A rundown of the leading sires across Australia during the 2017-18 season.
Australia (via Arion Pedigrees)
Champion sires
Snitzel – 173 winners (from 328 runners)
I Am Invincible – 158 (from 275)
Written Tycoon 153 (from 287)
Sebring – 147 (from 325)
Fastnet Rock – 136 (from 253)
High Chaparral – 122 (from 271)
Exceed And Excel – 119 (from 220)
Nicconi – 114 (from 218)
Smart Missile – 113 (from 208)
Denman – 112 (from 215)
First-season sires
Spirit Of Boom – 18 winners (from 52 runners)
Zoustar – 10 (34)
Sizzling – 9 (45)
Epaulette – 6 (26)
Shamus Award – 6 (22)
Fighting Sun – 5 (29)
Second-season sires
All Too Hard – 75 winners (from 159 runners)
Pierro – 64 (131)
Your Song – 50 (102)
Ocean Park – 27 (51)
Delago Deluxe – 25 (64)
Golden Archer – 23 (55)