The incredibly good looking stallion REWARD FOR EFFORT – is a Gr1 Blue Diamond winning son of Champion Sire and World Champion 2yo Sire -
EXCEED AND EXCEL.
Standing at Chatswood Stud based at Seymour Victoria, the racetrack efforts of his progeny saw him
crowned Victoria’s 2014-15 Champion First Season Sire.
REWARD FOR EFFORT’s oldest progeny have just turned 3yo’s and he couldn’t be off to a better start as stud.
REWARD FOR EFFORT has gone on with the job since the start of the new season, as his
Peter Moody trained son GOLD SYMPHONY made it
2 Stakes Wins in a row adding the
McNeil Stakes on Saturday whilst he also had another winner on the day at Devonport when
MARIE CLARE easily won.
REWARD FOR EFFORT has made a fast start to the new season, where he is now
entrenched at the top of the Leading Second Season Sire List in Australia.
He has produced 3 individual winners of 4 races this month - the first of the new season and has taken his overall earnings to $247,380 - placing him clearly at the top of the Second Season Sires List.
Overall, REWARD FOR EFFORT is certainly a sire on fire.
To date he is the sire of 12 Individual Winners of 16 races and 7 Individual Placegetters with earnings approaching $700,000.
His progeny to date include:
SW GOLD SYMPHONY, SP Take Pride and the winners: Ability, Destiny's Reward, Jevilla, Kilowatt, Marie Clare, Montana Star, Pakaya Prince, Petite's Reward, Tender Mist, Valentine's Reward and the placegetters: Ameritar, Bonuses, Essence of Terror, Mira's Reward, Results, Silent Sniper, Uncanny Effort.
With big books of mares courtesy of an exceptionally competitive service fee of just $11,000, breeder’s flocked to the sire in each year he has been active in the breeding barn. That’s proved to be a wise decision.
He covered 150 mares in his first season at stud in 2011 and followed that with books of 173 in 2012, 179 in 2013 and 168 in 2014.
That made
REWARD FOR EFFORT the Most Popular Sire in Victoria and a Top 10 Sire in Australia.
Based upon his incredible results, great physique, outstanding race career and excellent pedigree rolled into an outstanding value service fee, there seems little doubt that his 2015 book will be his biggest yet and the book full sign may be hung on his barn door such is his popularity.
REWARD FOR EFFORT was crowned CHAMPION 1st Season Sire in Victoria and was Runner-up on the active First Season Sires list on the Australian Premiership to ROTHESAY.
Bringing things into perspective, ROTHESAY had a great season with 14 individual 2yo winners however he is based in Queensland where he’s achieved these results whilst REWARD FOR EFFORT had 9 individual 2yo winners + another 1 at Turffontein in South Africa.
That also placed REWARD FOR EFFORT ahead of all the NSW based active First Season Sires for individual winners.
A brilliant racehorse, he was the 2009 Blue Diamond Winner at 2, an undefeated Weight For Age Winner at 3 and a Group winner at 4.
He started in 10 races under the Dynamic Syndications ownership – 4 wins, 1 second, 1 third and $937,200 in earnings.
REWARD FOR EFFORT only competed in Stakes Races during his 10 race career, which started in brilliant fashion with a win at 2 on debut in the MRC Blue Diamond Preview LR (1000m).
He followed up with a decisive win in the MRC Blue Diamond S Gr 1 (1200m), defeating subsequent Gr 1 winners Starspangledbanner and Rostova.
Undefeated weight-for-age winner at 3 in the Sir John Monash Stakes and a Group winner at 4 in the Concorde Stakes.
REWARD FOR EFFORT is a 3/4 brother-in-blood to Golden Slipper Winner OVERREACH.
Bred in the purple - by world Champion 2yo sire Exceed and Excel from a Stakes winning mare by Champion Sire and Champion Broodmare Sire Rory’s Jester [a champion 2yo and a winner of the STC Golden Slipper S Gr 1 – also the sire of a Golden Slipper winner !]
REWARD FOR EFFORT - At Stud
Dynamic Syndications purchased
Reward For Effort at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale as a yearling for
$190,000 and Peter Moody polished the colt into a Group 1 winner.
Reward For Effort at the Yearling Sales after Dynamic Syndications purchased him for $190,000
When the stallion retired from
racing and was sent to stud, on behalf of several of his co-owners Dean
Watt set about buying mares that would genetically work with the son of
Exceed And Excel.
“Many of our owners were new to the breeding game and wanted to support their sire.” Watt said.
“Most had restricted financial budgets so we had to work very hard to
find the mares required for the exciting new sire. We had champagne
tastes on a beer budget” Watt stated.
One of the mares knocked down to Fengood P/L trading as Dean Watt Bloodstock was Tzaress (the Dam of Gold Symphony).
TZARESS
Dean purchased Tzaress “on spec” through the 2011 Inglis Melbourne Great
Southern Sale for $13,500 from Wood Nook Farm draft. Long term client Jack Keeley, one of the original co-owners who raced Reward For Effort put up his hand and became the ultimate owner of Tzaress.
Jack Keeley - Raced REWARD FOR EFFORT & now the Breeder of Multiple Gr3 Winner GOLD SYMPHONY
Selected by Dean because she was an excellent type and the mating of
Exceed And Excel over Stravinsky mares genetically worked so well, the
resulting colt was a strong, correct type and an excellent first foal.
Sent to be raised and nurtured at Gary Mudgway’s Grange Thoroughbreds
property and taken by Gary through to the 2014 Inglis Premier Yearling
sale where he was offered for sale with
a reserve of $100,000 which is the price the colt was sold for in the ring.
Gold Symphony is the first foal of the unraced Tzaress, herself a
half-sister to Group 3 AJC Sweet Embrace winner Stripper (Danehill
Dancer) who was narrowly beaten by Duporth in the 2008 Golden Rose.
Grand-dam Charming Belle (Imposing) is a half-sister to multiple Group 2
winner Delightful Belle, the dam of Golden Slipper and Newmarket
Handicap winner Belle du Jour (Dehere) and also to the dam of Group 1
Goodwood Handicap winner Perfectly Ready (More Than Ready).
Tzaress has been dedicated mare to
Reward For Effort having being covered by the Group 1 Blue Diamond winner in the first four seasons at stud.
She has a 2yo filly (retained by Jack) and a yearling colt and was covered by the son of Exceed And Excel again last season.
Our client has a valuable package
of thoroughbreds as a result of Gold Symphony’s two x Group 3 wins (Vain Stakes and McNeil Stakes) and the
wonderful job Reward For Effort is doing at stud.
Interestingly, another mare
purchased by Dean Watt Bloodstock from the same 2011 Great Southern Sale
was Go With The Wind for just $3,500.
GO WITH THE WIND with Dean Watt in background looking at the mare & foal
Another mare purchased “on spec” by Dean Watt Bloodstock for Reward For
Effort, she ended up in the ownership of our client George Rassos who
was also a co-owner in the racing career of Reward For Effort. The
resulting colt was the highest priced yearling sold to date by a Reward
For Effort, when it was knocked down to Peter Moody for $170,000 at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Sale – a very tidy return on investment.
REWARD FOR EFFORT
His service fee this spring remains unchanged at $11,000 an absolute bargain when compared to his peers and his success.