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
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    Overview

    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. 


    Overview Continued…

    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

    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

    Pedigree Performance

    For A Reason’s progeny have excelled when the broodmare has been linebred to him.

    For information and explanations of linebreeding:

    Click here & Click here

    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.

    Line Breeding

    Linebreeding Matches

    The following crosses will create a linebreeding match to For A Reason:

    DAM SIRE

    GRAND DAM SIRE

    ACES N SEVENS

    ALBERT ALBERT

    ALL SPEED HANOVER

    ARMBRO OLIVER

    ALLAMERICAN INGOT

    ARMBRO OPERATIVE

    ARTISTIC FELLA

    AS PROMISED

    ART COLONY

    BOND STREET

    ARTISCAPE

    CAM TERIFFIC

    ASTREOS

    CAMELEON

    BAD BERT

    CAMLUCK

    BETTORS DELIGHT

    CAMS CARD SHARK

    BIG TOM

    CAM’S TRICKSTER

    BLISSFULL HALL

    CAMTASTIC

    BRIOSO HANOVER
    ($100k winner – superior cross)

    CHILL FACTOR
    (full brother of ARTSPLACE – superior cross)

    BROWNING BLUE CHIP

    CROUCH

    BY XAMPLE

    DARE TO YOU

    CAMMIBEST

    E DEES CAM

    CAMS FOOL

    EXCLUSIVE CAM

    D M DILINGER

    EXOTIC EARL

    DAY IN A LIFE

    FAKE LEFT
    (dam sire of FOR A REASON – ultimate cross)

    DREAM AWAY

    GOLDEN GREEK

    EXTREME THREE

    JAGUAR CAM

    FLIGHT N IRISH

    LIFE SIGN

    FLIGHTPATH

    LISLEA

    FOUR STARZZZ SHARK

    LUCKY CAM

    FULLY LOADED

    ORANGE SOVEREIGN

    GRINFROMEARTOEAR

    PACIFIC FELLA

    HARE HARE

    PANORAMA

    HURRIKANE KINGCOLE

    PRECIOUS BUNNY

    I AM A FOOL

    PRESIDENTIAL BALL

    IFIHADYOURLUCK

    SHIPPS FELLA

    ISLAND FANTASY

    STAND TOGETHER
    (½ brother to ARTSPLACE – superior cross)

    JOHN STREET NORTH

    THE WRATH OF PAN

    JUSTANOTHERPOORBOY

    TOPNOTCHER

    LAGACY OF POWER

     

    LIS MARA

     

    LISAGAIN

     

    MACH THREE

     

    MAFFIOSO

     

    MAKE A DEAL

     

    MILLION DOLLAR CAM

     

    MODERN ART

     

    MYSTICAL SHARK

     

    NORTHERN LUCK

     

    P B BULLVILLE

     

    PACIFIC ROCKET

     

    PARTYWITHTHEBIGDOG

     

    PASSMASTER HANOVER

     

    PEACE OF ART

     

    PERFECT ART
    (full brother to Art Major – ultimate cross)

     

    PERUVIAN HANOVER

     

    PONDER

     

    QUALITY CAM

     

    REAL DESIRE

     

    RIVERBOAT KING

     

    ROLL WITH JOE

     

    SAFELY KEPT
    ($300k winner – superior cross)

     

    SHADYSHARK HANOVER

     

    SHARK GESTURE

     

    SHOOBEES PLACE

     

    SOUTH PARK HANOVER

     

    SPORTSWRITER

     

    STONEBRIDGE REGAL

     

    STRONG LIFE

     

    THE GLOBE

     

    THE WARP DRIVE

     

    ULTRA JET

     

    VILLAGE JASPER

     

    VILLAGE JOLT

     

    WASHINGTON VC

     

    WESTERN IDEAL

     



    Ultimate Crosses

    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

    Race Record


    • Owner(s)

      Fleur De Lil Trust

    • Sire

      Art Major USA

    • Colour

      Bay

    • Dam

      Left For Me (Fake Left)

    • Sex

      Horse

    • Age

      14

    Best Time   As a 2YO As a 3YO Starts Wins Placings Stakemoney
    1:49.4 1:58.0 1:55.3 64 27 17 $1,111,468