Swettenham roster, headed by Toronado, has fees largely unchanged

Swettenham Stud has kept the fees on all but one existing stallion on its roster at the same level as 2023, with Toronado the headliner at $88,000.

The Victorian stud announced its fees on Tuesday, with five established stallions, Toronado, Wooded, Rubick, I Am Immortal and Puissance De Lune, and one new addition, Lofty Strike.

Lofty Strike’s fee had already been confirmed at $22,000, with the Group 2-winning sprint son of Snitzel, a brother to Golden Slipper winner Overreach, expected to make a considerable mark.

Toronado has been the main attraction at Swettenham for some years and has added a further two Australian stakes winners this season to make it 19 overall. He has an impressive 61 stakes winners across the globe, including recent Hong Kong G1 Centenary Sprint Cup winner Victor The Winner.

Rubick stands again at $27,500 in what will be his fourth season at Swettenham since moving from Coolmore. His oldest crop conceived in Victoria will turn two in the new racing season.

Wooded, the Group 1-winning son of Wootton Bassett, stands his third season in Australia at $22,000, while I Am Immortal, who had his first runners this season, which includes two winners and stales-performed Immortal Star, remains at $13,750 for his fifth season.

Puissance De Lune is the only one to have a fee change, dropping from $14,300 to $8800. The son of Shamardal has had 29 individual winners in Australia this racing season.

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The StraightStaff Writer