Australia stages 11 ‘classic’ staying races for 3YOs run at G1 level at distances of 2000m or more and the last was run on Saturday at Eagle Farm, so let’s take a look at what a 3YO stayer pedigree looks like and sometimes it’s not what you might think!
The last race on the list was the Group I BRC Queensland Oaks (2200m) won by progressive filly Fireball Miss and if you had said at the start of the season brilliant sprinter Bivouac would get an Oaks winner in his first crop, most bloodstock pundits would have been sceptical.
That said, he’s done it and has also produced dual Group I winning sprinting colt Beiwacht, so has surged to the top of a very competitive second season sire table by earnings.
What is interesting is how Bivouac is perceived by the market amongst his peers.
Below is a table showing the variation in service fee from first year in 2021 right through until 2026 and sadly Wootton Bassett (GB) is no longer with us. They are listed in the order they appear on the second season sire table.
|
Sire |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
|
Bivouac |
$66,00 |
$66,000 |
$66,000 |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$33,000 |
|
Wootton Bassett (GB) |
$71,500 |
$71,500 |
$93,500 |
$192,500 |
$385,000 |
Deceased |
|
Farnan |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$77,000 |
$77,000 |
|
Ghaiyyath (IRE) |
$27,500 |
$27,500 |
$27,500 |
$27,500 |
Not here |
$88,000 |
|
Ole Kirk |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$55,000 |
$99,000 |
$110,000 |
Bivouac is the only stallion in this Group to sire two Aussie G1 winners this season and stands at half the price he was in 2021, read into that what you will.
Bivouac’s latest G1 winner Fireball Miss is an interesting one given she is the second foal and second G1 winner for her dam Femme Fireball, a speedy stakes-placed mare that only won up to 1350m and yet her other G1 winner is also a classic winner being Dundeel filly Femminile, who won the SA Derby at 2500m.
Femme Fireball is by Pierro, who is a noted sire of classic horses and also an emerging force as a broodmare sire with 11 SW’s in this department that also include dual G1 winner Jacquinot.
Fireball Miss traces back to fourth dam Credit Account, a G1 winner in WA and the overall pedigree for Fireball Miss features a triple cross of Danehill 3 x 5 x 4.
Nothing about this pedigree screams stamina and Fireball Miss will more than likely find her sweet spot as an older mare around the mile to 2000m trip, but she has credited Bivouac with an Oaks winner and when you look into his tail female line that’s probably not as big a surprise as you might think.
The third dam of Bivouac is Camarena, an elite daughter of Danehill that racked up nine wins and multiple G1 placings with her crowning glory coming in the G1 Queensland Derby in 1999.
(G1 classic results for 2025/26)
VRC Victoria Derby (2500m)– Observer (Ghaiyyath (IRE) Trained by Ciaron Maher. Ridden by Mark Zahra
VRC Oaks (2500m) – Strictly Business (Grunt (NZ)) – Thomas Carberry/John Allen
ATC Australian Derby (2400m)– Green Spaces (Street Boss (USA) - – Bjorn Baker/Rachel King
ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) – Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park) – Chris Waller/James McDonald
ATC Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) – Belle Cheval (NZ) (Savabeel) – Mark Walker/ Zac Lloyd
ATC Rosehill Guineas (2000m) – Autumn Boy (The Autumn Sun) – Chris Waller / James McDonald
ATC Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) – Attica (Lonhro)- Joe Pride/ Adam Hyeronimus
SAJC Australasian Oaks (2000m) – Panova (Trapeze Artist)– Chris Waller/James McDonald
SAJC SA Derby (2500m) – Wigmore (NZ) (Sweynesse)– Phillip Stokes/Teo Nugent
BRC Queensland Derby (2400m) – Providence (Wootton Bassett (GB) – Chris Waller/James McDonald
