Shamus Award – The Rise and Rise

Tara Madgwick - Sunday July 10

Having delved into the 2021 mare book for Cox Plate winning sire So You Think last week, we thought it would be interesting to investigate another Cox Plate winning sire and this one covered the dam of the world’s best sprinter last spring.

As a Cox Plate and Australian Guineas winner, Shamus Award was the Champion 3YO of his generation, but it’s really only been in the last year that the son of champion sire Snitzel has been given the respect he deserves as a sire.

The current season has been a particular eye opener with Shamus Award producing six stakes—winners, all of them Group winners and three of them Group I winners in Incentivise, Duais and El Patroness.

Shamus Award started his career at Widden Stud, but is now in Victoria with Rosemont Stud, who set his fee at $33,000 last spring.

Breeders were quick to sniff out a sire on the up, still priced at value and Shamus Award covered 216 mares making him the busiest sire in Victoria and the second busiest in the country behind only Capitalist.

The best is still to come for Shamus Award.

This year he has been priced more in keeping with his stature at $88,000 and will no doubt cover his best ever book of mares, but the foals in the pipeline for this year hold plenty of interest with one in particular set to garner international media attention.

A couple of the Group I producers covered by Shamus Award in the list below did not go in foal and Spectacula, (dam of dual Group I winner Global Glamour) sadly died in December last year.

We can however confirm that Nature Strip’s dam Strikeline is safely in foal and is due in late September.

STAKES WINNERS

Mare	Born	Country	Damsire	Best win
Mirjulisa Lass	2007	AUS	Danasinga	G1
Azkadellia	2011	NZ	Shinko King	G1
Vintedge	2005	AUS	Flying Spur	G2
Winterinthewoods	2005	SAF	Western Winter	G2
Tahanee	2012	ARG	Stormy Atlantic	G3
Ana Royale	2013	AUS	Anacheeva	G3
Fancy Feet	2009	AUS	Fath	G3
Hear The Chant	2013	AUS	Nicconi	G3
Pixilim	2013	BRZ	Agnes Gold	G3
Unchain My Heart	2006	AUS	Al Maher	Listed
Sweet Cheeks	2007	AUS	General Nediym	Listed
Sophia Babe	2006	AUS	Iglesia	Listed
Marveen	2005	AUS	Orientate	Listed
Blondie	2014	AUS	Reward For Effort	Listed
Cosmic Alert	2015	AUS	Star Witness	Listed
Scratchy Lass	2011	AUS	U S Ranger	Listed
Dance To My Tune	2004	CAN	Stravinsky	Listed
Its Time For Magic	2013	NZ	Per Incanto	Listed

STAKES PRODUCERS

Mare	Born	Damsire	Horse	Best Win
Strikeline	2000	Desert Sun	Nature Strip	G1
Admirelle	2003	General Nediym	Sizzling	G1
Condesaar	2004	Xaar	Yankee Rose	G1
Special Favour	2009	General Nediym	Mr Quickie	G1
Spectacula	2004	Testa Rossa	Global Glamour	G1
Sure You Can	2010	O'Reilly	El Patroness	G1
Generous Nature	2003	Carnegie	Savvy Nature	G2
Take All Of Me	2005	Jeune	I'Ll Have A Bit	G2
Attessa	2006	Belong to Me	High Seas Beauty	G3
Condesaar	2004	Xaar	Miravalle	G3
Crossyourheart	2004	Show A Heart	Swear	G3
Generous Nature	2003	Carnegie	Addictive Nature	G3
Hissy Miss	2003	Golden Snake	Glass Warrior	G3
Is It A Mosquito	2011	Bel Esprit	Swats That	G3
Love Of Liberty	2009	General Nediym	Ellsberg	G3
M'Lady Hallowell	2011	Wanted	Hoi An	G3
Miss Ethics	2003	Count Dubois	Ethical Solution	G3
Quietzer	2006	More Than Ready	Hear The Chant	G3
Sovereign Charm	2005	Show A Heart	Sovereign Award	G3
Baize	2008	Commands	Corner Pocket	Listed
Carolina Bella	2006	Zabeel	Mickey Blue Eyes	Listed
Cheers Rihanna	2009	General Nediym	Struck By	Listed
It's You	1999	Celtic Swing	Yourein	Listed
Lunar Lights	2005	Bianconi	Honey'S Steel Gold	Listed
Miss Encosta	2006	Encosta De Lago	Captain Duffy	Listed
My Tusker	2001	Volksraad	Game Keeper	Listed
Sophia Babe	2006	Iglesia	Final Salute	Listed
Special Mission	2004	Towkay	Redouble	Listed
Strikeline	2000	Desert Sun	The Barrister	Listed

SIRES OF DAMS COVERED BY SHAMUS AWARD (6 or more mares)

In this table we’ve had a look at the sires of these quality mares that have gone to Shamus Award and looked to see the success rate of the nick in terms of winner to runner and SW to runner.

The overall statistics for Shamus Award are 64.5% winner to runner and 7% SW to runner.

Broodmare Sire	Number of Mares	Winner to runner	SW to runner
Bel Esprit	12	75%	25% 1 SW 4 runners
More Than Ready (USA)	12	100%	40% 2 SW (1 G1) 5 runners
Encosta de Lago	8	60%	10% 1 SW 10 runners
General Nediym	8	75%	20% 2 SW (1 G1) 10 runners
Star Witness	8	20% 5 runners 1 winner
Savabeel	6	No runners