The list of Australia’s busiest sires for 2020 highlights the trend away from Danehill line stallions with only five of the Top 20 being direct Danehill male line descendants and include none of the top six that covered 200 plus mares.
Click to read our previous story on Australia's busiest sires for 2020.
So You Think (High Chaparral (IRE), Toronado (IRE) (High Chaparral (IRE)and Deep Field (Northern Meteor) are completely free of Danehill, while Capitalist (Written Tycoon), Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) and Pride of Dubai (Street Cry (IRE) have one strain each.
Of the busiest first season sires in 2020, a list headed by Rubick’s Everest winning sprinter Yes Yes Yes, the trend is even more apparent.
Yes Yes Yes was the busiest first season sire and has one strain of Danehill blood in his fourth remove.
Of the 19 first season stallions listed below that covered 100 plus mares only Dubious (Not a Single Doubt), Exceedance (Exceed and Excel), Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) and Microphone (Exceed and Excel) are direct male line Danehill descendants.
Busiest Australian First Season Sires 2020 (covered 100 or more mares)
|
Stallion |
|
Covers |
|
2020 Fee |
|
Stud |
State |
|
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Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) |
205 |
$38,500 |
Coolmore Australia |
NSW |
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Zousain (Zoustar) |
188 |
$19,800 |
Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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Brutal (NZ) (O'Reilly) |
177 |
$27,500 |
Newgate Operations Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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Pierata (Pierro) |
168 |
$44,000 |
Aquis Farm |
NSW |
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|
Dubious (Not a Single Doubt) |
162 |
$13,200 |
Aquis Farm |
QLD |
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D'Argento (So You Think) |
152 |
$16,500 |
Bowness Stud |
NSW |
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Cosmic Force (Deep Field) |
146 |
$16,500 |
Newgate Operations Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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|
Exceedance (Exceed and Excel) |
142 |
$38,500 |
Vinery Stud (Australia) Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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|
Castelvecchio (Dundeel) |
141 |
$33,000 |
Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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Alabama Express (Redoute's Choice) |
141 |
$27,500 |
Yulong Investments Yulong Stud |
VIC |
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Tassort (Brazen Beau) |
137 |
$11,000 |
Newgate Operations Pty Ltd |
NSW |
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Too DArn Hot (GB) (Dubawi) |
130 |
$44,000 |
Godolphin Australia |
NSW |
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|
Blue Point (IRE) (Shamardal) |
128 |
$44,000 |
Godolphin Australia |
VIC |
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|
Magna Grecia (IRE) (Invincible Spirit) |
122 |
$22,000 |
Coolmore Australia |
NSW |
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Microphone (Exceed and Excel) |
117 |
$38,500 |
Godolphin Australia |
NSW |
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|
II Am Immortal (I Am Invincible) |
116 |
$13,750 |
Swettenham Stud |
VIC |
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Strasbourg (I Am Invincible) |
109 |
$11,000 |
Rosemont Stud |
VIC |
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Omaha Beach (USA) (War Front) |
104 |
$22,000 |
Spendthrift Australia Pty Ltd |
VIC |
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|
Vino Rosso (USA) (Curlin) |
103 |
$13,750 |
Spendthrift Australia Pty Ltd |
VIC |
