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Zoustar to Widden for $15m

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    Posted: 31 Oct 2013 at 1:54pm

Widden Stud Wins The Race For Zoustar

Widden Stud has won the race to buy boom colt Zoustar and shore up his future breeding career.

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After long negotiations with several studs the Zoustar syndicate headed by Sherrif Iskander accepted an offer from Widden believed to be worth more than $15 million.

Zoustar Horseform will race for the first time in Widden ownership and racing colours in Saturday’s $1 million Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.

Stud farms in NSW and Victoria began bidding for Zoustar after the three-year-old by the recently deceased stallion Northern Meteor from a daughter of champion sire Redoute’s Choice won the G1 Golden Rose at Rosehill last month.

Widden Stud, who lost Northern Meteor in July after a sensational start to his stud career made him Australia’s champion first season sire in 2012-13, were intent on securing Zoustar as his replacement.

However Victoria’s Woodside Park Stud was also in the race for the colt with bidding between the two studs intensifying over the last week and pushing his value well past $10 million.

Zoustar was syndicated by Iskander after he purchased the colt as a yearling for $85,000 from the 2012 Magbic Milions sale at the Gold Coast where he was offered by KUlani Park Stud.

He followed up his Golden Rose victory with a runaway win in the G2 Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick, taking his career record to five wins from seven starts and $1,104,180 prizemoney for the Iskander syndicate.

His stud career is expected to begin at Widden in the spring of 2014, giving him a window to contest Australia’s major autumn sprints and then go after the big sprint races in the UK in June and July.

Part-owner Suman Hedge confirmed that an interim agreement had been struck for his sale subject to the colt passing the standard vet examination.

“The contract will be issued and subject to that being in order then the deal is done," Hedge said.

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Far be it for me to value stallions but $15m looks like overs.  I'd expect a bit more depth in the female line to command that sort of money.  Think the jury is still out on the quality of the Golden Rose too.

Would they be paying anything close to this figure if they didn't lose Northern Meteor?
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 ZOUSTAR (AUS)Bay colt 2010 
Northern Meteor
Bay 2005
Encosta de Lago
Bay 1993
Fairy King
Bay 1982
Northern Dancer
Bay 1961
Nearctic
Natalma
1954
1957
14-c
2-d
Fairy Bridge
Bay 1975
Bold Reason
Special
1968
1969
19-b
5-h
Shoal Creek
Chestnut 1988
Star Way
Chestnut 1977
Star Appeal
New Way
1970
1970
5-d
6-e
Rolls
Chestnut 1984
Mr Prospector
Grand Luxe
1970
1974
13-c
4-g
Explosive
Bay 1990
Fappiano
Bay 1977
Mr Prospector
Bay 1970
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
1961
1962
8-f
13-c
Killaloe
Bay 1970
Dr Fager
Grand Splendor
1964
1962
1-r
16-a
Scuff
Chestnut 1979
Forli
Chestnut 1963
Aristophanes
Trevisa
1948
1951
9-c
3-b
Moccasin
Chestnut 1963
Nantallah
Rough Shod
1953
1944
6-a
5-h
Zouzou
Bay 2001
Redoute's Choice
Bay 1996
Danehill
Bay 1986
Danzig
Bay 1977
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
1961
1968
2-d
7-a
Razyana
Bay 1981
His Majesty
Spring Adieu
1968
1974
4-d
2-d
Shantha's Choice
Bay 1992
Canny Lad
Brown 1987
Bletchingly
Jesmond Lass
1970
1975
7-a
14>
Dancing Show
Bay 1983
Nijinsky
Show Lady
1967
1976
8-f
8-f
Meteor Mist
Chestnut 1987
Star Shower
Chestnut 1976
Star of Heaven
Chestnut 1961
Star Kingdom
Magic Symbol
1946
1956
1-g
2-o
Show
Bay or brown 1970
Novalis
Covent Garden
1959
1965
4-r
8>
Sunbuster
Brown 1982
Blockbuster
Brown 1973
Streetfighter
Surpass
1962
1963
21-a
1-n
Sunshine Lass
Chestnut 1964
Wilkes
Born Lucky
1952
1954
13-c
8-k
 Ancestor duplications:Northern Dancer4m x 5m Mr Prospector5f,4m x
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Its great to see a pedigree with Heroic and Magpie in it.
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Even greater to see one from the Lady Chester female line. She was the dam of one of the early great sires in Australia Chester. He was also a great racehorse winner the AJC Sires' Produce S, Champagne S as a 2yo year old and going on to win the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup. And to add to the greats in his pedigree you find Encosta De Lago (Champion sire), Redoute's Choice (Champion sire), Danehill (Champion sire), Bletchingly (Champion sire), Biscay (Champion two year old sire), Wilkes (double dose)(Champion sire), Star Kingdom (double dose),(Champion sire), Magic Symbol (dam of Star of Heaven and Biscay), Talking (very good sire and a Champion 3yo winning the AJC and VRC Derby's while his best progeny was Amana winner of the WS Cox P, Caulfield S, LKS Mackinnon S etc), Wallace (Champion sire), Carbine (multiples) (Champion), Robinson Crusoe (Champion), Goldsbrough (Champion sire), Musket (multiples)(Champion sire), Heroic (Champion sire), Magpie (double dose)(Champion sire), Valais (Champion sire), Chelandry (Champion broodmare), Juliet (favourite mare), Lochiel (Champion sire) and lots more and that's just the Australian side of things.

The two weak links in the sires Star Shower and Blockbuster have back up blood for other better sires in the pedigree. Star Shower (the Biscay blood in Redoute's and an extra line of Wilkes) and Blockbuster the 1-n Chelandry blood in Heroic.

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Then look at the prepotency of the USA blood in Northern Meteor. Yet another Australian sire who has that inbreeding to a female in Rough Shod the dam of Ridan (Florida Derby, Blue Grass S, Arlington C, Arlington Futurity, Washington park Futurity ect).

Fairy King (brother to Sadler's Wells and an outstanding sire in his own right), Northern Dancer (Champion all rounder), Mr Prospector (double) (Champion sire). And some pretty special mares starting with Special, Lalun, Fairy Bridge, Rolls, Moccasin, Rough Shod, Natalma, Selene etc.

If you took out two generations (Star Shower and Blockbuster) the sires of the dams would read Redoute's Choice, Wilkes, Talking, Heroic in a row.

Fastnet Rock reads - Royal Academy, Marauding, Twig Moss, Better Honey, Chatsworth, Fair's Fair etc. Need I point out who were the Champion sires and who weren't. All pedigrees have good and bad points. Even the great pedigrees have lesser points.

He is a lovely young stallion who has a better chance than most at making it at stud.
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Hello,
may I point out, Star Showers Damsire is Novalis from the the Nella da Gubbio - Catnip branch, the succussful German strain, see Neckar/Naxos, Nebos, Novellist
 
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Thanks Ticino we've obviously had a bit of German blood here for a while
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Congrats to a couple of forum members who are involved with Zoustar. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by furious furious wrote:

Then look at the prepotency of the USA blood in Northern Meteor. Yet another Australian sire who has that inbreeding to a female in Rough Shod the dam of Ridan (Florida Derby, Blue Grass S, Arlington C, Arlington Futurity, Washington park Futurity ect).

Like Festival Hall or HenrytheNavigator?


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No like Valais (Feronia), Heroic (Illuminata),  Star Kingdom (Canterbury Pilgrim), Midstream (Quiver), Alcimedes (Serenissima), Agrigcola (Canterbury Pilgrim), Persian Book (Canterbury Pilgrim), Oncidium (Malva), Showdown (Scapa Flow), Century (Mumtaz Mahal), Sir Tristram (Lavendula & Selene), Matrice (Scapa Flow, Gondolette), Danehill (Natalma) etc.

Lots don't have it and there are more than just Festival Hall (Thong) and HenrytheNavigator (Special) who haven't made it.  But as Northern Meteor has been the find of this season and he is siring top young horses his best son does have a chance.
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Unnamed2015 filly cheapest Zoustar at Magic Millions at $70,000  
Zoustar (AUS)
Bay 2010
Northern Meteor
Bay 2005
Encosta de Lago
Bay 1993
Fairy King
Bay 1982
Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
1961
1975
2-d
5-h
Shoal Creek
Chestnut 1988
Star Way
Rolls
1977
1984
6-e
4-g
Explosive
Bay 1990
Fappiano
Bay 1977
Mr Prospector
Killaloe
1970
1970
13-c
16-a
Scuff
Chestnut 1979
Forli
Moccasin
1963
1963
3-b
5-h
Zouzou
Bay 2001
Redoute's Choice
Bay 1996
Danehill
Bay 1986
Danzig
Razyana
1977
1981
7-a
2-d
Shantha's Choice
Bay 1992
Canny Lad
Dancing Show
1987
1983
14>
8-f
Meteor Mist
Chestnut 1987
Star Shower
Chestnut 1976
Star of Heaven
Show
1961
1970
2-o
8>
Sunbuster
Brown 1982
Blockbuster
Sunshine Lass
1973
1964
1-n
8-k
It's All for You (GER)
Bay 2009
Shirocco
Bay 2001
Monsun
Bay or brown 1990
Konigsstuhl
Brown 1976
Dschingis Khan
Konigskronung
1961
1965
6-e
5-h
Mosella
Bay 1985
Surumu
Monasia
1974
1979
19>
8-a
So Sedulous
Bay 1991
The Minstrel
Chestnut 1974
Northern Dancer
Fleur
1961
1964
2-d
8-f
Sedulous
1986
Tap on Wood
Pendulina
1976
1978
14-f
2-e
All About Love
Bay 2002
Winged Love
Bay 1992
In the Wings
Bay 1986
Sadler's Wells
High Hawk
1981
1980
5-h
9-e
J'Ai Deux Amours
Bay or brown 1986
Top Ville
Pollenka
1976
1973
8-i
16-a
Arastou
Bay or brown 1989
Surumu
Chestnut 1974
Literat
Surama
1965
1970
7-b
19>
Arabeske
Bay 1976
Kronzeuge
Ankertrosse
1961
1962
5-h
9-h


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July foal , looks weak behind. No substance to my eye
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Hello,
The Zoustar/It's All for You Show a triple Damary Linbreeding Fairy King/Scuff Sadlers Wells (Winged Love.
 
It''s Allfor you traces back to Alveole (Galileo, Alchimist, Arjaman, Tertullian, Adlerflug), she is
 3x4 Surumu and has a three times linebreeding to Kaiserwürde (Königsstuhl/Kronzeuge/Kaiseradler). Ankerkette in her damline is one of the rare Nearco daughters in Germany.
 
Shirocco carries the Minstrel, the 3/4 brother of Nijinsky (Redoute's Choice)
 
Winged Love/Fappiano are descents of Plucky Liege via her daughters Marguerite de Valois/Noor Jahan
 
Sometimes you find the same damlines in peds you never expect, see for example Zoustar - Pantheon - Granddam Rose of Ayrshire (btw 3x4 Feronia/Violet like Robert Le Diable)
 
Monsun - Konigsstuhl - Tiepoletto - Tornado - Rose of Ayrshire
 
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JMO shoulder set weak. I wouldn't discount on physical appearance. Yearling prep has a lot to do with that and may not have had the ideal prep. Also X-rays and scope may not have been ideal.
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The battle for Zoustar

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A good horse. Every owner and every trainer wants one, but it is every new stallion that must have one.

This season, Sunlight proved that good horse for her first-season sire Zoustar by winning more than $2.1 million in stakes across three states and displaying the type of brilliance that was the trademark of her father during his rather spectacular time on the turf.

Sunlight turned heads as a yearling when commanding a $300,000 price tag but it was her arrival as a juvenile sprinting star that confirmed Zoustar as a big-business stallion.

His crowning in a few months as first-season champion stallion will also facilitate a shot at the mother lode - an elite position as a dual hemisphere sire.

At his first four seasons at stud, Zoustar served an average of more than 170 mares at a fee of $44,000. Sunlight's blinding zip has forced that to $55,000 - or $60,500 with GST - next spring as breeders clamber for some of that early dash.

Zoustar will command that fee at Widden Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley, some 1000 kilometres from where he stood last season at Victoria's Woodside Park Stud near Woodend.

This rare collaborative relationship - which saw Zoustar stand at each stud on alternate years - was hailed as a fresh approach to breeding in this country, but one that, four years down the track, has soured immeasurably.

So much so that Widden and Woodside will this week in Melbourne face-off in court and will do so again in June on another matter. The common centrepiece in both cases is Zoustar.

At just seven years of age, all is good in Zoustar's world as he merrily passes on his racetrack talent to future generations. But just outside his world is a looming and long-simmering battle over his ownership and the validity of deals done within deals when he was being shopped as a new and exciting stallion prospect in the spring of 2013.

There are millions of dollars involved and, in an upcoming court action brought by the administrators for Bill Vlahos' failed BC3 Thoroughbreds, a dispute over who legally is among the horse's owners.

It is understood that BC3 liquidators will claim BC3 had an agreement in 2013 with Widden Stud to buy 50 per cent of Zoustar at a price that would have valued the horse at between $14 and $18m.

The battle is a long way from where it all started for the son of Northern Meteor.

Zoustar was sold by Magic Millions twice as a young horse. He was bred by Kevin Dixon's Racetree outside Beaudesert in Queensland and sold to KP Thorougbreds for $85,000 at the 2011 National Weanling Sale.

He was then prepared by Chloe Latif and Rhys Smith for their Kulani Park draft and sold to noted horse buyer and syndicator Sheriff Iskander for $140,000 at the 2012 Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Iskander enjoyed a high profile in racing circles at the time but has largely been missing from the Australian racing landscape after his dealings involving Zoustar throughout 2012 and 2013.

What should have been a triumphant period for a syndicator was in fact a daily strain as he juggled doing business with studs with the demands of the colt's other shareholders - some of whom were keen and, in some quarters, desperate to cash-in immediately an offer was made.

Iskander wound up with Zoustar after he was initially overlooked at the 2012 Magic Millions Yearling sale. He spent $140,000 after being taken by his strength and demeanour. Within two years, the colt's value as a racing and breeding prospect had ballooned to close to $20m.

Zoustar announced himself on racing's big stage in the early spring of 2013. He seemingly dropped from nowhere to run away with the group 1 Golden Rose at Rosehill in September and then was sent out a hot favourite in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.

He won decisively and his future as a stallion was secured. But just who had secured him is a question not yet answered.

The Golden Rose win came just two months after Zoustar's sire Northern Meteor's sudden death from colic at Widden Stud.

Northern Meteor, a son of Encosta De Lago, was viewed by many in the industry as a future dominant figure and his death as a seven-year-old came as a massive blow to his owners at Widden.

It was obvious that Widden would be one of the suitors for Northern Meteor's best-performed son and Iskander opened up dialogue with Widden and also with Victorian-based Woodside Park for the right to stand Zoustar post his racing days.

Thus began a bidding duel which Iskander was hopeful would drive the sale price up to unprecedented areas for a non-Golden Slipper Stakes winner.

But suddenly, the bidding stopped. Iskander knew that Widden and Woodside were talking and instead of driving up the price by trying to outbid each other, they were joining forces.

The offers were getting smaller rather than bigger and some of Zoustar's owners were getting itchy for a deal to be done.

The final offer came in at $14m plus a further $4m if he was to win the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on the opening day of the VRC Spring Carnival.

For Iskander, it was a business deal and he had been in the financial business for too long to dwell unnecessarily over such matters. He was trying to get the best price for the syndicators and the studs were trying to snare the colt for as little as they could.

But such was the pressure at the time of that year's Coolmore Stud Stakes, Iskander collapsed in the Flemington mounting yard when Zoustar raced clear to post a second Group 1 win.

Dealings in the weeks leading up to the stallion-making race had taken a toll. Many of those to take up shares in Zoustar when initially syndicated following his purchase were 'five per-centers' and some of those were keen to grab some of the big figures suggested for the horse.

Widden Stud appeared as the sole buyer of Zoustar but it is understood the stud had an agreement with Woodside that they would equally share in the horse. A part of the deal was the condition he would stand alternate years at Widden and Woodside for the first four seasons.

As soon as the studs had come to a deal - they both wanted a minimum 25 per cent of the horse each - new owners were sought. Suddenly, the very active (at the time) BC3 Thoroughbreds appeared on the scene with an alleged $9m-plus commitment to buy half of the colt.

It will be alleged that an agreement followed but not before a new buyer was entering the scene.

Sheikh Fahad Al Thani's Qatar Bloodstock initially asked for a 50 per cent share of Zoustar with Widden and Woodside content with 25 per cent each.

Ultimately, Qatar ended up with 33 per cent but it will be alleged that it was not at the $18m the horse had been valued at just weeks earlier.

The new value was an estimated $26m and Woodside claim that Qatar paid at that rate for 33 per cent, meaning Widden was left with a sizeable 'upside' on the deal.

The court hearing this week is one of two cases involving Zoustar with the second looming as a battle of the states.

In June, Woodside take Widden to court to rule over whether the initial agreement to stand the horse in alternate seasons can be continued beyond this spring given the stallion's enormous popularity with Victorian breeders.

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I suspect this guy could be a super stallion. 


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TASK AND PURPOSE (AUS)Bay or brown filly 2015 
Zoustar
Bay 2010
Northern Meteor
Bay 2005
Encosta de Lago
Bay 1993
Fairy King
Bay 1982
Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
1961
1975
2-d
5-h
Shoal Creek
Chestnut 1988
Star Way
Rolls
1977
1984
6-e
4-g
Explosive
Bay 1990
Fappiano
Bay 1977
Mr Prospector
Killaloe
1970
1970
13-c
16-a
Scuff
Chestnut 1979
Forli
Moccasin
1963
1963
3-b
5-h
Zouzou
Bay 2001
Redoute's Choice
Bay 1996
Danehill
Bay 1986
Danzig
Razyana
1977
1981
7-a
2-d
Shantha's Choice
Bay 1992
Canny Lad
Dancing Show
1987
1983
14>
8-f
Meteor Mist
Chestnut 1987
Star Shower
Chestnut 1976
Star of Heaven
Show
1961
1970
2-o
8>
Sunbuster
Brown 1982
Blockbuster
Sunshine Lass
1973
1964
1-n
8-k
Combat Kitty
Bay 2008
General Nediym
Chestnut 1994
Nediym
Bay 1985
Shareef Dancer
Bay 1980
Northern Dancer
Sweet Alliance
1961
1974
2-d
4-r
Nilmeen
Chestnut 1973
Right Royal
Nasreen
1958
1964
3-f
9-c
Military Belle
Bay 1988
Without Fear
Bay 1967
Baldric
Never Too Late
1961
1957
13-c
4-c
Reticella
Brown 1981
In the Purple
Frill
1966
1969
11-d
10-d
Fondle
Bay 2000
O'Reilly
Brown 1993
Last Tycoon
Bay or brown 1983
Try My Best
Mill Princess
1975
1977
8-f
8-c
Courtza
Bay 1986
Pompeii Court
Hunza
1977
1970
1-p
13-b
Caught Kanudling
Brown 1994
Grosvenor
Bay 1979
Sir Tristram
My Tricia
1971
1974
6-e
8>
Pre Empt
Grey 1975
Battle-Waggon
Happy Fire
1962
1959
3-o
12-g
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Obviously he is going extremely well, I bet they regret the small upgrade in fee after the last month he's had. Could serve a full book at 80.
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Nah they're probably just thankful they could raise it at all, considering most stallion's fees drop significantly once they start to have runners.
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He is to shuttle to the UK, to Tween Hills, for 20 thousand euro  and his book will be carefully kept to a limit, so he isnt worked to a nub.  Which I find refreshing , to see a stallion looked after and not screwed into the ground. 
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Fair effort today in the Coolmore .
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TRIFECTA for him
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got to agree.  Hard for a stallion to go one two but for the best three across the line!  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Prince of Penzance Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Nov 2018 at 2:33pm
and from his first crop, in a race he won.

Outstanding achievement
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote acacia alba Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Nov 2018 at 9:43pm
Quite an amazing achievement as POP says.  Widden would be celebrating tonight LOL
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Widden Stud cuts Zoustar's stud fee for 2020

Widden Stud has decided to drop the service fee for flagship stallion Zoustar by $33,000 for the 2020 breeding season.

Zoustar has been without a Group I winner this season but the likes of Mizzy, Zoutori and Sisstar have produced Group winners for the sire during the 2019/20 campaign.

Widden announced it had decided to drop Zoustar’s stud fee from $154,000 to $121,000 (including GST) for 2020.

Nature Strip’s sire Nicconi will stand at $27,500, down from $38,500 last year while Trapeze Artist’s fee has dropped from $88,000 to $77,000 for his second season.

Star Witness and Written By will stand for $22,000 while Widden has set Zousain’s fee at $19,800 for his first season.

Widden boss Antony Thompson said the stud has reacted to challenging economic circumstances caused by the Covid-19 outbreak when setting fees for the 2020 season.

“In light of the current global situation resulting from the Covid 19 pandemic and ensuing financial downturn, we have taken the decision to reduce our fees by an average 20% in a bid to assist breeders through these unprecedented events,” Thompson said in a statement.

“We are mindful of doing all we can to support breeders and believe Australia is well placed to go forward as we emerge from this crisis.

“We are the only nation to have been able to continue a widespread racing program that has allowed our major autumn carnivals to proceed and achieved a world first in being able to trade our premium yearlings at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in a virtual online format.

“Our stallions are priced this year to put breeders back on track after a very challenging period for all of us.”

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Zoustar is way over priced.

He is not as good as I thought.

They have made some money out of this bloke.


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He's done the job so far at stud:

Champion First Year sire 2017/18
Leading 2nd Season sire 2018/19
Leading 3rd season sire 2019/20

However that said they got extremely greedy last year, raising his stud fee from $55k plus GST to $140k plus GST.  That after standing for $40k plus GST in his first seasons.

So he's now back to $110k plus GST which is still double his fee two years ago and which I agree is a decent ask.

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