Which Sires are Giving Best Bang For Buck in 2019

Commercial breeding is all about return on investment so with the Easter Sale behind us we thought we'd have a look at which sires have produced the maximum bang for buck so far this year.

The Sire Profitability figure has always been a popular and interesting stat in the Breednet Sale Centre showing the multiple return on service fee for each sire at each sale but we've produced the figures here across all sales to date.

Not surprisingly it was the supporters of Coolmore's No Nay Never who hit it out of the park with the son of Scat Daddy getting off to a flying start in his first northern hemisphere season, and with modest numbers and good types they were always going to be popular in this part of the world.

He stood his first season at $11,000 and his 21 yearlings sold have averaged $149,000 with a median price of $130,000 and a return on investment of 13.6 times service fee (we factor in a $20,000 cost of raising the yearling to sale).

Similar figures were returned for Kitchwin Hills's ill-fated Time For War who returned 13.5 times his fee of $11,000, albeit with modest numbers and one big banger that made $800,000 at Easter but with seven of his 11 yearlings offered making $90,000 or more, everybody is happy.

I Am Invincible continues to be the gift that keeps giving for his supporters with his 2019 yearlings averaging better than $400,000 for a 7.5 multiple on his $55,000 fee in 2016.

Interestingly five of the six top results were for stallions which stood for $11,000 so an astute decision at the value end of the market can reap excellent rewards.

Stallions with return on service multiple of three times or better.

Sire	Sold	Average	Aggregate	Median	xFee
No Nay Never (11,000)	21	149,167	3,132,500	130,000	13.6
Time for War (11,000)	11	148,364	1,632,000	90,000	13.5
Spirit of Boom (11,000)	53	102,981	5,458,000	80,000	9.4
I Am Invincible (55,000)	102	409,804	41,800,000	330,000	7.5
Super One (11,000)	39	79,077	3,084,000	72,500	7.2
Nicconi (11,000)	70	77,964	5,457,500	60,000	7.1
Rubick (17,600)	45	121,478	5,466,500	80,000	6.9
Zoustar (44,000)	76	277,487	21,089,000	200,000	6.3
Dundeel (27,500)	58	163,155	9,463,000	135,000	5.9
Rich Enuff (13,750)	36	79,236	2,852,500	66,250	5.8
Better Than Ready (9,900)	53	55,943	2,965,000	42,500	5.7
Outreach (7,700)	21	43,452	912,500	30,000	5.6
Brazen Beau (44,000)	45	246,567	11,095,500	180,000	5.6
Deep Field (22,000)	82	122,567	10,050,500	85,000	5.6
Hinchinbrook (38,500)	51	201,971	10,300,500	160,000	5.2
Star Witness (16,500)	57	83,930	4,784,000	47,500	5.1
Kermadec (22,000)	34	107,515	3,655,500	80,000	4.9
Written Tycoon (49,500)	106	226,519	24,011,000	165,000	4.6
Not a Single Doubt (71,500)	55	316,309	17,397,000	210,000	4.4
Unencumbered (13,200)	20	58,100	1,162,000	57,500	4.4
Redoute's Choice (110,000)	31	488,226	15,135,000	320,000	4.4
Akeed Mofeed (16,500)	26	69,654	1,811,000	55,000	4.2
Teofilo (44,000)	11	185,364	2,039,000	170,000	4.2
Snippetson (7,150)	12	29,958	359,500	21,000	4.2
Spill the Beans (11,000)	39	44,603	1,739,500	25,000	4.1
Bradbury's Luck (7,700)	11	30,909	340,000	30,000	4
Snitzel (110,000)	64	406,250	26,000,000	360,000	3.7
Headwater (16,500)	53	61,585	3,264,000	55,000	3.7
Real Impact (19,250)	41	69,497	2,849,388	50,000	3.6
Vancouver (55,000)	61	197,213	12,030,000	140,000	3.6
Nostradamus (8,800)	17	30,794	523,500	20,000	3.5
Exosphere (27,500)	42	94,976	3,989,000	67,500	3.5
Smart Missile (22,000)	48	75,333	3,616,000	55,000	3.4
Toronado (22,000)	37	74,297	2,749,000	70,000	3.4
Scissor Kick (16,500)	32	55,359	1,771,500	45,000	3.4
Holy Roman Emperor (9,900)	13	32,423	421,500	30,000	3.3
Pierro (66,000)	44	210,295	9,253,000	152,500	3.2
Free Eagle (18,700)	15	57,067	856,000	42,000	3.1
Artie Schiller (22,000)	12	66,500	798,000	70,000	3
Press Statement (27,500)	35	81,614	2,856,500	50,000	3
Dissident (33,000)	80	98,725	7,898,000	77,500	3
Lonhro (88,000)	12	260,000	3,120,000	160,000	3
Sebring (77,000)	75	234,640	17,598,000	200,000	3