Freshman Sires Series (Goldstar Lee)

To many breeders unproven "freshman" sires provide a minefield to whether they will or won't succeed at stud. Already I've written about "sire families" producing or not producing leading sires. So for the next month or so shall analyse some of the new kids on the block. First one to bare closer scrutiny is Goldstar Lee;

Goldstar Lee was a brilliantly fast early paced greyhound, whose biggest win came in the Group 1 Joe Dunne Memorial. A "freshman" sire with a faultless if not intriguing pedigree.

Sired by Brett Lee - fast becoming a great sire of sires. Somewhat expected such is the class of sire that is Brett Lee, with a countless number of sons at stud across the globe - far too many to mention here. But, along with the numbers, just about every Brett Lee sire at stud, whether in his home country of Australia, Ireland, UK or the USA has a headline talking dog. So Goldstar Lee sired by Brett Lee could only be seen as a positive. Whether this will change with some of Brett Lee's later stud rank additions in years to come time will tell.

Out of a Top Honcho brood - so straight away we have Brett Lee over Top Honcho - arguably the two greatest sires Ireland/UK has seen the past 10 years. Something that no doubt hasn't gone unnoticed, judging by the number of breeders who have used Goldstar Lee.

Murlen's Slippy - now Goldstar Lee starts to become somewhat fortified as a sire. Not that Murlen's Slippy guarantees stud success. However, a number of sires, both commercial and non-commercial carry this great sire in his own right - the likes of Droopys Kewell descending from a litter sister to Murlen's Slippy to Droopys Maldini/Droopys Scolari, Premier Fantasy...surprise packet Ballymac Maeve - even the obscure sire True Honcho carries Murlen's Slippy close up in his pedigree.

Whisper Wishes - a further great sire, great broodbitch sire and significant player in a number of leading sires - such as modern day sire Westmead Hawk carrying two crosses of Whisper Wishes.

Linda's Champion - legendary broodbitch influence, however combined with Goldstar Lee's 5th dam Ballinderry Moth - sees [Westpark Goldie] a litter sister to the great race and stud dog Daley's Gold.

By all reports Goldstar Lee has been very busy since his induction into the stud ranks and through his faultless pedigree, probably doesn't come as a surprise he has been patronised as well as he has.