Share in Zoustar for sale in rare opportunity for commercial breeders
A share in champion Australian stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor) will be offered in the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale.
The Zoustar share is an exceptionally rare offering, demonstrated by the fact it is the first time that equity in the Widden Stud resident sire has been made available for public auction.
Zoustar is already the sire of 54 stakes winners – eight individual Group 1 winners – and 96 stakes performers (41 of whom are stakes-performed two-year-olds) including the likes of Sunlight, Ozzmosis, Zougotcha, Joliestar, Mizzy, Zoutori, Climbing Star, Lean Mean Machine, Zousain and Platinum Jubilee.
He is also a Group 1-winning producer in both hemispheres with Lezoo successful in the Cheveley Park Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Newmarket while his progeny have earned over $110 million in prize-money.
Zoustar, himself a winner of the Golden Rose (Gr 1, 1400m) and Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) during a highly successful racing career, was crowned champion first, second and third season sire and has continued to assert himself as one of the best stallions in Australasia.
The share in Zoustar is being offered on account of Qatar Bloodstock.
This offering enables the owner to annual priority access to the stallion – despite Zoustar already being fully booked for the 2024 breeding season – as well as a 1/60th share of the pooled income for each year.
Zoustar’s service fee for the upcoming season is $275,000 (inc GST), the equal highest advertised in Australia alongside I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit).
“He is the foundation upon which we have built an extensive involvement in the Australian market,” Qatar Bloodstock’s manager David Redvers said.
“The equity in the horse is very tightly held, so this represents an unprecedented opportunity to become involved in a future champion sire of Australia and share the benefits that come with that.’’
Widden principal Antony Thompson said the fact the share was being offered at all was a “phenomenal and rare opportunity for someone to become involved with one of the world’s leading stallions’’.
“Zoustar is the stallion we all dream about, his progeny is proven in both hemispheres, he throws million–dollar lot after million–dollar lot at the sales and he produces Group 1 winner after Group 1 winner on the track,’’ Thompson said.
“You only need to look at his stats to understand just how significant this offering is, his past season on the track alone has been nothing short of phenomenal.
“He throws such magnificent physicals and whether you’re there to race or sell, you know it’s going to be a huge advantage knowing you have guaranteed access to Zoustar.’’
Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch was hugely excited by the opportunity for Inglis Digital to market the share and the opportunity that it represents for investors.
“He has had a stunning season with his young offspring through the likes of Ozzmosis, Joliestar, Espionage, Schwarz, Platinum Jubilee, Mumbai Muse, Growing Empire, Clean Energy etc and really that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” Hutch said.
“The quality that he has coming through is just staggering – his yearling sales were astronomical and he’s got a big crop of rising yearlings, followed by a big crop of foals to be born in the spring.
“When you consider that he’s only 13 years old and has been expertly managed through his career to date, he has the potential to become the dominant stallion in Australasia over the next five to ten years.”
The full Inglis Digital catalogue will be released on Friday with bidding to open at 3pm that day and close from 10am next Wednesday.