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Season End Sire Tables

3rd Aug 2009

Breednet - Tara Madgwick - Monday, 3 August 2009

All the major farms had something to cheer about at the end of the season with our two most expensive sires Encosta de Lago and Redoute’s Choice fighting out the Australian general sires championship, read on to check out all the division leaders.

General Sires

Coolmore heavyweight Encosta de Lago made it back-to-back wins in the general sires division to be our overall champion sire for 2008/2009 by earnings and winners with Arrowfield Stud’s Redoute’s Choice some half a million dollars in arrears.

Sires | Stud | 2009 fee | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- : Encosta de Lago | Coolmore Stud | $220,000 | 146 | 11 | $9.9 million Redoute’s Choice | Arrowfield Stud | $198,000 | 121 | 15 | $9.4 million Scenic (IRE) | deceased | N/A | 74 | 13 | $9.2 million

Two Year Old Sires

Vinery Stud based More Than Ready (USA) was another to claim back-to-back honours as our leading sire of juveniles.

Sires | Stud | 2009 fee | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- : More Than Ready (USA) | Vinery Stud | $148,500 | 22 | 6 | $4.2 million Exceed and Excel | Darley | $110,000 | 19 | 5 | $1.7 million General Nediym | deceased | N/A | 14 | 2 | $1.2 million

First Season Sires

Arrowfield Stud had a good result here with Charge Forward taking the title on earnings and Not a Single Doubt by winners. Good performances from any number of commercial grade sires including Fastnet Rock, Dane Shadow, Shamardal (USA) and Al Maher mean this is a list that has the potential to change dramatically over the next 12 months.

Sires | Stud | 2009 fee | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- : Charge Forward | Arrowfield Stud | $27,500 | 7 | 1 | $1.1 million Fastnet Rock | Coolmore Stud | $60,500 | 12 | 1 | $900,000 Dane Shadow | Kitchwin Hills | $16,500 | 6 | 1 | $700,000

Second Season Sires

A Darley trifecta in this category with Exceed and Excel, Lonhro and Reset all proving more than useful at stud, the latter two likely to improve further again as their stock mature.

Sires | Stud | 2009 fee | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- : Exceed and Excel | Darley | $110,000 | 65 | 8 | $3.3 million Lonhro | Darley | $33,000 | 54 | 2 | $2.3 million Reset | Darley | $27,500 | 32 | 2 | $2.1million

Third Season Sires

This has been a very competitive group of sires all the way through and Coolmore based Choisir has emerged on top this year by earnings, winners and stakes-winners in a thoroughly impressive performance.

Sires | Stud | 2009 fee | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | -------- : Choisir | Coolmore Stud | $35,750 | 92 | 9 | $4.8 million Hussonet (USA) | Arrowfield Stud | $71,500 | 76 | 3 | $3.7 million Street Cry (IRE) | Darley | $110,000 | 50 | 4 | $3.7 million

Broodmare Sires

Legendary sire Danehill (pictured) made a smooth transition from leading sire to leading broodmare sire and took this title for the fourth year in a row.

Sires | Winners | Stakes-Winners | Earnings ----- | ------ | ------- | -------- : Danehill (USA) | 202 | 13 | $9.2 million Centaine | 120 | 11 | $8.6 million Zabeel | 130 | 11 | $8.3 million