Group 1 winner Aussie Rules (Danehill - Last Second, by Alzao) has been acquired by Lanwades Stud and Denford Stud who have joined forces to acquire the Classic-winning son of Danehill stand the 2012 season at Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud in Newmarket.

Aussie Rules was a top-class performer for Aidan O’Brien, winning the Gr 3 Somerville Tattersalls Stakes at two, and Gr 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at three.

A fee of £5,000 has been set for Aussie Rules, who was originally announced as standing 2012 at Coolmore in Ireland for €5,000.

Aussie Rules is set to end this season as a top five leading European second crop sire by money won thanks to performers such as Group 3 winner Djumama, the Preis der Diana runner-up who was also the champion German two-year-old of 2010, and the unbeaten Italian Group 3-winning juvenile Duck Feet. In all, he is the sire of seven stakes winners from just two crops of racing age.

Coolmore stallion Aussie Rules (Danehill - Last Second, by Alzao) earned his first Australian winner when Kabiddi (Aussie Rules - Divine Rose, by Nijinsky’s Way) broke through at Tuesday’s Warwick Farm meeting.

The Paul Cave-trained three-year-old claimed the Randwick Betting Auditorium Maiden Plate (1400m) at his second start. The grey gelding is one of 10 progeny of Aussie Rules to hit the track in Australia.

Kabiddi’s breakthrough win came at the 31^st start for Aussie Rules’s offspring with the breed producing nine minor placings before the sire’s first win.

Meanwhile, Darley’s win machine Commands (Danehill - Cotehele House, by My Swanee) produced another treble on Tuesday.

The John McNair-trained gelding Com’ear (Commands - Ears Veronica, by Ron Bon) claimed the Wakeley Handicap (2400m) before the Darley-owned Ambidexter (Commands - Dextrous, by Quest For Fame) completed a Warwick Farm double in the Ashcroft Maiden Handicap (1400m).

Zuckerberg (Commands - Love And Emotion, by Woodman) provided the Victorian leg to Commands’s trio of successes with his win in the Centrebet Get On To Get Out Handicap (1000m) at the Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Fastnet Rock is the most expensive stallion on Coolmore’s Australian roster  this year with his fee set at $132,000 Champion sire Encosta De Lago will stand at a reduced fee of $110,000 with High Chaparral up on last year at $99,000.

Starspangledbanner proved popular in Ireland in his first season at stud and will stand his first Australian season at $44,000. “Starspangledbanner’s achievements are numerous and well documented. A champion sprinter of Australia and Europe, boasting a pedigree synonymous with Gr.1 success in Australasia and an Adonis like physique – he is the commercial breeders ‘dream’ sire.”

“In setting our fees, we have been mindful of the difficult times endured by many breeders over the last couple of years,” said Coolmore’s Michael Kirwan.

“I believe that we are making available, at value prices, an outstanding line up of champion sires, proven sires, and impeccably credentialed sire prospects.”

“The reputation of the Australasian thoroughbred continues to soar worldwide and Coolmore has demonstrated our confidence in the domestic market though our acquisition of international sire prospects Starspangledbanner and So You Think who will be racing in Europe for Aidan O’ Brien this year. The foundations for this success have been laid by our own shuttle sires and we continue to introduce horses and bloodlines of the highest international quality into the Australasian market.”

AUSSIE RULES Danehill - Last Second (Alzao) $8,800
CHOISIR Danehill Dancer - Great Selection (Lunchtime) $33,000
DUKE OF MARMALADE Danehill - Love Me True (Kingmambo) $22,000
DYLAN THOMAS Danehill - Lagrion (Diesis) $19,800
ENCOSTA DE LAGO Fairy King - Shoal Creek (Star Way) $110,000
EXCELLENT ART Pivotal - Obsessive (Seeking The Gold) $11,000
FASTNET ROCK Danehill - Piccadilly Circus (Royal Academy) $132,000
HARADASUN Fusaichi Pegasus - Circles Of Gold (Marscay) $22,000
HENRYTHENAVIGATOR Kingmambo - Sequoyah (Sadler’s Wells) $27,500
HIGH CHAPARRAL Sadler’s Wells - Kasora (Darshaan) $99,000
LOOKIN AT LUCKY Smart Strike - Private Feeling (Belong to Me) $33,000
ORATORIO Danehill - Mahrah (Vaguely Noble) $11,000
SPINNING WORLD Nureyev - Imperfect Circle (Riverman) $6,600
STARSPANGLEDBANNER Choisir - Gold Anthem (Made of Gold) $44,000
TALE OF THE CAT Storm Cat - Yarn (Mr. Prospector) $33,000

All fees include GST.

Fastnet Rock

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