Unraced First Season Sire Trial Report

Tara Madgwick - Thursday January 1

It’s the first day of a brand new year and the first season sires list looks like this with Home Affairs on top from a pair of Extreme Choice sons in Extreme Warrior and Stay Inside, but what’s in the pipeline in terms of unraced talent for this cohort of sires?

Click here to see the fully interactive table.

Click here to read the unraced trial report with the sires offering the most unraced horses at the trials being Home Affairs (13), Splintex (12), Wild Ruler (11) and Stay Inside (10).

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