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1883 – Present
Compiled by Anne Peters; Updated by Hilda Marshall, Patricia Erigero
See: http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/LeadingSires/AustLeadSires.html
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_sire_in_Australia
Featured Image: ‘Chester’; Champion Sire 4 times: 1887/1888; 1889/1890; 1891/1892 and 1892/1893
Influence of the Hunter Valley
It can be seen from the championship ‘league tables’ from 1883/84 to the present day 2018/19* that the leading sire has been based on 76 occasions (out of a total 136*) on studs located in the Upper Hunter Valley. This is a remarkable period of ‘dominance’ which has been consolidated even further in more recent times (21 out of 21 since 1999/2020)..
- 2016–17 – Snitzel[1]
- 2015–16 – Street Cry[2]
- 2014–15 – Fastnet Rock
- 2013–14 – Redoute’s Choice
- 2012–13 – Exceed and Excel[3]
- 2011–12 – Fastnet Rock
- 2010–11 – Lonhro
- 2009–10 – Redoute’s Choice
- 2008–09 – Encosta De Lago
- 2007–08 – Encosta De Lago[4]
- 2006–07 – Flying Spur
- 2005–06 – Redoute’s Choice
- 2004–05 – Danehill
- 2003–04 – Danehill
- 2002–03 – Danehill
- 2001–02 – Danehill
- 2000–01 – Danehill
- 1999–00 – Danehill