With the 2014-15 racing season coming to a close today,
Coolmore's Fastnet Rock is crowned
Champion Australian Sire for the second time with progeny earnings of over
$10.3 million.
FASTNET ROCK - 1st
Fastnet Rock's national Australian sires' title caps an outstanding year for the son of
Danehill who has also enjoyed global success with two Gr1 winners in the Northern Hemisphere.
Ballydoyle stable-mates Qualify and Diamondsandrubies showed that
Fastnet Rock had come of age as a world-class stallion when landing the English Oaks and Pretty Polly Stakes, respectively.
EXCEED & EXCEL - 2nd
SEBRING - 3rd
Fellow
Danehill stallion Exceed And Excel finished second with progeny earnings of just over
$9 million,
whilst
Widden Stud's young sire Sebring rounds out the top three with earnings in excess of
$8.6 million.
TOP SIRES BY WINS LAST 7 DAYS
Not A Single Doubt 10
Bel Esprit 7
Fastnet Rock 6
High Chaparral 5
Lonhro 5
TOP SIRES BY WINS LAST 30 DAYS
Not A Single Doubt 28
Bel Esprit 27
Fastnet Rock 25
High Chaparral 23
Magnus 22
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on EARNINGS are:
FASTNET ROCK - 1st
Fastnet Rock (Danehill) - $10,299,266
Exceed and Excel (Danehill) - $9,018,391
Sebring (More Than Ready) - $8,682,817
Encosta de Lago (Fairy King) - $8,506,233
Redoute's Choice (Danehill) - $8,393,945
Lonhro (Octagonal) - $8,065,935
Street Cry (Machiavellian) - $7,767,215
Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) - $7,748,860
Not a Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice) - $6,988,267
Northern Meteor (Encosta de Lago) - $6,900,544
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on WINNERS are:
LONHRO - 1st
Lonhro - 155
Choisir - 153
Fastnet Rock - 147
Not A Single Doubt - 145
Bel Esprit - 138
Oratorio - 124
Exceed And Excel - 114
Written Tycoon - 111
Snitzel - 108
More Than Ready - 106
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on 2YO WINNERS are:
NOT A SINGLE DOUBT - 1st
Not A Single Doubt - 23
Snitzel – 21
I Am Invincible – 20
Exceed And Excel – 15
Rothesay - 14
Sebring - 12
Beneteau – 12 (*Deceased)
More Than Ready - 10
Stratum - 10
Reward For Effort - 9
Hinchinbrook - 8
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on FIRST CROP SIRES - 2YO EARNINGS are:
HINCHINBROOK - 1st
Hinchinbrook - $1,057,035
Beneteau* - $812,725 (*Deceased)
Star Witness - $662,625
Rothesay - $630,560
Reward for Effort - $439,257
Starspangledbanner - $386,785
Alfred Nobel - $374,850
Captain Sonador - $240,625
Stryker - $210,870
Congrats - $135,460
War Chant* - $462,580 (*First Season in Aus; Proven Sire in USA)
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on FIRST CROP SIRES – WINNERS in AUSTRALIA are:
Sire – Winners (SWnrs) – Wins (SWins) – Strike Rate %
ROTHESAY - 1st
REWARD FOR EFFORT - 2nd
Rothesay (by Fastnet Rock) 14 – 20 - 31.7%
Beneteau* (by Redoute's Choice) 12 (2) - 15 (2) - 44.4% (*Deceased)
Reward for Effort (by Exceed and Excel) 9 – 11 - 31%
Hinchinbrook (by Fastnet Rock) 8 (2) - 14 (3) - 32%
Star Witness (by Starcraft) 8 (2) - 10 (2) - 22.9%
Starspangledbanner (by Choisir) 5 (1) - 9 (2) - 35.7%
Captain Sonador (by Shamardal) 5 – 7 - 14.3%
Stryker (by Fastnet Rock) 5 (1) - 5 (1) - 26.3%
War Chant (by Danzig) 4 (1) - 7 (1) - 23.5%
Congrats (by A.P. Indy) 4 – 4 - 13.3%
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on BROODMARE SIRES – WINNERS are:
DANEHILL - 1st
Danehill - 252
Encosta De Lago - 230
Zabeel - 193
Flying Spur - 187
Redoute’s Choice - 141
Canny Lad - 139
Royal Academy - 132
Snippets - 130
Danzero - 113
Scenic – 110
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on BROODMARE SIRES – EARNINGS are:
DANEHILL - 1st
Danehill - $16.2m
Zabeel - $11.8m
Encosta De Lago - $9.8m
Flying Spur – $9.4m
Peintre Celebre $7.5m
Redoute’s Choice - $7.5m
Anabaa - $6.6m
Scenic – $6.4m
Royal Academy - $5.7m
Snippets - $5.5m
The final Top Ten rankings for the season on STAKES WINNERS – (Wins) are:
FASTNET ROCK - 1st
Fastnet Rock - 15 (20)
Exceed and Excel - 13 (15)
Redoute's Choice - 11 (18)
Street Cry - 11 (17)
Snitzel - 11 (16)
Choisir - 9 (13)
Northern Meteor - 8 (11)
High Chaparral - 8 (12)
Sebring - 7 (11)
Lonhro - 7 (10)