4 Mar 2008
Cambridge Stud is pleased to announce its stallion service fees for the 2008 breeding season.
The current champion sire of Australia for 2007/08, Zabeel, will again stand at a fee of $100,000 plus gst.
Zabeel’s progeny have been flying this season with his list of Group 1 winners including the 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient. He was the leading sire at the 2008 Karaka Yearling Sales where his 36 premier yearlings averaged NZ$366,914.
One Cool Cat, the champion European 2yo and multiple Gr. 1 winner, stands again at $15,000 plus gst. He was the leading New Zealand-based first season sire at the 2008 Karaka Yearling Sales where his 24 horses sold for an average price of NZ$192,708.
Keeper will be standing at a fee of $15,000 plus gst. He has sired two Group 1 winners in 2007/08 namely Insouciant (NZ 1000 Guineas) and Keepa Cruisin (Levin Classic). His Karaka Premier Yearlings averaged $169,285 (7 sold).
Stravinsky, the sire of 45 individual stakes winners including six individual Gr. 1 winners, will again stand at a fee of $40,000. Cambridge Stud is pleased to welcome him back on the stallion roster this year after the equine influenza virus prevented him from coming to New Zealand last year. His Karaka Yearling Sales horses this year averaged $169,986 (22 sold).
Viking Ruler, sire of this year’s brilliant Gr. 2 Lexus Championship Stakes winner Red Ruler, will stand at a fee of $10,000 plus gst. His Karaka Premier yearlings averaged $200,000.
Lucky Unicorn, a stakes-winning son of Redoute’s Choice, covered an outstanding book of mares in his first season at stud in 2007 and has his first foals arriving this year. His fee will remain at $8000 plus gst.