JUSTIFY will Return to Australia as Coolmore Stud Announce 2023 Service Fees

27 Apr 23

Coolmore Australia have announced their roster’s Service Fees for 2023 with the exciting return to Australia of two (2) exceptional Sires: JUSTIFY and Starspangledbanner are added back to their roster.

In 2023 they will stand:

Justify ($ T.B.A)

Fastnet Rock tops the roster at $110,000.

Starspangledbanner is set at $33,000

Perennial favourites So You Think will stand at $99,000

Pierro is always highly desired and is standing at $82,500,

Wootton Bassett (GB) at $93,500 had an increase ahead of his first Australian crop selling in 2024.

Home Affairs will be standing at $99,000 and was the busiest first season sire in Australia last spring covering 202 mares and there is anticipation surrounding the arrival of his first foals.

Acrobat, was also popular, and is in the affordable price range at $13,750.

Pride of Dubai has sired A resurgent Pride of Dubai is the sire of two G1 winners this season in Dubai Honour and Bella Nipotina, and eight SW's in Australasia this season and promises to fill a gap in the Hunter Valley as a serious Group 1 sire at a sensible fee of $27,500.

Whilst the New Addition to their roster will be BEST OF BORDEAUX (Snitzel) is set at $27,500.

He will join the balance of the roster, standing beside: Adelaide $5,500, Churchill $22,000, King’s Legacy $27,500, St Mark’s Basilica $44,000 and Yes Yes Yes $33,000.

Justify - Australia's Leading First Crop Sire

No doubt the biggest coup for the juggernaut breeding operation is their decision to backflip on JUSTIFY and return to Australia for the 2023.

JUSTIFY had such a brilliant first season in the Northern Hemisphere that in 2022, Coolmore decided not to shuttle him back to Australia, sighting then he was considered “too valuable to risk” being shuttled to Australia for that breeding season.

To be fair, that was not one of their better decisions, as history shows that JUSTIFY is a Sire Sensation in the Southern Hemisphere as well, and he is now set to be crowned Australia’s Leading First Season Sire for 2022-23.

JUSTIFY only had 96 live foals in his first crop (current 2yo’s).

Whilst his second crop (current yearlings) there were 82 live foals. From this crop only 21 of these were Sold through the yearling sales this year.

From his third crop (2022 foals) in Australia, there are only 59 live foals on the ground.

This is the current third crop that will be next year’s yearlings.

After the standard number of retention's by their breeders, then losses through accident, injury or death, then those considered unsellable progeny due to being unsuitably conformed individuals and finally, there will be those that will ultimately fail x-rays or endoscopic evaluations as yearlings, it therefore, can be fairly concluded there will only be about 20 yearlings maximum to be offered in Australia by this super sire next year during the 2024 yearling sales.

That will be followed by zero in 2025 yearling sales because the sire didn’t cover in Australia in 2022.

So, it won’t be until 2026 before a sizable foal crop will be available in the yearling sales, coming from this 2023 breeding season.

Simple supply and demand scarcity of this super sire’s progeny will drive prices upwards, equally with the performances of his talented progeny because the professional buyers are now aware of the ability they possess as seen in the yearling sale ring this season.

JUSTIFY has made his mark with outstanding two-year-old filly Learning to Fly dominating the 2yo Fillies division before unfortunately losing her rider in the Golden Slipper.

JUSTIFY has another exciting filly named Legacies, who won easily on debut and runs in the Listed ANZAC Day Stakes on Saturday. Whilst in Adelaide on Saturday, Air Assault is having a crack at the 1200m Gr3 Breeders Plate.

Justify is also the sire of Californian who has had 3 starts: 1-1-1.

Important to note that JUSTIFY is nicking with DANEHILL line mares in Australia as both Learning To Fly and Legacies are bred this way.

The stats are amazing on JUSTIFY starting his career in Australia.

With only 9.4% of his first crop to have been seen at the races to date, JUSTIFY has had:

9 Runners: 3 Winners and 3 Placed.

Each of his 3 placegetters have been placed as Runner-up.

Also of the unplaced three, Just Glamourous was 4th at Warwick Farm,

They have won 5 Races, 3 Stakes Wins and won $1,618,175.

The Brilliant and Undefeated World Champion son of Scat Daddy had strong results at the yearling sales this year.

His second crop averaging $369,000 at Magic Millions and $344,000 at Inglis Easter.

In total only 21 yearlings were Sold, selling up to $1.4 million

The 2023 overall Average was $271,667 whilst the Median was $170,000. This is a great indication as to the regard in which his current two-year-olds are held by the professionals in the market.

None amongst the professional buyers in our industry truly believed JUSTIFY could sire precocious 2yo’s as they would need age and distance, but this sire is a freak, and the progeny are running as 2yo’s in both hemispheres. So, we can only sit back and ponder just how good his progeny could become when they turn 3yo’s and all the classic races between 1600m to 2400m are laid out in front of them.

So far in Both Hemispheres JUSTIFY has 3yo’s in the North and 2yo’s in the South.

Rnrs Wnrs Placed Wins Pls SH SW SP Earnings
116 45 37 59 94 14 8 6 Over $7m

82 Have won or placed from 116 runners = 71%

He is the sire of 14 Individual Stakes Horses / Stakes Winners to Winners = 17.8%

Plus, each of his Stakes Placegetters are also winners, therefore

14 Black-Type Horses to 45 Winners = 31%

In addition, a further 2 horses, both winners, are Stakes Performers (4th in Black-Type Races)

16 Black-Type Performers to 45 Winners = 36% this is SIMPLY AMAZING!

STAKES HORSES - Leading Progeny

LEARNING TO FLY (20f, Fastnet Rock, Stravinsky). 3 wins from 1100m to 1200m, A$1,470,000, 1st ATC Reisling S., Gr.2, ATC Widden S., Gr.3, ATC Inglis 2YO Millennium (R), L

STATUETTE (20f, Pivotal, Sadler's Wells). 2 wins from 1154m to 1207m, A$123,788, 1st Curragh Airlie Stud S., Gr.2

CHAMPIONS DREAM (20c, Tapit, Menifee). 2 wins from 1400m to 1600m, A$256,546, 1st Aqueduct Nashua S., Gr.3, 2nd Tampa Bay Downs Pasco S., L

JUST CINDY (20f, Proud Citizen, Menifee). 2 wins from 1100m to 1200m, A$251,268, 1st Saratoga Schuylerville S., Gr.3

ASPEN GROVE (20f, More Than Ready, Street Cry). Winner at 1609m, A$57,874, 1st Curragh Flame of Tara S., Gr.3

JUSTIQUE (20f, Bernardini, Carson City). 2 wins from 1100m to 1400m, A$239,022, 1st Del Mar Desi Arnaz S., L, 3rd Santa Anita Chandelier S., Gr.2, Santa Anita Las Virgenes S., Gr.3, 4th Santa Anita Santa Ysabel S., Gr.3

JUSTA WARRIOR (20f, Bernardini, Carson City). 2 wins from 1100m to 1400m, A$162,445, 1st Ellis Park Ellis Park Debutante S., L

WONDERFUL JUSTICE (20c, Giant's Causeway, Unbridled's Song). 2 wins at 1700m, A$114,742, 1st Fair Grounds Black Gold S., L

Prove Right (20c, Harlan's Holiday, Banker's Gold). 3 wins from 1100m to 1200m, A$318,248, 2nd Parx Racing Rittenhouse Square S., L, 3rd Aqueduct Nashua S., Gr.3

Verifying (20c, Repent, Tour d'Or). 2 wins from 1200m to 1600m, A$731,904, 2nd Keeneland Blue Grass S., Gr.1, Belmont Champagne S., Gr.1, 4th Oaklawn Park Rebel S., Gr.2

Alpha Bella (20f, Singspiel, Rahy). Winner at 1600m, A$204,991, 2nd Gulfstream Park Sweetest Chant S., Gr.3, Tampa Bay Downs Florida Oaks, Gr.3

Arabian Lion (20c, Distorted Humor, A.P. Indy). Winner at 1200m, A$239,420, 2nd Keeneland Lexington S., Gr.3, 4th Santa Anita Robert B Lewis S., Gr.3

Tahoma (20c, Rahy, Danehill Dancer). Winner at 900m, A$86,223, 2nd Santa Anita Futurity (2YO), L

Rosie's Alibi (20f, Bernardini, Storm Cat). Winner at 1300m, A$119,398, 3rd Aqueduct Tempted S., L

Gandolfini (20c, Simon Pure, Tale of the Cat). Winner at 1600m, A$71,908, 4th Santa Anita American Pharoah S., Gr.1

Dame Kiri (20f, Galileo, Danehill Dancer). Winner at 1193m, A$24,596, 4th Curragh Flame of Tara S., Gr.3

A fee for Justify is to be announced in the coming days.

From the Coolmore Roster, DYNAMIC SYNDICATIONS purchased 4 yearlings in 2023 by their sires:

JUSTIFY ex ORONTES yearling Colt with CIARON MAHER Racing
(Shares Available)

PIERRO ex PICADILLIES yearling Colt with CIARON MAHER Racing
(SOLD OUT)

PIERRO ex CIARLET yearling Colt with GAI & ADRIAN
(Not Yet Offered to the Market)

YES YES YES ex BLOWIN IN THE WIND yearling filly with CIARON MAHER Racing (Not Yet Offered to the Market)

From the statistical information available, its easy to read why Dynamic Syndications have such a huge opinion about JUSTIFY and we strongly urge our Owners and Followers to become involved in the right yearlings by this sensational sire.

That’s why we purchased the Chestnut Colt by JUSTIFY ex ORONTES (By Redoute’s Choice – Danehill) at the Magic Millions.

Our homework rated him genetically the leading yearling by the sire at the Magic Millions. We loved him on type and so did Ciaron Maher. So instead of bidding against each other, we joined forces in partnership with this colt. On what he has displayed to date, it appears a masterstroke.

The planet’s have aligned with this colt and our Dynamic/Ciaron Maher Team. Don’t miss out on this colt because as reported above, the scarcity of his stock, and the ability they are showing, they will continue to drive up in value. We are just glad we purchased this Colt at the Magic Millions because we would have needed to pay a lot more for him if he was sold at Easter.