The Studbook releases the official stats on the previous year's services on March 1 and it shows the continued popularity for Newgate's G1 Golden Slipper S. son of Written Tycoon, with Capitalist serving his biggest-ever book as his service fee rised from $44,000 (inc GST) to $99,000 (inc GST).
He has served books in excess of 200 in each of his five years at stud, with 239 in 2020 his previous best.
Rosemont Stud's Shamus Award saw an enormous surge in numbers to 216 off the back of a brilliantly successful 2021 on the track, highlighted by his G1 Caulfield Cup-winning son Incentivise.
Shamus Award | Standing at Rosemont Stud
Shamus Award stood for $33,000 (inc GST) last year and saw his numbers jump beyond 200 for the first time, up from 177 in the previous season and 149 in his first season at Rosemont after switching from Widden Stud. He was the most popular stallion in Victoria by some margin.
Widden, meanwhile, saw Zousain's numbers leap to 214 in his second season at his service fee of $19,800 (inc GST) having attracted a strong book of 188 in his first season.
Coolmore's King's Legacy was the most popular first-season stallion of 2021 when it came to mares, with a book of 212 at his fee of $33,000 (inc GST). His barnmate, So You Think (NZ), who had the biggest book of 261 in 2020, saw his book fall to 204, but he has still served more than 200 mares in each of the past four seasons.
King's Legacy | Standing at Coolmore Stud
Newgate's new addition, North Pacific, attracted a strong opening book of 202 mares, one more than his barnmate Flying Artie.
Champion Australian stallion Written Tycoon served his equal second biggest-ever book, 199, in what was his first season at Yulong Stud. He stood at $165,000 (inc GST), a huge jump from the $77,000 (inc GST) he stood at in his one season at Arrowfield in 2020 and retained his numbers.
The busiest shuttle stallion was Coolmore's new purchase Wootton Bassett (GB), who had a book of 188 mares, while Toronado (Ire), who is based at Swettenham Stud, had 172 and Coolmore's Churchill (Ire) 165.
Written Tycoon | Standing at Yulong Stud
In terms of the high-profile Australian stallions, I Am Invincible, who stood for the highest fee in the country of $220,000 (inc GST) had 193 mares, the same number as he had in 2020, while four-time Australian Champion Snitzel had his number increase from 150 to 165.
Widden Stud's star Zoustar, who reverse shuttles to Tweenhills Stud in England, had a book of 174, a slight increase from 2020,
Legendary stallions Fastnet Rock and Exceed And Excel had their books carefully managed with Fastnet serving 76 mares and Exceed 90.
Exceed And Excel | Standing at Darley
The other stallion who stood at six figures or more in Australia in 2021 was Pierro, who served a book of 130.
The stallion with the biggest book in Queensland was Eureka Stud's Spirit Of Boom with 178, while Heroic Valour at Raheen Stud had a huge seasonal jump from 90 mares in 2020 to 157 in 2021.
The top WA stallion was Playing God on 128, while Alpine Eagle led Tasmanian stallions on 90 and Sir Prancealot (Ire) in South Australia with 76.
| Capitalist | 243 | $99,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Shamus Award | 216 | $33,000 | Rosemont Stud | VIC |
| Zousain | 214 | $19,800 | Widden Stud | NSW |
| King's Legacy | 212 | $33,000 | Coolmore Australia | NSW |
| So You Think | 204 | $77,000 | Coolmore Australia | NSW |
| North Pacific | 202 | $22,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Flying Artie | 201 | $33,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Written Tycoon | 199 | $165,000 | Yulong Stud | VIC |
| Hanseatic | 195 | $17,600 | Rosemont Stud | VIC |
| I Am Invincible | 193 | $220,000 | Yarraman Park Stud | NSW |
| Farnan | 192 | $55,000 | Kia Ora | NSW |
| Wootton Bassett | 188 | $71,500 | Coolmore Australia | NSW |
| Anders | 184 | $16,500 | Widden Stud | NSW |
| Tassort | 181 | $11,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Spirit Of Boom | 178 | $33,000 | Eureka Stud | QLD |
| Star Turn | 176 | $16,500 | Vinery Stud | NSW |
| Yes Yes Yes | 175 | $38,500 | Coolmore Australia | NSW |
| Zoustar | 174 | $154,000 | Widden Stud | NSW |
| Toronado | 172 | $49,500 | Swettenham Stud | VIC |
| Ole Kirk | 170 | $55,000 | Vinery Stud | NSW |
| Russian Revolution | 168 | $44,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Cosmic Force | 167 | $16,500 | Newgate | NSW |
| Deep Field | 165 | $88,000 | Newgate | NSW |
| Snitzel | 165 | $165,000 | Arrowfield Stud | NSW |
| Churchill | 160 | $22,000 | Coolmore Australia | NSW |
| Heroic Valour | 157 | $7,700 | Raheen Stud | QLD |
| Pariah | 157 | $16,500 | Arrowfield Stud | NSW |
| Bivouac | 156 | $66,000 | Darley | NSW |
| Maurice | 156 | $44,000 | Arrowfield Stud | NSW |
| Dirty Work | 155 | $19,800 | Spendthrift Australia | VIC |
| Exceedance | 155 | $33,000 | Vinery Stud | NSW |
| Brutal | 153 | $27,500 | Newgate | NSW |
| All Too Hard | 152 | $33,000 | Vinery Stud | NSW |
| Written By | 152 | $24,750 | Widden Stud | NSW |
