractional Interest shall be a member of the “COUNTRY GRAMMER Syndicate.” Ownership of the Fractional Interests is originally vested, as follows: Fractional Interests Numbers 1 through 14, WinStar; Fractional Interests Numbers 15 through 20, Commonwealth and Fractional Interests Numbers 21 through 40, Zedan.

 

The use of the term “Syndicate” refers to the aggregate of the Owners as tenants-in-common pursuant to this Agreement and is solely for convenience, and is not intended, and shall not be deemed to imply that such Syndicate constitutes a partnership, association, or legal entity. Each Fractional Interest shall not be capable of further division and only a full Fractional Interest shall have any rights hereunder. If a Fractional Interest is owned by two or more persons, the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to rely upon any one of such persons or entities, or none of them, with respect to any matter related to such Fractional Interest.

 

 

 

 

1.2 Nominations. During each breeding season COUNTRY GRAMMER stands at stud, one “Nomination” shall be allocated to each Fractional Interest. During the first breeding season COUNTRY GRAMMER stands at stud, one Nomination shall be allocated to each Fractional Interest and during the second, third and fourth breeding seasons, one Nomination shall be allocated to each Fractional Interest and one additional Nomination shall be allocated to a Fractional Interest if such Owner has used one Nomination attributable to such Fractional Interest in such year and has at least a 25% economic interest in the resulting foal of the mare nominated. The additional Nomination must be used in such year by such Owner for the breeding of a mare which results in at least a 25% economic interest in the resulting foal. Compensatory Nominations shall be allocated to the Syndicate Manager as provided in Section 3.1, and additional Nominations shall be allocated as provided in Section 3.2 (collectively with the Owner’s Nominations, the “Normal Book”). A “Nomination” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean the right to breed one Thoroughbred mare to COUNTRY GRAMMER in each breeding season. For purposes of this Agreement, a Nomination shall be considered used by an Owner if the Owner has a minimum ownership interest in the mare bred on such Nomination of twenty-five percent (25%) or the Owner has entered into a mare-share or foal share arrangement under the terms of which the Owner is to receive a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the net proceeds from the mare being bred to COUNTRY GRAMMER or of the ownership of the resulting foal. In the event the Syndicate Manager shall determine that COUNTRY GRAMMER cannot be bred safely to a Normal Book of mares during any breeding season, all available Nominations shall be offered for sale on a best-efforts basis by the Syndicate Manager. If at the time of the declaration of a reduced book, a mare has already been bred with respect to an Owner’s Nomination, such party shall retain and be entitled to register any resulting offspring from such mating without payment of any stud fee in lieu of having such Nomination included in calculating the distribution of proceeds by the Syndicate Manager and in lieu of such Owner receiving any distribution for such breeding season.

 

1.3 Expenses. Each Owner shall be obligated to pay its proportionate share of (a) the cost of breeding, maintenance and care of COUNTRY GRAMMER, (b) the prevailing rate for Stallion keep, and (c) the advertising, promotional, and Nomination fees and other expenses incident to the operation of the Syndicate as provided herein. The Syndicate Manager may bill each owner in advance for its proportionate share of the Breeder’s Cup Nomination fees, as an expense of the Syndicate. Statements shall be furnished by the Syndicate Manager on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis as the Syndicate Manager may also elect. The Syndicate Manager may sell additional Nominations each year in order to defray current costs and future costs expected to be incurred on behalf of the Owners within the 12 months following the breeding season in lieu of billing the Owners.

 

1.4 Mare Status Notification. On or before September 1 of each breeding season, each Owner shall notify the Syndicate Manager of the final pregnancy status of each mare bred to COUNTRY GRAMMER by such Owner or on a Nomination sold by the Owner.

 

1.5 Excess Book. Should the Syndicate Manager determine, after consultation and advice from the attending veterinarian, that COUNTRY GRAMMER may be bred safely to mares in excess of the Normal Book, the Syndicate Manager shall determine the number of mares to which COUNTRY GRAMMER may be bred. In each breeding season in which the Syndicate Manager shall determine to allow an excess book of mares to be bred to the Stallion, the Owner shall be entitled either to an allocation of bonus Nominations, to a proportionate share of the proceeds from the sale by the Syndicate Manager of bonus Nominations, or to a combination of one or more of the foregoing, all as determined annually by the Syndicate Manager. The Syndicate Manager may cancel or defer any portion of an excess book for any year in which the Syndicate Manager shall determine such action to be in the best interests of COUNTRY GRAMMER.

 

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1.6 Proceeds From Nominations. Proceeds from the sale of Nominations by the Syndicate Manager shall be distributed first to the Syndicate Manager and next to the Owners, pro rata based upon the number of their respective “Eligible Nominations.” An “Eligible Nomination” means any one of the following:

 

(a) In the case of the Syndicate Manager, the compensatory nominations described in Section 3.1;

 

(b) A Nomination, not to exceed one per breeding season, attributable to a Fractional Interest that is used by an Owner for the breeding of Owner’s mare, which mare is a “Qualified Mare” which has not been sold and which mare fails to produce a single live foal that can stand alone and nurse;

 

(c) In the case of a Nomination that is sold, transferred or assigned as provided in Section 4.2, where the holder of such Nomination shall elect in writing to offer the same for sale exclusively through the Syndicate Manager, which election must be made annually by such deadline as the Syndicate Manager shall establish by written notice to such persons. Each Eligible Nomination shall be assigned an equal amount equal to the average of the net Contract price for Nominations sold and collected by the Syndicate Manager up to the amount of the advertised stud fee, the Syndicate Manager may utilize up to five Nominations or proceeds therefrom for extraordinary promotions of COUNTRY GRAMMER to the extent permitted by Section 3.3. Each Fractional Interest shall then be entitled to a pro rata share of the net proceeds remaining from the sale by the Syndicate Manager of excess book Nominations. The Syndicate Manager may at any time cancel or defer any portion of an excess book for any year in which the Syndicate Manager determines such action to be in the best interests of COUNTRY GRAMMER.

 

2.MARE’S SUITABILITY.

 

2.1 Requirements. Each mare to be bred to the Stallion shall be submitted for approval by the Syndicate Manager based upon its opinion of the quality of the mare, her physical fitness to breed and her confirmation, with consideration to the commercial appeal of the mare and her resulting foal if sold at public auction. If the mare is approved, the mare shall be considered a “Qualified Mare” if the mare is also (a) seventeen (17) years of age or younger at the start of the breeding season; (b) has been examined by a veterinarian after January 1 and found to be sound for breeding purposes; (c) is a maiden or has not been barren or failed to produce a live foal during more than one of the past two years immediately preceding the breeding season; and, (d) if pregnant on such January 1 and has a last breeding date prior to June 1. An Owner may use its Nomination for its own mare that is not approved by the Syndicate Manager, but in such event, the Syndicate Manager may, in its sole discretion, elect not to release the Stallion’s service certificate for such breeding prior to January 31 of the year any resulting foal turns two years old, and the Syndicate Manager may elect to exclude such Nomination from any distribution of proceeds pursuant to Section 1.6 above. With respect to each breeding, (a) no Owner shall be entitled to require that COUNTRY GRAMMER be bred at any time or under any circumstances or conditions when to do so would be injurious to his health, fertility or future breeding capacity and (b) each mare offered for breeding shall be in sound condition and free from infection, and in each case, the determination of the Syndicate Manager, its supervising employee, or the attendant veterinarian, in such regard shall be final and binding.

 

2.2 Substitutions; Covers. Once a mare has been covered by COUNTRY GRAMMER in a breeding season, the Nomination for such mare shall be deemed to have been used. No other mare may be substituted for breeding in that breeding season unless the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, approves substitution for (a) a mare certified to be dead or certified by a veterinarian to be both barren and unsound for breeding for the remainder of such breeding season or (b) other extraordinary circumstances. Without the consent of the Syndicate Manager, no mare may be covered on more than four (4) occasions in any breeding season.

 

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3.SYNDICATE MANAGER; COMPENSATORY NOMINATIONS.

 

3.1 The Syndicate Manager. COUNTRY GRAMMER shall stand at stud under the supervision and management of the Syndicate Manager and initially shall stand at stud at WinStar Farm, Woodford County, Kentucky. The Syndicate Manager may be removed or COUNTRY GRAMMER may be moved to stand during Northern Hemisphere breeding seasons outside Kentucky only with the affirmative vote of the Owners of eighty percent (80%) of the Fractional Interests. The Syndicate Manager may resign upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Owners, provided that such resignation shall not become effective during the period commencing on February 1 and ending on July 15 of any year. Upon resignation or removal of the Syndicate Manager, a successor may be elected by a vote of the Owners of a majority of the Fractional Interests. As compensation for services in each breeding season that COUNTRY GRAMMER stands at stud under its management, the Syndicate Manager shall receive eight (8) free Nominations and Stallion keep at its customary rates.

 

3.2 Lifetime Breeding Rights. There are up to sixty (60) lifetime breeding rights in and to the Stallion, two (2) of which are reserved to Bob Baffert and fifty-eight (58) of which shall be sold by the Syndicate Manager under the terms of the WinStar Farm “Dream Big” Program as reflected in the records of the Syndicate Manager. Each lifetime breeding right sold under the Dream Big program shall entitle each holder thereof to produce two (2) live foals utilizing Nominations to the Stallion at the full advertised stud fee. The holder may also elect to breed two mares in the first year. Once the lifetime breeding right has been fully earned, the holder shall thereafter receive one Nomination in each Northern Hemisphere breeding season for the breeding life of the Stallion, without cost. The lifetime breeding rights shall not entitle the holder thereof to an ownership interest in the Stallion, nor the right to any income from sale or use of nominations to the Stallion, nor shall the holder be obligated for any expenses associated with the Stallion. In any breeding season that the lifetime breeding right holder is entitled to transfer a lifetime breeding right Nomination, the lifetime breeding right holder may sell the Nomination for that breeding season, provided, however, such Nomination shall not be sold or transferred for less than the then current advertised stud fee for the Stallion without the written consent of Syndicate Manager. On or before September 1 of each breeding season, the holder shall, or shall cause his nominee to, notify the Syndicate Manager of the final pregnancy status of each mare bred on a Nomination allocable to a lifetime breeding right. The Syndicate Manager shall have no obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Nomination. The Syndicate Manager shall have no liability to the owner of the lifetime breeding right for any accident, sickness, or disease contracted by COUNTRY GRAMMER or by any mare in connection with breeding to COUNTRY GRAMMER. Any transfer or sale of a lifetime breeding right shall be subject to a first right to purchase in favor of Owners in accordance with Section 4.3.

 

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3.3 Allocation of Money; Promotional Fund; Statements. After the Syndicate Manager has made the payments to the holders of the Eligible Nominations in the Normal Book, and any Nominations assigned in an excess book (including the holder of the lifetime breeding rights for each Nomination the Syndicate Manager has agreed to offer for sale), as provided in Section 3.4, the Syndicate Manager may then apply proceeds and receipts (a) for payment of the costs of preparation of this Agreement and the syndication of COUNTRY GRAMMER and other amounts paid and expenses incurred in accordance with this Agreement, (b) to establish reasonable reserves for payment of expenses anticipated within the following twelve (12) months, and (c) to establish a discretionary fund in an amount not to exceed the advertised stud fee multiplied by five (5) (but reduced by the number of Nominations from such breeding seasons that have been contributed for promotions). Additional funds from the sale of Nominations in an excess book that have not been allocated and stallion awards from the Breeder’s Cup and any state or similar program shall be paid to the Owners on a proportionate basis. The five (5) Nominations which may be contributed or the proceeds from which may be used for promotions of COUNTRY GRAMMER shall be restricted for extraordinary promotions of COUNTRY GRAMMER approved by the Syndicate Manager in its sole discretion, such as funding the purse for a race sponsored by WinStar or named after COUNTRY GRAMMER, special advertising and promotions of COUNTRY GRAMMER, contributing a Nomination for sale at an auction held to promote and fund a non-profit organization related to the Thoroughbred industry, and for acquisition of horses (or the rights to sell the same at public auction) if the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, believes the sale of such horses would be detrimental to the reputation or auction averages of COUNTRY GRAMMER. If a horse is acquired as part of the promotion, the Syndicate Manager is authorized to make a gift of such horse in whole or in part to any private person or an institution that agrees to assume future expenses for such horse, with the understanding that the horse will not be raced or slaughtered. The Syndicate Manager shall also have the authority to sell or gift memorabilia, to issue NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) including the image, likeness or name “COUNTRY GRAMMER” and to create opportunities for fans to visit COUNTRY GRAMMER for such remuneration, if any, as the Syndicate Manager in its sole discretion determines appropriate, the rights to which intellectual and other property shall be retained by Owners for the benefit of the Syndicate. The five (5) Nominations which may be contributed or the proceeds from which may be used for promotions of COUNTRY GRAMMER shall be non-cumulative from one breeding season to the next, but with five (5) such Nominations being available in each breeding season on the terms set forth in this Paragraph 3.3.

 

3.4 Authority. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to determine the starting date and ending date for each breeding season and the maximum number of mares which may be covered by COUNTRY GRAMMER in a breeding season. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to determine the policy to be established annually for the sale, allocation, and use of Nominations in an excess book. The Syndicate Manager shall have the right to establish a deadline for an Owner to authorize the Syndicate Manager to sell the Owner’s Nominations and have the same included in distributions pursuant to Section 1.6. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to determine the advertised stud fee required for nominating COUNTRY GRAMMER to the Breeder’s Cup, and the fees to be charged for Nominations sold by the Syndicate Manager, which may vary depending on payment dates, guarantees provided and market conditions. The Syndicate Manager may agree to pay fees and commissions for actual services rendered, not exceeding five percent (5%), in connection with the sale of Nominations; provided, however, that no fees and commissions shall be payable to the Syndicate Manager or its affiliates. The Syndicate Manager may allow discounts to mare owners breeding multiple mares to stallions standing under the management of the Syndicate Manager, such discounts to be allocated pro rata in accordance with the advertised stud fee. The Syndicate Manager, acting in its reasonable discretion, shall also have the right to grant complimentary breedings to the Stallion in extraordinary circumstances. The Syndicate Manager shall have responsibility for the general supervision and management of COUNTRY GRAMMER, including supervision and control of all breeding activities. The Syndicate Manager may move COUNTRY GRAMMER to stand under its supervision and management at another farm located in Central Kentucky. The Syndicate Manager shall select and employ a veterinarian to attend COUNTRY GRAMMER, shall determine when, on a fair and equitable basis, the mares to be serviced shall be so serviced and whether the mares and COUNTRY GRAMMER are in suitable condition for breeding, shall keep or cause to be kept such records as are appropriate, and shall select such attorneys and accountants as may be required in the administration hereof. The Syndicate Manager shall select the bank accounts into which receipts are deposited and held, which accounts may pay interest for the sole account of the Syndicate Manager as additional compensation for its services. The Syndicate Manager shall expend on behalf of the Syndicate such sums as may be appropriate for the promotion and advertising of COUNTRY GRAMMER. The Syndicate Manager in its sole discretion shall have authority to nominate COUNTRY GRAMMER as the Stallion standing in North America to the program established by the Breeder’s Cup Limited and any similar national program determined by the Syndicate Manager to be to the benefit of COUNTRY GRAMMER or the owners.

 

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3.5 Southern Hemisphere. Unless Southern Hemisphere is otherwise specified herein, “breeding season” shall mean the Northern Hemisphere breeding season for purposes of this Agreement. During each Southern Hemisphere breeding season that the health and libido of COUNTRY GRAMMER shall permit, the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, may (a) allow COUNTRY GRAMMER to cover mares at the stud where he stands in. Central Kentucky for the account of the Owners, (b) arrange for COUNTRY GRAMMER to be shipped to the Southern Hemisphere to cover mares for the account of the Owners under the supervision of stud farms affiliated with the Syndicate, (c) arrange for COUNTRY GRAMMER to be shipped to the Southern Hemisphere under a lease or similar arrangement to stand at independent stud farms or (d) sell the rights to the Southern Hemisphere breeding qualities of COUNTRY GRAMMER for the account of the Owners upon such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the Syndicate Manager.

 

3.6 Standard of Care. The Syndicate Manager shall employ the degree of care customarily employed in Kentucky by persons who keep and breed Thoroughbred stallions. The Syndicate Manager shall not be liable for loss of, theft of, or injury to COUNTRY GRAMMER to anyone other than an Owner who does not have in force mortality insurance and who establishes by clear and convincing evidence that such degree of care has not been employed, and any such liability shall in no event exceed the amount paid upon the first sale of a Fractional Interest by the Syndicate Manager, reduced by ten percent (10%) for each breeding season COUNTRY GRAMMER shall have stood at stud. The Syndicate Manager shall not be responsible for any injury, disease or death of any mare resulting from breeding or attempting to breed to COUNTRY GRAMMER. The Syndicate Manager shall have no obligation or responsibility to verify the identity of any mare presented for breeding, such responsibility being solely that of each Owner or its respective assigns.

 

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4.TRANSFERS.

 

4.1 Auctions. No Fractional Interest and no Nomination may be offered for sale at public sale without the consent of the Syndicate Manager. For purposes of this Agreement, a public sale shall include all auctions (whether public, private or otherwise) and similar sales at which items are sold to the highest bidder, whether or not an auctioneer is present and whether the bidders are present or participate through telecommunications or make written bids as well as lists circulated or published by agents and dealers. With respect to permitted public sales, only one Nomination and only one Fractional Interest may be offered for sale by any one sales company (including all affiliates thereof) during any calendar month. Any Owner desiring to sell a Nomination or Fractional Interest at auction shall notify the Syndicate Manager of the time, date and place of auction at least thirty (30) days prior to the sale and shall designate the particular Fractional Interest or Nomination to be sold. Only Owners (including the Syndicate Manager as Owner) so notifying the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to sell at auction, and should the Syndicate Manager receive notice with respect to more than one Fractional Interest or Nomination, the Syndicate Manager shall determine by lot which Fractional Interest and which Nomination may and which may not be sold at each auction sale.

 

4.2 Transfer of Nominations. Subject to the provisions of the preceding Section and as provided herein, Nominations may be sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred or assigned, provided that (a) Nominations may not be accumulated from one breeding season to another, (b) written notice of such transfer must be given to the Syndicate Manager within ten (10) days of sale, and (c) any sale or transfer by an Owner who has not made payment in full of indebtedness secured by his Fractional Interest is subject to the conditions set forth in the security agreement creating the security interest. In the event the Syndicate Manager shall have been notified that a Fractional Interest is subject to a security interest, the Syndicate Manager may, but shall not be required to, refuse to record the transfer of any Nomination without the written approval of the person holding the security interest.

 

4.3 Fractional Interests. First Right to Purchase. Fractional Interests may (a) pass by inheritance or will, (b) be transferred by gift or sale to a member of the Owner’s immediate family, (c) be transferred to or from any firm, partnership or other entity controlled by, or of which a twenty-five percent (25%) or greater interest is owned by the Owner and his immediate family or any of them, (d) be assigned and transferred of record to any successor corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity which acquires the Owner or its assets by assignment, or operation of law, or otherwise, or (e) be assigned or transferred once by an Initial Owner, all without being subject to the first right to purchase as hereinafter described; provided, however, that in each case the Syndicate Manager shall be furnished with affidavits or other information acceptable to it that any proposed transfer is not subject to the first right to purchase within the terms of this Section. No other Fractional Interest or part thereof shall be sold without offering the remaining Owners and the Syndicate Manager the first right to purchase such interest. Any sale or transfer of a Lifetime Breeding Right shall also be subject to this First Right to Purchase, but by Initial Owners only. Any Owner who receives an offer to purchase a Fractional Interest which the Owner is willing to accept shall notify the Syndicate Manager in writing, stating the name of the proposed purchaser and providing a copy of the offer. The Syndicate Manager shall send the terms of the offer to purchase the Fractional Interest to the other Owners within one (1) business day of receiving same. The Owners shall then have five (5) days in which to elect to purchase one (1) or more of such Fractional Interests that the Owner desires to sell at the same price and on the same terms; provided, however, that the Owners shall not be required to pay any fee or commission payable to a representative of the prospective buyer or a fee or commission in excess of five percent (5%) to a representative of the selling Owner. If more than one of the Owners desires to purchase the Fractional Interest being offered, the Owner entitled to purchase the Fractional Interest shall be determined by lot among such Owners, based on the number of Fractional Interest owned by them, respectively. The Owners and Syndicate Manager shall be furnished with affidavits or other acceptable information that a proposed transfer is not subject to the first right to purchase within the terms of this Section and regarding purchases of any partial interests in a Fractional Interest.

 

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4.4 Expenses; Taxes. In the event an Owner shall attempt to transfer a Fractional Interest at a time when Syndicate expenses have been incurred and the Owner has not then paid his proportionate share of such expenses, the transferee of such Fractional Interest shall assume and shall be required to pay as a condition of assuming all rights of ownership of such Fractional Interest, all outstanding expenses of the Syndicate attributable to the Fractional Interest being acquired. Each Owner shall be responsible for all sales, use and other taxes payable in connection with the use, sale or transfer of his Fractional Interest and Nominations attributable thereto. Each Owner shall either deposit with the Syndicate Manager the amount of all such taxes for remittance to the appropriate taxing authority or furnish to the Syndicate Manager such evidence of payment of, or exemption from, all such taxes as the Syndicate Manager shall reasonably request.

 

4.5 Effectiveness. No transfer or attempted transfer of a Nomination or of a Fractional Interest by an Owner or assigns shall be effective as to the Syndicate Manager or the other Owners until such transfer shall have been recorded by the Syndicate Manager on the books and records maintained by the Syndicate Manager.

 

5.RISK OF LOSS; INSURANCE.

 

5.1 Risk of Loss. Each Owner with respect to its Fractional Interest shall bear all risks of loss, including, without limitation, risk of mortality.

 

5.2 Casualty Insurance. Syndicate Manager hereby warrants and represents to Owners that it has acquired a policy of First Year Congenital Infertility Insurance, including mortality and permanent infertility as a result of accident, sickness or disease on the Stallion, at standard rates from Stryde Group for each purchased Fractional Interest (s). Syndicate Manager cannot allow any purchaser of a Fractional Interest to obtain a separate policy of insurance for any risk of first year congenital infertility on the Stallion during the first year. The costs of the premium for the insurance coverage will be billed directly to each Owner by Stryde Group and each Owner shall be obligated to pay its pro rata share of the premium for such coverage. Syndicate Manager agrees that in the event of a claim under the foregoing policy of insurance, it shall pay to each Owner its pro rata share of the proceeds of such claim. Any Owner may decline to participate in such insurance.

 

5.3 Public Liability. The Syndicate Manager shall keep and maintain at the expense of the Owners a policy of public liability insurance in a reasonable amount insuring against loss or liability to any persons by reason of negligence of the Syndicate Manager, its agents, servants and employees, in the keep, maintenance, and standing of COUNTRY GRAMMER.

 

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5.4 Control. Certain insurance policy provisions purchased by the Owners may provide the insurance carriers with the right to exercise sole and absolute discretion concerning the control of COUNTRY GRAMMER (including control of the treatment, location, use, retention and/or disposal of COUNTRY GRAMMER) in the event of a claim. The Syndicate Manager shall not be bound by, and shall have no obligation or liability from failing to abide by, any such provisions. The Syndicate Manager may, however, in its sole discretion, nevertheless allow the insurance carriers to exercise such policy provisions relating to control and shall have no liability for or obligation with respect to any action taken by such carriers or their representatives. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to divest any Owner of its Fractional Interest.

 

6.OPERATION OF THE SYNDICATE: RECORDS: POWERS

 

6.1 Meetings. The Syndicate Manager or the Owners of fifteen (15) or more Fractional Interests may call a meeting of Owners upon not less than ten (10) days written notice, to be held within Woodford County, Kentucky. The notice must state the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting. Each Owner shall be entitled to one vote for each Fractional Interest owned by him which may be cast in person or by agent or proxy, duly authorized in writing, an original of which shall be presented at the meeting for inspection. No subject matter shall be considered at any meeting unless notice thereof is included in the notice of such meeting. Except as otherwise provided herein, a majority vote shall decide all questions properly submitted, provided a majority of all Fractional Interests is present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting. Any action which may be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if Owners of the required number of Fractional Interests vote by written instrument so to do.

 

6.2 Jockey Club Documentation. The Jockey Club certificate of foal registration for COUNTRY GRAMMER shall be endorsed to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Syndicate Manager. The Syndicate Manager shall maintain all records required by the Jockey Club relating to stallions and shall promptly submit to the Jockey Club all required reports as they become due. The Syndicate Manager shall also cause to be issued certificates required for the registration of foals sired by COUNTRY GRAMMER to those entitled thereto and who are in compliance with this agreement. The Syndicate Manager may deliver stallion service certificates to sales companies in connection with attempts at collection of unpaid stud fees.

 

6.3 Registration of Ownership. The Syndicate Manager shall maintain syndicate records indicating ownership of each Fractional Interest. Upon receipt of written evidence of transfer of ownership of a Fractional Interest and such other evidence as the Syndicate Manager shall reasonably request, which shall include the agreement of the transferee to be bound by all the terms of this Agreement, the Syndicate Manager shall transfer ownership on the syndicate records. The Syndicate Manager may refuse to make any such transfer if the Syndicate Manager has been notified that the Fractional Interest is subject to a security interest unless the Syndicate Manager has also been furnished evidence that the transfer does not violate the terms of the security agreement creating such security interest.

 

6.4 Ownership. Each Fractional Interest shall be indivisible, but may be owned jointly by two or more parties in which event the Owners and the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to deal with and to accept and rely upon and act upon any information, instructions or facts represented by any one of such persons. If a Fractional Interest is held by a corporation, partnership or similar entity, the Owners and the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to deal with and accept and rely upon any information, instructions or facts represented by any officer of the corporation, manager of entity, general partner of a partnership, or other person having actual authority. Only a full Fractional Interest shall have any rights hereunder.

 

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6.5 Records; Reports. The Syndicate Manager shall keep books and records of account which shall accurately reflect all receipts and disbursements for and on behalf of the Owners. The Syndicate Manager shall furnish to each Owner a statement reflecting the receipts and disbursements by and on behalf of the syndicate, which statement shall be either included with a quarterly statement for expenses or furnished on an annual basis. The Syndicate Manager shall furnish to each Owner, as soon as practical after the end of each breeding season, a statement showing the results of the breeding season. The Syndicate Manager shall make available at the offices of WinStar Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky or at the premises where COUNTRY GRAMMER is kept on any business day between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., local time, the books and records of this syndicate to any Owner who so requests by seventy-two (72) hours written notice. The Owners each acknowledge there is no expectation of privacy with respect to the ownership of a Fractional Interest in COUNTRY GRAMMER, and the Syndicate Manager is authorized to send a list of Owners to any Owner requesting said information in good faith.

 

6.6 Confidentiality. The Owners agree to keep and maintain in confidence, except as may be required by law, the names and addresses of the Owners and all reports and other information provided or made available to them by the Syndicate Manager and not to disclose the same to anyone other than the respective employees, attorneys, financial advisors, and accountants for the Owners who agree to maintain such confidentiality. Any other dissemination of such information by any Owner to be any other person or entity not an Owner shall be grounds for the Syndicate Manager to withhold any future information that it would otherwise regularly distribute. Any Owner who is found to have disseminated any such information shall indemnify and hold harmless the Syndicate Manager and each of the other Owners against costs and expenses (including but not limited to attorney fees) and any liabilities (including but not limited to judgments, fines, penalties, and settlements) paid by or imposed against the Syndicate Manager or any of the Owners, in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or other (including any appeal relating thereto) in which any such Owner is involved, whether as a party, witness, or otherwise, because he, she or it was responsible for disseminating such information in violation of this Section.

 

7.RELATIONSHIP AND ACTIVITIES.

 

7.1 Relationships. The Owners agree that (a) their relationship shall be that of tenants in common of a chattel possession of which shall be as provided herein, and (b) the relationship of the Owners to the Syndicate Manager shall be that of principal and agent, with the agency of the Syndicate Manager being one that is coupled with an interest in COUNTRY GRAMMER. The Owners waive any right which they may otherwise have to demand the partition or sale for partition of COUNTRY GRAMMER and agree that the sole and adequate means by which any Owner may divest himself of his interest in COUNTRY GRAMMER shall be by the transfer of his Fractional Interest.

 

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7.2 Powers of Attorney. Each Owner authorizes and empowers the Syndicate Manager and constitutes and appoints the Syndicate Manager as the Owner’s agent and attorney-in-fact, (a) to do and file on behalf of such Owner such things as the Syndicate Manager shall deem necessary or appropriate with The Jockey Club, and (b) to execute such elections as may be required by the taxing authorities of the United States and as may be herein provided.

 

7.3 Tax Election. It is not the purpose or intention of this Agreement to create, and this Agreement shall not be considered as creating a joint venture, partnership or other relationship whereby any party shall be held liable for the omissions or commissions of any other party; but, if for federal tax purposes this Agreement or the relationship established hereby and the operations hereunder are regarded as a partnership as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then the Owners hereby elect not to be treated as a partnership and to be excluded from the application of all provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter 1, subtitle A of such Code. In making this election, each and every Owner acknowledges that the income derived from him by reason of his ownership of a Fractional Interest can be adequately determined without the necessity for any computation of partnership taxable income, and all such Owners agree not to give notices or take any other action inconsistent with the election hereby made. In the event that for whatever reason, the Internal Revenue Service shall require that computations be made pursuant to Subchapter K, the Initial Owner and each other Owner elects, and as a condition of remaining an Owner agrees, (a) to have depreciation determined pursuant to Section 704(c)(3) as though undivided interests had been contributed by each Owner and, in the case of a transfer of a Fractional Interest to have the basis of COUNTRY GRAMMER adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 743 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and authorizes the Syndicate Manager to file such election in accordance with Section 754 of such Code, (b) to have each other item of expense allocated as provided in this Agreement and (c) to have each item of income, in the case of a Nomination, allocated to the Owner entitled to use the same, and in the case of cash, allocated to the Owner to whom paid or credited.

 

7.4 Other Activities. The Syndicate Manager shall not be required to devote itself exclusively to its duties hereunder. The Syndicate Manager shall be expressly permitted to conduct any other business activities and to accept any other engagements, including, without limitation, the management of other stallions, the purchase, sale, racing and breeding of Thoroughbreds, or any one or more of them.

 

8.DEFAULT AND SECURITY.

 

8.1 Defaults. The Syndicate Manager shall have an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in any Fractional Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Owners hereunder and so billed have not been paid. The Syndicate Manager may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable monthly, upon any amounts billed to an Owner which remain unpaid for ten days. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to commence legal action upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to an Owner, the date of such notice being the date upon which the cause of action for nonpayment shall be deemed to occur. In the event the default shall continue for a period of twelve (12) months, commencing on the last day of the first quarter for which the Owner shall be in arrears, the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to sell the Fractional Interest, as agent and attorney-in-fact, for the Owner who is so in default. In addition, the Syndicate Manager may cast all votes, may withhold stallion service certificates, and may refuse to permit a mare to be bred on any season attributable to a Fractional Interest, the Owner of which is (a) more than two calendar quarters in arrears on amounts payable by such Owner; or (b) is in default of an installment of principal or interest on the purchase price for the Fractional Interest; or (c) who fails to furnish evidence, acceptable to the Syndicate Manager, either (i) that the use of any Nomination by the Owner or his assignee is not subject to any sales and use taxes or other taxes imposed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky or other governmental entity having jurisdiction, or (ii) that all such taxes have been paid.

 

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8.2 Arbitration. Except for a proceeding instituted to enforce a lien or security interest and collect amounts secured thereby, if a disagreement exists among the Owners or between one or more of the Owners and the Syndicate Manager concerning COUNTRY GRAMMER or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations hereunder (a “Dispute”), any one of the disputants may require the other parties to submit the Dispute to arbitration. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

8.2.1 All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in the principal city of the county or state having jurisdiction over the location where COUNTRY GRAMMER stands at stud or such other more convenient location as the arbitrators may select.

 

8.2.2 The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators, one designated by the Syndicate Manager, one designated by the Owner or the Owners of the Fractional Interest or Interests the rights and obligations of which form the basis for the Dispute, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

8.2.3 The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators.

 

8.2.4 The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

8.2.5 The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by the Syndicate Manager and the Owners and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

8.3 Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Agreement or in connection with COUNTRY GRAMMER or the operation hereof other than an action specified in Section 8.1 may be commenced more than one (1) year after the event giving rise to such cause of action shall have occurred. Each Owner agrees to hold harmless each other Owner and the Syndicate Manager from any costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made in connection with the sale or transfer of a Fractional Interest by such Owner. Each Owner and the Syndicate Manager consents to the jurisdiction of all courts located within the United States of America for the purpose of enforcing the agreement to arbitrate and for the purpose of enforcing any award or finding made by the arbitrators and also consents to the venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts (all parties hereby waiving any defense of forum non conveniens.)

 

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9.MISCELLANEOUS.

 

9.1 Proportionate. “Proportionate” when used herein with respect to any Owner shall mean the percentage determined by dividing the number of Fractional Interests owned by such Owner by the total number of Fractional Interests (i.e., 40).

 

9.2 Headings; Separability. Article, section and paragraph headings and the table of contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. In case any provision shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

 

9.3 Disclosure and Waiver of Conflicts. In connection with the preparation of this Agreement, the Owners acknowledge and agree that: (i) the attorney that prepared this Agreement (“Attorney”) acted as legal counsel to the Syndicate Manager; (ii) the Owners have been advised that the interests of the Owners may be opposed to each other and, accordingly, the Attorney’s representation of the Syndicate Manager may not be in the best interests of the other Owners; and (iii) acknowledge that they have been advised to retain separate counsel and, if they have not done so, have waived their right to do so; and (iv) jointly and severally forever waive any claim that the Attorney’s representation of the Syndicate Manager or any one of them constitutes a conflict of interest.

 

9.4 Termination; Modification. COUNTRY GRAMMER may be sold and this Agreement and the Syndicate created hereunder may be terminated, canceled, altered, amended or modified with the affirmative vote of Owners who hold a majority of the Fractional Interests with respect to Southern Hemisphere issues as provided in Section 3.5 and otherwise of Owners who hold at least eighty percent (80%) Fractional Interests; provided, however, in connection with a termination, cancellation, alteration, amendment, or modification of this Agreement or the sale of COUNTRY GRAMMER: (a) if Owners vote to approve a sale of COUNTRY GRAMMER any Owner voting to sell shall first offer its Fractional Interests to the Syndicate Manager at a price equal to the proportionate sales price for COUNTRY GRAMMER in the manner and on the terms provided in Section 4.3; (b) if such sale will result in the Stallion being relocated outside North America, the lifetime breeding rights in Section 3.2 shall terminate; (c) if such sale will result in the Stallion continuing to stand in North America, the lifetime breeding rights shall remain in effect or be terminated in consideration of the receipt of one percent (.05%) of the net sales proceeds for each lifetime breeding right, all at the option of the Syndicate Manager; (d) the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to a fee equal to five percent (5%) of the sales price for COUNTRY GRAMMER or such Fractional Interests if the first offer is accepted; and (e) the obligations and duties of any incumbent syndicate manager may not be increased without its consent. If not sooner terminated, the Syndicate will terminate automatically on December 31, 2075.

 

9.5 Notices. Notices required hereunder to be given to the Owners shall be effective and binding if sent by prepaid United States mail, email, telegram, mailgram, facsimile, cablegram, delivery service, or delivered in person to the address of the respective Owner, as the address is shown on the syndicate records maintained by the Syndicate Manager, and notices to the Syndicate Manager shall only be effective and binding upon the actual and timely receipt thereof by the Syndicate Manager.

 

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9.6 Binding Effect/ Effective Date. This Agreement and each and every provision hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement, and all other persons who acquire a Fractional Interest or the right thereto, the respective partners thereof where any such party or person is a partnership, and their respective heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors, assigns and transferees, whether with or without consideration. This Agreement is being signed by the Initial Owners and the Syndicate Manager as of the “Effective Date” of this Agreement, with the understanding and agreement that this Agreement shall be in effect as of the Effective Date. The “Effective Date” shall be the date upon which COUNTRY GRAMMER is permanently retired from racing and delivered to the Syndicate Manager.

 

9.7 Controlling Law. This Agreement, as well as all the instruments executed with respect to or pertaining to any right or interest created hereunder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the prevailing law of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

 

9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be considered one and the same Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the parties has signed, or caused to be signed on their behalf, on the following page, this Agreement all as of the Effective Date herein.

 

INITIAL OWNERS:  
     
WinStar Farm, LLC  
     
By: /s/ Elliott Walden  
  Elliott Walden, President and CEO  
     
Commonwealth Thoroughbreds, LLC COUNTRY GRAMMER Series  
     
By: /s/ Brian Doxtator  
  Brian Doxtator  
     
Its: Managing Member  
     
Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.  
     
By: /s/ Troy Mulligan  
  Troy Mulligan  
     
Its: President  
     
SYNDICATE MANAGER:  
     
WinStar Farm, LLC  
     
By: /s/ Elliott Walden  
  Elliott Walden, President and CEO  

 

Signature Page to COUNTRY GRAMMER Co-Ownership Agreement

 

 

 

ADD EXHB 9 ex6-32.htm

 

Exhibit 6.32

 

MAGE SYNDICATE AGREEMENT

 

THIS SYNDICATE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into this 20th October, 2023 by and between OGMA INVESTMENTS, LLC, with an address of 2950 NE 188 Street, Apartment 140, Aventura, Florida 33180 (“OGMA”), STERLING RACING, LLC, with an address of The Sterling Building, 927 Lincoln Road #214, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, (“Sterling”), and COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC, with an address of 6161 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 206, Los Angeles, California 90036 (“CMNWLTH”), and AIRDRIE STUD, INC., a Kentucky corporation with a principal address of PO Box 487, Midway, Kentucky 40347 (“Airdrie” or “Syndicate Manager) (OGMA, Sterling, and CMNWLTH together with their heirs, successors, transferees or assigns, are collectively referred to as the “Initial Owners” and each an “Initial Owner”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A. Initial Owners are the owners of a 100% right, title and interest in and to the Thoroughbred colt named MAGE (ch. c., 2020) by GOOD MAGIC out of PUCA by BIG BROWN (the “Stallion”), in the following undivided percentage interests:

 

OGMA 50%
Sterling 25%
CMNWLTH 25%

 

B. Initial Owners desire to transfer ownership of the Stallion into syndicate form and to provide for the management and supervision of the Stallion. Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. OWNERSHIP

 

1.1. Fractional Interests. This Agreement shall become effective and the syndicate created hereby shall come into existence at the time that this Agreement is executed by or on behalf of the Initial Owners and the Syndicate Manager. At the time this Agreement becomes effective, ownership of the Stallion shall be partitioned and divided into and represented by forty (40) equal fractional ownership interests (“Fractional Interests”), which Fractional Interests are numbered 1 through 40 and are initially vested in the Initial Owners. Fractional Interests 1 through 20 shall be initially vested in OGMA; Fractional Interests 21 through 30 shall be initially vested in Sterling; and Fractional Interests 31 through 40 shall be initially vested in CMNWLTH. A Fractional Interest shall be transferable subject to the terms and conditions as provided herein, shall otherwise be entitled to equal rights and privileges and subject to equal duties and obligations with every other Fractional Interest, and shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Syndicate Agreement. The owner of a Fractional Interest, including the Initial Owners, is hereinafter sometimes called an “Owner.” Ownership of each Fractional Interest and all transfers thereof shall be recorded in syndicate books to be kept and maintained by the Syndicate Manager.

 

 
 

 

1.2. Expenses. Each Owner shall be obligated to pay his proportionate share of (a) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the breeding, maintenance, promotion, advertising and care of the Stallion, (b) the reasonable prevailing rate at Airdrie Stud for board, keep, maintenance and other related expenses, and (c) the nomination fees, including, without limitation, Breeders’ Cup nomination fees and other expenses incident to operation of the syndicate as herein provided.

 

1.3. Obligations. On or before September 1 of each breeding season, each Owner shall, or shall cause his nominee to, notify the Syndicate Manager of the final pregnancy status of each mare bred on a Nomination attributable to his Fractional Interest.

 

1.4. Risk of Loss. The Syndicate Manager will obtain a single insurance policy against mortality (in effect until October 2 of the year following the Horse’s first season at stud) and first season congenital infertility and for permanent infertility due to accident, sickness and disease of the Stallion (in effect until July 15 of the year following the Horse’s first season at stud). Each Owner, at his own expense, electing to be covered by such policies shall be entitled to a pro rata portion of such coverage up to his insurable interest at the expense of, and for the account of, the Owner electing such coverage (provided that Initial Owners shall be solely responsible for the payment of any associated premiums for such insurance coverage until the Stallion is retired and delivered to Airdrie Stud). Each Owner electing not to be covered by such policies shall bear all risks of loss, including, without limitation, risk of mortality as of the date hereof. After the expiration of each of these policies, each Owner, at his own expense, may insure against the mortality, accident, sickness and disease of the Stallion to the extent of such Owner’s insurable interest subject to the provisions of Section 7.6.

 

1.5. Joint and Entity Ownership. Each Fractional Interest shall be indivisible, but may be owned jointly by two or more parties in which event the Owner and the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to deal with and to accept and rely upon and act upon any information, instructions or facts represented by any one of such persons. If a Fractional Interest is held by a corporation, partnership or similar entity, the Owner and the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to deal with and accept and rely upon any information, instructions or facts represented by any officer of the corporation, partner of the partnership, manager of the entity, or other person having authority to act for the entity. Only a full Fractional Interest shall have any rights hereunder.

 

1.6. Relationships. The Owners agree that (a) their relationship shall be that of owners of Fractional Interests in a chattel, the possession of which has been severed and shall be held as provided herein, and (b) the relationship of the Owners to the Syndicate Manager shall be that of principal and agent, with the agency of the Syndicate Manager being one that is coupled with an interest in the Stallion. The Owners waive any right which they may otherwise have to demand the further partition, or sale for partition, of the Stallion and agree that the sole and adequate means by which any Owner may divest himself of his interest in the Stallion shall be by the transfer of his Fractional Interest pursuant to the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

1.7. Evidence of Syndication. The Jockey Club Certificate of Foal Registration for the Stallion shall be endorsed by the Initial Owners to the syndicate created hereby and delivered in accordance with the instructions of the Syndicate Manager.

 

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2. BREEDING

 

2.1. Nominations. During each season the Stallion stands at stud, each Owner shall be entitled to two regular Nominations per Fractional Interest (as hereinafter defined), subject to the provisions governing a reduced book. Each Owner shall notify the Syndicate Manager in writing of his or her desire to use or to pool its regular Nominations by no later than January 1St prior to the subject breeding season (or at such later date as accepted in the sole discretion of Syndicate Manager). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Nomination” is the right to breed one Thoroughbred mare to the Stallion in each annual Northern Hemisphere breeding season, subject to the provisions governing a reduced book and subject to the discretion of the Syndicate Manager regarding the standard of mares to be bred to the Stallion. Once a Nomination has been used in any one breeding season for a mare to be covered by the Stallion, no other mare may be substituted for breeding in that breeding season unless the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, gives prior approval for such substitution. Without the consent of the Syndicate Manager, no mare may be covered on more than five (5) occasions in any breeding season. The Syndicate Manager shall have no obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Nomination, whether in a normal, reduced or excess book, by or on behalf of the syndicate or any Owner. Nominations shall not be cumulative from one breeding season to another. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Nominations may be used by an Owner with respect to mares owned in whole or in part by the Owner; provided that the Owner owns equal to or greater than a fifty percent (50%) undivided interest in the applicable mare, excluding any foal share or mare share arrangements. Nominations shall not be transferred, assigned or sold by an Owner except (a) at a price equal to or greater than the Stallion’ s advertised stud fee at the time of such transfer, assignment or sale, unless otherwise approved by Syndicate Manager, or (b) through the Syndicate Manager, at the Syndicate Manager’s sole discretion, as specifically permitted by Section 2.8 hereof.

 

2.2. Breeding Requirements. Each mare to be bred, whether by an Owner or the holder of a Nomination or breeding right or a purchaser or other transferee of any of them, must have been approved by the Syndicate Manager, in its reasonable discretion, based upon the quality of the mare, her physical fitness to breed and conformation, with consideration to the commercial appeal of the mare and her resulting foal if sold at public auction. With respect to each breeding, (a) no Owner shall be entitled to require that the Stallion be bred at any time or under any circumstances or condition when to do so would be injurious to his health, fertility or future breeding capacity and (b) each mare offered for breeding shall be in sound condition and free from infection, and in each case the determination of the Syndicate Manager, its supervising employee, or the attending veterinarian, shall be final and binding. Mares will be bred only on the premises where the Stallion is standing at stud. During the first breeding season that the Stallion stands at stud, the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, may refuse to permit any mare barren in both of the two preceding years or which is 17 years of age or older to be bred to the Stallion. For purposes of this Agreement, a “qualified mare” is a mare that is younger than seventeen (17) years of age during the applicable breeding season, with at least one live, healthy foal as a result of being bred both of the previous two seasons. During the first breeding season the Stallion stands at stud, the owner of each mare nominated or offered for breeding to the Stallion must obtain a certificate from a qualified veterinarian that the mare is clean and sound for breeding and such owner thereof must have agreed to have a veterinarian examine such mare for pregnancy within forty-five (45) days after breeding and to send the report of such examination to the Syndicate Manager, all at such owner’s expense.

 

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2.3. Lifetime Breeding Rights. In addition to the Nominations provided for herein, OGMA, Sterling, and CMNWLTH shall collectively receive six (6) Northern hemisphere lifetime breeding rights in and to the Stallion (each a “Lifetime Breeding Right”), to be allocated between them at their discretion. Each Lifetime Breeding Right shall grant the Lifetime Breeding Right holder the right to breed one (1) Thoroughbred mare (of which he/she owns at least an undivided 50% percent interest) to the Stallion during each Northern Hemisphere breeding season in which the Stallion stands at stud at Airdrie Stud, which right shall be noncumulative from year to year, subject to the provisions regarding a reduced book and the discretion of the Syndicate Manager regarding the standard of mares bred to the Stallion. A holder of a Lifetime Breeding Right shall not have the right to vote in connection with any decisions made by the Owners and shall not be entitled to any other right extended to Owners, including but not limited to participation in the excess book or in stallion awards. A Lifetime Breeding Right shall be fully transferable and may be sold; provided, however, that any sale or transfer of a Lifetime Breeding Right shall be subject to the First Right to Purchase in favor of the Owners upon the same terms and conditions provided in Section 4.3 with respect to Fractional Interests. Nominations attributable to the Lifetime Breeding Rights which are not used and are offered for sale through the Syndicate Manager shall be pooled and distributed in the same way as all Owners’ Nominations per Section 2.7.1.

 

2.4. Normal Book. Subject to the provisions governing a reduced book, the “normal book” for each Northern Hemisphere breeding season shall be comprised of (i) the regular Nominations attributable to each Owner’s Fractional Interest; (ii) the Lifetime Breeding Rights; and (iii) the Compensatory Nominations (defined below) set forth in Section 3.10.

 

2.5. Sale of Industry, Expense, and Other Nominations. In order to make North American progeny of the Stallion eligible and to continue annually the eligibility of the progeny for the Breeders’ Cup, up to two (2) Nominations may be sold each year at the discretion of the Syndicate Manager at the regular stud fee determined by the Syndicate Manager, which Nominations will be designated the Breeders’ Cup Nominations, with the proceeds from the sale thereof available for payment of required fees to Breeders’ Cup Limited. Because eligibility fees must be paid prior to receipt of the Nomination fees from the purchasers of the Breeders’ Cup Nominations, the Syndicate Manager may bill each Owner in advance for his proportionate share of said eligibility fee as an expense of the Syndicate. Should no mares be bred on the Breeders’ Cup Nominations or should any mare so bred be barren or fail to produce a live foal such that insufficient stud fees are due or payable to the syndicate, then the Syndicate Manager shall bill each Owner for his proportionate share as an expense of the syndicate. Further, the Syndicate Manager in its sole and absolute discretion may sell additional Nominations each year on behalf of the syndicate to defray the costs incurred in maintaining and promoting the Stallion, in connection with the preparation of this Syndicate Agreement and the syndication of the Stallion, or otherwise incurred in connection with the operation of the syndicate. Proceeds in excess of such costs shall be distributable to the Owners as herein provided. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to enter into commercially reasonable foal share and mare share agreements for the benefit of the Owners. The Syndicate Manager shall further be entitled to donate up to one (1) Nomination per Northern Hemisphere breeding season to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. All Nominations used or sold pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be part of the “excess book.”

 

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2.6. Excess Book. Should the Syndicate Manager determine, after consultation and advice from the attending veterinarian, that the Stallion may be bred safely to mares in excess of the normal book, the Syndicate Manager shall determine the number of mares to which the Stallion may be bred. The total number of Nominations in an excess book and the quality of the mares for which such Nominations are available are all within the sole discretion of the Syndicate Manager. The Syndicate Manager shall sell Nominations in an excess book, the proceeds of which shall be distributed in accordance with Section 2.7. The Syndicate Manager may cancel or defer any portion of an excess book for any year in which the Syndicate Manager should determine such action to be in the best interests of the Stallion.

 

Owners are permitted to purchase additional Nominations; provided however, the Syndicate Manager has the sole and absolute discretion to determine to whom to sell Nominations, and in making such sales the Syndicate Manager will exercise its business judgment in order to promote the reputation of the Stallion, including by having the discretion to determine whether the quality of the proposed mare is acceptable, the terms of sale (foal or mare share agreements, breed back agreements, multiple Nomination purchase discounts and other arrangements as are appropriate and in the interest of promoting the Stallion), the sale price, the ability and willingness of the buyer to timely pay upon presentation of the invoice, and any commissions to be paid (including to an agent associated with the Syndicate Manager), and the Syndicate Manager is not required to give any priority in the sale of any Nominations to the Owners.

 

2.7. Proceeds from Nominations. To the extent the Syndicate Manager sells Nominations on behalf of the Owners, proceeds from the sale of such Nominations by the Syndicate Manager shall be pooled and distributed as follows:

 

2.7.1. First, in an amount equal to the average stud fee collected for the applicable breeding season, to Owners who did not use their regular Nomination(s) and who timely notified the Syndicate Manager prior to January 1st in the applicable breeding season (or at such later date as accepted in the sole discretion of Syndicate Manager) requesting the Syndicate Manager to sell such normal book Nomination(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a mare bred on an Owner’s regular Nomination fails to produce a live foal capable of standing and nursing on that season’s breeding, and the mare is a “qualified mare” as defined in Section 2.2, such Nomination shall also be included so long as the Owner provides the Syndicate Manager with a veterinary certificate to that effect within thirty (30) days of the mare proving to be barren or failing to produce a live foal capable of standing and nursing. Any mare bred on an Owner’s regular Nomination that does not produce a live foal capable of standing and nursing on that season’s breeding but which is not a “qualified mare” as defined in Section 2.2, will be individually considered for inclusion in pooling at the sole discretion of the Syndicate Manager and may be excluded. In the event the proceeds are insufficient to make such cash distributions to the applicable Owners under this Section 2.7.1, the proceeds shall be distributed to the applicable Owners, pro rata based on the number of Nominations contributed to the pool.

 

2.7.2. Second, any proceeds remaining after allocation under Section 2.7.1 above shall be distributed on a pro rata basis on the account of each Fractional Interest in good standing pursuant to the provisions regarding the excess book as set forth in Section 2.6.

 

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2.8. Reduced Book. Whether prior to the commencement of, or during, a breeding season the Syndicate Manager, after consultation and advice from the attending veterinarian, shall have the sole discretion to make a determination that the Stallion cannot be safely bred to his normal book of mares. If the Syndicate Manager makes such a determination or if the provisions of a policy of congenital infertility insurance in effect for the Owners provides that the number of mares be limited below the normal book number, then the holders of the unused breeding Nominations for such breeding season (including Lifetime Breeding Rights but excluding the Compensatory Nominations) shall be entitled only to such reduced number of breeding Nominations as the Syndicate Manager shall determine are available, and entitlement to the use of such reduced number of Nominations shall be determined by lot as follows: (1) First, each holder of an unused Nomination who purchased such unused Nomination for the applicable breeding season shall be entitled to a number of lots equal to the number of unused Nominations held; (2) second, if and only if the reduced number of Nominations was sufficient to cover all purchased Nominations, then all remaining holders of unused Nominations shall be entitled to a number of lots equal to the number of unused Nominations held. Once a lot has been drawn, the Nomination represented by that lot shall not be included in subsequent drawings for the current or future breeding seasons until all other lots shall have been drawn, at which time the procedure may be repeated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Compensatory Nominations be reduced so long as the Stallion is capable of breeding.

 

2.9. Southern Hemisphere. During each Southern Hemisphere breeding season that the health and libido of the Stallion so permits, the Syndicate Manager may (a) allow the Stallion to cover mares at the Syndicate Manager’s farm in North America for the account of the Owners, and (b) arrange for the Stallion to be shipped to the Southern Hemisphere under a lease or similar arrangement to stand at independent stud farms, all on such terms as shall be determined by the Syndicate Manager in its sole discretion.

 

3. SYNDICATE MANAGER

 

3.1. Location; Successor. The Stallion shall stand at stud in central Kentucky under the supervision and management of Airdrie Stud, as Syndicate Manager and Agent for the Owners. The Syndicate Manager may be removed or the Stallion moved to stand outside Kentucky during Northern Hemisphere breeding seasons only with the affirmative vote of the Owners of thirty-nine (39) Fractional Interests. The Syndicate Manager may resign upon 60 days’ written notice to the Owners, provided that such resignation shall not become effective during the period commencing on February 1 and ending on July 15 of any year. Upon the resignation or removal of the Syndicate Manager, a successor may be elected by Owners having a majority of the Fractional Interests.

 

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3.2. Authority. The Syndicate Manager shall have the general supervision and management of the Stallion, including supervision and control of all breeding activities. The Stallion’s annual stud fee shall be set at the discretion of the Syndicate Manager. The Syndicate Manager shall select and employ a veterinarian to attend the Stallion, shall determine when, on a fair and equitable basis, the mares to be serviced shall be so serviced and whether the mares and the Stallion are in suitable condition for breeding, shall keep, or cause to be kept, such records as are appropriate and shall select such attorneys and accountants as may be required in the administration hereof. The Syndicate Manager shall expend on behalf of the syndicate such sums as Syndicate Manager may view as appropriate for the promotion and advertising of the Stallion, including, without limitation, stakes race sponsorships either independently or with other stallions standing under the management of the Syndicate Manager. The Syndicate Manager shall nominate the Stallion as a stallion standing in North America to the program established by The Breeders’ Cup Limited and shall determine the price and terms of sale of the Nominations, the proceeds of which are to be used to defray the costs of nomination to such program, and of all other Nominations to be sold by the Syndicate Manager. In connection with any nomination of the Stallion to any program, the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled in its discretion to cast all votes and elections in connection with such programs. In connection with the sale of Nominations, the Syndicate Manager may utilize the services of independent bloodstock agents and consultants and other third parties who are not employees of the Syndicate Manager or owned or controlled by the Syndicate Manager, its owners and officers, and the Syndicate Manager may pay customary fees and commissions to such persons not to exceed five percent (5%). The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to determine the dates for the commencement and ending of each breeding season. The Syndicate Manager shall have authority to negotiate, execute, and deliver on behalf of the Owners one or more leases, stallion management, or similar agreements as the Syndicate Manager shall approve for the Stallion to stand outside the United States during the Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons. The Syndicate Manager as agent for the Owners shall have the authority to collect rents and other amounts payable pursuant to any such lease or agreements. The Syndicate Manager shall have no obligation or responsibility to be bound to any breed-back agreements.

 

3.3. Standard of Care. The Syndicate Manager shall employ the degree of care customarily employed in Central Kentucky by persons who keep and breed Thoroughbred stallions. The Syndicate Manager shall not be responsible for any injury, disease or death of any mare resulting from breeding or attempting to breed to the Stallion. The Syndicate Manager shall have no obligation or responsibility to verify the identity of any mare presented to the Stallion for breeding, such responsibility being solely that of each Owner or his respective assigns.

 

3.4. Public Liability. The Syndicate Manager shall keep and maintain as an expense of the syndicate a policy of general liability insurance in a reasonable amount, but not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the aggregate, insuring all of the Owners as additional insureds against loss or liability by reason of the Stallion or of acts or omissions of Syndicate Manager, its agents, servants and employees. Syndicate Manager shall provide Owners with a copy of said policy naming them as additional insureds upon request.

 

3.5. Records; Reports. The Syndicate Manager shall make its best and reasonable efforts to keep books and records of account which shall accurately reflect all receipts and disbursements for and on behalf of the Owners. The Syndicate Manager shall furnish to each Owner a statement reflecting the expenses, the receipts and the disbursements by and on behalf of the syndicate, which statement shall be included through an annual statement. Disbursements shall be made on an annual basis on or before October 31st. Originals (or copies thereof maintained on commercially accepted media) of breeding shed records, advertising material, contracts entered into by the Syndicate Manager for the sale or transfer of Nominations by the Syndicate Manager on behalf of the Owners and holders of Lifetime Breeding Rights and Breeders’ Cup expense, and other records relating to the Stallion and the operation of the syndicate hereunder shall be and remain the property of this syndicate. The Syndicate Manager shall make available for inspection at its offices or at the premises where the Stallion is kept on any business day between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., local time, the books and records of this syndicate to any Initial Owner or its immediate transferee, if any, and any other Owner approved by the Syndicate Manager or majority of other Owners who so requests by seventy-two (72) hours prior written notice.

 

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3.6. Registration of Ownership. The Syndicate Manager shall maintain syndicate records indicating ownership of each Fractional Interest. Upon receipt of written evidence of transfer of ownership of a Fractional Interest and such other evidence as the Syndicate Manager shall reasonably request, which shall include the agreement of the transferee to be bound by all the terms of this Syndicate Agreement and which may be on forms specified by the Syndicate Manager, the Syndicate Manager shall record on the syndicate records transfers of ownership determined by the Syndicate Manager, acting in good faith, to have been made in compliance with the terms of this Syndicate Agreement. The Syndicate Manager may refuse to make any such transfer if the Syndicate Manager has been notified that the Fractional Interest is subject to a security interest unless the Syndicate Manager is also furnished evidence that the transfer does not violate the terms of the security agreement creating such security interest. Upon request, the Syndicate Manager shall certify to any Owner or any insurance, bank, or trust company specified by such Owner, to the effect that the Owner is the registered Owner of a Fractional Interest and specifying the number of such Fractional Interest.

 

3.7. Jockey Club Documentation. The Syndicate Manager shall maintain all records required by The Jockey Club relating to stallions and shall promptly submit to The Jockey Club all required reports as they become due. The Syndicate Manager shall also cause to be issued, in form acceptable to The Jockey Club, certificates required for the registration of foals out of mares bred to the Stallion to persons entitled thereto.

 

3.8. Allocation of Monies. The Syndicate Manager shall bill each Owner quarterly for the Owner’s proportionate amount of stallion keep and other expenses incurred as herein provided. The Syndicate Manager shall allocate to the account of each Owner such Owner’s proportionate share of (i) any receipts from the sale by the Syndicate Manager of Nominations on behalf of the syndicate in an excess book as provided in Section 2.6, (ii) any receipts pursuant to the distribution from the sale of Nominations by the Syndicate Manager on behalf of certain Owners as set forth in Section 2.7, (iii) any lease payments or other revenues earned by the Stallion if standing in the Southern Hemisphere, and (iv) any stallion awards attributable to the Stallion from Breeders’ Cup Limited or any other stallion awards program annually. The Syndicate Manager may deduct the amount of expenses prior to distributing monies to the Owners.

 

3.9. Defaults. The Syndicate Manager shall have an Agister’s lien and an agricultural lien upon and a security interest in any Fractional Interest as to which any portion of the amounts billable to Owners hereunder and so billed have not been paid. The Syndicate Manager may assess a service charge of two percent (2%) quarterly upon any amounts billed to an Owner which remain unpaid for 90 days. The Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to commence legal action upon 30 days’ prior written notice to an Owner, the date of such notice being the date upon which the cause of action for nonpayment shall be deemed to occur. In the event the default shall continue for a period of 12 months, commencing on the last day of the first quarter for which the Owner shall be in arrears, the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to sell the Fractional Interest, as agent and attorney-in-fact, for the Owner who is so in default. In addition, the Syndicate Manager may withhold stallion service certificates and may refuse to permit a mare to be bred on any season attributable to a Fractional Interest, the Owner of which is (a) more than two calendar quarters in arrears on amounts payable by such Owner; or (b) is in default of an installment of principal or interest on the purchase price payable to the Initial Owner or the Syndicate Manager; or (c) who fails to furnish evidence, acceptable to the Syndicate Manager, either (i) that the use of any Nomination by the Owner or his assignee is not subject to any sales and use taxes or other taxes imposed by the applicable jurisdiction, or (ii) that all such taxes have been paid. The Syndicate Manager shall collect from purchasers of Nominations from the Syndicate Manager and remit to the appropriate taxing authority when due (x) sales and use taxes assessed and payable upon all sales made by the Syndicate Manager and (y) all taxes deposited with the Syndicate Manager for payment of taxes.

 

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3.10. Compensation. As compensation for its services in each breeding season that the Stallion stands at stud under its management, the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to stallion keep at its prevailing rate and to eight (8) free Nominations (the “Compensatory Nominations”) which shall be non-cumulative. For any given season while Airdrie Stud serves as Syndicate Manager, it may assign these Compensatory Nominations to the Estate of Brereton C. Jones or any member of Brereton C. Jones’ immediate family, or to any such person or persons that it shall determine to have been beneficial in the training, racing, care or promotion of the Stallion. The Syndicate Manager may elect to breed one thoroughbred mare on any or each of the Compensatory Nominations. If the Syndicate Manager elects to not breed on a given Compensatory Nomination, then that Nomination will be pooled in the same manner as an Owner Nomination under Section 2.7.

 

3.11. Powers of Attorney. Each Owner authorizes and empowers the Syndicate Manager and constitutes and appoints the Syndicate Manager as his agent and attorney-in-fact to (i) execute, deliver, and file on behalf of such Owners such documents as the Syndicate Manager shall deem necessary or appropriate with the appropriate Jockey Club and (ii) to execute the elections specified in Section 7.4 as may be required by the taxing authorities of the United States. In the event any authority shall require any Owner to take action individually or to obtain any licenses required by law, each Owner agrees to do so promptly upon the request of the Syndicate Manager.

 

3.12. Other Activities. The Syndicate Manager shall not be required to devote itself exclusively to its duties hereunder, and the Syndicate Manager shall be expressly permitted to conduct any other business activities and to accept any other engagements, including, without limitation, the management of other stallions, the purchase, sale, racing and breeding of Thoroughbreds, or any one or more of them. The Syndicate Manager may also be an Owner, and as agent for all Owners shall act fairly and in good faith and not inconsistent with such duties in the handling of any matters involving its dual role as Owner and agent for the other Owners and itself.

 

3.13. Control. Certain insurance policy provisions purchased by the Owners may provide that the insurance carriers shall have the right to exercise sole and absolute discretion concerning the control of the Stallion (including control of the treatment, location, use, retention and/or disposal of the Stallion) in the event of potential infertility or sickness of, or accident to, the Stallion. The Syndicate Manager shall not be bound by, and shall have no obligation or liability from failing to abide by, any such provisions, and Syndicate Manager in its sole discretion shall decide all matters relating to the control of the Stallion, including, without limitation with respect to retirement under the Stallion’s Stallion Standing Agreement and any insurance matters.

 

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4. TRANSFERS

 

4.1. Auctions. Without the consent of the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, no Fractional Interest and no Nomination may be offered for sale at an auction sale or listed for sale on any agent’s or other publicly distributed list. For purposes of this Syndicate Agreement, an auction sale shall include all auctions (whether public, private or otherwise) and similar sales at which items are sold to the highest bidder, whether or not an auctioneer is present and whether the bidders are present or participate through telecommunications, internet or other electronic communications, or make written bids. With respect to the auction sale of Nominations and Fractional Interests, when permitted in the sole discretion of the Syndicate Manager, only one Nomination and only one Fractional Interest may be offered for sale by any one sales company (including all affiliates thereof) during any calendar month. Any Owner desiring to sell a Nomination or Fractional Interest at auction shall notify the Syndicate Manager of the time, date and place of auction at least 30 days prior to the sale and shall designate the particular Fractional Interest or Nomination to be sold. When auctions are permitted by the Syndicate Manager, in its sole discretion, only Owners so notifying the Syndicate Manager shall be entitled to sell at auction, and should the Syndicate Manager receive notice with respect to more than one Fractional Interest or Nomination, the Syndicate Manager shall determine by lot which Fractional Interest and which Nomination may and which may not be sold at each auction sale for which the Syndicate Manager has given its consent.

 

4.2. Nominations. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Syndicate Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section and Sections 2.1 and 2.7 hereof, Nominations may only be sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred or assigned as provided herein. Any sale or transfer by an Owner, including through any sale by the Syndicate Manager, who has not made payment in full of indebtedness secured by his Fractional Interest and payable to the Initial Owner or the Syndicate Manager is subject to the conditions set forth in the security agreement creating the security interest. In the event the Syndicate Manager shall have been notified that a Fractional Interest is subject to a security interest, the Syndicate Manager may, but shall not be required to, (i) refuse to sell such Nomination on behalf of the Owner and such Owner would not be required to receive any distributions from the normal book related to

 

4.3. such Nomination(s) and (ii) refuse to record the transfer of any Nomination without the written approval of the person holding the security interest.

 

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4.4. Fractional Interests; First Right to Purchase. Fractional Interests may (a) pass by inheritance or will, (b) be transferred by gift or sale to a member of the Owner’s immediate family, (c) be transferred to or from any firm, partnership or other entity controlled by, or of which a thirty percent or greater interest is owned by the Owner and his immediate family or any of them, and (d) be sold, transferred or assigned one time by an Initial Owner, all free from the first right to purchase set forth herein below (collectively, the “Permitted Exceptions”); provided, however, that in each case the Syndicate Manager shall be furnished with affidavits or other information acceptable to it that any proposed transfer is not subject to the first right to purchase within the terms of this paragraph. Except as specifically provided herein, no other Fractional Interest may be sold without offering the other Owners and the Syndicate Manager the first right to purchase such Fractional Interest pursuant to the following terms: Any Owner who receives an offer to purchase a Fractional Interest which he is willing to accept shall notify the Syndicate Manager in writing, stating the name of the proposed purchaser and the terms of the offer. In the event consideration other than money is to be paid, the Owner desiring to sell shall also specify the monetary fair market value of the consideration, subject to the approval of the Syndicate Manager, which any other Owner or the Syndicate Manager may elect to pay in the event such Owner or Syndicate Manager shall elect to pay in cash instead of by an exchange of property. Prior to close of business on the business day following receipt of such notice, the Syndicate Manager shall notify all other Owners of the proposed purchaser and the price and terms, if any; provided, however, that the purchasing Owner shall not be required to pay any fee or commission payable to any agent or representative of the prospective buyer or a fee or commission in excess of five percent (5%) to any agent or representative of the selling Owner or holder. The notice shall constitute an offer to each other Owner and to the Syndicate Manager to purchase the Fractional Interest. Any Owner desiring to accept such offer shall, within seven days of the sending of the notice by the Syndicate Manager, notify the Syndicate Manager in writing of his desire so to do. The Syndicate Manager shall determine by lot (each Owner participating shall be entitled to a number of lots equal to the number of Fractional Interests owned by such Owner) the person entitled to purchase the Fractional Interest, which determination shall be made by the second business day which is seven or more days after sending of notice by the Syndicate Manager. An Owner or the Syndicate Manager electing to purchase the Fractional Interest shall be required to purchase the same at 5:00 p.m. on the first business day following the determination by the Syndicate Manager if, and only if, at such time the Stallion is in the same or better state of general health and insurability as on the date the Syndicate Manager sent notice of the offer to the Owners, at which point risk of loss shall pass. If no other Owner or the Syndicate Manager elects to purchase the Fractional Interest, the Syndicate Manager shall promptly notify the Owner desiring to sell who shall have seven (7) days in which to close the sale on the terms and at the price specified in the notice. If the sale is not closed within the seven (7) day period, the Fractional Interest must be offered to the Owners as set out above before any further sale. In the event the original notice given by the Owner desiring to sell shall specify that more than one Fractional Interest is to be sold, any other Owner may elect to purchase only one Fractional Interest.

 

4.5. Expenses; Taxes. All expenses incurred by the Syndicate Manager in connection with the offer outlined in Section 4.3 shall be advanced by the selling Owner or assumed by the purchaser. In the event an Owner shall attempt to transfer a Fractional Interest at a time when syndicate expenses have been incurred and the Owner has not then paid his proportionate share of such expenses, the transferee of such Fractional Interest shall assume and shall be required to pay as a condition of assuming all rights of ownership of such Fractional Interest, all outstanding expenses of the syndicate attributable to the Fractional Interest being acquired. Each Owner shall be responsible for remittance of all sales, use and other taxes payable in connection with the use, sale or transfer of his/her/its Fractional Interest and Nominations attributable thereto. Each Owner shall furnish to the Syndicate Manager evidence of payment of, or exemption from, all such taxes as the Syndicate Manager shall reasonably request.

 

4.6. Effectiveness. No transfer or attempted transfer of a Nomination or of a Fractional Interest by an Owner or assigns shall be effective as to the Syndicate Manager or the other Owners until such transfer shall have been recorded by the Syndicate Manager on the books and records maintained by the Syndicate Manager.

 

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5. REPRESENTATIONS

 

5.1. Initial Owners. The Initial Owners each represent and warrant that (a) it has good right and full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Syndicate Agreement and to transfer his ownership of the Stallion into syndicate form as herein provided, (b) any and all Fractional Interests sold by it will be sold subject to the terms of this Syndicate Agreement, and (c) it has not granted any right, claim or interest in or to the Stallion except as provided herein or subject to the terms hereof. THE INITIAL OWNERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES EXCEPT SUCH AS ARE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN AND NO IMPLIED WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR AS TO THE FITNESS OF THE STALLION OR HIS SEMEN FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL ARISE BY VIRTUE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

 

5.2. Other Owners. As a condition of sale, each purchaser or transferee of a Fractional Interest (hereinafter referred to as a “Purchaser”) acknowledges and agrees, and represents and warrants the following, which representations and warranties the Purchaser shall be deemed made by reference, by submitting the transfer form to the Syndicate Manager:

 

(a) That Purchaser is engaged in the business of racing or breeding Thoroughbred horses and that the purchase of the Fractional Interest is for the purpose of facilitating such endeavor.

 

(b) That Purchaser is not dependent upon the expertise or management of the Syndicate Manager in order to successfully conduct the affairs of the Purchaser’s own breeding endeavor either as a result of the Purchaser’s acquisition of the Fractional Interest or otherwise, other than the Purchaser’s reliance upon the Syndicate Manager’s normal custodial responsibilities as set forth in this Syndicate Agreement.

 

(c) That Purchaser is acquiring the Fractional Interest with the intention of using the Fractional Interest in the Purchaser’s own breeding operation with said Fractional Interest being purchased for the Purchaser’s own account and not for the purpose of reselling, assigning or in any way redistributing the same.

 

(d) That Purchaser understands that the purchase of an undivided Fractional Interest in a horse is speculative and involves a high degree of risk, and Purchaser is able to afford the payment of the purchase price of the Fractional Interest and is financially able to bear the costs associated with the ownership thereof; that he has the ability to retain the Fractional Interest for an indefinite period of time and to sustain a possible loss of the purchase price and any subsequent expense contributions without a significant impact on the Purchaser’s other assets.

 

(e) That Purchaser acknowledges that he and/or his representatives have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and to receive answers from the Syndicate Manager and Initial Owner or persons authorized to act on their behalf concerning the Stallion, the syndicate operations, and any aspect of membership in the syndicate, all to Purchaser’s satisfaction.

 

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(f) That Purchaser acknowledges that he and/or his representatives have been granted the right to inspect the Stallion, and the syndicate’s legal documents, and to obtain any additional information to the extent the Syndicate Manager or Initial Owner possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, which is necessary to make an informed business decision or to verify any other information provided.

 

6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

6.1. Arbitration. Except as provided in Section 3.9, if a disagreement exists among the Owners or between one or more of the Owners and the Syndicate Manager concerning the Stallion or relating to the relationships, rights, duties, or obligations hereunder (a “Dispute”), any one of the disputants may require the other parties to submit the Dispute to arbitration if good faith negotiations among the parties do not resolve the Dispute. Such arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association then pertaining (the “Rules”), insofar as such Rules are not inconsistent with the provisions expressly set forth in this Syndicate Agreement pursuant to the following procedures:

 

(a) All proceedings before the arbitrators shall be held in Versailles, Kentucky;

 

(b) The arbitration shall be held before a panel of three arbitrators. In the event of a dispute between one or more of the Owners and the Syndicate Manager, one arbitrator shall be designated by the Syndicate Manager, one designated by the Owners holding a majority of the Fractional Interests, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated. In the event of a dispute between one or more of the Owners, one arbitrator shall be designated by one Owner, one designated by the other Owner, and one selected by the first two arbitrators so designated.

 

(c) The costs and fees of the arbitration, including attorneys’ fees of the parties, shall be allocated by the arbitrators;

 

(d) The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final unless proven to be in manifest disregard of law, arbitrary and capricious, or completely irrational and judgment may be entered in accordance with applicable law and in any court having jurisdiction thereof;

 

(e) The existence and resolution of the arbitration shall be kept confidential by the Syndicate Manager and the Owners and by the arbitrators except as required by law or may be necessary in connection with the enforcement of the award.

 

6.2. Jurisdiction, etc. No Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration and no action for the breach of any provision of this Syndicate Agreement or in connection with the Stallion or the operation hereof may be commenced more than one year after the event giving rise to such cause of action shall have occurred. Each Owner agrees to hold harmless each other Owner and the Syndicate Manager from any costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from a breach or alleged breach of one or more representations or warranties made in connection with the sale or transfer of a Fractional Interest by such Owner. Any action and proceedings arising out of or relating directly or indirectly to this Agreement shall be filed, if at all, exclusively in any state court or federal court located in, or related to, Woodford County, Kentucky. The parties expressly consent to the jurisdiction of these courts and agree that venue is proper in these courts.

 

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7. OPERATION OF THE SYNDICATE; MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1. Meetings. The Syndicate Manager or the Owners of 10 or more Fractional Interests may call a meeting of Owners upon not less than 10 days written notice, to be held within Woodford County, Kentucky. The notice must state the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting. Each Owner shall be entitled to one vote for each Fractional Interest owned by him which may be cast in person or by agent or proxy, duly authorized in writing. The Syndicate Manager may require an original of the proxy to be presented at the meeting for inspection. No subject matter shall be considered at any meeting unless notice thereof is included in the notice of such meeting. Except as otherwise provided herein, a majority vote shall decide all questions properly submitted, provided the Owners of a majority of all Fractional Interests are present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting. Any action which may be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if Owners of the required number of Fractional Interests vote by written instrument so to do.

 

7.2. Proportionate. “Proportionate” when used herein with respect to any Owner shall mean the percentage determined by dividing the number of Fractional Interests owned by such Owner by the total number of Fractional Interests (i.e., 40).

 

7.3. By Lot. In those instances where a determination is to be made by lot, the Syndicate Manager shall either give two days’ advance notice to the Owners that the drawing will be held at a designated time and place within the County where the Stallion then stands at Stud, or that the drawing will be held by an accounting firm or attorney pursuant to written instructions from the Syndicate Manager given in accordance with the terms hereof. Each person participating shall be entitled to a number of lots equal to the number of Nominations to which such person would be entitled in a normal book. In the case of a determination by lot of those entitled to participate in an excess or reduced book, each Fractional Interest shall have been entitled to one (1) Nomination and each Nomination used with respect to such Fractional Interest shall not be included in subsequent drawings until all other Fractional Interests shall have been drawn, at which time the procedure may be repeated.

 

7.4. Tax Election. It is not the purpose or intention of this Syndicate Agreement to create, and this Syndicate Agreement shall not be considered as creating a joint venture, partnership or other relationship whereby any party shall be held liable for the omissions or commissions of any other party; but, if for federal tax purposes this Syndicate Agreement or the relationship established hereby and the operations hereunder are regarded as a partnership as that term is defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then the Owners hereby elect to not be treated as a partnership and to be excluded from the application of all provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter 1, subtitle A of such Code. In making this election, each and every Owner acknowledges that the income derived by him by reason of his ownership of a Fractional Interest can be adequately determined without the necessity for any computation of partnership taxable income, and all such Owners agree not to give notices or take any other action inconsistent with the election hereby made. In the event that for whatever reason, the Internal Revenue Service shall require that computations be made pursuant to Subchapter K, the Initial Owners and each other Owner elect, and as a condition of remaining an Owner agree, (a) to have depreciation determined pursuant to Section 704(c)(3) as though undivided interests had been contributed by each Owner and, in the case of a transfer of a Fractional Interest to have the basis of the Stallion adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 743 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and authorize the Syndicate Manager to file such election in accordance with Section 754 of such Code, (b) to have each other item of expense allocated as provided in this Syndicate Agreement and (c) to have each item of income, in the case of a Nomination, allocated to the Owner entitled to use the same, and in the case of cash, allocated to the Owner to whom paid or credited.

 

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7.5. Confidentiality. The Owners agree to keep and maintain in confidence, except as may be required by law, the names and addresses of the Owners and all reports and other information provided or made available to them by the Syndicate Manager and not to disclose the same to anyone other than the respective employees, attorneys, financial advisors, and accountants for the Owners who agree to maintain such confidentiality. Any other dissemination of such information by any Owner to any other person or entity not an Owner shall be grounds for the Syndicate Manager to withhold any future information that it would otherwise regularly distribute. Any Owner who is found to have disseminated any such information shall indemnify and hold harmless the Syndicate Manager and each of the other Owners against costs and expenses (including but not limited to attorney fees) and any liabilities (including but not limited to judgments, fines, penalties, and settlements) paid by or imposed against the Syndicate Manager or any of the Owners, in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or other (including any appeal relating thereto) in which any such Owner is involved, whether as a party, witness, or otherwise, because he, she or it was responsible for disseminating such information in violation of this Section.

 

7.6. Insurance Availability. No Owner may separately insure against the mortality or the infertility (congenital or as the result of accident, sickness, disease, or stallion permanent total disability) of the Stallion prior to October 2 of the year following the Horse’s first season at stud. The Syndicate Manager has obtained a single insurance policy against such risks, and each Owner electing to be covered by such policy shall be entitled to a pro rata portion of such coverage up to his insurable interest at the expense of, and for the account of, the Owner electing such coverage. After October 2 of the year following the Horse’s first season at stud, each Owner may separately obtain such insurance to the extent of his insurable interest, at such Owner’s own expense. No Owner shall be entitled to obtain or maintain in force mortality insurance on the Stallion to the prejudice or exclusion of any other Owner who has an insurable interest in the Stallion and desires such insurance.

 

7.7. Withholding. In the event payments to any Owner are subject to withholding taxes in any jurisdiction, the Owner shall be solely responsible for the same, and shall indemnify and hold the Syndicate Manager and the other Owners harmless from and against any penalties and interest assessed upon the failure to withhold or pay such taxes.

 

7.8. Headings; Separability. Article, section and paragraph headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. In case any provision shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

 

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7.9. Termination; Modification. A one hundred percent interest (100%) in the Stallion may be sold to a third-party and this Syndicate Agreement and the syndicate created hereunder may be terminated upon the affirmative vote of Owners who hold at least thirty-nine (39) of the forty (40) Fractional Interests. This Syndicate Agreement may be terminated, canceled, altered, amended or modified with the affirmative vote of Owners who hold at least thirty-nine (39) of the forty (40) Fractional Interests. If not sooner terminated, the syndicate will terminate automatically on December 31, 2084. In the event the Stallion is sold to stand at stud at a location other than Airdrie Stud, Airdrie Stud, Inc. shall receive payment from sellers in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the sales price.

 

7.10. Notices. Notices required hereunder to be given to the Owners shall be effective and binding at the time sent by prepaid United States mail, telegram, mail gram, facsimile, cablegram (or any other form of electronic communication which shall be commonly used at the time for business communications), or by delivery service, or delivered in person to the address of the respective Owner, as the address is shown on the syndicate records maintained by the Syndicate Manager, and notices to the Syndicate Manager shall only be effective and binding upon the actual and timely receipt thereof by the Syndicate Manager.

 

7.11. Binding Effect. This Syndicate Agreement and each and every provision hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties to this Syndicate Agreement, and all other persons who acquire a Fractional Interest or the right thereto, the respective partners thereof where any such party or person is a partnership, and their respective heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors, assigns and transferees, whether with or without consideration.

 

7.12. Controlling Law. This Syndicate Agreement, as well as all the instruments executed with respect to or pertaining to any right or interest created hereunder, and any conflicts, disagreements, questions or other matters arising under this Agreement, whether of validity, interpretation, performance or otherwise, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to any other state’s choice of law rules.

 

7.13. Attorneys’ Fees. In the event of any litigation arising out of this Syndicate Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred, including any costs and attorneys’ fees incurred incidental to a successful appeal.

 

7.14. Counterparts. This Syndicate Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall be considered one and the same Agreement.

 

[Remainder of Page Left Blank; Signatures on Following Page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been signed by the Initial Owners as of the date first above written.

 

INITIAL OWNERS:

 

  OGMA INVESTMENTS, LLC
 
  BY: /s/ Gustavo Delgado, Jr.
     
  ITS: President
     
  STERLING RACING, LLC
     
  BY: /s/ Sam Herzberg
     
  ITS: President
     
  COMMONWEALTH THOROUGHBREDS, LLC
     
  BY: /s/ Brian Doxtator
     
  ITS: Managing Member

 

SYNDICATE MANAGER:

 

  AIRDRIE STUD, INC.
     
  BY: /s/ Bret Jones
     

 

ITS: President

 

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Exhibit 8.5

 

 

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

This Escrow Agreement (this “Agreement”), effective as of the effective date set forth on the signature page hereto (“Effective Date”), is entered into by the following:

 

  (i) the issuer set forth on the signature page hereto (“Issuer”); and
  (ii) the broker-dealer for Issuer’s offering set forth on the signature page hereto (“Manager”); and
  (iii) North Capital Private Securities Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as the facilitator of escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) below as escrow agent (“NCPS”).

 

For purposes of this Agreement: (a) the above parties other than and excluding NCPS are referred to herein as “Issuer Party”; (b) references to “Issuer Party” in this Agreement shall include references to each Issuer Party individually, together and collectively, jointly and severally; and (c) Issuer Party, collectively with NCPS, are referred to herein as the “Parties” and each, a “Party”.

 

The following Exhibits are incorporated by reference into this Agreement:

 

Exhibit A – Contingent Offering (if applicable)

Exhibit B – Fees and Expenses

 

Recitals

 

A. NCPS is a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”).
   
B. Issuer Party is engaging NCPS to serve as the facilitator of escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) below as escrow agent in connection with Issuer’s sale of debt, equity or hybrid securities (“Securities”) in an offering exempt from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, 506(c) of Regulation D, Regulation A or Regulation Crowdfunding, as indicated on the signature page hereto (“Offering”).
   
C. In accordance with the private placement memorandum, offering memorandum, Form 1-A or Form C applicable to the Offering provided by Issuer Party for dissemination to investors in connection with the Offering (“Offering Document”), subscribers to the Securities (“Subscribers”) will be required to submit full payment for their respective investments at the time they enter into subscription agreements.
   
D. In accordance with the Offering Document, all payments by Subscribers subscribing for Securities shall be sent directly to NCPS as the facilitator of escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) below as escrow agent, and NCPS by this Agreement agrees to accept, hold and promptly disburse or transmit such funds deposited with it with respect thereto (“Escrow Funds”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in compliance with Rule 15c2-4 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and in the case of an Offering pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding, Regulation Crowdfunding Rule 303(e), as applicable, and related SEC guidance and FINRA rules.
   
E. If the Offering is being made by Issuer on an “all-or-none” basis or on any other basis that contemplates payments to be made to Issuer only upon the occurrence of some further event or contingency as set forth in Exhibit A, as applicable, NCPS will promptly deposit any and all Escrow Funds NCPS receives into a separate bank escrow account as set forth in Section 1(d) below, for the persons or entities with a beneficial interest therein, until the appropriate event or contingency has occurred, at which time the Escrow Funds will be promptly transmitted to Issuer, else promptly returned to the persons or entities entitled thereto pursuant to Section 3 and 4 below.

 

1Standard NCPS Escrow Only Agreement for Securities Offering
 

 

F. NCPS will be a participant in the Offering for the limited purpose of facilitating escrow described in this Agreement, and if required by an Offering pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding, NCPS will be the “qualified third party”, as defined in Regulation Crowdfunding Rule 303(e)(2). NCPS accepts no other role and assumes no other responsibilities related to the Offering, such as managing broker-dealer, placement agent, selling group member or referring broker-dealer, unless and until the roles and responsibilities are expressly delineated in a separately executed placement, managing broker, selling or referral agreement, as the case may be, if any.

 

In consideration of the mutual representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, the Parties, intending to incorporate the foregoing Recitals into this Agreement and to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Agreement

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the meanings as set forth below:

 

  (a) ACH” means Automated Clearing House.
     
  (b) Business Day” means a calendar day other than Saturday, Sunday or any public holiday when banks are closed for business in Delaware, Pennsylvania or Utah.
     
  (c) Cash Investment” means an amount in US Dollars equal to (i) the number of Securities to be purchased by a Subscriber, multiplied by (ii) the offering price per Security as set forth in the Offering Document.
     
  (d) Cash Investment Instrument” means, in full payment of the Cash Investment for the Securities to be purchased by a Subscriber, a check, money order or similar instrument made payable by Subscriber to the order of or endorsed to the order of:

Series Tapicat Filly, a series of Commonwealth

NCPS/ Thoroughbreds LLC                  /_______________ - Escrow Account

(Offering Name*) (Subscriber Name**)

 

or wire transfer or ACH transmitted by Subscriber to the following account (“Escrow Account”):

 

Institution: TriState Capital Bank

ABA: 043019003

Account Name: North Capital Private Securities Corporation

Account Number: 0220003339

For Further Credit To: Series Tapicat Filly, a series of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

(Offering Name*)

 

__________________

(Subscriber Name**)

 

or, if applicable to the Offering, funds transmission by credit or debit card or ACH through and subject to the terms and conditions of NCPS’s payment processing facilitation services.

 

*Offering Name as set forth on the signature page hereto.
**Subscriber Name as completed by Subscriber.

 

2Standard NCPS Escrow Only Agreement for Securities Offering
 

 

  (e) Expiration Date” means 12 months from the Effective Date, unless mutually extended by the Parties in writing (which may be via email).
     
  (f) Instruction Letter” means written instructions in a form acceptable to NCPS and executed by Issuer Party with Issuer Party directing NCPS to promptly disburse the Escrow Funds to Issuer pursuant to Section 4(a).
     
  (g) Minimum Offering” has the meaning as set forth on the signature page hereto.
     
  (h) Minimum Offering Notice” means, if applicable to an Offering, a written notification in a form acceptable to NCPS and signed by Issuer Party with Issuer Party representing to NCPS that: (i) subscriptions for at least the Minimum Offering have been received by Issuer; (ii) to the best of Issuer Party’s knowledge after due inquiry and review of Issuer Party’s records, Cash Investment Instruments in full payment for that number of Securities equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering have been received, deposited with and collected by NCPS; (iii) such subscriptions have not been withdrawn, rejected or otherwise terminated; and (iv) Subscribers have no statutory or regulatory rights of rescission without cause or all such rights have expired.
     
  (i) NACHA” means National Automated Clearing House Association.
     
  (j) Subscription Accounting” means an accounting of all subscriptions for Securities received and accepted by Issuer Party as of the date of such accounting, indicating for each subscription Subscriber’s name and address, the number and total purchase price of subscribed Securities, the date of receipt by Issuer of the Cash Investment Instrument and notations of any nonpayment of the Cash Investment Instrument submitted with such subscription, any withdrawal of such subscription by Subscriber, any rejection of such subscription by Issuer Party or other termination, for whatever reason, of such subscription.

 

2. Appointment of Facilitator of Escrow. Issuer Party hereby appoints NCPS to serve as the facilitator of escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) as escrow agent, and NCPS hereby accepts such appointment, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Issuer Party shall take all necessary steps to assure that all funds necessary to consummate the Transaction are deposited into the Escrow Account. Issuer Party shall not receive interest on the Escrow Funds and the Escrow Account shall be a non-interest bearing account as to Issuer Party.

 

3. Deposits into Escrow Account.

 

(a) Issuer Party shall direct Subscribers to, and Subscribers shall, directly deliver to NCPS all Cash Investment Instruments for deposit in the Escrow Account. Each such direction shall be accompanied by a Subscription Accounting.

 

ALL FUNDS DEPOSITED INTO THE ESCROW ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 3 SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF EACH SUBSCRIBER ACCORDING TO SUCH SUBSCRIBER’S INTEREST AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY LIEN OR CHARGE BY NCPS OR BY JUDGMENT OR CREDITORS’ CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER PARTY UNTIL RELEASED OR ELIGIBLE TO BE RELEASED TO ISSUER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4(a). ISSUER PARTY SHALL NOT RECEIVE CASH INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS DIRECTLY FROM SUBSCRIBERS.

 

(b) Issuer Party understands and agrees that all Cash Investment Instruments received by NCPS pursuant to this Agreement are subject to collection requirements of presentment, clearing and final payment, and that the funds represented thereby cannot be drawn upon or disbursed until such time as final payment has been made and is no longer subject to dishonor. NCPS shall process each Cash Investment Instrument for collection promptly upon receipt, and the proceeds thereof shall be held as part of the Escrow Funds until disbursed in accordance with Section 4. If, upon presentment for payment, any Cash Investment Instrument is dishonored, NCPS’s sole obligation shall be to notify Issuer Party of such dishonor and, if applicable, to promptly return such Cash Investment Instrument to Subscriber. Notwithstanding, if for any reason any Cash Investment Instrument is uncollectible after payment or disbursement of the funds represented thereby has been made by NCPS, Issuer Party shall immediately reimburse NCPS upon receipt from NCPS of written notice thereof, including, without limitation, any fees or expenses with respect thereto, which NCPS may collect from Issuer Party pursuant to Section 10.

 

3Standard NCPS Escrow Only Agreement for Securities Offering
 

 

(c) Upon receipt of any Cash Investment Instrument that represents payment of an amount less than or greater than the Cash Investment, NCPS’s sole obligation shall be to notify Issuer Party, depending upon the source of the of the Cash Investment Instrument, of such fact and to pay to Subscriber by the same method the amount of the Cash Investment received by NCPS from such Subscriber or promptly return to Subscriber such Subscriber’s Cash Investment Instrument upon receipt from Subscriber of any required payment instructions; provided that amounts in excess of $25,000 will be returned via wire transfer upon confirmation by NCPS of Subscriber’s account information.

 

(d) NCPS shall not be obligated to accept, or present for payment, any Cash Investment Instrument that is not properly made payable or endorsed as set forth in Section 1(d).

 

(e) Issuer Party shall, or cause Subscriber to, provide NCPS with information sufficient to effect such return to Subscriber as outlined in this Section 3, including, without limitation, updated payment information in the event a return to Subscriber for any reason cannot be made by the same method as received by NCPS.

 

(f) In the event any party other than NCPS receives a Cash Investment Instrument, Issuer Party agrees to promptly, and in no event later than one Business Day after receipt, deliver or cause to be delivered such Cash Investment Instrument to NCPS for deposit into the Escrow Account.

 

4. Disbursement of Escrow Funds.

 

(a) Subject to Section 3(b) and Section 10, NCPS shall promptly disburse in accordance with the Instruction Letter the liquidated value of the Escrow Funds from the Escrow Account to Issuer by wire transfer no later than one Business Day following receipt of the following documents:

 

  (i) Minimum Offering Notice;
     
  (ii) Subscription Accounting substantiating the fulfillment of the Minimum Offering;
     
  (iii) Instruction Letter; and
     
  (iv) such other certificates, notices or other documents as NCPS may reasonably require;

 

provided that NCPS shall not be obligated to disburse the liquidated value of the Escrow Funds to Issuer if NCPS has reason to believe that (A) Cash Investment Instruments in full payment for that number of Securities equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering have not been received, deposited with and collected by NCPS, or (B) any of the information or the certifications, representations, warranties or opinions set forth in the Minimum Offering Notice, Subscription Accounting, Instruction Letter or other certificates, notices or other documents are incorrect or incomplete. After the initial disbursement of Escrow Funds to Issuer pursuant to this Section 4(a), NCPS shall promptly disburse any additional funds received with respect to the Securities to Issuer by wire transfer no later than one Business Day after NCPS receives from or on behalf of Issuer (1) Issuer’s request for closing via NCPS’s online portal and (2) Issuer’s written verification that the subscriptions therefor are in good order.

 

Any ACH transaction must comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes and orders of applicable governmental, regulatory, judicial and law enforcement authorities and self-regulatory authorities (collectively, “Law”), including, without limitation, NACHA’s operating rules that apply to the ACH network as in effect from time to time. NCPS is not responsible for errors in the completion, accuracy or timeliness of any transfer properly initiated by NCPS in accordance with joint written instructions occasioned by the acts or omissions of any third party financial institution or a party to the transaction, or the insufficiency or lack of availability of funds on deposit in any account.

 

4Standard NCPS Escrow Only Agreement for Securities Offering
 

 

(b) No later than three Business Days after receipt from Subscriber of any required payment instructions and receipt by NCPS of written notice: (i) from Issuer Party that Issuer Party intends to reject a Subscriber’s subscription; (ii) from Issuer Party that there will be no closing of the sale of Securities to Subscribers; (iii) from any federal or state regulatory authority that any application by Issuer to conduct a banking business has been denied; or (iv) from the SEC or any other federal or state regulatory authority that a stop or similar order has been issued with respect to the Offering Document and has remained in effect for at least 20 days, NCPS shall pay to each Subscriber by the same method the amount of the Cash Investment received by NCPS from such Subscriber or promptly return to Subscriber such Subscriber’s Cash Investment Instrument; provided that amounts in excess of $25,000 will be returned via wire transfer upon confirmation by NCPS of Subscriber’s account information.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if NCPS shall not have received an Instruction Letter on or before the Expiration Date or the Termination Date (as defined below), subject to Section 5, NCPS shall, within three Business Days after such Expiration Date or Termination Date and receipt from Subscriber of any required payment instructions, and without any further instruction or direction from Issuer Party, pay to each Subscriber by the same method the amount of the Cash Investment received by NCPS from such Subscriber or promptly return to Subscriber such Subscriber’s Cash Investment Instrument; provided that amounts in excess of $25,000 will be returned via wire transfer upon confirmation by NCPS of Subscriber’s account information.

 

(d) Issuer Party shall, or cause Subscriber to, provide NCPS with information sufficient to effect such payment or return to Subscriber as outlined in this Section 4, including, without limitation, updated payment information in the event a payment or return to Subscriber for any reason cannot be made by the same method as received by NCPS.

 

5. Suspension of Performance or Disbursement Into Court. If, at any time, (a) there shall exist any dispute between Issuer Party, NCPS, any Subscriber or any other person with respect to the holding or disposition of all or any portion of the Escrow Funds or any other obligations of NCPS hereunder, or (b) NCPS is unable to determine, to NCPS’s reasonable satisfaction, the proper disposition of all or any portion of the Escrow Funds or NCPS’s proper actions with respect to its obligations hereunder, or (c) Issuer Party has not within 30 days of NCPS’s notice of resignation pursuant to Section 7 appointed a successor provider of escrow services or agent to act hereunder, then NCPS may, in its reasonable discretion, take either or both of the following actions: (i) suspend the performance of any of its obligations (including, without limitation, any disbursement obligations) under this Agreement until such dispute or uncertainty shall be resolved to the sole satisfaction of NCPS or until a successor provider of escrow services or agent shall have been appointed (as the case may be); or (ii) petition (by means of an interpleader action or any other appropriate method) any court of competent jurisdiction in any venue convenient to NCPS, for instructions with respect to such dispute or uncertainty, and to the extent required or permitted by Law, pay into such court all funds held by it in the Escrow Funds for holding and disposition in accordance with the instructions of such court. NCPS shall have no liability to Issuer Party, any Subscriber or any other person with respect to any such suspension of performance or disbursement into court, specifically including any liability or claimed liability that may arise, or be alleged to have arisen, out of or as a result of any delay in the disbursement of the Escrow Funds or any delay in or with respect to any other action required or requested of NCPS.

 

6. No Commingling, Investment of Funds or Interest to Issuer Party. NCPS shall not: (a) commingle Escrow Funds received by it in escrow with funds of others that are not Escrow Funds, including funds received by NCPS in escrow in connection with any other offering of debt, equity or hybrid securities; or (b) invest such Escrow Funds. The Escrow Funds will be held in the Escrow Account, which shall not accrue interest in favor of Issuer Party or any Subscriber.

 

7. Resignation of NCPS. NCPS may resign and be discharged from the performance of its duties hereunder at any time by giving 10 days prior written notice to Issuer Party specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect. Upon any such notice of resignation, Issuer Party shall appoint a successor provider of escrow services or agent hereunder prior to the effective date of such resignation. NCPS shall transmit all records pertaining to the Escrow Funds and shall pay all Escrow Funds to the successor provider of escrow services or agent, after making copies of such records as NCPS deems advisable. After any NCPS’s resignation, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the facilitator of escrow under this Agreement.

 

5Standard NCPS Escrow Only Agreement for Securities Offering
 

 

8. Role of NCPS as Facilitator of Escrow.

 

(a) NCPS’s sole responsibility as a participant in the Offering under this Agreement is as the facilitator of escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) as escrow agent to facilitate the safekeeping with, and disbursement by, the escrow agent of the Escrow Funds, in accordance with the terms hereto. NCPS shall have no implied duties or obligations and shall not be charged with knowledge or notice of any fact or circumstance not specifically set forth herein. NCPS may rely upon any notice, instruction, request or other instrument, not only as to its due execution, validity and effectiveness, but also as to the truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which NCPS shall believe to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the person or parties purporting to sign the same. NCPS shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines by final unappealed or non-appealable order pursuant to Section 20(a) that NCPS’s fraud or gross negligence was the primary cause of any Losses (as defined below) to Issuer Party.

 

(b) NCPS shall not be obligated to take any legal action or commence any proceeding in connection with the Escrow Funds, any account in which Escrow Funds are deposited, this Agreement or the Offering Document, or to appear in, prosecute or defend any such legal action or proceeding.

 

(c) NCPS shall have no liability under and no duty to inquire as to the provisions of any agreement other than this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Offering Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, NCPS shall not be responsible for or required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of any subscription agreement with any Subscriber or any other agreement between Issuer Party or any Subscriber. NCPS shall not be responsible or liable in any manner for the performance by Issuer or any Subscriber of their respective obligations under any subscription agreement nor shall NCPS be responsible or liable in any manner for the failure of Issuer Party or any third party (including any Subscriber) to honor any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d) NCPS is authorized, in its sole discretion, to comply with orders issued or process entered by any court with respect to the Escrow Funds, without determination by NCPS of such court’s jurisdiction in the matter. If any portion of the Escrow Funds is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order, or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part thereof, then and in any such event, NCPS is authorized, in its reasonable discretion, to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree which it is advised by legal counsel selected by it is binding upon it without the need for appeal or other action; and if NCPS complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree, it shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree may be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent legally permissible, NCPS shall provide Issuer Party with prompt notice of any such court order or similar demand and the opportunity to interpose an objection or obtain a protective order.

 

(e) NCPS may consult legal counsel selected by it in the event of any dispute or question as to the construction of any of the provisions hereof or of any other agreement or of its duties hereunder, or relating to any dispute involving any party hereto, and shall incur no liability and shall be fully indemnified from any liability whatsoever in acting in accordance with the opinion or instruction of such counsel. Issuer Party shall promptly pay, upon demand, the fees and expenses of any such counsel.

 

(f) By this Agreement, Subscribers are not customers of NCPS and NCPS shall have no obligation to determine a Subscriber’s suitability to participate in the Offering, whether the Offering complies with Law, verify a Subscriber’s identity or perform anti-money laundering, know your customer or other due diligence, such responsibilities being obligations of Issuer Party or Issuer Party’s agents. Notwithstanding, NCPS may ask Issuer Party to provide, and Issuer Party shall provide promptly upon NCPS’s request, certain information about Subscribers, including, but not limited to, name, physical address, tax identification number, organizational documents, certificates of good standing, financial statements, licenses to do business and other information that will help NCPS to identify and verify a Subscriber’s identity. Any further participation by NCPS in the Offering (if any) other than to facilitate escrow as set forth in this Agreement shall be governed by separate agreement.

 

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(g) NCPS makes no representation, warranty or covenant as to the compliance of any transaction related to the escrow with any Law. NCPS shall not be responsible for the application or use of any funds released from the Escrow Account pursuant to this Agreement.

 

9. Indemnification of NCPS.

 

(a) Issuer Party (including Issuer Party’s affiliates, collectively, the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees (and agrees to cause the other Indemnifying Parties) jointly and severally and at their own cost and expense to release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless NCPS and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, advisors and consultants, and their respective successors and assigns (each, an “NCPS Parties”), to the fullest extent permitted by Law, from and against (and no NCPS Party shall be liable for) any Losses, joint or several, in connection with all actions (including equity owner actions), claims, disputes, inquiries, indemnification, proceedings, investigations and other legal process regardless of the source (collectively, “Actions”) arising out of or relating to the offering of securities, this Agreement, the provision of NCPS’s services hereunder or the engagement of NCPS hereunder (including, without limitation, any breach or alleged breach of this Agreement or any representation, warranty or covenant herein, any breach or alleged breach of Law or any rejection of a Cash Investment, or the suspension of performance or disbursement into court pursuant to Section 5), and will reimburse NCPS Parties for all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) as they are incurred by NCPS Parties in connection with investigating, preparing, defending or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such Action whether or not related to a pending or threatened Action in which NCPS is a party. Notwithstanding, Issuer Party will not be responsible for any Losses that are finally judicially determined by unappealed or non-appealable order pursuant to Section 20(a) to have resulted primarily from NCPS’s fraud or gross negligence, and NCPS agrees to immediately refund any indemnification payments made to an NCPS Party upon such determination. “Losses” means any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs or expenses of whatever kind, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, the costs of enforcing any right hereunder, the costs of pursuing any insurance providers, the costs of collection and the costs of defending against or appearing as a witness, whether direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise. Indemnifying Parties shall pay to NCPS Parties all amounts due under this Section 9 promptly after written demand therefor.

 

(b) In the event NCPS performs any service not specifically provided hereinabove, or that there is any assignment or attachment of any interest in the subject matter of this escrow or any modification thereof, or that any controversy arises hereunder, or that NCPS is made a party to, or intervenes in, any dispute pertaining to this escrow or the subject matter hereof, NCPS shall be reasonably compensated therefor and reimbursed for all costs and expenses occasioned thereby; and Issuer Party hereto agree jointly and severally to pay the same and to jointly and severally and at their own cost and expense release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the NCPS Parties pursuant to subsection (a) above, it being understood and agreed that NCPS may interplead the subject matter of this escrow into any court of competent jurisdiction, and the act of such interpleader shall immediately relieve NCPS of any duties, liabilities or responsibilities.

 

(c) For the sole purpose of enforcing and otherwise giving effect to the provisions of this Section 9, Issuer Party hereby consents to personal jurisdiction and service and venue in any court in which any claim that is subject to this Agreement is brought against any NCPS Party.

 

(d) If an Action is commenced or threatened and is ultimately settled, Issuer Party shall use its best efforts to cause NCPS, by name, and the other NCPS Parties, by description, to be included in any release or settlement agreement, whether or not NCPS and the other NCPS Parties are named as defendants in such Action.

 

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10. Compensation to NCPS.

 

(a) Issuer Party shall pay or cause to be paid to NCPS for its services as the facilitator of escrow as outlined in Exhibit B, which may be updated from time to time by NCPS by providing written notice to Issuer Party. Issuer Party’s obligation to pay such fees to NCPS and reimburse NCPS for such expenses is not conditioned upon a successful closing. Upon Issuer Party’s request, NCPS will provide Issuer Party with copies of all relevant invoices, receipts or other evidence of such expenses. The obligations of Issuer Party under this Section 10 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of NCPS.

 

(b) All of the compensation and reimbursement obligations shall be payable by Issuer Party upon demand by NCPS and will be charged automatically by NCPS to the credit card or other payment method indicated on the signature page to this Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the Parties. Issuer Party consents to NCPS retaining and using Issuer Party’s payment information for future invoices and as provided in this Agreement. Issuer Party agrees and acknowledges that NCPS and its third party vendors may retain and use Issuer Party’s payment information to facilitate the payments provided for in this Agreement. Issuer Party agrees to provide NCPS written notice (which may be via email) of any update or changes to Issuer Party’s payment information. Absent current payment information, Issuer Party shall make, or cause to be made, all payments to NCPS within 10 days of receiving an invoice therefor. All payments made to NCPS shall be in US dollars in immediately available funds.

 

(c) If Issuer Party fails to make any payment when due then, in addition to all other remedies that may be available: (a) NCPS may charge interest on the past due amount at the rate of 1.5% per month, calculated daily and compounded monthly, or if lower, the highest rate permitted under Law, which Issuer Party shall pay; such interest may accrue after as well as before any judgment relating to collection of the amount due; and (b) Issuer Party shall reimburse, or cause to be reimbursed, NCPS for all costs incurred by NCPS in collecting any late payments or interest, including attorneys’ fees, court costs and collection agency fees; provided that cumulative late payments are subject to the overall limits as may be required by Law as set forth in Exhibit B.

 

(d) Only upon the fulfillment of the Minimum Offering, and only when Escrowed Funds are released or eligible to be released to Issuer in accordance with Section 4(a), and otherwise in compliance with Law, NCPS is authorized to and may disburse from time to time, to itself or to any NCPS Party from the Escrow Funds (but only to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto), the amount of any compensation and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses due and payable hereunder (including any amount to which NCPS or any NCPS Party is entitled to seek indemnification pursuant to Section 9 hereof). NCPS shall notify Issuer Party of any disbursement from the Escrow Funds to itself or to any NCPS Party in respect of any compensation or reimbursement hereunder and shall furnish to Issuer copies of all related invoices and other statements.

 

(e) Only upon the fulfillment of the Minimum Offering, and only when Escrowed Funds are released or eligible to be released to Issuer in accordance with Section 4(a), and otherwise in compliance with Law, Issuer shall grant to NCPS and the NCPS Parties a security interest in and lien upon such Escrow Funds (but only to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto) to secure all obligations hereunder, and NCPS and the NCPS Parties shall have the right to offset the amount of any compensation or reimbursement due any of them hereunder (including any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 9 hereof) against the Escrow Funds (but only to the extent of Issuer’s rights thereto). If for any reason the Escrow Funds available to NCPS and the NCPS Parties pursuant to such security interest or right of offset are insufficient to cover such compensation and reimbursement, Issuer Party shall promptly pay such amounts to NCPS and the NCPS Parties upon receipt of an itemized invoice.

 

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11. Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) Issuer Party jointly and severally represents, warrants and covenants to NCPS as of the Effective Date and at all times during the Term, including, without limitation, at the time of any deposit to or disbursement from the Escrow Funds:

 

(i) Issuer Party is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state where it was formed. Issuer Party has all requisite power and authority to own those properties and conduct those businesses presently owned or conducted by it. Issuer Party is duly qualified and properly licensed and registered to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which its ownership of property or the character of its business requires such qualification, licensure or registration, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on Issuer Party or Issuer Party’s business..

 

(ii) Manager is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC. Manager has implemented, and complies with, a written know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program reasonably designed to comply with the applicable requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and Bank Secrecy Act and the implementing regulations promulgated thereunder, including policies that could be reasonably expected to detect and cause the reporting of suspicious transactions (“Requirements”). Manager maintains in its files documentation supporting these representations and warranties as required by the Requirements, and shall make such information available to NCPS upon reasonable request,

 

(iii) Issuer Party has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed by Issuer Party and constitutes the legal, valid, binding, and enforceable obligation of Issuer Party, enforceable against Issuer Party in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not and will not: (A) conflict with or violate any of the terms of any organizational or governance document, stakeholder agreement, any court order or administrative ruling or decree to which it is a party or any of its property is subject, any agreement, contract, indenture, or other binding arrangement to which it is a party or any of its property is subject or any Law; or (B) conflict with, or result in a breach or termination of any of the terms of, or result in the acceleration of any indebtedness or obligations under, any agreement, obligation or instrument by which Issuer Party is bound or to which any property of Issuer Party is subject, or constitute a default thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement is consistent with and accurately described in the Offering Document as set forth in Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) and has been properly described therein.

 

(iv) Issuer Party acknowledges that the status of NCPS is that of agent only for the limited purposes set forth herein to facilitate escrow as set forth herein through the institution in Section 1(d) as escrow agent, and if required by an Offering pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding, NCPS will be the “qualified third party”, as defined in Regulation Crowdfunding Rule 303(e)(2), and hereby represents and covenants that no representation or implication shall be made that NCPS has investigated the desirability or advisability of investment in the Securities or has approved, endorsed or passed upon the merits of the investment therein and that the name of NCPS has not and shall not be used in any manner in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities other than to state that NCPS has agreed to serve as the facilitator of escrow for the limited purposes set forth herein. Issuer Party shall comply with all Law in connection with the offering of the Securities. By this Agreement, NCPS accepts no other role and assumes no other responsibilities related to the Offering, including, without limitation, managing broker-dealer, placement agent, selling group member or referring broker-dealer.

 

(v) Issuer Party has the obligation to, and shall, determine a Subscriber’s suitability to participate in the Offering, make sure the Offering complies with Law and the Offering Document, verify a Subscriber’s identity and perform anti-money laundering, know your customer and any other due diligence in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Offering. The Offering and any offer or sale in the Offering complies with or is exempt from all applicable registrations or qualification requirements, including, without limitation, those of the SEC or state securities regulatory authorities.

 

(vi) No person or entity other than the Parties and the prospective Subscribers have, or shall have, any lien, claim or security interest in the Escrow Funds or any part thereof. No financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code is on file in any jurisdiction claiming a security interest in or describing (whether specifically or generally) the Escrow Funds or any part thereof.

 

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(vii) Any deposit with NCPS by NCPS and/or Issuer Party of Cash Investment Instruments pursuant to Section 3 shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Issuer Party that such Cash Investment Instrument represents a bona fide sale to such Subscriber of the amount of Securities set forth therein in accordance with the terms of the Offering Document.

 

(viii) In the event Issuer is a Series LLC and/or a series of a Series LLC, Issuer Party shall allocate and/or cause to be allocated any disbursement of Escrow Funds under this Agreement to the appropriate series, and perform any reporting and sub-accounting, all as required by and in compliance with Law and the Offering Document.

 

(ix) To the extent Issuer Party will be sharing personal or financial information of a third party with NCPS in connection with this Agreement, Issuer Party shall maintain and obtain the agreement of each such third party, which shall permit the sharing of such third party’s information with NCPS and its affiliates and service providers for NCPS and its affiliates and service providers to use, disclose and retain it in connection with this Agreement and the provision of the services hereunder and as required by Law. NCPS shall be a third party beneficiary to such agreement.

 

(x) Issuer Party’s representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and deemed to be reaffirmed each time Issuer Party provides NCPS with any instructions in connection with the Escrow Account. Issuer Party shall immediately notify NCPS if any representation, warranty or covenant ceases to be true, correct, accurate and complete.

 

(xi) Issuer Party shall provide NCPS with immediate notice of any Action (as defined above), threatened Action or facts or circumstances that could lead to any Action involving Issuer Party, its agents or the Offering.

 

(b) NCPS represents, warrants and covenants to Issuer Party as of the Effective Date and at all times during the Term, including, without limitation, at the time of any deposit to or disbursement from the Escrow Funds:

 

(i) NCPS is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. NCPS is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA and SIPC.

 

(ii) NCPS has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed by NCPS and constitutes the legal, valid, binding, and enforceable obligation of NCPS, enforceable against NCPS in accordance with its terms.

 

(iii) NCPS’s representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and deemed to be reaffirmed each time Issuer Party provides NCPS with any instructions in connection with the Escrow Account. NCPS shall promptly notify Issuer Party if any representation, warranty or covenant ceases to be true, correct, accurate and complete.

 

12. Disclaimer of Advice. Issuer Party is NCPS’s sole customer pursuant to this Agreement. By this Agreement, NCPS is not undertaking to provide any recommendations or advice to any party, including any Subscriber who may be a retail investor, in connection with any offering of securities, NCPS’s engagement hereunder or its provision of the services contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, business, investment, solicitation, legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice). Issuer Party understands that it will be solely responsible for ensuring that any offering and any sale of securities complies with all Law. Issuer Party acknowledges and agrees that it will rely on its own judgment in using NCPS’s services.

 

13. Survival. Notwithstanding the expiration or termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of NCPS as the facilitator of escrow, the Parties shall continue to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement that reasonably require some action or forbearance (or are required to implement such action or forbearance) after such expiration or termination, including, but not limited to, those related to fees and expenses, indemnities, limitations of and exclusions to NCPS’s liability, warranties, choice of law, jurisdiction and dispute resolution and such provisions shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive any disbursement of Escrow Funds and the expiration or termination of this Agreement. Except as the context otherwise requires, all representations, warranties and covenants of Issuer Party contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be representations, warranties and covenants during the Term, and such representations, warranties and covenants shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive the sale of, and payment for, the securities and the expiration or termination of this Agreement to the extent required for the enforcement thereof.

 

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14. Assignment. Except as provided in Section 17, no Party shall assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights, or delegate or otherwise transfer any of its obligations or performance, under this Agreement, in each case whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or contract or otherwise, without each other Party’s prior written consent; provided NCPS may assign or otherwise transfer its rights, or delegate or otherwise transfer its obligations or performance, under this Agreement pursuant to Section 7 or to an affiliated provider of escrow services or agent without any other Party’s consent. Any purported assignment, delegation or transfer in violation of this Section 14 is void. Subject to this Section 14, this Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns irrespective of any change with regard to the name of or the personnel of any Party.

 

15. Entirety. This Agreement incorporates by reference NCPS’s and its affiliates’ data privacy policies and website terms of use, as posted on NCPS’s and its affiliates’ website from time to time, with which Issuer Party shall, and shall cause issuers to, comply. This Agreement (including all exhibits, all schedules and NCPS’s and its affiliates’ data privacy policies and website terms of use) constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the acceptance, collection, holding, investment and disbursement of the Escrow Funds and sets forth in their entirety the obligations and duties of NCPS with respect to the Escrow Funds and supersedes and merges all prior and contemporaneous proposals, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the Parties relating to such subject matter.

 

16. Amendment; Waiver. Except as set forth in Section 7, Section 14 and Section 22, no amendment to or modification of this Agreement will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each Party. No waiver by any Party of any of the provisions hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the Party so waiving. No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any rights, remedy, power or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate or be construed as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.

 

17. Term and Termination.

 

(a) The term of this Agreement commences as of the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier pursuant to any of this Agreement’s express provisions, will continue in effect until the first to occur of the final closing of the Offering and/or the disbursement of all amounts in the Escrow Funds or deposit of all amounts in the Escrow Funds into court pursuant to Section 5 or Section 8 hereof (“Term”), at which time this Agreement shall terminate and NCPS shall have no further obligation or liability whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or the Escrow Funds.

 

(b) Notwithstanding, NCPS may terminate this Agreement for cause immediately without notice to Issuer Party upon: (a) fraud, malfeasance or willful misconduct by Issuer Party or any of their affiliates; (b) conduct by Issuer Party or any of their affiliates that may jeopardize NCPS’s current business, prospective business or professional reputation; (c) any material breach by Issuer Party of this Agreement if such breach is not cured within 10 days of receipt of written notice thereof (to the extent it can be cured), including, but not limited to, any failure to pay any amount under this Agreement when due; or (d) if Issuer Party ceases regular operations or files any petition or commences any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, the Federal Bankruptcy Code, or any other federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization; the adjudication that Issuer Party is insolvent or bankrupt or the entry of an order for relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code with respect to Issuer; an assignment for the benefit of creditors; the convening by Issuer Party of a meeting of its creditors, or any class thereof, for purposes of effecting a moratorium upon or extension or composition of its debts; or the failure of Issuer Party generally to pay its debts on a timely basis. Any Party may terminate this Agreement for any other or no reason with 90 days’ prior written notice to each other Party.

 

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(c) No termination or expiration of this Agreement shall affect the ongoing obligations of Issuer Party to make payments to NCPS in accordance with the terms hereunder and such obligations shall survive. Amounts that would have become payable had this Agreement remained in effect until expiration of the Term will become immediately due and payable upon termination, and Issuer Party shall pay or shall cause to be paid such amounts, together with all previously-accrued but not yet paid fees, on receipt of NCPS’s invoice therefor or as otherwise set forth in Exhibit B, Section 9 or Section 10. In addition, Issuer Party shall remove any and all references to NCPS from any Offering Document, cease use of NCPS intellectual property and no longer refer to NCPS in connection with the offering.

 

18. Dealings. NCPS and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of NCPS may buy, sell and deal in any of the securities of Issuer Party and become pecuniary interested in any transaction in which Issuer Party may be interested, and contract and lend money to Issuer and otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the facilitator of escrow under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude NCPS from acting in any other capacity for Issuer Party or any other entity.

 

19. Compliance with Law; Further Assurances. The Parties expressly agree that, to the extent that the existing law relating to this Agreement changes, and such change affects this Agreement, they will reform the affected portion of this Agreement to comply with the change. Each Party agrees to perform such further acts and execute such further documents as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.

 

20. Choice of Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution.

 

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to its choice of law, conflict of laws or “borrowing”, statutes, rules, principles and precedent. The Parties irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of Utah, County of Salt Lake.

 

(b) Each Party acknowledges and agrees that a breach or threatened breach by a Party of any of its obligations under this Agreement may cause any other Party irreparable harm for which monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy and agrees that, in the event of such breach or threatened breach, any other Party will be entitled to seek equitable relief, including a restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from any court, without any requirement to post a bond or other security, or to prove actual damages or that monetary damages are not an adequate remedy. Such remedies and any other remedies set forth in this Agreement are not exclusive and are cumulative in addition to all other remedies that may be available at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

(c) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COLLECTIVE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE NCPS PARTIES UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ITS SUBJECT MATTER, TO ISSUER PARTY, ANY OTHER PARTY OR THIRD PARTY, UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, INDEMNIFICATION, BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, BREACH OF WARRANTY, RESTITUTION OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER BROUGHT DIRECTLY OR AS A THIRD PARTY CLAIM, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE LESSER OF (A) $1,000 OR (B) THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY ISSUER PARTY TO AND RECEIVED BY NCPS DURING THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE ACCRUAL OF THE ACTION.

 

(d) EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. To the full extent permitted by law, no legal proceeding shall be joined with any other or decided on a class-action basis.

 

(e) Subject to Section 20(c), in any Action, by which one Party either seeks to enforce this Agreement or seeks a declaration of any rights or obligations under this Agreement, the non-prevailing Party will pay the prevailing Party’s costs and expenses, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

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(f) None of the NCPS Parties shall be liable to any Issuer Party or to anyone else for any special, exemplary, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages of any kind or for any costs of procurement of substitution of services or any lost profits, lost business, trading losses, loss of use of data or interruption of business or services arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any breach of this Agreement or any services performed, regardless of the basis of liability.

 

(g) At NCPS’s or its affiliate’s determination, a breach under this Agreement by Issuer Party will constitute a default by Issuer Party or its affiliates under any other agreements any of them have then in effect with NCPS or its affiliates and vice versa.

 

(h) All rights and remedies of NCPS in this Agreement will be in addition to all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity and shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

21. Notices; Consent to Electronic Communications. All notices, requests, consents, claims, demands, waivers and other communications under this Agreement (“notices”) have binding legal effect only if in writing and addressed to a Party as set forth on the signature page hereto (or to such other address that such Party may designate from time to time in accordance with this Section 21). Notices sent in accordance with this Section 21 will be deemed effectively given: (a) when received, if delivered by hand, with signed confirmation of receipt; (b) when received, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier, signature required; or (c) on the third day after the date mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. In addition, Issuer Party consents to the receipt of notices electronically via email.

 

22. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

23. Relationship of the Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, joint venture or other form of joint enterprise, employment or fiduciary relationship between the Parties, and no Party shall have authority to contract for or bind any other Party in any manner whatsoever.

 

24. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 9, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and, subject to Section 14, their respective successors and assigns. Nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. NCPS Parties shall be third party beneficiaries as set forth in Section 9.

 

25. Interpretation; Headings and References. The Parties intend this Agreement to be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted. Further, the headings used in this Agreement and the references throughout to the policies and documents constituting this Agreement are for convenience only and are not intended to be used as an aid to interpretation. All such references are subject to the full text of such policies and documents. Any decision by NCPS with respect to the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be final and binding on Issuer Party.

 

26. Gender; Number. Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context indicates is appropriate. If one or more persons or entities constitute “Issuer Party”, as defined in the introductory paragraph, references to “Issuer Party” in this Agreement shall include references to each Issuer Party individually, together and collectively, jointly and severally.

 

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27. Intellectual Property; Confidential Information. All trademarks, service marks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, confidential information, and other proprietary rights of each Party shall remain the exclusive property of such Party, whether or not specifically recognized or perfected under Law. Issuer Party shall not use, disclose or retain confidential information (including personally identifiable information or other account information) of NCPS Parties or any third parties that Issuer Party or its affiliates or their employees, directors, officers, consultants, independent contractors, advisors and auditors may receive or otherwise have access to in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except as contemplated by this Agreement or the performance hereof. NCPS and its affiliates may retain copies of and disclose and use any data or information collected from or on behalf of any Issuer Party or otherwise up to and throughout this Agreement as may be required in connection with legal, financial or regulatory filings, audits, discussions or examinations or as otherwise required by Law.

 

28. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which together are deemed to be one and the same agreement. Upon execution and delivery of a counterpart to this Agreement by the Parties, each Party shall be bound by this Agreement. A signed copy of this Agreement by facsimile, email or other means of electronic transmission or signature is deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Agreement.

 

29. Anti-Money Laundering.

 

(a) Issuer Party acknowledges that NCPS is subject to U.S. federal Law, including the CIP requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations, pursuant to which NCPS must obtain, verify and record information that allows NCPS to identify customers of NCPS opening accounts. Accordingly, NCPS will ask Issuer Party to provide, and Issuer Party shall provide upon NCPS’s request, certain information, including, but not limited to, name, physical address, tax identification number, organizational documents, certificates of good standing, financial statements, licenses to do business and other information that will help NCPS to identify and verify a person’s identity.

 

(b) The Parties agree to comply with all applicable anti-money laundering Law and government guidance, including the reporting, recordkeeping and compliance requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002, Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act, its implementing regulations, and related SEC, state regulatory organizations and FINRA rules. Each Party shall comply with all other anti-money laundering Law outside of the U.S. applicable to such Party or such Party’s activities under this Agreement. NCPS is entitled to rely on Issuer Party’s CIP, anti-money laundering program and OFAC Sanctions Compliance Program, and upon NCPS’s request, Issuer Party shall provide customary certifications with respect thereto.

 

30. Privacy.

 

(a) Each Party agrees any non-public personal information (as defined in Regulation S-P of the SEC) disclosed to it in connection with this Agreement is being disclosed for the specific purpose of permitting such Party to perform such Party’s obligations and the services set forth in this Agreement. Each Party agrees that, with respect to such information, it will comply with Regulation S-P of the SEC, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C § 6081 et seq.) and all other applicable U.S. privacy Law and it will not disclose any non-public personal information received in connection with this Agreement to any other party (except to the other Party), except to the extent required to carry out this Agreement or as otherwise permitted or required by Law. Each Party shall comply with all other privacy Law outside of the U.S. applicable to such Party or such Party’s activities in connection with this Agreement.

 

(b) In relation to each Party’s performance of this Agreement, each Party shall, as applicable to such Party: (a) comply with all applicable requirements of Data Privacy Law (as defined below), when collecting, using, retaining or disclosing personal information; (b) limit personal information collection, use, retention and disclosure to activities reasonably necessary and proportionate to the performance of this Agreement or other compatible operational purpose; (c) only collect, use, retain or disclose personal information collected in connection with this Agreement; (d) not collect, use, retain, disclose, sell or otherwise make personal information available for such Party’s own commercial purposes or in a way that does not comply with Data Privacy Law; (e) promptly comply with another Party’s request or instruction requiring such Party to provide, amend, transfer or delete the personal information, or to stop, mitigate, or remedy any unauthorized processing; (f) reasonably cooperate and assist another Party in meeting any compliance obligations and responding to related inquiries, including responding to verifiable consumer requests, taking into account the nature of such Party’s processing and the information available to such Party; and (g) notify each other Party immediately if it receives any complaint, notice or communication that directly or indirectly relates to any Party’s compliance in connection with this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Data Privacy Law” means applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental, judicial, regulatory or enforcement authority or self-regulatory organization regarding consumer data privacy rights.

 

31. Citations. Any reference to Law are current citations. Any changes in the citations (whether or not there are any changes in the text of such Law) shall be automatically incorporated into this Agreement.

 

[Signatures appear on following page(s).]

 

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In witness whereof, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

Effective Date: 1/10/2023

Offering Name: Series Tapicat Filly, a series of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

Minimum Offering: $39,950.00 (including offline investments and in kind contributions and similar creditable amounts)

Total Offering Amount: $157,100.00

Offering Exemption: ●   Rule 506(b) of Regulation D ●   Rule 506(c) of Regulation D x ●   Regulation A
●   Regulation Crowdfunding

 

ISSUER (If a Series LLC, include both the Series and the Series LLC):
Series Tapicat Filly, a series of      
Entity Name: Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC   Entity Name: Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC
Jurisdiction: Delaware   Jurisdiction: Delaware
By: /s/ Brian Doxtator   By: /s/ Brian Doxtator
Name: Brian Doxtator   Name: Brian Doxtator
Title: CEO   Title: CEO
Date: 1/10/2023   Date: 1/10/2023
Email: brian@joincommonwealth.com   Email: brian@joincommonwealth.com
With a copy to:     With a copy to:  
Address: 6161 Santa Monica Blvd, 206   Address: 6161 Santa Monica Blvd, 206
  Los Angeles, CA 90038     Los Angeles, CA 90038
MANAGER:   NCPS:
Entity Name: Dalmore Group, LLC   North Capital Private Securities Corporation
Jurisdiction: New York   Jurisdiction: Delaware
By: /s/ Etan Butler   By: /s/ Linsey Harkness
Name: Etan Butler   Name: Linsey Harkness
Title: Chairman   Title: Managing Director
Date: 1/10/2023   Date: 1/10/2023
Email: etan@dalmorefg.com   Email: jdowd@northcapital.com
Address: 525 Green Place   With a copy to: lharkness@northcapitalcom
  Woodmere, NY 11598     dwatson@northcapital.com
        escrow-ops@northcapital.com
      Address:623 E. Fort Union Boulevard, Suite 101
Midvale, Utah 84047

 

Issuer Party Payment Information:
X Use payment information currently on file with NCPS; or
Complete the payment information below:
Credit Card     ACH/Wire Information
Name on Card:     Bank Name:  
Credit Card Number:     Account Holder Name:  
Expiration Date (MM/YY):     Routing Number:  
Billing Address:     Account Number:  
      Account Type (Checking/Savings):  
         
      Billing Contact Person
      Name:  
      Email:  
      Telephone Number:  

 

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EXHIBIT A
CONTINGENT OFFERING

 

If the Offering is a contingent offering as this term is referenced under Rule 15c2-4 of the Exchange Act (“Rule”), the distribution is being made with the express understanding that Escrow Funds are not to be released to Issuer until some further event or contingency occurs, as described in this Exhibit A, in accordance with the Rule.

 

Investor funds will be promptly deposited in a separate bank escrow account, with NCPS serving as agent for the persons who have the beneficial interests therein, until the appropriate event or contingency has occurred.

 

Upon certification that all contingencies have been met, the Escrow Funds will be promptly distributed to Issuer. If the contingencies fail to be satisfied as required by the Offering, the Escrow Funds will be returned to the persons or entities entitled thereto.

 

The following contingencies apply to the Offering (please check all that apply):

 

  None.
     
  Issuer KYC, AML, and Bad Actor Check screening are complete for Issuer and all Control Persons of Issuer.
     
  Certain listed events will have occurred prior to closing (please specify):
     
     
     
     
  Other contingencies (please describe):
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT B
FEES AND EXPENSES

 

Escrow Administration Fee:* $575 set-up and administration for 12 months (or partial period);
  $250 for each additional 12 months (or partial period)
Issuer Routable Account Number: $150 per month
Out-of-Pocket Expenses:** Billed at cost
Check Handling: $10.00 per check (incoming/outgoing)
Transactional Costs:*** $100.00 for each additional escrow break
  $150.00 for each escrow amendment
  $100.00 for reprocessing a closing
Wire Handling: $25.00 per domestic wire (incoming/outgoing)
  $45.00 per international wire (incoming/outgoing)
ACH Disbursements: 0.15% on the amount transferred
ACH Dispute/Chargeback: $50.00 per reversal/chargeback
ACH Failure Return Fee: $1.50 per failure/return
Plaid Bank Verification Fee:**** $1.80 per linked account
Credit Card Transaction Fees Percentage Rate:**** 3.15% on the amount transferred
Credit Card Transaction Fees Base Rate:**** $0.70 per each transaction
Credit Card Dispute/Chargeback Fee:**** $50.00 per reversal/chargeback
Bad Actor Checks:***** $100.00 per covered person

 

Issuer Party shall pay NCPS the Escrow Administration Fee upon execution of this Agreement. In the event the escrow is not funded, the Fee and all related expenses, including attorneys’ fees, remain due and payable, and once paid, will not be refunded. Annual fees cover a full year in advance, or any part thereof, and thus are not pro-rated in the year of termination.

 

Escrow Parties shall pay such fees immediately upon NCPS’s demand, or at NCPS’s option, NCPS may deduct such fees from any disbursement of Escrow Funds from the Escrow Account as provided in Section 10(d).

 

The fees quoted in this schedule apply to services ordinarily rendered in the administration of an Escrow Account and are subject to reasonable adjustment based on final review of documents, or when NCPS is called upon to undertake unusual duties or responsibilities, or as changes in law, procedures, or the cost of doing business demand. Services in addition to and not contemplated in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, document amendments and revisions, non-standard cash and/or investment transactions, calculations, notices and reports and legal fees, will be billed as extraordinary expenses and capped at $15,000 (except as provided by Section 9).

 

Extraordinary fees are payable to NCPS for duties or responsibilities not expected to be incurred at the outset of the transaction, not routine or customary, and not incurred in the ordinary course of business. Payment of extraordinary fees is appropriate where particular inquiries, events or developments are unexpected, even if the possibility of such things could have been identified at the inception of the transaction.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, the above fees relate to the establishment of one escrow account. Additional sub-accounts governed by the same Escrow Agreement may incur an additional charge. Transaction costs include charges for wire transfers, checks, internal transfers and securities transactions.

 

NCPS may increase the amounts set forth in this Exhibit B by providing written notice to Issuer Party such increase to be effective as of such notice, and the fees will be deemed amended accordingly without further notice or consent; provided that Issuer Party may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 17.

 

NCPS may submit any payment information provided to it by an Issuer Party in connection with this Agreement against any fees due from such Issuer Party. Each Issuer Party consents to NCPS retaining and using such payment information for future invoices and as provided in this Agreement. All payments shall be in US dollars in immediately available funds.

 

*Escrow Administration Fee includes KYC and AML due diligence for up to three entities for a single escrow account. If the escrow account under review has more than two control entities associated with the issuing entity, a $25 fee will be assessed for each additional entity review.

 

**Out-Of-Pocket Expenses include any custom features or additional work that the North Capital team may need to perform. These fees are uncommon and will be disclosed in such cases prior to invoicing.

 

***Reprocessing fees apply if a closing is submitted but not ready to be processed (including, but not limited to, Flow of Funds not complete or funds not settled in escrow).

 

****If applicable to the Offering and subject to the terms and conditions for NCPS’s payment processing facilitation services.

 

*****Covered persons include, but are not limited to, the issuer, directors, general partners, managing members, executive officers, 20% beneficial owners, and promoters connected to the issuer. A complete list of covered persons can be found at https://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/secg/bad-actor-small-entity-compliance-guide#part2.

 

******The fees payable under this Agreement, plus the other relevant fees, attributable to any public offering (including any interest thereon), shall be capped at an aggregate amount not to exceed as permitted by applicable FINRA rules.

 

ALL FEES AND EXPENSES PAID TO NCPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

 

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ADD EXHB 11 ex11-1.htm

 

Exhibit 11.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To: Commonwealth Markets Inc. as Manager of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

 

We consent to the inclusion in the Offering Statement filed under Regulation A tier 2 on Form 1-A (as amended) of our reports dated June 28, 2023, with respect to our audit of the consolidated balance sheets of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each Series as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and dated October 30, 2023, with respect to our audit of the consolidated balance sheets of Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC and each Series as of June 30, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member’s equity and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2023, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Lexington, Kentucky
December 5, 2023

 

 

 

ADD EXHB 12 ex12-1.htm

 

Exhibit 12.1

 

Frost Brown Todd LLP

400 W. Market Street

32nd Floor

Louisville, KY 40202-3363

502-589-5400

 

December 5, 2023

 

Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC

c/o Commonwealth Markets Inc.

101 Loudon Street, Suite 201

Lexington, Kentucky 40508

 

Re: Pre-Effective Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Commonwealth Thoroughbreds LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (the “Company”) in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Pre-Effective Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A (the “Offering Statement”) pursuant to 17 CFR Part 230.251 et. seq. (“Regulation A”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Offering Statement relates to the proposed offer and sale by the Company (each, an “Offering”) of units of membership interest (the “Units”) in each of the applicable series of the Company as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “Series”). We understand that each Series of Units would be sold as described in the Offering Statement and pursuant to a Subscription Agreement, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement, to be entered into by and between the Company and each of the purchasers of the Units (the “Subscription Agreement”).

 

For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 12, 2019; (ii) the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of September 27, 2019, as amended (the “Operating Agreement”); (iii) the Series Designation of each Series; (iv) corporate proceedings, including the resolutions of the manager of the Company, with respect to the Offerings; and (v) such other documents, instruments and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render the opinions contained therein. We have also relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the manager of the Company and others as to certain factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We have also reviewed the Offering Statement and form of Subscription Agreement as filed with the Commission. In our examination, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents, the completeness of all records and other information made available to us by the Company on which we have relied, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all signatories who are natural persons and the due execution and delivery of all documents.

 

We have assumed that (i) the statements of the Company contained in the Offering Statement are true and correct as to all factual matters stated therein, (ii) the Offering Statement will be and remain qualified under the Securities Act, and (iii) the Company will receive the required consideration for the issuance of Units of each Series at or prior to the issuance thereof. We have relied upon certificates of, and information received from, the Company and/or representatives of the Company when relevant facts were not otherwise independently established. We also have relied on information obtained from public officials and other sources believed by us to be reliable as to other questions of fact. We have made no independent investigation of the facts stated in such certificates or as to any information received from the Company, representatives of the Company and/or public officials and do not opine as to the accuracy of such factual matters.

 

 
 

 

Members of our firm involved in the preparation of this opinion are licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion herein concerning, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the federal law of the United States, and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware Act”).

 

Our opinions below are qualified to the extent that they may be subject to or affected by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, usury, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) by general equitable principles and public policy considerations, whether such principles and considerations are considered in a proceeding at law or at equity.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and the other qualifications and limitations contained herein, we are of the opinion that (i) each Series of Units has been authorized by all necessary series limited liability company action of the Company; (ii) when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the Operating Agreement, the applicable Series Designation and Subscription Agreement against payment therefor in the manner contemplated in the Offering Statement, the Units of each Series will be legally issued under the Delaware Act; and (iii) purchasers of Units of each Series will have no obligation under the Delaware Act to make payments or contributions to the Company (other than their purchase price for the Units and except for any obligation that may arise in the future to repay any funds wrongfully distributed to them as provided under the Delaware Act) solely by reason of their ownership of the Units or their status as members of the Company, and no personal liability for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company or the applicable Series, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being members of the Company.

 

The opinion expressed herein is rendered as of the date hereof and is based on existing law, which is subject to change. Where our opinion expressed herein refers to events to occur at a future date, we have assumed that there will have been no changes in the relevant law or facts between the date hereof and such future date. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinion expressed herein from matters that may hereafter arise or be brought to our attention or to revise or supplement such opinion should the present laws of any jurisdiction be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.

 

Our opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters expressly stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Offering Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Offering Circular that is a part of the Offering Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Frost Brown Todd LLP
  FROST BROWN TODD LLP

 

 
 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Series Designation  Maximum Membership Interests   Maximum Offering Size 
Series Head of the Class   5,925   $296,250 
Series Justify ‘21   6,288   $314,400 
Series Grazia   4,000   $200,000 
Series Kissed By Fire   2,357   $117,850 
Series Sun Kissed Soiree   4,023   $201,150 

 

 

 

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