Euro Most Expensive Sires vs Aussie Most Expensive Sires

Tara Madgwick - Monday November 21

The release of European service fees for all major farms in recent weeks and the current round of breeding stock sales in the Northern Hemisphere will have many bloodstock investors considering their options, so we thought a comparison of fees between leading European sires and leading Australian sires would hold some interest.

20yo Dubawi heads the European list at £350,000 with Darley raising his fee following a year in which he has soared to new heights to be Champion Sire of Europe by earnings with an astonishing 43 stakes-winners worldwide.

Dubawi - did you send a mare to him when he shuttled to Australia?

As many would remember, Dubawi shuttled to Australia early in his career coming for three seasons in 2006, 2008 and 2009, missing 2007 due to EI, and in those years stood at fees of $33,000 twice and then $16,500 on his last visit.

Both Darley and Coolmore send their very best prospects to shuttle to Australia in the early years at stud and you just never know which of those horses will ultimately be successful, so taking a ticket in that particular lottery each year is always a good idea.

No Nay Never is another interesting one. He shuttled to Coolmore for four seasons from 2016 to 2019 standing at $11,000 the first two years, then $19,250 and finally $44,000. He sired his first Group I winner here this spring in Madame Pommery and she will not be his last.

Wootton Basset is here for his second season at a fraction of his European fee, while St Mark’s Basilica and Palace Pier are also in Australia this spring and appear on the list below on the left hand column, but are priced well below that here. St Mark’s Basilica stands at Coolmore at $44,000 and Palace Pier at Darley at $55,000.

Too Darn Hot also in Australia for Darley and priced here at $44,000.

Zoustar has sired the Champion European 2YO Filly Lezoo in his first Northern Hemisphere crop.

Zoustar is the one stallion priced higher in Australia than he is in the UK with his fee here of $198,000 well above his fee of £30,000 at Tweenhills Stud which equates to $A53,428.

The list below highlights the appeal of Australian racing and breeding as a whole picture with our sky high prizemoney driving a buoyant racing industry, while our stallions are priced attractively in comparison to their European counterparts in terms of position in the marketplace.

The list features the top sires for 2023 by price in Europe down to 40,000 euro/pounds and the equivalent in Australia.

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Euro Sires  2023

Fee

Fee in A$

Aus Sires 2022

Fee inc. GST

Dubawi (Dubai Millennium)

£350,000

$623,215

Extreme Choice

$275,000

Frankel (Galileo)

£275,000

$489,669

I Am Invincible

$247,500

Sea the Stars (Cape Cross)

€180,000

$278,551

Snitzel

$220,000

No Nay Never (Scat Daddy)

€175,000

$270,833

Zoustar

$198,000

Siyouni (Pivotal)

€150,000

$232,143

Fastnet Rock

$165,000

Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj)

€150,000

$232,143

Written Tycoon

$165,000

Kingman (Invincible Spirit)

£125,000

$222,571

Exceed and Excel

$132,000

Lope de Vega (Shamardal)

€125,000

$193,452

Home Affairs (NEW)

$110,000

Night of Thunder (Dubawi)

€100,000

$154,762

Capitalist

$99,000

Baaeed (Sea the Stars) (NEW)

£80,000

$142,445

Pierro

$99,000

New Bay (Dubawi)

€75,000

$116,082

So You Think

$93,500

St Mark’s Basilica (Siyouni)

€65,000

$100,604

Deep Field

$88,000

Camelot (Montjeu)

€60,000

$92,865

Shamus Award

$88,000

Dark Angel (Acclamation)

€60,000

$92,865

Toronado (IRE)

$88,000

Mehmas (Acclamation)

€60,000

$92,865

Maurice (Jpn)

$82,500

Zarak (Dubawi)

€60,000

$92,865

Stay Inside (NEW)

$77,000

Palace Pier (Kingman)

£50,000

$89,028

Street Boss (USA)

$77,000

Starspangledbanner (Choisir)

€50,000

$77,387

Russian Revolution

$71,500

Showcasing (Oasis Dream)

£45,000

$80,118

Wootton Bassett (GB)

$71,500

Kodiac (Danehill)

€40,000

$61,910

Bivouac

$66,000

Too Darn Hot (Dubawi)

£40,000

$72,216

Dundeel

$66,000

 

 

 

The Autumn Sun

$66,000

 

 

 

 

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