Ask any athlete or indeed any human being of a competitive bent about the value of winning and of course that’s important, but the thing that matters most is personal best and the quest to be better than you were.
Golden Slipper winner Capitalist is engaged in a three way battle to be leading sire by Australian winners for this season, but win, lose or draw the champion son of Written Tycoon has already surpassed what he has done before.
The youngest stallion in the Top Five sires by Australian winners this season, Capitalist was the Champion First and Second Season Sire by winners back in 2021 and 2022, so his progression to the top of the overall sires list by winners was not hard to predict.
With three days to go, Capitalist sits with 168 winners of $12.6million and seven SW’s.
|
Season |
Runners |
Winners |
SW’s |
Earnings |
|
2025/2026 |
? |
? |
7 |
? |
|
2024/2025 |
358 |
165 |
6 |
12.7m |
|
2023/2024 |
315 |
137 |
7 |
11.5m |
|
2022/2023 |
259 |
140 |
8 |
10m |
|
2021/2022 |
184 |
72 |
4 |
5.7m |
|
2020/2021 |
61 |
20 |
4 |
3.2m |
Capitalist is a reliable and accessible stallion on the Newgate roster at a fee of $44,000 and is now moving forward with a new role as a sire of sires.
Capitalist has four sons at stud this spring with Captivant, Profiteer and Reserve Bank standing in NSW, while Marine One is based in WA.
Captivant and Profiteer have 2YO’s this season with the former now the sire of Group II winner Vantorix and two more winners, while the latter has five winners headed by Group II placed Star of Jamaica.
Marine One had his first yearlings sell this year with 16 averaging $56.625 at Magic Millions Perth with his top seller a colt from Magical Charge that sold for $150,000.
New to the mix this spring for Evergreen Stud Farm is Group I SAJC Goodwood Handicap winner Reserve Bank, who will stand his first season at a fee of $16,500.
Reserve Bank ticks every box on talent, pedigree and physique.
Bred and sold by famed Hunter Valley nursery Segenhoe Stud, Reserve Bank was bought for $410,000 at Inglis Premier by his co-trainer Mick Price and wasted no time making an impression on the track.
His lone start at two produced a commanding five and a half length win over older rivals and at three he blossomed into an elite sprinting colt to score a career defining victory in the Group I SAJC Goodwood Handicap.
He is the only 3YO colt to win the Group I Goodwood over the past two decades, coming from near last to defeat a top class field featuring seasoned Group I winners Giga Kick, Charm Stone and Climbing Star.
Reserve Bank is cast very much in the mould of his sire and has the added positive of being from a daughter of champion broodmare sire Fastnet Rock.
