Latest Stud Book Vol 62 - Busy Sires List
The Australian and New Zealand Greyhound Stud Book always contains a mass of informative data and matters of interest.
In Stud Book Vol 60, on page 356, one of two black bitches whelped November 28th 2011, became famous racing as Sweet It Is.
On page 373, in Stud Book Vol 61, a dog whelped on March 12th 2013, marked as wdkbd (white & dark brindle) raced into the history books as Ferdinand Bale.
Simple, routine listing of pups whelped, who would dare to forecast the words
“million dollar earners” then ?
Stud Book Vol 62 - now available -covers the period July 1st 2013 to June 30th 2014.
Ranked by the number of litters registered, the most popular sires in that period are listed below.The number in brackets indicates litters in Stud Book Vol 61.
Stud Dog Litters Stud Book Vol 62
Magic Sprite 295 (115)
Barcia Bale 137 (42)
Lochinvar Marlow 127 (76)
Spring Gun 110 (112)
Collision 90 (129)
Fabregas 89 (101)
Cosmic Rumble 85 (191)
Swift Fancy 83 (11)
Dyna Lachlan 76 (91)
Kinloch Brae 76 (48)
then followed by
Fear Zafonic 73 (69)
Dyna Tron 71 (71)
El Grand Senor 70 (90)
Cosmic Chief 68 (50)
Cape Hawke 63 (nil)
Bekim Bale 59 (138)
Oaks Road 52 (53)
Vee Man Vane 52 (29)
All the worthy sires above outscored the other 461 sires in the list totalling 479 sires.
Remarkable to note that services by the 18 sires listed above produced 1,513 litters just short of 50% of the 3,029 litters registered – 49.95%.
Breeding students and enthusiastic participants will be quick to suggest that the list will undergo substantial changes in Stud Book Vol 63.
The quickest way to secure your copy of Stud Book Vol 62 is to phone
(03) 9548 3500, or email your request to admin@galtd.org.au