Trapeze Artist is another of the growing list of Snitzel sons standing at stud in Australia. This exciting stallion stands at Widden Stud in NSW but we are getting to the stage that we need to find something different about a son of Snitzel in order to get excited. There are now over 20 sons of Snitzel at stud, and these include the likes of Shamus Award, Russian Revolution, Sooboog, Sizzling and Wandjina apart from a host who have yet to have runners on the track. What is it that not only makes Trapeze Artist stand out, but also sees him as the most expensive son currently at stud?
Firstly, let us reflect on Snitzel for a moment. He still stands at Arrowfield Stud for a fee of $165,000 and won his first sires title in the 2016/17 season, taking the crown from Street Cry at a time when Winx was starting to dominate Australian racing. Snitzel has now sired over 100 stakes winners but the only one to have won more than two Group 1 races to date is Trapeze Artist who retired with four Group 1 wins. He was crowned
