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Contributer heads the 2021 roster at an increased fee of $22,000.

Mapperley Stud has announced the 2021 fee for their three stallions with Contributer (High Chaparral) heading the roster at a fee of NZ$22,000 (plus GST), having stood for N$10,000 (plus GST) in 2020. 

The son of High Chaparral (Sadler's Wells) has two crops of racing age and his progeny are headed by Randwick Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Lion's Roar and Group 2 winner and New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) placegetter Llanacord. He has sired 16 winners in total from 39 runners, operating at a strike rate of 41 per cent. 

"We have been very conservative with our service fee increase, so it hasn't ruled out too many breeders who have supported him in his early days, however at this level his book will be full very shortly," Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison said.

"The results on the track over the last year has been nothing short of sensational, he had two individual two-year-old winners in Australia, a feat not many New Zealand stallions achieve with their first crop.

"His offspring continued to shine as three-year-olds, with a number of impressive winners on both sides of the Tasman, and Lion's Roar winning the Randwick Guineas showed that he is able to leave a top liner in Australia. He's very much on everybody's radar now." 

Contributer has also enjoyed a good year in the sales ring in 2021 with 12 yearlings selling in Australia and New Zealand for $1,087,804 at an average of $90,650. 

"The Australians have a very high opinion of them," Davison continued. "John O'Shea is singing his praises in Sydney and we know there is a very strong word coming out of the Maher/Eustace stable. They have two very talented two-year-olds coming through. 

"For breeders, the Australian market is so very important. We know the sale statistics every year at Karaka – Australia is the key market. A stallion that is performing well on the racetrack in Australia is a stallion that is going to sell well at Karaka." 

The Mapperley Stud roster is completed by Complacent (Authorized) and Puccini (Encosta De Lago) who will stand for unchanged fees of NZ$4,000 (plus GST) and NZ$3,000 (plus GST) respectively.