A blue-blooded son of Exceed and Excel, who is closely related to Golden Slipper winner Overreach, Reward for Effort has been a firm favourite with breeders since retiring to stud in 2011.
Priced to appeal at $11,000 in every season so far, he has attracted widespread support from broodmare owners as burgeoning race results have proven his worth.
With his oldest progeny now three year-olds, Reward for Effort is the leading Victorian based second season sire by earnings and winners and is third on the overall Australian Second Season Sires List to only Hinchinbrook and Beneteau.
Reward for Effort has sired 29 winners including one each in South Africa and Singapore and his best progeny are headed by Group III winners Gold Symphony and Take Pride along with the $250,000 Inglis Banner RL winner Dalradian.
Yearling buyers have been quick to recognize his growing success with 14 of his stock averaging $97,500 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale highlighted by a show-stopping colt from Batik that made $380,000 for Supreme Thoroughbreds when secured by China Horse Club with James Harron Bloodstock the under-bidder.
He was the most profitable of all Victorian based sires represented at the sale in terms of multiple of service fee and his colt from Batik was the fourth highest priced of the sale and single highest priced offering by a Victorian based sire.
2016 Inglis Premier – Victorian Based Sires by Multiple of Service Fee
Reward for Effort has shown he can play at the next level and his yearling results across all sales make for a more complete picture.
The first two crops of yearlings by Reward for Effort both averaged a tick over $30,000 across all sales and this year, his 31 sold to date are averaging $70,877, so the marketplace is clearly impressed with what Reward for Effort has to offer.
His stock are being sought out by some of the best judges in the business with purchasers this year including Aquanita Racing/ Champion Thoroughbreds, Astute Bloodstock, Dermot Farrington Bloodstock, Peter Moody, Wylie Dalziel Racing, Boomer Bloodstock, John Foote Bloodstock, Wexford Stables, etc.
In recognition of his growing profile, Reward for Effort covered 209 mares last spring and in a game where numbers often mean everything, he is a young stallion with a huge opportunity to excel going forward.
Chatswood Stud were also pleased with another of their young sires in Caulfield Guineas winner Anacheeva.
The Group I winning son of Anabaa (USA) had just two yearlings offered in Session II at Inglis Premier and both were sold for $65,000 and $30,000 giving him an average of $47,500 off a $6,600 fee.
He also had a colt from Wyndam Belle sell for $70,000 at the NZB Select Yearling Sale, so is certainly capable of getting a commercial yearling that can please the market.
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