If your goal this spring is to choose a stallion that can breed you a nice winner with upside it might not be as expensive as you think.
The sad loss of Spirit of Boom earlier this year has left his archrival, Lyndhurst Stud’s Better Than Ready, as the best active proven sire in Queensland and if you want to go to the best stallion in the state it will cost you $27,500.
Turning 17 this spring, Better Than Ready is a well established sire that has reliably transmitted his speed to his offspring with a lifetime winner to runner strike rate nudging 70% and 17 stakes-winners to his credit highlighted by a pair of Group I winners in Apache Chase and Port Lockroy.
The majority of his stakes-winners have come in Queensland and many have been Magic Millions and QTIS eligible which means big prizemoney!
Nine of his 17 stakes-winners have earned $1million or more and while many train on for season after season, precocity has always been a hallmark of the Better Than Ready breed.
He shot to fame in the 2018/209 racing season when his first runners hit the track, conceived at a fee of $9,900 and to say he exceeded expectation would be an understatement.
Better Than Ready was the leading first season sire by winners with 23 from 47 runners and was second in the battle to be Champion First Season Sire by earnings to Sidestep, who was unbeatable having sired Golden Slipper winner Kiamichi in his first crop.
No first season sire since then has gotten more 2YO winners than Better Than Ready and every season he remains a force on the 2YO sires by winners list, this year sitting in equal second place.
It’s not hard to see why Better Than Ready is real value when you look at him the context of the company he keeps.
