Much more to the job than travel and entertaining clients

If you think you know a thing or two about horses and like the sound of travelling the globe, wining and dining clients and taking a cut of sales prices, you might think being a bloodstock agent is a desirable career option.

However, the realities of an increasingly competitive industry may not be quite so glamorous or so straightforward.

We've spoken to two prominent agents, who for the purposes of this piece will be referred to as Agent A and Agent B, about their experiences and what the life of a bloodstock agent involves beyond the days at the sales bidding on eye-wateringly-priced horseflesh.