DECLARATION Of War proudly sits on top of the first crop sire listing for 2015 based on the average price for their first foals sold through the ring. This list is restricted to stallions with five of more foals sold.

It has to be said that his exalted position owes a lot to the fact that his top-priced lot was the $800,000 filly out of the Galileo mare Hanky Panky that sold at Keeneland in November. The first foal out of a half-sister to Giant’s Causeway and the dam of Gleneagles boosted the average significantly. Nevertheless, the other 12 foals sold averaged over €79,000 and would still have placed him in the top four.