Rip Van Winkle and Charm Spirit head Windsor Park roster
Reliable stallion Rip Van Winkle (Galileo) sits atop the Windsor Park Stud roster in 2020 after a season in which Group 1 winners Te Akau Shark and Jennifer Eccles reminded the market of the quality of stock he is able to produce.
Windsor Park Stud yesterday released their fees in a “Spin To Win” video highlighting each of their seven stallions.
Rip Van Winkle will stand for an unchanged fee of NZ$12,500 (plus GST), one of three “experienced” stallions on the roster alongside Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit), whose fee is available on application, and Shamexpress (O’Reilly), who will stand at NZ$8,000 (plus GST).
“This season Rip Van Winkle has been joined by Charm Spirit to provide our clients with another excellent proven stallion option,” Windsor Park studmaster Rodney Schick said yesterday.
“With his first-crop three-year-olds running this season, Charm Spirit has already sired four Group winners in both Australia and New Zealand and he’s got numerous high-class horses to represent him next season.”
What excites Schick though is his younger brigade. Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor), who has only had three two-year-olds to race, will stand at NZ$10,000 (plus GST), with his yearlings averaging more than four times that in 2020 and his rising three-year-olds set to get out to a more suitable trip over the coming months.
His former stablemate and another three-time Group 1 winner, Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj), will also stand for NZ$10,000 (plus GST), with his first two-year-olds set to race in the spring; his yearlings averaged almost five times his fee earlier this year.
Group 1 winner Vanbrugh (Encosta De Lago) and Group 3 scorer Rageese (Street Cry) will also have their first two-year-olds in 2020; they will both stand for an unchanged fee of NZ$5,000 (plus GST) this year.
“Next season will be an exciting time for us with our young stallion lineup as they will be represented throughout Australia and New Zealand with their first two and three-year-old crops to race,” said Schick.
Windsor Park Stud roster 2020
Charm Spirit POA
Rip Van Winkle $12,500
Mongolian Khan $10,000
Turn Me Loose $10,000
Shamexpress $8,000
Rageese $5,000
Vanbrugh $5,000