After thirty three weeks of the 2017-18 racing season, Arrowfield Stud‘s incumbent Champion Australian Sire Snitzel continues to be in a league of his own on top of the sires leader board with all-time Australian record progeny earnings of over $19 million. Occupying second position is Coolmore’s ill-fated High Chaparral, who made a major move up the leader board after the wins of Rekindling in the Melbourne Cup and Ace High in the Victoria Derby in the spring, with $10.5 million, while Yarraman Park’s high-profile sire I Am Invincible rounds out the top three. According to arion.co.nz, the Top 10 ranked stallions in Australia (as of 19 March) are:
- Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) – $19,225,963
- High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) – $10,567,999
- I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) – $9,872,528
- Fastnet Rock (Danehill) – $9,334,266
- Not a Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice) – $8,093,860
- Street Cry (Machiavellian) – $7,247,146
- Sebring (More Than Ready) – $6,297,425
- Written Tycoon (Iglesia) – $6,238,337
- Pierro (Lonhro) – $5,540,085
- Lonhro (Octagonal) – $5,466,598
