EGO DOING IT AGAIN
Following on from the popularity of standing Group 2 winning stallion Ego free of charge last season, Daniel and Elias Nakhle are proud to announce that they are doing it all again this season.
“With breeding still at a low ebb, and with our offer being appreciated by many small breeders up and down the country last season, we are going to maintain the free offer for mare owners to have a real chance of making breeding pay for them” said part owner Daniel Nakhle.
Even beyond the free service offer, selected mares may also qualify on their breeding, race performance or breeding record for a transport subsidy.
Ego is the fastest son of the fastest son of the great Mr. Prospector in E Dubai (#1 SIRE IN PENNSYLVANIA in 2011 and 2012 and Top Ten Stallions in the USA with Progeny Earnings over USD$7.5M in 2012 and over USD$30M in total) out of Buckling, a mare by the mighty Redoute’s Choice who has left three winners being a stakes winning stallion and two stakes placed fillies, from only four starters.
E Dubai is fast making a name for himself as a top international stallion with his multiple G1 winning son Fort Larned winning the G1 Breeders Cup Classic in 2012, Skysurfers a winner of the G2 Meydan Godolphin Mile, Italian Champion Once More Dubai and Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint hero Desert Code.
“What excites me with Ego is not only is his sire E Dubai seeing worldwide stakes winners but also Ego’s dam sire, Redoute’s Choice, is fast making a name for himself as a top class broodmare sire with the likes of Sacred Falls doing an amazing job for him”.
“The Mr. Prospector line stallions seem to thrive in New Zealand with the like of Straight Strike, Faltaat and Indian Ore all greatly out punching their own race records”
The winner of one of the strongest fields assembled for the G2 Concorde Handicap at Ellerslie, he beat no less than three G1 winners and six other stakes winners in a field of 12.
“We received a great response after Ego was announced half way through the breeding season last year and want to build on the good numbers he received. In fact the phone ran hot and mare owners already had their Ego foal’s lined up with some brilliant plays on the stallions name. It was a lot of fun!” enthused Nakhle.
“I have always been anti-cyclical in my thinking and with the increasing likelihood of racing being opened up in China, I can see that there is a real potential in the short term of the breeding trend having a major correction and New Zealand breeders struggling to keep up with demand for our racehorses. In the meantime, the best way to give breeders a chance of making a profit is to drop input costs which is why we are standing Ego free of charge again and in fact will pay a transport subsidy for qualifying mares”.
“The way I look at it is we only have about 400-500 Premier mares in New Zealand. That means we have another 4000 or so mares that are really breed to race prospects and need a stallion at a cost that gives them a breeder a real chance of making a profit and “free of charge plus money back” is about as good a chance at profit as it gets!”
The Nakhle’s appreciate the Chitty family’s generous offer to stand Ego at the fantastic facilities of Haunui Farm in Karaka where Ego joins Iffraj and Showcasing in a high class line up for all budgets.