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Originally Posted by Termite

Rapt to hear rnrh may be over the line. I believe those involved had given up on the prospect as the kiwi's were farting around the commitment. As far as prices go I understand the following : art major 12k Mach 3 10450 cuf 5500 grin 5500 mister big 4950 art official 4125 jeremes jet 6000 real desire 5500 major in art 4400. All these prices are including gst and subject to alabar discounts ie even art major will be eligible for 20% discount which is effectively a price cut!

Price reductions across the board by Alabar.
What about Shadow Play ?

Mach 3's service fee is attractive and even more so if you have a couple of mare's and can get the discount.

Can't help you there eb. Only asked those I had an interest/curiosity for. Call them up. All prices are set. What isn't set however is a limit for the BIG GUN- Art Major.

I wonder why they havn't updated there website with the price's and discount structure.

Mango, I'm sure you've noticed that there seems to be a constant lag btn stud decisions and easy public access on the web. Alabar are the best... On every measure... However I agree that this info should be up. Ironically, their biggest oz competitor in ptf are not much better when it comes to such things.

Peppertree Farm have had there price's up for a month, i suppose they got them up early in the hope of getting early pre booking's.

Now that a lot of studs have dropped there service fee's i wonder if Christian Cullen's fee will be dropped, he is the dearest stallion standing in the Southern Hemishere and he isn't getting the mare's he use to. For him to stay competitive and get a good book of mare's they might have to drop him down to be level with Art Major/Bettor's Delight. This is just my opinion and i'm wondering what people's thought's are on this.

agreed mango, although he still the leading stallion in NZ (leads the all age, 2yr old, 4yr old and 2nd 3yr old).. but i'd say he just can't serve the big numbers

Hi Gold Ace

Yes that is probably true, but i also think he might struggle a little to even get the numbers he has been getting over the last few years due to the fee's of the other stallion's so they might have to drop it to get around there 150 mark.

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Originally Posted by mango

Now that a lot of studs have dropped there service fee's i wonder if Christian Cullen's fee will be dropped, he is the dearest stallion standing in the Southern Hemishere and he isn't getting the mare's he use to. For him to stay competitive and get a good book of mare's they might have to drop him down to be level with Art Major/Bettor's Delight. This is just my opinion and i'm wondering what people's thought's are on this.

G'day Mango,
Unless you're prepared to ship your mare to NZ it won't matter a whole lot what CC's fee is for Oz breeders. Recent experiences have dictated that his transported semen should by rights be sent direct to Wood Coffill's here in Sydney. (for those forum members who are out of towner's...that's an old school Funeral Director, they've been around since Rids was a young bloke and that was back in the days of the Old Testament) They have offices in Ryde, Dulwich Hill and Kingsford...the latter being by far & away the closest to the airport. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:.