Highview Stud announce 2025 service fees

Highview Stud have announced the service fees for their quartet of stallions this coming breeding season, headlined by Group One producer Wrote, who will stand for a fee of $12,000+GST.

A Group One winner himself of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Stakes (1600m), Wrote sired last year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous, while his stakes-winning honour roll also includes Group One performer Best Seller and Group Two winner Wrote to Araraki.

“We have increased his fee to $12,000+GST for 2025 because he deserves it,” Highview’s Brent Gillovic said. “He is a massive upgrader of his mares and who knows where he will end up with the far better-quality mares that he covered in 2024, and that he is likely to cover in 2025.

“He doesn’t have huge numbers racing, but has two individual Group-winning mares in Australia - Pulchritudinous and Wrote to Araraki.

“He will be restricted to a book of approximately 100 mares in 2025 and we feel he offers breeders great value and opportunity.”

Wrote will once again be joined by Divine Prophet, a Group One-winning full-brother to Champion New Zealand stallion Proisir, and he will stand for a fee of $9,000+GST.

Highview’s stallion roster will be completed by Santos and Mr Mozart, who will stand at unchanged fees of $8,000+GST and $6,000+GST respectively.

“Mr Mozart has let down into a really imposing individual built in the mould of a real Australian sprinter/miler,” Gillovic said. “Of course, he is by the incomparable Snitzel, with an outstanding female pedigree behind him.

“He covered 89 mares in his first season last year and his fertility was exceptional. The quality of mares covered was very good, in particular the support he received from our fellow owner James Chapman of Jamieson Park, who of course raced him. We are eagerly awaiting his first foals.”