Based at Royston Stud in Queensland, royally bred Danehill (USA) stallion Longhorn has had to make his own luck from day one and he's risen to the challenge.
With five crops of racing age featuring just 41 named foals, 32 have raced for
19 winners that have won 66 races and $1.8 million in prizemoney, so many of
his progeny are multiple winners.Among those winners are three stakes-winners Longshoreman, Black Magic, Craiglea Platinum ( a stakes-winner in Macau) and stakes-placed Daph 'n' Alf, who won the $100,000 feature sprint at the Sunshine Coast last Saturday.
Second at his previous start in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich to Group I winner Smokin' Joey, Daph 'n' Alf has won 14 races and over $350,000 making him the highest stake earner to date for Longhorn.
Daph 'n' Alf comes from the very first small crop for Longhorn which produced seven winners from just seven runners, two of those winners being stakes-winners.
With 7.3% stakes winners to named foals and 9.4% stakes-winners to runners, Longhorn has the sort of statistics to rival some of the most commercial sires in the land and has done it from miniscule opportunity in comparison to his more expensive peers.
So what has made Longhorn rise from the pack?
Pedigree in part as Longhorn is a minor winning full brother to Golden Slipper winner and former highly successful sire Catbird, Group II winner and sire Danbird, not to mention Hong Kong winner Bearcat, who is also a proven sire of winners.
An $800,000 Magic Millions yearling purchase in 2004, Longhorn finished fourth on debut to Snitzel in the Listed AJC Breeders Plate, but subsequently disappointed on the track and was retired to stud with just two minor wins on his resume.
Burgeoning success on the track for Longhorn led to a fee increase in 2013 to $5,500 and he covered 91 mares that year, so his current crop of soon to be yearlings are his first sizable crop.
Priced again this year at $5,500, Longhorn has the ability to upgrade mares and produce a better individual, so for breeders looking to reap the rewards of well publicised increased QTIS bonuses into the future, Longhorn is a great value pick for the budget conscious breeder looking to excel.
For more information on Longhorn contact Ray Dart on 0413-255 955 and visit http://www.roystonstud.com.au/
With 7.3% stakes winners to named foals and 9.4% stakes-winners to runners, Longhorn has the sort of statistics to rival some of the most commercial sires in the land and has done it from miniscule opportunity in comparison to his more expensive peers.
So what has made Longhorn rise from the pack?
Pedigree in part as Longhorn is a minor winning full brother to Golden Slipper winner and former highly successful sire Catbird, Group II winner and sire Danbird, not to mention Hong Kong winner Bearcat, who is also a proven sire of winners.
An $800,000 Magic Millions yearling purchase in 2004, Longhorn finished fourth on debut to Snitzel in the Listed AJC Breeders Plate, but subsequently disappointed on the track and was retired to stud with just two minor wins on his resume.
Burgeoning success on the track for Longhorn led to a fee increase in 2013 to $5,500 and he covered 91 mares that year, so his current crop of soon to be yearlings are his first sizable crop.
Priced again this year at $5,500, Longhorn has the ability to upgrade mares and produce a better individual, so for breeders looking to reap the rewards of well publicised increased QTIS bonuses into the future, Longhorn is a great value pick for the budget conscious breeder looking to excel.
For more information on Longhorn contact Ray Dart on 0413-255 955 and visit http://www.roystonstud.com.au/
