Shuttle stallions are highly valuable, male thoroughbred and standardbred horses who are ‘shuttled’ between the Northern and Southern hemisphere to mate and produce valuable offspring for the racing industry.
Renowned for their race-track performance and historic pedigrees, these stallions will mate with some of Australia’s top broodmares.
The shuttle stallions who have arrived this season have a total value of $450m and will mate with up to 150 to 200 mares each, with stud fees up to $93 000.
Deputy Secretary Biosecurity and Compliance, Dr Chris Locke said despite their value and fame, the horses must complete testing, treatments, and quarantine to protect against biosecurity risks, just like any another animal imported to Australia.
“We have now released the first intake of shuttle stallions from their mandatory minimum stay of 14 days in our Post Entry Quarantine facility in…