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News.com.au
30-04-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Boomer Bloodstock purchases share in super stallion Zoustar for $1.1m
The coveted share in star stallion Zoustar has sold on Inglis Digital for $1.1m on Wednesday in a sale that values Widden Stud's headliner at a eye-watering $66m. Boomer Bloodstock, for an unnamed client, forked out the seven-figure sum for the 1/60th share offered by Qatar Bloodstock following days of bidding for the Group 1 winner sprinter turned super sire. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Bidding for the rare share was already at $820,000 on the final day of the online sale with 20 bids made for a slice of the stallion. Qatar Bloodstock sold a similar 1/60th share last year for $1.3m to Bangaloe Stud. Zoustar stands for one of the highest fees of any stallion in Australia at $275,000 this season alongside Godolphin's Too Darn Hot while Newgate's Extreme Choice ($330,000) is the benchmark. Zoustar is expected to cover around 150 mares during the 2025 breeding season with Boomer Bloodstock's share ensuring they will get a portion of the income. A sire of 65 stakes winners, Zoustar has produced Group 1 winners Zougotcha Joliestar, Climbing Star and Schwarz in recent times.
News.com.au
29-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Qatar Bloodstock to sell share in super sire Zoustar at Inglis Digital online auction on Wednesday
A rare share in Widden Stud's champion stallion Zoustar will go under the hammer for an expected seven-figure sum when the latest Inglis Digital Auction concludes on Wednesday. Bidding for the share, offered by Qatar Bloodstock, had already reached $800,000 on Tuesday afternoon following the opening of the April (Late) Online action on Anzac Day last week. It's expected a flurry of late action on Wednesday afternoon will see the share rise well over the million mark. Last year Qatar Bloodstock sold to Bangaloe Stud another 1/60th share in the sought-after stallion for $1.3 million – a figure that would value Zoustar at close to $80m. Zoustar is already the sire 65 stakes winners including the likes of Zougotcha, Joliestar, Ozzmosis, Growing Empire, Climbing Star and Zousain. Schwarz, bound for next month's Doomben 10,000, added to Zoustar's record of producing Group 1 winners earlier this year when the four-year-old won the William Reid Stakes at The Valley. Zoustar, currently 14 years of age, is set to stand at Widden's Hunter Valley property for $275,000 for the upcoming 2025 breeding season. • Dethroned The Quokka champion set for Doomben 10,000 It comes as Yarraman Park Stud announced three-time Australian champion stallion I Am Invincible will stand for a reduced fee of $220,000, down from $275,000 last year. I Am Invincible is the sire of last Saturday's Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes winner Charm Stone as well as unbeaten ATC Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes victor Vinrock. Yarraman principal Arthur Mitchell explained the decision to lower I Am Invincible's fee. 'Vinnie is entering his twilight years, and there are limited outside nominations available,' he said in a release. 'We are also mindful of the challenges facing trainers and syndicators, along with breeders – the cost of production and wages, everything has increased. 'We want to ensure everyone has a good chance, no matter which part of the market they operate in.'
