STALLIONS THAT HAVE HAD 25 STARTS OR MORE ARE VERY RARELY SUCCESSFUL AT STUD….Part 2

24/06/15

Yesterday I displayed publicly an article which researched the stud career of all advertised stallions that stood in Australia in 1995 – that had had 25 starts or more. The annual Stallions book was the source to name the stallions, as it’s not a cheap exercise to advertise stallions in books like that, so I figured by advertising in that publication, owners of the various stallions were happy in their own mind that their stallion/s were deemed “commercial” and were at least a marketable entity.

The article that I wrote yesterday can be read by clicking on the last article at the bottom of this one. It showed that of the 58 “commercial” stallions that stood in Australia in 1995 and had had 25 or more starts, which were advertised in Stallions, only two were deemed to be “successful” by virtue of the fact that they’d achieved a winners-to-runners ratio of 60% as well as a stakeswinners-to-runners ratio of 5%.

As at 2005 the stallions named below, that had 25 starts inclusive or more, were advertised in the Stallions book of that year. Naturally some of the stallions that were named in the 1995 article were still standing at stud in 2005, so their names will be duplicated here. As a matter of interest 282 stallions were advertised in the Stallions publication in 2005.

Here is the complete list from 2005 Stallions – of stallions that had 25 starts or more:

STALLION

BEST CAREER WIN

NO. STARTS

SERVICE FEE

Adam

2 X G1

51

$5,000

Admiralty

G3

41

$3,300

Arena

2 X G1

32

$13,750

Black Hawk

2 X G1

28

$11,000

Blevic

2 X G1

26

$5,500

Canadian Silver

G2

29

FOA*

Centre Stalls

Listed

26

$3,300

Chatline

3YO Open

27

FOA*

Citizen Kane

G3

34

$2,000

Curata Storm

G1

31

$3,080

Danbird

G2

28

$8,800

Danewin

5 X G1

31

$22,000

Dash For Cash

2 X G1

30

$11,000

Delzao

G2

27

$7,700

Diatribe

2 X G1

33

$8,250

Dieu D’or

Listed

32

$3,300

Ebony Grosve

2 X G1

29

$11,000

Elvstroem

5 x G1

28

$38,500

Falbrav

10 X G1

26

$38,500

Falvelon

2 X G1

37

$13,750

Fantastic Light

6 x G1

25

$27,500

Filante

2 X G1

25

$5,500

Fraar

1 X G1

35

$4,400

Half Hennessy

1 X G1

25

$8,800

High Rolling

Listed

28

$4,400

Hobb Alwahtan

Open H/cap

29

$3,300

Immovable Option

G2

26

FOA*

Inflate

Listed

25

$3,300

Intergaze

8 x G1

49

$5,500

Jetway

Open H/cap

61

$2,200

Jeune

4 X G1

42

$12,100

Lawyer

G2

34

$3,300

Lonhro

11 X G1

35

$66,000

Manner Hill

G3

41

$5,500

Marwina

G3

27

$5,500

Mr Innocent

G1

39

$6,050

Mugharreb

Listed

28

$5,500

My Patriarch

G3

26

$2,200

Naturalism

3 X G1

34

$2,500

Nediym

G3

41

$3,300

Nothin’ Leica Dane

2 X G1

27

$5,500

Octagonal

10 X G1

28

$33,000

Principality

1 X G1

25

$3,850

Reenact

1 X G1

30

$5,500

Right Wing

G3

37

$4,400

Saithor

Open H/cap

29

$3,300

Sequalo

G2

40

FOA*

Shags

Listed

39

$2,000

Show A Heart

4 x G1

33

$17,600

Tabkir

Open H/cap

39

$2,750

Taimazov

2 x G1

29

$11,000

Telesto

2 x G1

42

$3,300

Tully Dane

G3

33

$5,500

Umatilla

G1

38

$6,600

Universal Prince

4 x G1

30

$11,000

Urgent Request

1 X G1

25

$3,300

Vitrinite

Listed

60

$3,300

* FOA = Service Fee on application

 

From this above group of 57 stallions that had had 25 or more starts, no fewer than 30 (52.63%) were Group 1 winners either in Australia or overseas when they went off to stand at stud.

 

From this group of 57 stallions the vast majority failed, but ones that need statistically checking publicly to avoid answering copious emails are – in alphabetical order:

 

STALLION

% WINNERS-TO-RUNNERS

% STAKESWINNERS-TO-RUNNERS

Black Hawk

62.47%

1.49%

Blevic

58.42%

4.30%

Canadian Silver

62.74%

0.75%

Danbird

42.1%

0.60%

Danewin

71.98%

8.13%

Dash For Cash

59.91%

1.69%

Elvstroem

48.10%

2.06%

Falbrav

57.17%

2.91%

Falvelon

62.69%

1.77%

Fantastic Light

55.98%

3.40%

Filante

53.87%

1.71%

Jeune

70.77%

4.92%

Lonhro

70.24%

7.85%

Nothin’ Leica Dane

56.85%

1.99%

Octagonal

62.28%

3.07%

Sequalo

67.67%

1.93%

Show A Heart

61.70%

3.37%

Universal Prince

44.05%

0.00%

 

So from those 57 stallions that had 25 or more racetrack starts only two – Danewin and Lonhro – or 3.50% of the entire group, were later proven to be successful at stud, so conversely 96.50% failed at stud, as in they failed to achieve a winners-to-runners ratio of 60% or higher, as well as a stakeswinners-to-runners ratio of 5% or over.

 

The only four stallions whose names were replicated in both the 1995 list in the original article yesterday and this 2005 list are Canadian Silver, Dieu D’or, Naturalism and Umatilla, meaning that across both articles the statistics of a total of 111 individual stallions that raced 25 times or more were researched and of that 111 only four stallions or 3.60% of the entire group – namely At Talaq, Military Plume, Danewin and Lonhro achieved my “successful sire” statistics. Some 96.40% of the entire group failed at stud, so both broodmare owners and yearling sale buyers need to be aware of the ordinary statistics relating to heavily raced stallions which were randomly picked from being at stud in 1995 and 2005 in Australia.

 

Today on www.brisbaneracing.com.au there are some interesting racing facts to peruse. On www.sydneyracing.com.au there’s another interesting story on what Amanda Turnbull and Brett Stewart are up to, whilst on www.melbourneracing.com.au there’s the story of the American stallion that will stand his debut season in Victoria for $9,900.

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