Is This Your Price Point? $17,600 to $19,800

Tara Madgwick - Monday June 21

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 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 $66,000 - $99,000 sires, click here to read.
Previously we have looked at $49,500 to $55,000, click to read.
Previously we have looked at the $44,000 horses, click to read.

Previously we have looked at the $33,000 - $38,500 Proven, click to read.
Previously we have looked at the $33,000 - $38,500 Unproven, click to read.

Previously we have looked at the $24,750 to $27,500 sires, click to read.

Previously we have looked at $22,000, click to read.

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

There are just five horses in this price point and four are unproven with the exception being Swettenham Stud’s Puissance de Lune (IRE).

Given the demand for sons of Shamardal with his champion sons Blue Point (IRE), Pinatubo (IRE) and Earthlight (IRE) all shuttling here this year for Darley , Puissance de Lune makes a lot of sense for a breeder looking for that bloodline, but operating on a budget.

Puissance de Lune - click for more information.

A Group II winner that was multiple Group I placed, Puissance de Lune started off at a fee of $11,000 for his first two seasons and then dropped to $8,800 for his next three before rising to $19,800 last year off the back of some very encouraging racetrack results.

His first crop that are now four year-olds has produced five stakes horses headed by Group II winner Moonlight Maid, stakes-winner Chantrea and Group I Victoria Derby runner-up Southern Moon.

Puissance de Lune has covered 309 mares in his past two seasons which is more than he covered in the previous four years so that’s a good indication his stocks will rise in the future.

First Season

Only two contenders here and both Dirty Work and Hanseatic are Victorian based Group winning sons of sires that are in hot demand .

Dirty Work’s sire Written Tycoon returns to Victoria this spring and will stand at a fee of $165,000, while Hanseatic’s sire Street Boss (USA) moves from Darley Victoria to Darley NSW on the back of his outstanding 2YO colt Anamoe and has had a fee increase to $55,000.
 

Sire / Born

Sire

Best Wins

2021 Fee

Dirty Work
2016

Written Tycoon

G2 MRC Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at four. 3d G1 MVRC Manikato Stakes

$19,800

Hanseatic
2017

Street Boss (USA)

G3 MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at two. 2d G1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes

$17,600



Second Season

Two contenders here in Coolmore’s top class shuttler Magna Grecia (IRE) and Widden Stud’s heir apparent to Zoustar in Zousain.

Magna Grecia has had a big pedigree update as he is a half-brother to an outstanding 3YO in the Northern Hemisphere in St Mark’s Basilica.

The Coolmore owned son of Siyouni won the Group I Dewhurst Stakes at the end of last year at two and this year has won both the Group I Longchamp Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 guineas) and the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby).

Expect to see him shuttle to Australia in the future!

Sire / Born

Best Wins

2020 Fee and Book

2021 Fee

Magna Grecia (IRE)
(Invincible Spirit)
2016

G1 Doncaster Futurity (1m) at two and G1 Newmarket 2,000 Guineas at three.

$22,000
122

$19,250

Zousain
(Zoustar)
2015

G2 BRC Moet and Chandon Classic (1200m) at two. 2d G1 BRC JJ Atkins, ATC Golden Rose, VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes.

$19,800
188

$19,800

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