Sires by Bloodline – Encosta de Lago

Tara Madgwick - Monday June 26

A two time champion Australian sire and runner-up on four more occasions, Encosta de Lago took a little while to hit his straps as a sire of sires, but then along came Northern Meteor.

Encosta de Lago has left a burgeoning sire dynasty.

Bred by Gooree Stud, Northern Meteor was an explosive sprinter that won the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes and retired to Widden Stud lightly raced with three wins from nine starts and importantly he traced in tail female line to Rough Shod, whose descendants also include champion sires Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev.

Northern Meteor stood for just four seasons at Widden.

Northern Meteor stood for just four seasons before his premature death in 2013, but that was enough for him to produce two outstanding sire sons in Zoustar and Deep Field, who has sadly been retired this year due to infertility.

Zoustar is the headline act at Widden Stud this spring at a fee of $220,000, click for more info.

Between those two stallions there are now no fewer than seven of their sons at stud including Zousain and Cosmic Force, who will have their first runners next season and Portland Sky, whose first foals will be born this spring.

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Rubick has two outstanding young sons at stud in Jacquinot and Yes Yes Yes.

The future of the Encosta sireline has also been given a real opportunity to go forward through his speedy son Rubick, who comes from the female family of Redoute’s Choice.

Jacquinot has retired to Widden Stud, click for more info.

Rubick has two outstanding young sons at stud in two time Group I winner Jacquinot, new to stud this spring, and Everest winner Yes Yes Yes, who will have his first runners next season.

Everest winner Yes Yes Yes, click for more info.

SIRE

Stud

Best Race Performance

Mares Covered 2021

Mares Covered 2022

2023 Fee

Encosta de Lago 1993

G1

SIRE SONS

Rubick 2011

Swettenham Stud, Vic

G2

42

156

$27,500

Maschino 2007

Alwyn Park, WA

G3

115

101

$9,900

Manhattan Rain 2006

Geisel Park Stud, WA

G1

32

68

$8,250

Vanbrugh 2012

Windsor Park Stud, NZ

G1

50

106

NZ$10,000

Needs Further 2007

Armidale Stud, Tas

G3

44

37

$5,500

Puccini 2010

Mapperley Stud, NZ

G1

21

9

NZ$3,000

SIRE GRAND SONS

Zoustar (Northern Meteor) 2010

Widden Stud, NSW

G1

175

185

$220,000

Jacquinot (Rubick) 2019

Widden Stud, NSW

G1

$33,000

Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) 2016

Coolmore, NSW

G2 (Everest)

175

164

$33,000

Shooting to Win (Northern Meteor) 2011

Oakland Park Stud, WA

G1

36

49

$9,900

SIRE GREAT GRAND-SONS

Zousain (Zoustar) 2015

Widden Stud, NSW

G2

214

171

$22,000

Portland Sky (Deep Field) 2017

Widden Stud, NSW

G1

105

$22,000

Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar) 2015

Aquis, Qld

G2

96

108

$13,200

Cosmic Force (Deep Field) 2016

Newgate Farm, NSW

G2

167

145

$11,000

Aysar (Deep Field) 2017

Geisel Park Stud, WA

L

$8,800

Lightsaber (Zoustar) 2018

Darling View Thoroughbreds, WA

G2

$6,600

Sun City (Zoustar) 2016

Telemon Thoroughbreds, Qld

G3

59

36

$4,400

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