Use of whichsire.com and the same site accessed by other domain names ("web site", "WhichSire") by any visitor or subscriber ("you", "your", "user") is subject to these Terms and Conditions ("T+C")

1. WhichSire is operated jointly by Syntax Software Pty Ltd and Paul Vettise Racing. (collectively, "we", "us", "our").

2. By using WhichSire, you agree to be bound by the T+C. If you do not agree to the T+C, you must not use WhichSire.

3. if you have a site login account, you must not share your login details with any other person or organization.

4. You may not use another user’s WhichSire login details.

5. You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the operation of WhichSire in any way.

6. You must not use WhichSire in any way which might breach any laws or regulations, infringe a third party’s rights, reduce anyone’s enjoyment of WhichSire, or which is contrary to any relevant standards or codes.

7. You must not attempt to reverse engineer or extract data from any part of WhichSire

8. We reserve the right to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to WhichSire, without notice, for any breach or threatened breach by you of any portion of the T+C.

9. We may receive fees from third parties for advertising on WhichSire or from stud farms who list their stallions. You acknowledge and consent to us receiving such fees.

10. The information provided on WhichSire is for your personal, non-commercial use, and you may not (directly or indirectly) distribute, modify, translate, publish, rebroadcast, transmit or communicate this material or create derivative works from it.

11. You may download or print out information from WhichSire, but only for your own personal, non-commercial use.

12. You indemnify us from and against all actions, claims, suits, demands, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses arising out of or in any way connected to the use of WhichSire by you or someone using your login details.

13. To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable in any way (including for negligence) for any loss, damage, costs or expenses suffered by you or claims made against you relating to any of your use of WhichSire, any products, services or information supplied, offered to be supplied or advertised on WhichSire.

14. We do not warrant that any services provided by WhichSire will be uninterrupted or error free or provided without delay or in a timely fashion;

15. We do not warrant that WhichSire is free of defects or errors or that defects or errors will be corrected.

16. We do not warrant that WhichSire will be free from viruses or other harmful content or components.

17. We do not warrant that any information contained in, or provided as part of any of the services provided by WhichSire or us will be accurate or reliable.

18. We may use any ideas, suggestions or corrections provided by you in WhichSire or other services provided by us, without payment to you.

19. We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of WhichSire at any time, without notice or liability.

20. All right, title and interest in all Intellectual Property in all concepts, systems, written, graphic and other material relating to WhichSire shall at all times remain our exclusive property. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall constitute any licence of or transfer of intellectual property rights to you.

21. Force Majeure Clause: If the performance of WhichSire of its obligations under these terms and conditions is prevented by reason of "force majeure" (which shall include prevention occasioned by fire, casualty, accident, act of God, natural disaster, any law, order, proclamation, regulation, demand or requirement of any government or government agency, strikes, labour disputes, shortage of labour or lack of skilled labour, shortage or unavailability of electricity or communications failures, or other causes whatsoever (whether similar to the foregoing or not) beyond our reasonable control, then we shall be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention.

22. Any links to third party websites are provided for convenience only, and the inclusion of any link does not imply any endorsement or verification by us.

23. By using WhichSire you confirm that you agree to the use of cookies which are essential for the operation of the service. No advertising cookies are used.

24. You acknowledge our Privacy Policy..

25. You acknowledge our Copyright Policy when submitting content.

26. If you access WhichSire from outside Australia, you acknowledge that we may not comply with the privacy regulations in your jurisdiction.

27. Should any term of the agreement be ruled invalid, the remaining terms will stand.

28. This agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia.

Privacy Statement

This privacy statement explains how Syntax Software Pty Ltd (SSPL, we, our, us) collects, stores, uses and shares your personal information.

SSPL provides a facility (web site(s)), subject to our terms and conditions, for users and web site visitors to access information about horse pedigrees and related information.

SSPL takes your privacy seriously and is committed to compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Privacy Principles").

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au

We recognise the importance of handling any personal data that is shared with us in accordance with privacy regulations.

We only collect personal information where it is necessary:

• for you to access and interact with our web sites
• to report web site usage to our clients (stud farms who have listed stallions with us)
• for us to contact you regarding our web sites
• for our clients to respond to your interactions with their stallions

We collect, store, and use the following personal information:

• Email Address
• First Name & Last Name (in some cases, but not all)
• Your Phone Number (in some cases, but not all)
• Residence Country (in some cases, but not all)
• The information that you have entered into, or accessed on, our web sites (for client reporting, statistical and rate-limiting purposes.)

This information is stored by us in a secured database and our server has strict access controls.

The information is used to control your access into, and to track & report your interactions with us. We will only use and share personal information where necessary to carry out the functions for which we collected it, or if required by law.

We use third-party payment clearance providers. When you interact with these third parties, you will be bound by their terms and conditions and privacy policies, not ours.

We use the services of server hosting providers, email service providers and some software and analytical services.

We do not share your information with any third parties who are not stud farms that have listed stallions with us.

You can request access to, and to correct your information, by contacting us via email at [email protected].

We use cookies which are essential for the operation of the service. No advertising cookies are used.

We may update this statement from time to time.

This statement was last updated in October 2026.