Woodside Park Stud have confirmed fees on their six strong roster for this spring headed by new addition Benbatl (GB), a triple Group I winning sin of Dubawi, who won the Group I MRC Caulfield Stakes in 2018 and chased Winx home for second in the Cox Plate.
The former Godolphin flagbearer has been standing at stud in Japan at Big Red Farm and is working through his third book of mares, but came to the interest of Woodside Park, who had been scouring the world for a new stallion to add to their roster of Shalaa (IRE), Vancouver, Foxwedge, Rich Enuff and Delaware (GB).
Dubawi has a growing reputation as a sire of sires courtesy of stallions such as Night of Thunder , New Bay and Zarak as well as Too Darn Hot, who is now Australia’s leading first season sire with eight winners headed by Group I ATC Champagne Stakes winner Broadsiding.
Mark Dodemaide was in Japan last week to inspect Benbatl and loved what he saw with this top class stallion prospect priced at $22,000 inc GST.
2024 Woodside Park Roster all fees inclusive of GST
Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi) $22,000 NEW
Outstanding son of champion sire Dubawi with 11 wins from 1400 to 2000m and Timeform rating of 125 placing him in the Top 10 in world in 2019.
Shalaa (IRE) (Invincible Spirit) $19,800
Proven source of stakes-winners and juvenile winners, sire of seven Australian 2YO winners this season and seven stakes performers headed by stakes-winner Recommendation and Hong Kong Group III winner Whizz Kid.
Rich Enuff (Written Tycoon) $13,200
Runs at 69% winner to runner and sire of four stakes-winners this season – Group III winners Oscar’s Fortune , Siren Assault and SW’s Abounding and Lempicka.
Foxwedge (Fastnet Rock) $9,900
Well proven Group I producing sire that runs at 66% winners to runners with 26 SW’s worldwide including four G1 winners.
Vancouver (Medaglia D’Oro) $9,900
Runs at 69% winner to runner and is sire of $7.7million earning Group I winning sprinter Overpass, back to back winner of the $5million Quokka.
Delaware (IRE) (Frankel) $7,700
Group III winning son of world champion sire Frankel with his oldest progeny weanlings.