Cullen Bloodstock Services is an elite, boutique agency founded with the intent of providing competent, honest and professional service to owners in the Thoroughbred industry. To that end, Cullen Bloodstock offers a full-range of services, including broodmare management, pedigree analysis, mating consultation, commercial sales representation, and racing partnerships.

President Jim Cullen is a Kentucky native whose personal and professional experiences in the Thoroughbred industry help him provide unique insights into the racing and breeding industries. A hands-on horseman, Cullen began working on Thoroughbred breeding farms as a teenager, and he continued working on major Lexington nurseries throughout his matriculation through college. Though his primary experience centers on working with broodmares and breaking yearlings for commercial sales, he has also walked ‘hots’ and groomed horses for a good friend who trains on the Kentucky circuit.

Cullen couples that equine background with a Bachelor’s of Art degree earned from the University of Louisville in 1990. His professional career include stints as an award-winning Turf writer and editor for Thoroughbred Times (1995-98), Blood-Horse (1999-2001) and The Texas Thoroughbred (1999-2001), during which he specialized in coverage of the breeding and sales industries. He has also served important roles with Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) and the Texas Thoroughbred Association.

Most recently, Cullen was an integral member of West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc., during which he served as a managing partner who assisted in client services. He helped found West Point Bloodstock in 2001 before striking out on his own in early 2003. During his tenure with West Point, Cullen helped manage the careers of many outstanding runners, including graded stakes winners Sweet Nanette and Ethan Man, 2002 Triple Crown contenders Bob’s Image, My Man Ryan and Sherm, and Erinsouthernman, who placed in the 2002 Champagne Stakes (G1).

Cullen was also an integral force behind the company’s expansion into Dubai. He traveled to the United Arab Emirates for the 2002 Pearls of Dubai juvenile sale, where he helped identify and purchase West Point’s initial runners in that country, including the stakes winner Seattle Fitz (Arg).