Breeding & Racing Magazine

Australian Sires Premiership Update

After nearly five weeks of the 2017-18 racing season, Arrowfield Stud's incumbent Champion Australian Sire Snitzel once again finds himself at the top of the national sires' leader board with progeny earnings of $1.25 million. Occupying second position is Darley's deceased shuttler & Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner Street Cry, runner-up in last season's Sires' Premiership, while Coolmore's former champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock rounds out the top three. According to arion.co.nz, the Top 10 ranked stallions in Australia (as of 31 August) are:

1. Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) - $1,250,858
2. Street Cry (Machiavellian) - $814,920
3. Fastnet Rock (Danehill) - $770,664
4. I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) - $760,759
5. Written Tycoon (Iglesia) - $563,204
6. Sebring (More Than Ready) - $552,836
7. Star Witness (Starcraft) - $545,770
8. High Chaparral (Sadler's Wells) - $530,150
9. Nicconi (Bianconi) - $508,069
10. Galileo (Sadler's Wells) - $471,175