Snitzel's Fee Unchanged at A$247,500 as Arrowfield Unveils Roster

Leading sire Snitzel (Aus) will stand for an unchanged fee of A$247,500, Arrowfield Stud announced on Tuesday.

Responsible for his third G1 Golden Slipper winner and his career-best yearling sale results, the multiple champion sire already has 16 stakes winners this season. This year alone, he has sired Group 1 winners Lady Shenandoah (Aus), Marhoona (Aus), Return To Conquer (Aus) and Switzerland (Aus), while his total yearling sales have reached A$45.2 million, with 11 seven-figure yearlings.

Also standing at Arrowfield for unchanged fees are Group 1 sires Dundeel (NZ) at A$88,000, The Autumn Sun (Aus) at A$66,000, and Maurice (Jpn) at A$55,000. Third-year sire Hitotsu (Aus)'s fee is also static at A$22,000. The first-named has sired eight stakes winners this season and his overall tally of top-level winners is eight, among them Castelvecchio (Aus), who stands for an increased fee of A$49,500. Dundeel's Inglis Easter average was A$414,000. Castelvecchio has sired first-crop Group 1 winners El Castello (Aus) and Aeliana (Aus), besides three more stakes winners. Maurice's Inglis Easter yearling average was A$503,000 for 10 sold, with his first seven-figure Australian yearling, an A$1.4 million filly out of Shoals (Aus). The Autumn Sun had an A$340,000 Inglis Easter average and Arrowfield's new recruit Vandeek (GB) will stand his first season for A$22,000.

Admire Mars (Jpn), a former roster member, will not shuttle from Japan this year. He is the sire of Sunday's G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) heroine Embroidery (Jpn).

Arrowfield chairman John Messara said, “Our unrelenting commitment to quality has helped to generate exceptional results for breeders, vendors & owners this season.

“Those results, from only five stallions, include 38 stakes winners, seven Group 1 winners, more than A$50 million [in] prize-money and an average yearling sale price of A$316,000.”

“Our young sires Hitotsu, a history-making 3-year-old, and Vandeek, a dual Group 1 winner at two, offer complementary opportunities to breeders and are both sharply priced.”