Run The Numbers
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Run The Numbers – Extreme Choice and the fastest to five
Statistically, Extreme Choice has been at warp speed since the time his first crop hit the track. On Saturday, he became easily the fastest Australasian stallion this century to reach five individual Group 1 winners. Run The Numbers examines his amazing run rate.
Run The Numbers - The question of Lonhro’s legacy
The Lightning Stakes victory of Skybird enhances the legacy of her grandsire Lonhro, one of the most popular and accomplished thoroughbreds of the past 50 years. Run The Numbers looks at the ongoing influence of the champion sire, through his sons and daughters at stud.
Run The Numbers – A Shocking feat that even Zabeel and Sir Tristram can’t match
Shocking has become just the second stallion this century to secure a New Zealand Group 1 double on the same day. Run The Numbers looks at the Rich Hill resident’s record and where he sits in comparison to his fellow winners of the Melbourne Cup.
Run The Numbers – The growing band of sire centurions
At the weekend, Spirit Of Boom and So You Think became the fifth and sixth Australian stallions so far to register 100 individual winners for the 2024/25 season. It is a historically high number for this time of year. Run The Numbers digs into the background of this trend.
Run The Numbers – Beyond Savabeel
Well on his way to his 10th Grosvenor Award as New Zealand’s leading sire, Waikato Stud’s Savabeel is undoubtedly a stallion of a generation. This week’s Run The Numbers looks beyond the champion, to see how the next generation of Kiwi sires compare.
Run The Numbers – Australia’s busiest sires – Alabama Express on top
The data from the 2024 breeding season is filtering through with stallions from Yulong, Coolmore, Newgate and Widden featuring among the most popular. Run The Numbers takes a detailed look at the service statistics.
Run The Numbers – The formula for early two-year-old success
With the rich two-year-old feature sales races on the Gold Coast and in Sydney fast approaching, this week’s Run The Numbers examines looks at the emerging success of the yearling sales graduates from 2024 as well as the decline in two-year-old participation across Australia.