Fitzdares has chalked up its market for this year’s first-season sire race, with Blue Point the 5/2 favourite to supply the most individual winners in Britain and Ireland before December 31. The multiple Group 1-winning sprinter, who was also high-class at two himself, has 164 two-year-olds to go to war with.
Inns Of Court, a speedy son of Invincible Spirit who has the largest crop of this peer group, with 169 juveniles, is second favourite at 7/2. Ten Sovereigns, a Middle Park Stakes winner by precocity influence No Nay Never, with 149 runners on his side, is 4/1.
Soldier’s Call, a fast and early son of Showcasing with 121 debut two-year-olds, is available at 9/2, while Too Darn Hot, an unbeaten champion at two by Dubawi and with a first crop comprising 129 foals who have just turned racing age, is on offer at 8/1.
The full list of odds is below and up to date details on each stallion can be found on Weatherbys Global Stallions App:
Blue Point 5/2
Inns Of Court 7/2
Ten Sovereigns 4/1
Soldiers Call 9/2
Too Darn Hot 8/1
Land Force 10/1
Advertise 12/1
Calyx 20/1
Magna Grecia 16/1
Invincible Army 20/1
Masar 66/1
Waldgeist 100/1
Phoenix Of Spain 100/1
City Light 100/1
Eqtidaar 150/1
Study Of Man 150/1
Last year’s Fitzdares first-season sire market saw a small upset, with the odds-on favourite Sioux Nation overturned by Havana Grey, a 9-4 chance when prices were first released.
Sam Hockenhull from Fitzdares commented: “We’ve made good use of Weatherbys Return Of Mares and their Global Stallions App to pull together a market for this year’s first-season sire championship. It looks an extremely competitive year, with so many sires looking to hold a strong book. We make Blue Point our market leader, he was such an impressive stamp of a 2-year-old and what he achieved at Royal Ascot later in his career will have ensured a superb first book of mares. It’s hard to get away from the Tally Ho factor in recent years and with numbers on his side we’ve installed put Inns Of Court in second favourite.”