Australian Sires Premiership Update : After 31 weeks of the 2014-15 racing season, Coolmore's Fastnet Rock retains pole position on the sires leader board for prizemoney won.
The son of Danehill is $630,494 (total progeny earnings) clear of his nearest rival Redoute's Choice, Arrowfield's reigning Champion Australian Sire and a fellow son of the incomparable breed-shaper Danehill.
Also making a triumphal entry into the upper echelon this week is Machiavellian's deceased
Street Cry, courtesy of his son Pride Of Dubai's brilliant victory in last weekend's $1 million Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes.
The latest Top Ten Australian Sires rankings
on Prizemoney (as at 5 March) are:
1. Fastnet Rock (Danehill) - $6,470,079
2. Redoute's Choice (Danehill) - $5,839,585
3. Exceed and Excel (Danehill) - $5,291,975 ***
4. Lonhro (Octagonal) - $4,475,861
5. Street Cry (Machiavellian) - $4,328,320 ***
6. Stratum (Redoute's Choice) - $4,102,763
7. Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) - $3,954,706 ***
8. Choisir (Danehill Dancer) - $3,949,490
9. Commands (Danehill) - $3,911,549 ***
10. Encosta De Lago - $3,779,776
The latest Top Ten Australian Sires rankings on Runners: Winners Percentage (as at 5 March) are:
SNITZEL - Statistically the BEST SIRE in the Australian TOP 10 for Runners: Winners
1. Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) ***
2. Encosta De Lago (Fairy King)
3. Commands (Danehill) ***
4. Street Cry (Machiavellian) ***
5. Exceed and Excel (Danehill) ***
6. Fastnet Rock (Danehill)
7. Redoute's Choice (Danehill)
8. Lonhro (Octagonal)
9. Stratum (Redoute's Choice)
10. Choisir (Danehill Dancer)
*** denotes that Dynamic Syndications have purchased yearlings by those sires in 2015.