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Dual Group 1 winner King’s Legacy introduced at a fee of $33,000
Group 1-producing stallion Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) will stand his first season at Coolmore Australia for an introductory fee of $71,500 (inc GST), while dual Group 1 winner King's Legacy (Redoute's Choice) will cover his first book of mares at a fee of $33,000 (inc GST).
"We are very excited to welcome Wootton Bassett, a Group 1-winning champion two-year-old on the track and one of the most exciting sires in Europe, to our roster." said Coolmore Australia's sales and nominations manager, Colm Santry.
"He will join Redoute's Choice's dual Group 1-winning son King's Legacy, in a line-up headed by multiple champion sire Fastnet Rock, who is coming off one of the most successful seasons of his illustrious career."
The son of Iffraaj (Zafonic) is the sire of 17 stakes winners, headed by three Group 1 winners, including Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor, while his stakes winners include last season's talented Champagne Stakes (Gr 2, 7f) winner Chindit, who opened his three-year-old career with a victory in last week's Greenham Stakes (Gr 3, 7f) at Newbury.
Having stood at Haras d'Etreham for the first nine seasons of his stud career, where he was introduced at a fee of €6,000 and eventually climbed to €40,000, Coolmore Stud purchased the stallion in August last year and he is currently serving his first book of mares in Ireland at a fee of €100,000.
Another new addition to the roster is the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained King's Legacy who landed the Sires' Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m), prompting Coolmore to buy into the James Harron-raced colt. He then subsequently went on to win the Champagne Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) and in doing so became the only son of Redoute's Choice (Danehill) to win more than one Group 1 as a juvenile.
King's Legacy retired the winner of three of his 13 starts, with prize-money totalling $1,013,100.
Purchased by Harron for $1.4 million at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the colt is out of Listed-placed Hussonet (Mr Prospector) mare Breakfast In Bed, making him a half-brother to one other winner.
Breakfast In Bed herself is a daughter of Bella Sunday (Sunday Silence) - the dam of 2018 Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Oohood (I Am Invincible), who finished also finished second in the Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and Sires' Produce Stakes as a two-year-old in 2018.
Bella Sunday herself is out of stakes-placed Singles Bar (Rory's Jester) - the dam of Listed winner and successful sire Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice).
The roster is once again headed by Fastnet Rock (Danehill), who will stand for an unchanged fee of $165,000 (inc GST). The son of Danehill (Danzig) has enjoyed a good season in Australasia, siring 16 stakes winners so far and they are headed by Group 1-winning trio Avantage, Rocket Spade and Personal.
Meanwhile, Fastnet Rock's dual Group 1-winning son Merchant Navy - whose first runners hit the track next season - will stand for a reduced fee of $33,000 (inc GST), down from $44,000 (inc GST). A total of 84 yearlings from the stallion's first-crop sold for an aggregate of $10,449,743 at an average of $124,401.
Following an excellent season on the track, So You Think (High Chaparral) has been subject to well-earned fee increase and he will stand for a career high fee of $77,000 (inc GST), having stood last term for $38,500 (inc GST).
The son of High Chaparral (Sadler's Wells) has sired 11 stakes winners, including George Ryder Stakes (Gr 1, 1500m) winner Think It Over and he is currently sitting fourth in the Australia's general sires table by earnings.
So You Think has also enjoyed a good year in the sales ring, with 86 of his yearlings selling for an aggregate of $14,440,275 at an average of $167,910, while he also enjoyed his first ever seven-figure result, when Bryce Heys purchased a colt by the stallion for $1 million at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale earlier this month.
"So You Think has undoubtedly developed into one of the best stallions in Australia," Colm Santry told Racing & Sports Bloodstock. "He has had an incredible season on the track with 11 Stakes winners and eight Group winners in Australia, and in the ring with his yearlings selling for $1,000,000, $900,000 and $800,000 etc.
"He is an incredibly versatile stallion, with Group winners from 1200 metres to 3200 metres this season, and with a number of large, well-bred crops coming through the system, he is only going to continue to get better."
The 2019 Everest (1200m) winner Yes Yes Yes (Rubick) will stand his second consecutive season at Coolmore Australia for a fee of $38,500 (inc GST), while it was also announced on Monday his father Rubick (Encosta De Lago) will relocate to Swettenham Stud in Victoria.
American Triple-crowning winning shuttlers American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) and Justify (Scat Daddy) will stand for slightly reduced fees in 2021, with American Pharoah offered to breeders at a fee of $49,500 (inc GST), having stood last season for a fee of $55,000 (inc GST). The son of Pioneerof The Nile (Empire Maker) has sired three winners so far from his first southern hemisphere crop.
Justify, who covered his first book of mares at the Hunter Valley stud at $66,000 (inc GST), will stand his second season in Australia for a fee of $55,000 (inc GST).
Fellow shuttler, Calyx (Kingman) is also about to embark on his second season in Australia and he will stand for a reduced fee of $13,750 (inc GST), having stood for $17,600 (inc GST) and he will be joined by fellow second season shuttler Magna Grecia (Invincible Spirit), who will stand for a reduced fee of $19,250 (inc GST), having stood last term at $22,000 (inc GST).
Churchill (Galileo) - whose first weanlings will hit the sales rings this upcoming breeding stock sales - and he will stand for an increased fee of $22,000 (inc GST), up from $19,250 (inc GST) in 2020.
Pierro (Lonhro) has had his fee slightly shaved back and he will stand the 2021 breeding season for $110,000 (inc GST), down from $137,500 (inc GST) on last year, while shuttler Saxon Warrior (Deep Impact) has also had his fee 2020 fee of $17,600 (inc GST) reduced to $13,750 (inc GST).
Second season sires, Vancouver (Medaglia d'Oro) and Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry) will stand for slightly lower fees of $22,000 (inc GST), having stood last season at fees for $30,250 (inc GST) and $38,500 (inc GST).
The roster is completed by Group 1-producing stallion Adelaide (Galileo), who has had last season's fee reduced to $5,500, down from $8,800 (inc GST) in 2020.
Coolmore Stud 2021 roster (all inc GST) (2020 fees in brackets)
Adelaide - $5,500 ($8,800)
American Pharoah - $49,500 ($55,000)
Calyx - $13,750 ($17,600)
Churchill - $22,000 ($19,250)
Fastnet Rock - $165,000 (unchanged)
Justify - $55,000 ($66,000)
King's Legacy - $33,000 (NEW)
Magna Grecia - $19,250 ($22,000)
Merchant Navy - $33,000 ($44,000)
Pierro - $110,000 ($137,500)
Pride Of Dubai - $22,000 ($38,500)
Saxon Warrior - $13,750 ($17,600)
So You Think - $77,000 ($38,500)
Vancouver - $22,000 ($30,250)
Wootton Bassett - $71,500 (NEW)
Yes Yes Yes - $38,500 (Unchanged)
