Widden has retained Zoustar’s service fee at $275,000 as he chases his first Australian sires championship, while 10 of the farm’s 20 stallions across two states have had price reductions on 2024.

Zoustar
Widden Stud sire Zoustar will again stand at $275,000 for the 2025 Australian breeding season. (Photo: Widden)

Zoustar is second in the race to become Australia’s champion sire of 2024/25, but is only $530,000 behind Pride Of Dubai and is favoured to chase down his Coolmore rival with a greater weight of numbers over the final three months of the season.

Widden moved his price to $275,000 (inc GST) in 2024 and retained him on that price after a successful season in the sales ring and on the racetrack.

He has sired 12 Australian stakes winners this season, including Group 1 winners Joliestar and Schwarz while he had 26 yearlings sell for $500,000 or more, including the $2.6 million Widden-bred and consigned filly from The Actuary, who sold at Inglis Easter.

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