Trainer, prominent owner and buyer Clayton Tonkin said Australia had always had "good import stallions with good records and fast times", but perceptions had changed as exports, like Shartin, had proven they could match it internationally.

I am not sure what Clayton is saying

While Andrew Barton of Nutrien said

"We are looking at a catalogue of horses over the four sales this year that probably nearly 40 per cent of those will be colonial sires," he told SEN Track.

Barton said breeders could be confident domestic-bred foals would reach the sale floor.

"That next superstar is probably going to come from one of these lesser-known horses," he said.

What does he base this claim on? A hunch?

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