Stud Record
He was retired to stud during 1941 to the Widden Valley region of the upper Hunter Valley. Ajax was a prolific sire that produced nine individual stakes winners including these good horses:
- Achilles (won AJC Epsom Handicap)
- Betrothal, dam of Magic Night (won Golden Slipper Stakes)
- Chaperone (VATC Merson Cooper Stakes, VRC Ascot Vale Stakes)
- Civic Pride (won AJC Gimcrack Stakes)
- Havoc (1945 AJC Breeders' Plate)
- Lady Ajax (VATC Debutante Stakes)
- Magnificent (AJC Sires' Produce S, Champagne Stakes, AJC Australian Derby and VRC Derby).
- Magnificent Lady, dam of Birthday Card (Golden Slipper Stakes and Sandown Guineas)
- Mighty Song (VRC Maribyrnong Plate, AJC Gimcrack Stakes)
- Mine Host (Tatt's NSW Carrington Stakes)
- Pantomime (AJC December Stakes etc.)
- Tivoli Star, dam of Tipperary Star (Doomben 10,000 etc.)
- Whistling Wind, dam of The Tempest (AJC Challenge Stakes, Doomben 10,000)
Ajax’s Australian progeny earned £133,739.
In 1948 he was sold as a 14 year old horse to the United States of America for 13,000 guineas to Mr W.J. Smith who later resold him to Messrs. Bing Crosby and Lin Howard. Ajax did not meet with the same stud success in America that he had in Australia, but he did sire Avracado $71,813, Trebor Yug $19,420 and A. Jaxson $11,444.
All this justified Ajax’s inclusion in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.
The Group 2 Sydney Turf Club Ajax Stakes contested at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney are named in his honour.
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