Most Popular Sires in New Zealand 2024

Tara Madgwick - Thursday March 27

New Zealand Studbook have released covering stats for last year and at the top of the list is Waikato Stud young gun Noverre, who made a big splash with his first offspring at the yearlings sales this year in both Australia and New Zealand.

Noverre was super popular at a fee of $10,000.

Winner of the Group I NZ 2000 Guineas, Noverre got his sales year off to a flyer when Waikato stud sold a filly from Shopaholic for $500,000 at Magic Millions and the good looking son of Savabeel was strong at Karaka with 16 yearlings selling  in Book 1 at an average $135,625, not bad off a fee of $10,000.

The types thrown by Noverre obviously have not gone unnoticed and he has covered an increased book in each of his three seasons at stud so far.

Profondo stood at a fee of $17,500 in 2024.

Windsor Park Stud’s Australian bred G1 winner Profondo has been very popular and when we had Group I winning trainer John O’Shea on our podcast Tara Talks Racing this week he was quick to offer up Profondo as a horse whose progeny had impressed him greatly when he was in New Zealand… look out for them at Karaka next year.

Bred and sold by Arrowfield, Profondo was a $1.9million Magic Millions purchase by Japanese super sire Deep Impact from a stakes-winning Redoute’s Choice mare and he delivered on the track to win the G1 Spring Champion Stakes ticking a lot of boxes for savvy broodmare owners.

Super Seth stood for $45,000 in 2024, expect an increase!

Waikato Stud’s Aussie bred Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth highlights the fickle nature of the breeding world given he’s come out and thrown two Australian Group I winners this year in Australian Guineas winner Feroce and Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker, plus a Karaka Million winner in La Dorada to boot, but in 2022 he could attract just 65 mares.

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Paddington stood last year  at a fee of $35,000.

The New Zealand stallion ranks were bolstered considerably by the arrival of a couple of genuine European superstars in Paddington (GB) (to Windsor Park from Coolmore) and Chaldean (GB) (to Cambridge Stud from Juddmonte Farms) with the four time G1 winning son of Siyouni finishing ahead of the three time G1 winning son of Frankel.

Splitting the pair in terms of first season sires was Grangewilliam Stud’s blueblood Fastnet Rock G2 winner Hilal, whose half-sister Marhoona won the Group I ATC Golden Slipper… there would have been plenty of Kiwi breeders happy to see her win last week!

New Zealand’s Busies Sires in 2024 (sires that have covered 90 or more mares in 2024)

STALLION

2024

2023

2022

Noverre (NZ)

179

136

127

Profondo (AUS)

173

177

 

Super Seth (AUS)

164

117

65

Paddington (GB) (First)

161

   

Almanzor (Fr)

145

76

136

Hilal (AUS) (First)

137

   

Ardrossan (AUS)

136

160

110

Sword Of State (AUS)

131

142

126

Hello Youmzain (FR)

126

105

115

Tarzino (NZ)

125

105

197

Ace High (AUS)

120

106

92

Chaldean (GB) (First)

120

   

Proisir (AUS)

111

152

170

Armory (IRE)

104

119

127

Wrote (IRE)

103

24

42

El Roca (AUS)

99

87

86

Shamexpress (NZ)

98

53

61

War Decree (USA)

96

63

46

Per Incanto (USA)

95

72

105

Redwood (GB)

90

118

74

Savabeel (AUS)

90

108

120

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