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.