FOR A REASON
ART MAJOR – LEFT FOR ME – FAKE LEFT
2006 – bay horse – 15.2 hands
1:49.4 – $1,111,470
- Richest Australian Bred son of Leading Sire Art Major
- 17/18, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 NSW Stallion of the Year
- Sub 1:50 performer
- A Group 1, 2 and 3 Producing Sire
- Dam Left For Me is by leading broodmare sire Fake Left
- Average earnings per starter of $34,000
- 76% Win/Starter Ratio
- Australian 3YO Pacer of the Year – winner of 4 Derbys (including G1 NSW & G1 QLD)
- Winner of seven Group races including the G1 Victoria Cup, defeating the likes of Beautide, Smoken Up and Christen Me
- Leading sire of both colts and fillies; For Real Life 1.50.1 $373,671 and Taylors Reason 1.53.1 $107,555
- Full brother to the dam of champion pacer Leap To Fame
- Magnificent looking bay stallion with outstanding confirmation, pedigree, temperament and amazing fertility
They don’t lovingly call For A Reason ‘Frank the Tank’ for no reason…he’s built like one!
A millionaire racehorse and 1:49.4 tough speed machine, For A Reason is bred to be the champion he was on the racetrack: his grand-dam, by the immortal Lordship, not only won, but produced 11 winners of a combined 138 races, with five inside 2:00.
Left For Me, the dam of For A Reason, won 10 races, with 20 placings, and took a 1:59 career best.
But it is at stud that Left For Me has further excelled; the mare is by Fake Left, one of the greatest sires and ‘Kings of Queens’ to stand at stud in Australasia.
Left For Me is a broodmare gem: eleven of her twelve foals of racing age are winners, with six running times under 1:56.0 and all inside 2:00, with combined earnings on the cusp of $1.8million. Her progeny average over 10 wins and upwards of $165,000 in prizemoney.
This includes the full sister to For A Reason, Lettucereason, who is the dam of champion pacers Leap To Fame ($3,589,660, 1:48.3MS) and Swayzee ($2,150,893, 1:48.6MS).
The choice of Art Major over a Fake Left mare is a winning one, with For A Reason the ‘Poster Boy’ for this breeding ‘cross’. Others bred on the cross include Philadelphia Man, All Eyes On Us, Admiral Bronski, Major Occasion, Major Cam and Hughie Green.
For A Reason raced in Group company his entire career; from winning the Chokin Championship at two, capturing four Derbys at three including the Group 1 NSW and Queensland events, he then retired at the top of his game prematurely after competing in the Chariots Of Fire with a bone chip, he qualified for the Group 1 feature by winning the Paleface Adios Sprint.
His first season at Stud in 2011 saw him serve 45 mares which had 33 live foals (73% served to live foal). Of the 33 live foals there were 26 starters (79% starter/foals) and 19 individual winners (73% winners/starters). The crop includes three Group winners – Conviction (Group 1 & Group 3), Taylors Reason (Group 2) and Geldof (Group 3).
He remarkably won the NSW Sire of the Year in 2017/18 from his first foaling crop.
When For A Reason returned to the racetrack after his bone chip had recovered he defied the odds and won the 2013 Group 1 Victoria Cup; six year old horses generally don’t do that…but ‘Frank the Tank’ did!
At seven, it was much the same story, with wins in the Group 1 Garrards Queensland Pacing Championship, Group 2 Shirley Turnbull Memorial and the Group 3 Goulburn Cup, bringing his earnings past a stunning $1.1million.
Versatility, toughness and lightning speed were trademarks of this beautiful-natured racehorse, with those traits now being passed on to his colts and fillies alike.
While still racing in 2015 he served eight broodmares, now 3YO’s, four have raced and there have been two winners including Holy Camp Dillon, a winner of 3 races from 5 starts and a best time of 1:56.3.
When Frank retired he stood his first commercial season in 2016/17, and 93 live foals were registered.
PROGENY
For A Reason, or ‘Frank the Tank’ as he is affectionately known, continues to climb the siring ranks. After his progeny had another successful season on the racetrack, For A Reason continues to match it with the ‘big boys’. After another stellar season in the siring ranks, For A Reason was crowned once again crowned the most prestigious award of NSW Stallion of the Year for 2024, for the fifth time.
For A Reasons statistics for 2024:
2YO – 33 STARTERS – 10 WINNERS – $253,583
3YO – 28 STARTERS – 14 WINNERS – $321,556
4YO – 38 STARTERS – 26 WINNERS – $624,486
OVERALL – 154 individual starters for 81 individual winners for the season.
PRIZEMONEY – $1,901,824 in total earnings for the season.
Top Earners of 2024:
For Real Life (Colt) – $93,403
Dangerous Threats (Gelding) – $57,583
Barbary Tales (Filly) – $54,105
To date For A Reason has sired 251 Individual staters for 173 individual winners with a 76% Winners/starters ratio. With his progeny banking over nine million dollars in earnings with an average of $37,451 per starter.
(That’s an amazing 13 multiplier on a service fee of $2750)
For A Reason has the following impressive record as a Sire :
43 x sub 1:55 WINNERS
3 x $300,000 WINNER
2 x $200,000 WINNER
21 x $100,000 WINNERS
4 x GROUP 1 WINS
For Real Life – QBRED Triad 3YO Final & QBRED Triad 2YO Final
Conviction – NSWBC 2YO C&G Final
Gotta Good Reason – Tasmania Cup
4 x GROUP 2 WINS
Kashed Up – The QLD Sun & NSWBC True Blue
For Real Life – QBRED Triad 4YO Final
Taylors Reason – NSWBC Blue Final
4 x GROUP 3 WINS
Kashed Up – NSWBC Western Regional 2YO Final
Conviction – FFA, Goulburn Cup
Gotta Good Reason – Golden Apple
The Amber Hare – Lombardo F&M FFA
Top Ten Lifetime Performers
Kashed Up – $382,438 – 1:51.2 – 21 Wins – Group 2
For Real Life – $373,671 – 1:50.1 – 16 Wins – Group 1
Conviction – $344,206 – 1:50.2 – 22 Wins – Group 1
Braedos Lad – $211,982 – 1:49.7 – 15 Wins – Listed
Geldof – $200,726 – 1:52.7 – 30 Wins
The Democrat – $178,151 – 1:53.1 – 26 Wins
Gotta Good Reason – $177,508 – 1:53.7 – 17 Wins – Group 1
Promising – $172,485 – 1:54.0 – 16 Wins
Budd Sidewinder – $171,995 – 1:55.2 – 24 Wins
Stormont Star – $167,353- 1:55.4 – 24 Wins
***stats as of April 2025
For A Reason’s progeny have excelled when the broodmare has been linebred to him.
For information and explanations of linebreeding:
For A Reason’s most successful foal has been Conviction.
He is bred on a 4 x 4 cross to Abercrombie.
This is achieved through For A Reason’s Sire Art Major (who’s Grand Sire is Abercrombie) and the Dam Sire Safely Kept (as his dam is by Abercrombie).
Other horses bred on a 4 x 4 cross to Abercrombie include:
TIGER TARA NZ click here
SOHO TRIBECA click here
HES WATCHING USA click here
HUNTSVILLE USA click here
PETACULAR (4 X 4 X 4) click here
CENTENARIO click here
IGNATIUS click here
For A Reason’s second highest earning foal is Taylors Reason.
She is bred on a 4 x 4 cross to Cam Fella.
This is achieved through For A Reason’s Dam Left For Me (whose grand Sire is Cam Fella) and the Dam Sire Brioso Hanover (as his Grand Sire is Cam Fella).
Other horses bred on this cross are:
DOWNBYTHSEASIDE USA click here
SICARIO (4 x 4 x 4) click here
(OUR) WAIKIKI BEACH click here
One of the modern successful crosses is 3 x 3 to Artsplace.
For A Reason can achieve this cross as his Grand Sire is Artsplace.
Horses bred on this cross include:
CAPTAIN CRUNCH USA click here
DIVINE CAROLINE click here
PISTOL ABBEY click here
HEAVENS TREND click here
ANYTHING FOR LOVE click here
CHARMING ALLIE click here
A GOOD CHANCE click here
For A Reason’s progeny that have won over $50,000 are bred as follows:
CONVICTION click here (4×4 Abercrombie)
TAYLORS REASON click here (4×4 Cam Fella)
THE DEMOCRAT click here (no linebreeding)
GELDOF click here (4×3 Abercrombie)
BUDD SIDEWINDER click here (no linebreeding)
GOTTA GOOD REASON click here (4×4 Lordship)
ILLINOIS BEAUTY click here (3×4 Artsplace)
STORMONT STAR click here (no linebreeding)
For A Reason’s 2YO winners have been bred along more modern bloodlines:
OUR UNCLE DAN click here (3×3 Fake Left & 4×4 Nihilator)
KASHED UP click here (4×4 Abercrombie, Cam Fella & Miss Elvira)
WHATTA GOOD REASON click here (4×4 Lordship)
OUR BELLA LUCIA click here (4×4 Cam Fella)
JAY GEES DEVIL click here (4×4 Abercrombie)
REASON TO BE click here (no linebreeding)
ONE REASON click here (4×3 Cam Fella)
GABBYS REASON click here (4×4 Nihilator)
MAJOR REASON click here (no linebreeding)
Discounts & Progeny Eligibility
With generous discounts and breeding schemes such as the HRNSW Colonial Stallion Bonus, For A Reason provides you with every reason to breed your next – or first – Group winner.
Regardless of where your mare is served and your foal born, you receive a $500 HRNSW Colonial Stallion Bonus when a live foal is born. This bonus can be used to pay for NSW Breeding Scheme Fees, with any residual returned to the Foal Nominator as cash.
For A Reason is also eligible for the NSW True Blue Bonus. This bonus is restricted to broodmares inseminated in NSW, where the progeny is foaled in NSW and notified to HRNSW. The bonus is a $3,000 cash Bonus payable to the owner of the horse for its first 2YO or 3YO win.
Regardless of where your broodmare is inseminated or where the foal is born, the progeny of For A Reason will be eligible for the NSW Breeders Challenge.
His progeny is also eligible for all other state breeding schemes VicBred, QBred, TASBred, WestBred and the Southern Cross Series (if your mare is inseminated and the foal is born in the same state).
All progeny will also be eligible to compete in the Breeders Crown and Bathurst Gold Crown.
Linebreeding Matches
The following crosses will create a linebreeding match to For A Reason:
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DAM SIRE |
GRAND DAM SIRE |
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ACES N SEVENS |
ALBERT ALBERT |
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ALL SPEED HANOVER |
ARMBRO OLIVER |
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ALLAMERICAN INGOT |
ARMBRO OPERATIVE |
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ARTISTIC FELLA |
AS PROMISED |
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ART COLONY |
BOND STREET |
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ARTISCAPE |
CAM TERIFFIC |
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ASTREOS |
CAMELEON |
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BAD BERT |
CAMLUCK |
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BETTORS DELIGHT |
CAMS CARD SHARK |
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BIG TOM |
CAM’S TRICKSTER |
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BLISSFULL HALL |
CAMTASTIC |
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BRIOSO HANOVER |
CHILL FACTOR |
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BROWNING BLUE CHIP |
CROUCH |
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BY XAMPLE |
DARE TO YOU |
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CAMMIBEST |
E DEES CAM |
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CAMS FOOL |
EXCLUSIVE CAM |
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D M DILINGER |
EXOTIC EARL |
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DAY IN A LIFE |
FAKE LEFT |
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DREAM AWAY |
GOLDEN GREEK |
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EXTREME THREE |
JAGUAR CAM |
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FLIGHT N IRISH |
LIFE SIGN |
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FLIGHTPATH |
LISLEA |
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FOUR STARZZZ SHARK |
LUCKY CAM |
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FULLY LOADED |
ORANGE SOVEREIGN |
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GRINFROMEARTOEAR |
PACIFIC FELLA |
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HARE HARE |
PANORAMA |
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HURRIKANE KINGCOLE |
PRECIOUS BUNNY |
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I AM A FOOL |
PRESIDENTIAL BALL |
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IFIHADYOURLUCK |
SHIPPS FELLA |
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ISLAND FANTASY |
STAND TOGETHER |
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JOHN STREET NORTH |
THE WRATH OF PAN |
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JUSTANOTHERPOORBOY |
TOPNOTCHER |
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LAGACY OF POWER |
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LIS MARA |
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LISAGAIN |
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MACH THREE |
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MAFFIOSO |
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MAKE A DEAL |
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MILLION DOLLAR CAM |
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MODERN ART |
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MYSTICAL SHARK |
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NORTHERN LUCK |
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P B BULLVILLE |
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PACIFIC ROCKET |
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PARTYWITHTHEBIGDOG |
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PASSMASTER HANOVER |
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PEACE OF ART |
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PERFECT ART |
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PERUVIAN HANOVER |
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PONDER |
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QUALITY CAM |
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REAL DESIRE |
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RIVERBOAT KING |
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ROLL WITH JOE |
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SAFELY KEPT |
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SHADYSHARK HANOVER |
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SHARK GESTURE |
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SHOOBEES PLACE |
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SOUTH PARK HANOVER |
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SPORTSWRITER |
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STONEBRIDGE REGAL |
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STRONG LIFE |
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THE GLOBE |
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THE WARP DRIVE |
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ULTRA JET |
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VILLAGE JASPER |
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VILLAGE JOLT |
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WASHINGTON VC |
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WESTERN IDEAL |
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The ULTIMATE crosses for For A Reason are:
Dams by Perfect Art (full brother of Art Major)
Dams by stallions of Artsplace – Artiscape, Astreos, Dream Away, Grinfromeartoear, Modern Art, Shoobees Place, Sportswriter & Stonebridge Regal.
Dams by Bettors Delight, Mach Three, Roll With Joe, Mcardle, Blissfull Hall, Village Jasper & Western Ideal.
Grand Dams by Fake Left, Stand Together, Albert Albert, Armbro Operative, Cams Card Chark, Life Sign, Panorama & Golden Greek.
Dams with the above and following stallions in their pedigrees: Abercrombie, Nihilator, Cam Fella, Lordship, Albatross, Niatross & Most Happy Fellla.
Race Record
| Best Time | As a 2YO | As a 3YO | Starts | Wins | Placings | Stakemoney |
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| 1:49.4 | 1:58.0 | 1:55.3 | 64 | 27 | 17 | $1,111,468 |