The 2017/18 Australian Racing season has concluded and Dynamic Syndications Blue Diamond Winner REWARD FOR EFFORT has again provided a model of consistency for Victorian Breeders.
In the past season,
Reward For Effort sired a whopping 96 Individual Australian Winners who claimed 146 racetrack wins.
In the past week, he's sired tough 2YO winner Reward For Silence, Sydney Winner Gwenneth as well as the exciting prospect Fancy Rumble who was third behind Nature Strip and Sunlight in the Lightning Stakes whilst 4th spot went to Thompson's Reward another Reward For Effort.
The dam of Fancy Rumble has already been booked back to Reward For Effort this season.
96 Individual Winners puts Reward For Effort in the TOP 20 Australian Sires.
In Victoria, he was 3rd in behind Written Tycoon and Magnus however it should be noted that both those sires have significantly more numbers available. Written Tycoon has 4 more crops of racing age and Magnus has 3 more crops than Reward For Effort.
Reward For Effort’s biggest developments came in Hong Kong this season where he sired five individual winners, headed by gun sprinter Jumbo Luck and debut winner Lucky Volatility.
Agents acting for Hong Kong interests are quick to snap up any likely Reward For Effort prospects including Caulfield Winner Kasi Farasi and Canterbury debut winner Copy Boy who were both sent to Hong Kong after large offers were accepted.
Reward For Effort's commercial appeal continues to grow. Stats show he recorded a healthy $84,000 average at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale which is more than 5 times his service fee.
Reward For Effort was also the leading sire by average at the Inglis VOBIS Sale this year.
Reward For Effort is a never-ending source of Winners and has no trouble keeping his name at the forefront of breeders minds.
In fact he covered 200 mares in Victoria last year - the most by any Victorian based sire.
Despite the amazing results and affection from breeders, the temptation to raise his service fee was rejected and the bullish Blue Diamond Winner will remain at a Service Fee of $16,500 inc GST.
That arguably places Reward For Effort as one of the best, if not the best valued and commercially affordable proven sires at stud in Australia for the 2018 breeding season and big numbers will again be visiting the popular Gr1 winning son of Exceed and Excel.