More Than Ready touched down at Mascot Airport almost two weeks ago, in readiness for the 2016 breeding season.

First things first, he has gone into quarantine for a period, before heading off to Vinery in the Hunter Valley for another season.

The welcome home mat has been brushed up for the occasion, he‘s a great favourite and why shouldn’t he be? This will be his 16^th trip to Australia as a dual hemisphere sire, he has not missed a season since retiring to Vinery in Kentucky in 2001, it will mark his 32^nd consecutive season at stud..

He is ahead of such notable shuttlers as Royal Academy (28) Danehill (27) and Danehill Dancer (25).

Now in his 19^thyear his fertility is as good as ever and the demand for his services are again strong.

His progeny’s versatility was evident again in 2015-16, with the emergence of the new Group1 performers, Perfect Reflection, Prized Icon and Eagle Way.

Perfect Reflection is the first three year old filly to win the Group1 Kingston Town Classic 1800 metres at weight for age, his two year old colt captured the Group1 Champagne 1600 metres at Randwick, and his three year old stayer, Eagle Way, won the Group1 Queensland Derby 2400 metres, clinching a future career in Hong Kong.

No other sire was represented by more than 3 Group 1 winners in Australia last season.

And no other stallion has a global reputation to match More Than Ready in the juvenile division, the only stallion to be crowned Champion two year old sire in both the USA and Australia; he has had 61 stakes winners in that age group.

Golden Slipper winner, Sebring, launched More Than Ready as a sire of sires and Horse of the Year Dissident, foaled in his first crop and More Than Ready’s Group 1 Queens winner, Gimmethegreenlight (Aust), was recently crowned freshman sire with 14 winners of R1.7 million.

More Than Ready - A great sire