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Swettenham Stud release fees for roster
Toronado (High Chaparral) will stand at Swettenham Stud for an increased fee of $49,500 (inc GST) in 2021, having stood last season for $27,500 (inc GST).
The fee increase comes off the back of a brilliant season for the son of High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells), with the stallion siring seven stakes winners, headlined by Masked Crusader, who handed him a first Group 1 winner when he landed the William Reid Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) last month.
His progeny’s brilliance on the track translated to the stallion’s performance in the sales ring, with 32 of his yearlings selling for an aggregate of $3,670,533 at an average of $114,704.
Having covered 210 mares last season, Swettenham Stud’s Adam Sangster has decided to cap the stallion’s book for the upcoming breeding season.
“We could have priced him at $60,000 and he would have still got a full book - but we have always priced him reasonably right from the start to allow all the breeders to get in and get results in the sales rings and on the track and we didn't want to hike him right up after his brilliant season,” Adam Sangster told Racing & Sports Bloodstock. “We think the fee is very fair and seems to have agreed.
“We will be capping his book just to protect the breeders that are using him so there aren’t 200 of them trying to get them into the sales, his libido and fertility are brilliant. He could cover 400 mares a year no problems, but with two big books on the way and we are just going to cap it to protect the breeders and him as well.”
Highland Reel (Galileo) will be represented by his first runners in the northern hemisphere this season and Sangster was satisfied with the way the buyers responded his first southern hemisphere crop in the sales ring, with 30 yearlings making $1,525,750 at an average of $50,858. He will stand his fourth season for an unchanged fee of $16,500 (inc GST).
“We decided to keep him the same,” said Sangster. “We were really happy with the way the way the first yearlings sold this year and the good thing about going to him this year, is that by the time breeders are selling his yearlings from the mares that are getting covered this year, there will be five-year-olds in the northern hemisphere and four-year-olds here and by that time he had already won four or five his Group 1s, so you are selling on the back of mature crops and multiple racing crops, so it is a good year to take punt.”
I Am Immortal (I Am Invincible) covered 116 mares in his first season in 2020, and he will stand the upcoming breeding season for an unchanged fee of $13,500 (inc GST)
As it was announced earlier in the week, The Everest (1200m)-producing stallion Rubick (Encosta De Lago) will relocate to Swettenham from Coolmore and he will stand for a fee of $27,500 (inc GST).
The Victorian Stud’s roster is completed by Puissance De Lune (Shamardal) and Trust In A Gust (Keep The Faith) and they will both stand for unchanged fees of $19,800 (inc GST) and $6,600 (inc GST) respectively.
Swettenham Stud 2021 roster (all inc GST) (2020 fees)
Toronado - $49,500 ($27,500)
Rubick - $27,500 (NEW)
Puissance De Lune - $19,800 (unchanged)
Highland Reel - $16,500 (unchanged)
I Am Immortal - $13,750 (unchanged)
Trust In A Gust - $6,600 (unchanged)
