Sustaining Fees

Sustaining as a Foal

	Foal Nomination	Series Fee (no more to pay)
Foal Registered with HRNSW	$0	$325
Foal Registered Interstate	$275*	$500

*compulsory payment to make the foal eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge.

Foal Nominators may use the $500 Colonial Stallion Bonus to offset NSW Breeders Challenge Fees at the time of Foal Notification – For more information please click here.

Nominations and Series Fee payments are due by 1 September.

Foal Nomination & Series Fee Form Download

Sustaining as a Yearling

Sustaining fees as a yearling only apply to horses that go through an Australian or New Zealand Yearling Sale.

	Nomination Fee	Series Fee (no more to pay)
Yearling not nominated as a foal	$750*	$350
Yearling nominated as a foal	$0	$350

*compulsory payment to make the yearling eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge. Buyers have 28 days after the Yearling Sale to nominate their yearling and pay the nomination fee in full. Horses nominated as a yearling are not eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge Foal Nominators Bonus.

Sustaining as a 2YO

Sustaining Fee (one year only)	Series Fee (no more to pay)
$275	$450

You are able to withdraw your horse from the NSW Breeders Challenge as a 2YO and still be eligible to sustain as a 3YO.

Sustaining payments are due by 1 December (prior to the 2YO racing season).

Sustaining as a 3YO

Sustaining Fee (one year only)

$275

You are able to withdraw your horse from the NSW Breeders Challenge as a 3YO.

Sustaining payments are due by 1 December (prior to the 3YO racing season).

Sustaining as a 4YO

There are no sustaining fees due as a 4YO. To be eligible for the bonus you must have paid a Series Fee or alternatively sustained as either a 2YO or 3YO.