Australia’s Busiest Sires in 2022

Tara Madgwick - Thursday March 23

The Australian Studbook have today released official covering statistics for the 2022 breeding season with 32 stallions covering books of 150 mares or more and just three sires covering 200 plus mares.

So You Think covered the most mares in 2022.

The top two stallions both stand at Coolmore with perennial favourite So You Think the busiest sire covering 211 at the increased fee of $93,500, which was up on the previous year when he covered 204 mares at $77,000.

It was the fifth year in a row that dual Cox Plate winner So You Think has covered 200 plus mares reflecting his popularity with breeders. The champion son of Epsom Derby winner High Chaparral is Danehill free and incredibly reliable in producing consistent type and performance in his progeny, while adding much needed size and scope into Australian speed bred mares.

I Am Invincible’s champion son Home Affairs was next on the list making him the busiest first season sire covering 202 mares at a fee of $110,000.

Home Affairs was the busiest first season sire in 2022.

A powerhouse sprinter from a daughter of champion sire Flying Spur, Home Affairs was priced as the best first season sire and broodmare owners obviously agreed with that assessment.

Newgate had the other 200 plus horse with Russian Revolution covering 200 mares at a fee of $71,500, up from 2021 when he covered 168 mares at $44,000.

Interestingly, Russian Revolution and Home Affairs are both from the same female line tracing to legendary matriarch Fanfreluche via the L’Extravagante branch of the family. Russian Revolution is from Ballet D’Amour (USA), while Home Affairs is from one of her daughters in Miss Interiors.

This exact same family has given us two champion Australian sires before in Flying Spur and Encosta de Lago, who were from the Grand Luxe branch of the family via Rolls (USA) and one of her daughters in Shoal Creek.

Breeders who like duplications of influential mares in their matings will be getting very excited about what the future might hold as the careers of these young sires unfold.

Yulong had the busiest sire in Victoria with Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa proving super popular at $30,250 in his second season covering 192 mares up from 148.

Eureka Stud’s Spirit of Boom was the busiest Queensland sire covering 182 mares, which was marginally up on his 178 in 2021 at the same fee.

The least expensive sire in the busiest sires list was Widden Stud’s Supido, the bargain priced son of Sebring covered 170 mares at a fee of $8,800 off the back of a couple of very smart three year-olds in Buenos Noches and What You Need, who runs in the $500,000 Sunlight Classic at Flemington on Saturday.

 

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Stallion

Mares

Fee

Stud Or Owner

So You Think (NZ) 2006

211

$93,500

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Home Affairs (AUS) 2018

202

$110,000

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Russian Revolution (AUS) 2013

200

$71,500

Newgate Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Tagaloa (AUS) 2017

192

$30,250

Yulong Investments Yulong Stud, Vic

Stay Inside (AUS) 2018

188

$77,000

Newgate Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Acrobat (AUS) 2018

188

$13,750

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Zoustar (AUS) 2010

185

$198,000

Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd, NSW

Farnan (AUS) 2017

184

$55,000

Kia Ora Stallions Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Trapeze Artist (AUS) 2014

183

$55,000

Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd, NSW

Spirit Of Boom (AUS) 2007

182

$33,000

Eureka Cambooya Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, Qld

I Am Invincible (AUS) 2004

178

$247,500

Yarraman Park Stud Pty Ltd, NSW

Wild Ruler (AUS) 2017

175

$38,500

Newgate Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Hanseatic (AUS) 2017

175

$17,600

Rosemont Stud, Vic

Capitalist (AUS) 2013

174

$99,000

Newgate Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Harry Angel (IRE) 2014

174

$16,500

Godolphin Australia, NSW

Zousain (AUS) 2015

171

$22,000

Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd, NSW

Supido (AUS) 2011

170

$8,800

Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd, NSW

Wootton Bassett (GB) 2008

169

$71,500

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Anders (AUS) 2017

169

$16,500

Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd, NSW

Snitzel (AUS) 2002

168

$220,000

Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd, NSW

Maurice (JPN) 2011

165

$82,500

Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd, NSW

Hellbent (AUS) 2012

165

$22,000

Yarraman Park Stud Pty Ltd, NSW

Yes Yes Yes (AUS) 2016

164

$38,500

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Tiger Of Malay (AUS) 2018

164

$16,500

Newgate Operations Pty Ltd, NSW

Nicconi (AUS) 2005

162

$22,000

Widden Stud Victoria, Vic

Ole Kirk (AUS) 2017

160

$55,000

Vinery Stud (Australia) Pty Ltd, NSW

The Autumn Sun (AUS) 2015

159

$66,000

Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd, NSW

St Mark's Basilica (FR) 2018

159

$44,000

Coolmore Australia, NSW

Rubick (AUS) 2011

156

$22,000

Swettenham Stud, Vic

Toronado (IRE) 2010

150

$88,000

Swettenham Stud, Vic

Fierce Impact (JPN) 2014

150

$16,500

Leneva Park, Vic

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