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Down to the Wire and a Changing of the Guard

Tara Madgwick - Monday Jul 27

With four days of racing left in this season the battle to be leading sire by winners is going down to the wire with Capitalist and Zoustar tied on 168 winners and Toronado (IRE) two behind on 166, so let’s take a look at their runners to come.

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It’s been a competitive year for the sires above, but none will come close to cracking the 200 plus winners total that has been achieved in four of the past five years.

Leading Sire by Australian Winners

Year

Sire

Runners

Winners
2025/2026 ? ? ?

2024/2025

I Am Invincible

369

203

2023/2024

Zoustar

369

208

2022/2023

I Am Invincible

377

202

2021/2022

I Am Invincible

359

185

2020/2021

I Am Invincible

358

208

2019/2020

I Am Invincible

344

183

2018/2019

I Am Invincible

336

184

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