





Over the past 12 months, we’ve celebrated some extraordinary milestones. Art Major’s heir apparent, Ride High, has made an electric start to his stud career with early results including the brilliant stakes-winning fillies Ride The Highs and Delizioso. It’s always a thrill to see new sires making an impact, and Ride High is certainly living up to the hype.
Elite Stride has also made a major impact with his debut crop. He is the leading Australian 2YO Trotting Sire by a wide margin thanks to horses of the calibre of Gladiatrix and Jays All That.
We are extremely excited to add Volstead and Legendary Hanover to our 2025/26 roster. Volstead needs no introduction. His influence is immeasurable, and he offers breeders a commercial trotting option without peer. Legendary Hanover certainly lived up to his name. At two he was crowned Canadian 2YO Pacing Colt of the Year and he carried his dominance into his sophomore season, making history as the first 3YO to record multiple sub-1:47 miles. His resume includes a 1:46.6 victory in the Meadowlands Pace Final, a 1:46.4 performance in the Cane Pace – both track and stakes records.
While we’re disappointed Always B Miki won’t be shuttling this season, we are very proud of his ongoing achievements around the globe and his ever-growing influence throughout Australasia.
Looking ahead, we’re incredibly excited to welcome the first crop of foals by Tactical Approach. As the first US Trotter of the Year to stand in Australia or New Zealand, he was met with outstanding support, covering a debut book that featured no fewer than ten Group 1-winning mares.
With an elite stallion roster, emerging stars, and a continued focus on accessibility and service, we stand committed to helping breeders produce winners, on the track and in the sales ring.
To our breeders, thank you. Your loyalty, vision, and belief in our stallions continue to inspire us. Your support drives everything we do, and it’s a privilege to be part of your journey.
Alan Galloway
From proven producers of champions to emerging sires making waves across hemispheres, Alabar’s stallion roster is stacked with some of the most influential and exciting names in the business.
Over the past 12 months, the Alabar stallion roster has continued to shape the Australasian breeding and racing landscape, delivering results that speak to both their class and consistency. Proven sires Art Major, Rock N Roll Heaven and Majestic Son have once again asserted their dominance, and at the time of publication, Art Major is third on the Australian sires’ premiership, Rock N Roll Heaven remains a force with high-quality Group 1 winners, and Majestic Son continues his long-standing reign as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier trotting sire.
It has been a breakout season for a new wave of Alabar sires making their presence felt on the track. Always B Miki has come of age in spectacular fashion, currently second on the 3YO sires’ premiership in Australia, while Ride High leads the first season sires’ rankings. Vincent and Captain Crunch have also impressed, and Elite Stride has made a remarkable debut, currently the leading 2YO trotting sire and leading first season trotting sire in Australia. These rising stars are not just living up to their promise, they’re helping shape the next generation of racetrack success.
DEGARMEA TEALE (Captain
$150,000 APG 2YO Fillies Final
— simply put, Art Major is one of the greatest standardbred stallions the industry has ever seen.
8x Australian 2YO Sire
5x Australian 3YO Sire
A consistent force on the Australian sire premierships, Art Major is also a multiple Leading 2YO and 3YO Sire in New Zealand. In the Southern Hemisphere alone, he has sired an extraordinary 80 Group 1 winners and 238 stakes winners.
The sire of 80 G1 winners and 238 stakes winners
Top Group 1-winning Southern Hemisphere Progeny Include:
Don Hugo $2,303,924, 1:48.4
Merlin $1,556,710, 1:52.1
My Field Marshal $1,493,182, 1:46.9
Major Crocker $1,275,496, 1:49.4
For A Reason $1,111,470, 1:49.4
Sushi Sushi $1,103,327, 1:54
Lettucerockthem $1,042,176, 1:50.8
Princess Tiffany $1,020,802, 1:49.9
Vincent $598,804, 1:50.2
Ride High $289,427, 1:49
Art Major stands among the most influential stallions in Australasian breeding history, renowned for consistently siring champions and proven performers across generations.
9% 80.8% stakes winners to starters winners to starters
Art Major’s status as one of Australasia’s most dominant and consistent pacing sires is reflected in the success of his 2,107 individual winners, who have collectively earned over $152 million in prizemoney.
One of the world’s most commercial stallions – a prolific sire of sales topping yearlings that have sold for $230,000, $200,000, $190,000,
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— pedigree, performance, and power, Captain Crunch has it all.
With Top Southern Hemisphere Earners Including:
Captain Stirling $148,675, 1:56.2
Its Maa Time $105,212, 1:56
Without You $94,265, 1:51.8
Sebastian James $93,011, 1:55.8
Captainshavtime $86,086, 1:57.2
Degarmea Teale $80,700, 1:53.7
Malakai $80,166, 1:54.4
Runkle Crunch $63,618, 1:56.1
Allets $59,989, 1:56.1
Rewatch $51,388, 1:53
Plus, Breeders Crown Final Winner Gem Quality ($756,742, 1:50)
Oldest crop are 3YOs in 2025
World Champion US 2YO Pacing Colt of The Year
Captain Crunch is one of the world’s most exciting young stallions, combining superior genetics, outstanding racetrack performance, and progeny that are already making an impact.
2YO Season: Won the Breeders Crown Final, Governors Cup Final, Nassagaweya Stakes, International Stakes, 2nd Elim Breeders Crown, 3rd Champlain Stakes.
The greatest and richest son of Captaintreacherous with an outstanding maternal pedigree. Dam Sweet Paprika (1:51.2) is a stakes performed half-sister to world champion pacers Sweet Lou and Bettor Sweet, as well as the dam of star filly Youaremycandygirl.
Captain Crunch holds the record for the highestpriced yearling by a freshman pacing sire sold in the Southern Hemisphere and was the Leading First Season Sire at the 2023 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale.
Highly sought-after yearlings have sold for $220,000, $160,000, $150,000, 140,000, etc.
Captaintreacherous
Somebeachsomewhere
Worldly Treasure
1:48
Record-breaking North America Cup Winner
The only 3YO ever to win 3 races in 1:48 or better
— fast proving he has serious sire power, Elite Stride is already making his mark as a standout producer of precocious 2YOs.
Elite Stride was crowned with top honours after an outstanding 3YO season, showcasing his class by winning or placing in 13 of 14 starts in a season defined by consistency, talent, and toughness.
Armed with elite bloodlines, explosive speed, and a proven foundation of success, Elite Stride is poised to shape the next generation as a sire of serious impact.
Elite Stride is by Muscle Hill, the world’s most dominant trotting sire and a proven sire-of-sires. Dam Real Babe was a top-class racemare with earnings in excess of $386,000, and his granddam, Housethatruthbuilt (1:52.8, $1,266,768), is a Dan Patch Award-winning millionaire.
Renowned for his blistering speed, Elite Stride claimed the Gr.1 Need For Speed Prince Final and the Gr.2 Holmfield, both in race record time, and won nine starts, including the Gr.2 NSW Derby.
WINS OR PLACINGS FROM 14 STARTS
best track time
Earners Include:
1:58.4
All That $38,620, 2:02
Ya Daddy $24,890, 2:07.2
Perfecto $19,880, 2:02.1
2:01.8
Lane $12,510, 2:00.4 Oldest crop are 2YOs in 2025
— gifted with intelligence and a flawless, powerful stride, Legendary Hanover’s impact on the track endures.
As Canada’s top 2YO, Legendary Hanover elevated himself to legendary status as a 3YO with multiple sub 1:47 wins including the Meadowlands Pace (1:46.6) and a 1:46.4 performance in the Cane Pace, with both becoming track and stakes records. He smashed another track record when he won the Empire Breeders Classic at Tioga Downs in 1:48.2.
With record-breaking performances on the track, Legendary Hanover has lived up to his name with every stride. Now, as he embarks on his stud career, a new chapter begins, one where his legacy is only just unfolding.
Crowned Canadian 2YO Pacing Colt of the Year in 2023 after winning six of nine starts. He’s the richest and fastest son of World Champion Huntsville (a son of Somebeachsomewhere) with career earnings of $1,236,217.
2YO Season: Won Elim Metro Stakes (2nd in Final), Nassagaweya Stakes, Champlain Stakes, Dream Maker Series Final, 2nd Elim Breeders Crown.
3YO Season: Won Elim and Final Meadowlands Pace, Cane Pace, Empire Breeders Classic, 2nd Max Hempt Memorial, Simcoe Stakes, Somebeachsomewhere Pace, Elim North America Cup, 3rd Elim and Final Little Brown Jug.
Bred to be a star, Legendary Hanover was a $260,000 yearling purchase the 2022 Harrisburg Sale, with the son of Huntsville admired for his athleticism and flawless conformation.
He hails from a proven family of speed with his dam one of only two mares in history to produce multiple 1:47 or better performers.
— proven, powerful, and perennial, Majestic Son’s influence spans generations, and he’s far from done.
Majestic Son didn’t just inherit greatness, he lived up to it. A Breeders Crown-winning world champion by the legendary Angus Hall with an unparalleled record at stud.
UNRIVALLED. PEARLESS.
Year after year, Majestic Son has redefined trotting excellence, siring champions, record breakers and elite performers at an exceptional 12.7% stakes winners-to-starters strike rate.
Top Earners Include:
Sundees Son
$1,401,248, 1:56.4
Oscar Bonavena
$1,025,558, 1:55.2
Majestic Man
$840,920, 1:53.5
Majestuoso $707,540, 1:54.6
Glenferrie Typhoon
$561,169, 1:53.5
Majestic Player
$536,914, 1:51.2
Winterfell $429,567, 1:58.1
One Over Da Moon
$368,548, 1:55.5
Plymouth Chubb $371,570, 1:56
King Denny
$371,570, 1:55.9
81.6%winners to starters
12.7%stakes winners to starters
Plus:
One More Moment: New Zealand 5YO & Older
Trotting Mare of the Year
Majestic Jester: Australian 2YO Trotting Colt of the Year
Bring On The Muscle: Hambletonian Classic
Lord Popinjay: I Can Doosit Handicap
Nellie Doyle: Future Wealth Sires Stakes
Trotters Handicap
Majestic Son stands unrivalled among Australasia’s trotting stallions, once again sweeping the major sire awards. To date, he has sired 45 individual Group 1 winners and 91 stakes winners, including the history making, two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year, Sundees Son.
Champion progeny include Rainbow Jester, Sundees Son, Oscar Bonavena, Plymouth Chubb, Winterfell, Sunnys Sister, Tyron Eros, etc.
— few could match his turn of foot, and none could match his record, Pebble Beach was pure brilliance in motion.
With headline wins in the North America Cup and Breeders Crown, Pebble Beach confirmed his place among the sport’s very best and now brings his rare blend of speed, class and pedigree to breeders seeking proven performance.
1:48.2
Won 17 starts and $1,971,975 in prizemoney. Recorded an iconic two-length victory in the $1 million North America Cup, then captured the Breeders Crown Final by three lengths in a sizzling 1:48.2.
Pebble Beach was the first male pacer to clock sub 1:49 times at both two and three. As a 2YO, he showcased his precocity with a season-best 1:48.4 win in the $250,000 Kentucky Championship Series Final. At three, he delivered one of his most impressive performances in the $911,000 Breeders Crown Final, claiming victory by over three lengths in a career-best 1:48.2.
The best son of Downbytheseaside and the richest grandson of the legendary Somebeachsomewhere to stand at stud. Pebble Beach hails from a distinguished family that boasts strong commercial appeal, with his half-brothers commanding $300,000 and $250,000 in the sale ring.
Downbytheseaside
2YO Season: Leg and Final Kentucky Sires Stakes, Div International Stallion Stakes, Elim Breeders Crown (3rd in Final).
3YO Season: Elim and Final North America Cup, Elim and Final Breeders Crown, Tattersalls Pace, Leg Kentucky Sires Stakes (2nd in Final), Div Somebeachsomewhere, Elim Adios (3rd in Final), Elim Progress Pace.
Oldest crop are weanlings in 2025
— raw speed, unmatched consistency and an unforgettable presence, Ride High brought it all to the racetrack.
A model of consistency and class, Ride High delivered at every stage of his career, combining speed, strength, and temperament into one exceptional package.
crop are 2YOs in 2025
Ride High showcased his brilliance at every turn, winning 16 of 18 starts. Career highlights include a dominant victory in the Gr.1 Breeders Crown, followed by a track record win in the Gr.2 4 & 5YO Championship where he stopped the clock in a blistering 1:49.
By our very own sire-of-sires, Art Major, Ride High is his mirror image in every sense. He is the complete package with an exceptional physique, a flawless gait and the kind of temperament breeders dream of.
Ride High hails from a proven family, as a half-brother to 3YO Australian Pacing Filly of the Year Rocknroll Magic and Group 2 winner Always Fast. It’s a pedigree that delivers in type, talent and results.
— legacy, results, and real-world value, Rock N Roll Heaven is a stallion that delivers at every level.
THE SIRE OF 24 G1 WINNERS AND 68 STAKES WINNERS
Top Southern Hemisphere Earners Include:
Plus 2024/25 Group Winners:
Madam Publisher: Gr.1 WA Oaks
Rakero Rebel: Gr.1 Queen Of The Pacific Heza Punk Rocker: Gr.1 Vicbred 4YO Final Quatro Moth: Gr.3 Pink Bonnet
Rock N Roll Heaven continues to deliver at the highest level, siring millionaires, Group 1 winners, and top-tier performers across Australasia. His progeny are known for their toughness, speed and ability to win when it counts.
Rock N Roll Heaven is a standout sire of millionaires, including Let It Ride, Sassa Hanover and Rockin In Heaven. He has sired Dan Patch winners, record-setters, and elite performers, including five-time Group 1-winning millionaire and FFA pacing star, Swayzee.
A TOP 5 AUSTRALIAN SIRE FOR NEARLY A DECADE
Rock N Roll Heaven continues to deliver season after season and has cemented his position among the very best stallions in Australasia. In 2024/25 alone, he sired four individual Group 1 winners — a true testament to his lasting impact at the highest level.
7.9%stakes winners to starters
76.5%winners to starters
By the late, great, sire-of-sires Rocknroll Hanover, Rock N Roll Heaven stands as his richest and most accomplished son at stud and carries forward a legacy of speed, strength and sire power.
— Tactical Approach matched the feats of his grandsire Muscle Hill by sweeping all three of trotting’s blue-ribbon classics.
Never before has a US Trotter of the Year stood at stud in Australia or New Zealand, let alone a reigning titleholder who claimed the crown as a 3YO.
Tactical Approach made breeding history as the first ever US Trotter of the Year to shuttle to the Southern Hemisphere. Backed by top-tier credentials, he was met with outstanding support in his debut season.
$1,544,489
1:50.2
Tactical Approach hails from the outstanding first crop of Muscle Hill’s Breeders Crown Champion, Tactical Landing, and is out of $261,333 earner Sarcy (1:53.2), making him a half-brother to $1,108,713 earner Double Deceiver (1:50.4) who was runner-up in the US 3YO Breeders Crown.
Tactical Approach was a dominant winner of the $1 million Hambletonian in 1:50.6, before going on to capture the Breeders Crown and becoming the first horse since his grandsire Muscle Hill to sweep all three of trotting’s blue-ribbon classics.
3YO Trotting Male of
2YO Season: Won leg Kentucky Sires Stakes, Commonwealth at Lexington (twice).
3YO Season: Won Hambletonian Final, Breeders Crown Final, Kentucky Futurity, Bluegrass Stakes, Leg Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship (twice), Leg New Jersey Sires Stakes, 2nd Elim Breeders Crown, 3rd Stanley Dancer Trot, Elim Hambletonian Stakes, Reynolds Memorial.
— blending first-class performance with proven pedigree, The Storm Inside is one of the best value up-and-coming sires in Australasia.
The Storm Inside is off to a flying start at stud, with a wave of early winners and a strike rate that continues to climb.
Earners Include:
An undefeated Champion 2YO, The Storm Inside set multiple track records and dominated at the highest level. From the influential Golden Miss family, he offers breeders a proven mix of precocity, speed and class.
A Champion 2YO from a Line of Legends
The Storm Inside hails from the famed Golden Miss family, renowned for producing elite Group 1 stallions such as Rocknroll Hanover, Safely Kept, Grinfromeartoear and Panorama.
A standout from the start, The Storm Inside won 16 of 19 career starts and set multiple track records during his career. Crowned Australia’s 2YO Pacing Colt of the Year, he went six from six at two, scoring headline wins in the Gr.1 APG Final and Gr.2 Rod Fitzpatrick Memorial.
The Storm Inside proved he was more than just an early star, remaining a competitive force beyond his juvenile season. He won races at three, four and six, including the Gr.3 Alabar Vicbred Platinum Pace and set track records at Ballarat and Swan Hill.
— with showstopping looks, an impeccable pedigree and performance to match, Vincent is fast becoming one of Australasia’s most exciting young stallions.
Vincent boasts an enviable stallion's pedigree. By emerging sire-of-sires
Art Major, he is out of the outstanding racemare Kept For Pleasure — a fourtime Group 1 winner and Australian 3YO Pacing Filly of the Year. Adding further strength to his pedigree, his granddam Full Pleasure was a Group 1-winning juvenile.
THE SIRE OF 12 STAKES WINNERS INCLUDING G1 WINNER REINETTE
Top Earners Include:
Turn The Page $345,802, 1:50
Vessem $257,380, 1:55.2
Reinette $223,168, 1:56.3
Twist Little Girl $188,349, 1:50.4
Our Vincent Can Gogh $188,343, 1:54.2
Swiatek Leis $170,213, 1:57
Vinke B $155,862, 1:51.8
Sherlock $148,182, 1:52.8
Our Vinnie $148,116, 1:56.5
Thelittle Master $136,057, 1:56
Vincent’s ascent towards stallion stardom is accelerating at remarkable speed, with the blueblooded son of Art Major and Champion 3YO Filly Kept For Pleasure making waves across Australasia.
Oldest crop are 5YOs in 2025
EARNINGS 66.3%WINNERS TO
In 2021, he set the record for the highest-priced yearling ever sold by a freshman sire in the Southern Hemisphere when the Suzy’s Delight colt sold for $215,000 at the NZB Christchurch Yearling Sale.
Vincent retired as the fastest 3YO in Australasia with a best time of He won 16 of 19 starts, Group 1 races and set multiple track records.
— a prepotent sire with a rapidly growing legacy, Volstead is emerging as one of the most exciting stallions in the Southern Hemisphere.
Volstead is not just producing winners, he’s shaping a new generation of stars. The future is bright, and Volstead is at the centre of it.
Volstead’s early crops have delivered outstanding results on the track, led by seven individual Group 1 winners, including the electrifying 5x Group 1 winner Keayang Zahara, who continues to capture headlines with her brilliance and toughness at the elite level.
Group 1-winning Progeny Include:
Keayang Zahara $694,155, 1:55.2
Empire City $311,064, 1:58.7
Derek The Jet $198,890, 1:57 Violet Stanford $161,730, 1:58.6 Nordic Reign $95,801, 2:02.2
Bred in America and by proven sire-maker Cantab Hall, Volstead went on to become an international champion, winning the Group 1 SWE Konung Gustaf V Pokal and defeating top horses such as Elitloppet winners Ringostarr Treb and Magic Tonight on multiple occasions. Achieving a best track time of 1:51.5. Volstead had 72 starts across six seasons for 23 wins and $715,000+ in stakes.
11.5%stakes winners to starters 72.4%winners to starters
From his very first foals, he has his quality and has strong demand from both breeders and buyers. With momentum building and his influence expanding, Volstead offers breeders a rare opportunity to access a sire who is delivering on every front.
Volstead has made a strong impact in the Northern Hemisphere from limited progeny, led by the achievements of Sugar Instead. Sugar Instead (1:52.4) boasts 22 wins from 28 starts, for $1,184,311 in stakes including the Ohio Triple Crown, becoming the first 3YO trotting filly to do so since 2019, and was named Ohio Trotting Filly of the Year at 2 and 3. Group
From just two full crops old enough to race he has already been Leading Australian 2YO Sire twice, Leading Australian 3YO Sire and Leading NZ 3YO Sire.
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Elite Stride • legendary hanover
Majestic Son • Pebble Beach • Ride
High • Rock N Roll Heaven • Tactical
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