State Of Rest to stand for $44,000
Newgate Farm’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) hero and international iron horse State Of Rest (Starspangledbanner) has had his southern hemisphere stallion fee announced at $44,000 (inc GST)
A world-class racehorse who won prestigious Group 1 contests in four different countries, State Of Rest was the first horse in history to win three consecutive elite-level events on three different continents.
He won a vintage Cox Plate, defeating Australia’s champion three-year-old colt Anamoe (Street Boss) and 11-time Group 1 winner Verry Elleegant (Zed) as a three-year-old.
However, his career-defining moment was training on at four to win the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) at Royal Ascot, defeating a top-class line-up of heavyweight European and Japanese performers, and franking his elite global status.
“In the last 20 years Cox Plate-winning three-year-olds have had an extraordinary record at stud with the likes of Savabeel, Shamus Award, and So You Think all developing into very important sires in the Australian breeding landscape,” said Newgate’s managing director Henry Field.
“He’s a very good looking, high-quality son of leading sire Starspangledbanner out of arguably one of the best mares in Europe, Repose, who herself was recently purchased by international breeding powerhouse Juddmonte.
“Most importantly, State Of Rest goes to stud with one of the finest bodies of work of any stallion to retire to stud in Australia in recent years.
“He has one of the most powerful ownership groups of any stallion we have ever stood at Newgate and they will be supporting him heavily.”