Newgate sets Australia-high fee for Extreme Choice
Henry Field founded Newgate 15 years ago and now it is one of Australia’s leading stallion operations with Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) the farm’s ring leader again this year with a service fee increase to $385,000 (all fees inc GST), from $330,000 in 2025.
Newgate announced its 2026 service fees on Wednesday with Extreme Choice leading a powerful and diverse roster of 15 stallions standing on 1,700 acres in the Hunter Valley. Extreme Choice needs no introduction to breeders and he’s been priced accordingly.
He’s expensive, but the returns can be rewarding at places like Riverside Stables earlier this month when an Extreme Choice colt made $3 million to Coolmore and a filly $1.8 million to Clinton McDonald. They averaged $1.56 million at the Inglis Easter Sale and $822,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions.
Newgate’s director of stallions Bruce Slade has assured broodmare owners wanting to use Extreme Choice that it’s still possible they could be a part of his limited book this year.
“He’s striking better than ever and it’s a credit to Jim Carey and the team,” Slade told ANZ. “He covers one mare a day and, just to be safe, I would suggest breeders have a Plan B.”
As expected his services have continued to rise year-on-year to the highest in Australasia. That’s off a season that commenced in the spring with a three-year-old crop headed by Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Apocalyptic and Caulfield Guineas Prelude (Gr 3, 1400m) scorer Estremo.
The Extreme Choice two-year-old division shared the limelight in the autumn with Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) lead-up winners Hidrix (Canonbury Stakes) and Paradoxium (Todman Stakes). Debutant Extremely Tempted chimed in with a front-running win in the Pioneer Services 2YO Handicap (1100m) at Hawkesbury last Wednesday and the flashy chestnut was going better than anything else on the line.
The latest crops are emerging after a sensational start at stud that generated Extreme Choice’s Group 1 winners She’s Extreme (VRC Oaks), Espiona (Coolmore Classic), Knight’s Choice (Melbourne Cup), Stay Inside (Golden Slipper Stakes) and Devil Night (Blue Diamond).
Extreme Choice is a sire of sires and his Blue Sapphire Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) winner Extreme Warrior has already gained traction in black-type this season courtesy of Merson Cooper Stakes (Listed, 1000m) scorer Eternal Warrior.
His sons Stay Inside and Tiger Of Malay are both standing at Newgate. Stay Inside won a Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and he’s already off the mark with first-crop black-type winners Incognito (Breeders’ Plate), Lassified (Wellesley Stakes) and Blue Door (Kindergarten Stakes).
Both Stay Inside and Tiger Of Malay remain unchanged for 2026, with the former at $66,000 and the latter standing for $11,000.
“Stay Inside is off to one of the best, if not the best starts by a sire at Newgate,” Slade said.
“He’s covered 511 mares in the last three seasons and the quality is increasing book by book.
“Tiger Of Malay won a Group 2 Brisbane Sires’ Produce Stakes and Group 3 Up And Coming and he’s been well-supported although we haven’t seen a lot of them racing.
“He’s siring good-looking colts like Canterbury winner Forest King and fillies like Tassie winner Momentslikethese who was runner-up in the Gold Sovereign Stakes.”
Capitalist (Written Tycoon), who also remains unchanged at $44,000, leads a group of rising 13-year-old stallions on the Newgate roster alongside Russian Revolution (Snitzel).
“Capitalist looks under-priced at $44,000,” Slade said. “He’s the leading active sire for winners (143) in Australia and Hong Kong (12) this season and there’s a good one in his current two-year-old crop named Rich on Bubbles (Valley Pearl Stakes and Magic Millions SA Classic).”
Russian Revolution is currently in the top ten in Australia this season for winners (113) and wins (178) and the best is yet to come from the son of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) who remains at $33,000.
He sired another Group 1 winner when Libertad went to Perth to win the Winterbottom Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) in November and his New Zealand two-year-old filly Lara Antipova added her name to his Group 1 list in the Sistema Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) last month.
Ozzmosis (Zoustar) won the stallion-making Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and he has 143 first-crop foals on the ground this season. He’s a fourth-generation Coolmore Stud Stakes winner following Zoustar, Northern Meteor and Encosta De Lago (Fairy King). He is another that remains unchanged at $44,000.
“They’re straightforward foals with plenty of length and quality from books of fast, sharp mares,” Slade said. “And they have the Zoustar head, leg, muscle and momentum.”
Tassort (Brazen Beau) won the Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill for James Cummings and sired a smart juvenile winner this season when Toorak Jewel was an on-pace winner of the $500,000 The Debut (1000m) on Magic Million Day in January.
“He covered 600 mares in his first four seasons and those early winners were off a $10,000 fee,” Slade said of Tassort, who drops down slightly to $33,000.
“The quality of his mares has improved and the market for his stock in Hong Kong is also growing.”
Artorius (Flying Artie), who is unchanged at $22,000, bookended his career with Group 1 victories in the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) and Canterbury Stakes (Gr 1, 1300m) and he’s siring precocious, athletic horses ready to debut at the spring carnivals.
“They’re high-calibre good-moving types and keep in mind he won a Blue Diamond and so did his damsire Redoute’s Choice,” Slade said.
State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) will cover his fourth book in 2026 after a career highlighted by Group 1 victories at Royal Ascot, Saratoga, Longchamp and Moonee Valley in the 2021 Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m).
Slade credits his shareholders for ensuring the Irish-bred champion will make a mark in the breeding barn by keeping his fee at $22,000 this year.
“He’s exciting and mega commercial from a magnificent family and his first two-year-old crop will start surfacing this time next year as autumn two year-olds.”
In The Congo (Snitzel) is also value added at a $22,000 fee according to Slade, down from $27,500 in 2025.
“He will make a mark pretty quickly with his first crop racing next season,” Slade said. “He beat Anamoe in the Group 1 Golden Rose and he’s a three-quarter brother to Autumn Glow.”
That same assessment applies to King’s Gambit (I Am Invincible) who is also available at an unchanged $22,000.
“He won a Debutant Stakes in Melbourne and a Roman Consul Stakes at Rosehill,” Slade added. “He’s a magnificent son of I Am Invincible and is siring great-looking stock.”
Brutal (O’Reilly) sired Sentimental Legend from his second crop to win the WATC Derby (Gr 2, 2400m) last weekend following a winning classic trial in the Melvista Stakes (Listed, 2200m) last month.
“He also got Nepotism from that same crop to win last year’s ATC Champagne Stakes at Randwick,” Slade said. “They’re big with scope and brains and his last two books have been the best yet.”
Cosmic Force (Deep Field) has continued to average 140 mares at Newgate after getting off to a promising start with Stakes winners Raging Force, Give Me Space, Cosmic Fire, Stay Focused and Wonder Boy. He remains at $16,500, while making up the roster is Profiteer (Capitalist), at an unchanged price of $11,000, and Wild Ruler (Snitzel) at an also unchanged $27,500.
“His yearlings have sold to $200,000 and breeders like him because he sires a consistent type,” Slade continued. “And trainers want to buy them because they have ability and are easy to work with.”