Henry Field founded Newgate 15 years ago and now it is one of Australia's leading stallion operations with Extreme Choice the farm's ring leader again this year with a service fee increase to AU$385,000 (US$273,831, AU$1=US$0.71), from AU$330,000 in 2025.
Newgate announced its 2026 service fees April 15 with Extreme Choice leading a powerful and diverse roster of 15 stallions standing on 1,700 acres in the Hunter Valley. Extreme Choice needs no introduction to breeders and he's been priced accordingly.
He's expensive, but the returns can be rewarding at places such as Riverside Stables earlier this month when an Extreme Choice colt made AU$3 million to Coolmore and a filly AU$1.8 million to Clinton McDonald. They averaged AU$1.56 million at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and AU$822,000 at the Magic Million Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Newgate's director of stallions Bruce Slade has assured broodmare owners wanting to use Extreme Choice that it's still possible they could be a part of his limited book this year.
"He's striking better than ever and it's a credit to Jim Carey and the team," Slade told ANZ. "He covers one mare a day and, just to be safe, I would suggest breeders have a Plan B."
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As expected his services have continued to rise year-on-year to the highest in Australasia. That's off a season that commenced in the spring with a 3-year-old crop headed by 2025 Flight Stakes (G1) winner Apocalyptic and 2025 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (G3) scorer Estremo. The Extreme Choice 2-year-old division shared the limelight in the autumn with Golden Slipper (G1) lead-up winners Hidrix and Paradoxium.
The latest crops are emerging after a sensational start at stud that generated Extreme Choice's group 1 winners She's Extreme, Espiona, Knight's Choice, Stay Inside, and Devil Night.
Extreme Choice is a sire of sires and his sons Stay Inside and Tiger Of Malay are both standing at Newgate. Both Stay Inside and Tiger Of Malay remain unchanged for 2026, with the former at AU$66,000 and the latter standing for AU$11,000.
Capitalist and Ozzmosis also remain unchanged at AU$44,000. Russian Revolution is currently in the top 10 in Australia this season for winners (113) and wins (178) and the best is yet to come from the son of Snitzel who remains at AU$33,000.
Tassort sired a smart juvenile winner this season when Toorak Jewel was an on-pace winner of the AU$500,000 The Debut on Magic Million day in January.
"He covered 600 mares in his first four seasons and those early winners were off a AU$10,000 fee," Slade said of Tassort, who drops down slightly to AU$33,000.
Artorius, State of Rest, and King's Gambit will stand for AU$22,000, unchanged from 2025, while In The Congo is also value added at a AU$22,000 fee according to Slade, down from AU$27,500 in 2025.
Cosmic Force and Brutal will stand for AU$16,500, while Profiteer and Wild Ruler remain unchanged at AU$11,000 and AU$27,500, respectively.
