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Globe-trotting Cox Plate winner to stand for $44,000
Newgate has announced the stud fee for one of the high-profile additions to its 2023 roster with Cox Plate winner State Of Rest to stand for $44,000, including GST.
Newgate's managing director Henry Field on Monday announced the fee for his first season in Australia.
State Of Rest, a son of Starspangledbanner (Choisir), is most famous in Australia for winning the 2021 Cox Plate as a Northern Hemisphere three-year-old but he also won three other Group 1s in three different countries.
His first start after the Cox Plate came in the Prix Ganay (2100m) at Longchamp, which he won, while he followed that with a third placing in the Tattersalls Gold Cup before taking out the Prince Of Wales's Stakes (2004m) at Royal Ascot.
Prior to coming to Australia, State Of Rest won the Group 1 Saratoga Derby (1911m) in the US.
"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," Field said.
"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."
The State Of Rest fee announcement is the first big-name reveal from the Newgate roster with fees for its other big names, which include Extreme Choice, Russian Revolution, Deep Field and Stay Inside, to be made in coming weeks.
