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Telemon Thoroughbreds announce fees for three-strong roster
Telemon Thoroughbreds has announced the fees for its three-strong stallion roster, with Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200)-producing stallion Sidestep (Exceed And Excel) heading the line-up and he will stand the 2021 season for a reduced fee of $11,000 (inc GST), having stood last year for $16,500 (inc GST).
"We're eagerly awaiting his first QTIS runners," Telemon principal Dan Fletcher said. "We've made a conscious decision to sharpen the focus on Sidestep this season for our QTIS breeders and we wanted to take the initiative with his service fee to get these guys behind us.
"He has his biggest, highest quality crop on the ground and the calibre of this stock is next level as you would expect.
"His initial runners may be small in number, but the winners just keep coming. His first Queensland sired crop sold to $150,000 off a $7,700 fee so we're extremely excited about Sidestep's future."
Jungle Cat (Iffraaj) - whose first weanlings hit the ring at the upcoming Magic Millions National Weanling Sale on the Gold Coast - will stand for a slightly reduced fee of $11,000 (inc GST), having stood last season at a fee of $13,200 (inc GST).
"We've pulled this guy's fee back from $13,200 as much as anything to match Sidestep," Fletcher explained.
"Jungle Cat covers his third book of mares this season and is a horse going places. It's quite amazing to think that when we brought him down in 2019, we had to educate our breeders a little bit about the Iffraaj blood: since then, Wootton Bassett has become globally significant and will stand at $71,500 in The Hunter, and Almanzor is one of the most talked about stallions in Australasia.
"Jungle Cat is the fastest Iffraaj ever and his first foals are outstanding. We knew Jungle Cat had the performance and the pedigree when we launched him. Now he's shown us he is pre-potent we believe he's set to be an outstanding stallion."
The roster is completed by Sun City (Zoustar) and he will stand his second season for an unchanged fee of $7,700 (inc GST).
"Sun City was particularly well received in 2020," Fletcher said. "He is the most precocious, naturally brilliant son of Zoustar and is a breathtaking individual. We've positioned him as a QTIS stallion that will get early winners.
"Experienced breeders told us last year he is the best-looking horse in Queensland and with his pedigree as well as the blistering speed he showed pre-Christmas we don't think his supporters will have a long wait to be rewarded."
Telemon Thoroughbreds roster 2021 (all fees inc GST) (2020 fee)
Sidestep - $11,000 ($13,200)
Jungle Cat - $11,000 ($13,200)
Sun City - $7,700 (unchanged)
