Is This Your Price Point? $16,500 PROVEN

Tara Madgwick - Thursday June 24

The Breednet Price Point stories have been super popular and are now archived on the site, so will remain a great source of information and reference as we move towards the breeding season and with 22 horses priced at $16,500 there is huge competition in this sector.

As we slide below the $22,000 point, let’s not forget that the three stallions topping the current Australian General Sires List by earnings all started their stud careers at fees below $20,000.

Front runner Written Tycoon went to stud as a Group II winner at a fee of $8,250, Not a Single Doubt was a Listed winner priced at $13,750 and I Am Invincible was a Group III winner starting off at $11,000.


That trio now feature in the top Price Point story, upwards of $110,000!

Previously we have looked at $17,250 - $19,800 – click to read.

Click to see the full interactive Breednet Sire Directory, sort them as you wish to see them.

The proven sires in this price point include some well exposed Group I producing sires as well as younger stallions such as Astern, Divine Prophet and Star Turn, whose oldest progeny are two year-olds and we will deal with them first.

Yearling averages are for sales where there were three or more sold.

Younger Proven

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Sire- Born

Aus bred Winners/ SW

2021 Yearling Average- Overall
MM / Inglis Sales

2019 Fee and Book

2020 Fee and Book

2021 Fee

Astern
2013

9 (2 SW)

MM $84,000
IP $100,000
IC $83,750

$33,000
65

$22,000
72

$16,500

Divine Prophet
2013
 

6

MM $104,000
IP $70,000

$22,000
153

$22,000
115

$16,500

Star Turn
2013

14 (1 SW)

MM $123,600
IC $101,500

$22,000
98

$16,500
167

$16,500



Established Sires

Stakes-winners are worldwide from August 1, 2020 with Epaulette and Starspangledbanner well represented in the Northern Hemisphere.
 

Sire- Born

SW 2020/2021

2021 Yearling Average- Overall
MM / Inglis Sales

2019 Fee and Book

2020 Fee and Book

2021 Fee

Epaulette
2009

3

MM $106,667
MM Bk2 $73,214
IC $63,333

$27,500
138

$22,000
77

$16,500

Headwater
2012

2

MM $140,000
MMBk2 $88,333
IC $57,615

$16,500
125

$13,750
172

$16,500

Playing God
2007

3

MM Per $105,000

$11,000
88

$16,500
96

$16,500

Smart Missile
2008

5

MM $100,000
IC $48,364

$22,000
136

$22,000
84

$16,500

Star Witness
2007

6

MM $215,000
IC $84,792

$27,500
79

$22,000
49

$16,500

Starspangledbanner
2006

5

Overall $38,773

$22,000
83

$19,800
72

$16,500

Super One
2012

0

MM Bk 2 $45,000
MM Adel $45,600

$11,000
169

$11,000
42

$16,500

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