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.

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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Capitalist in upcoming sales:

1 lot at NZB Ready To Run Sale

27 lots at MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale

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