Interesting reading on the
Australian First Crop Sires List especially in the Hunter Valley as
FOXWEDGE sires his 3rd winner when Love Me Baby won today at Canberra for Randwick Trainer John Sargent.
LOVE ME BABY is a daughter of Silvercup Baby and she scored by 4 lens x 2 lens.
FOXWEDGE stands at Newgate Farm and the sire is starting to build momentum now with
3 Individual Winners and 4 individual placed horses to his resume including stakes placed Aghna.
Whilst Newgate’s new boy is off and running and building a resume, surprisingly his Hunter Valley First Crop peers are yet to strike a blow.
The TOP 5 Hunter Valley First Crop Sires are as at 5/2/16:
FOXWEDGE = 16 runners = 3 winners; 4 placed (inc SP Aghna)
UNCLE MO = 4 runners; 2 winners
DREAM AHEAD = 9 runners; 1 winner
SEPOY = 11 runners; Zero winners; 5 placed (inc SP Chipanda)
SMART MISSILE = 7 runners; Zero winners; 3 placed (inc SP Smart Amelia)
Australia wide, only 4 First Crop Sires have produced multiple winners:
SIDEREUS = 23 runners - 5 Winners
FOXWEDGE = 16 runners – 3 Winners
UNCLE MO = 4 runners – 2 Winners
LOVE CONQUERS ALL = 10 runners – 2 Winners
The following few weeks will prove to be very interesting especially as the 2yo races start to heat up and the volumes of runners in races increase.