Elusive City Endearing
Elusive City (USA)
Haunui Farm’s stallion Elusive City (USA) added two extra stakes wins to his northern hemisphere tally over the weekend, prompting the question ‘what is his stock doing in our part of the world?’
The answer endears.
Of his eight stakes winners to date, three have been derived from his three NZ-conceived crops of racing age.
With a total runner count being less than half of his NH equivalent, the Australasian stakes efforts here of Returntosender (NZ), Lamington Vegas (NZ) and Metropolitan (NZ) more than holds its own.
With a total runner count being less than half of his NH equivalent, the Australasian stakes efforts here of Returntosender (NZ), Lamington Vegas (NZ) and Metropolitan (NZ) more than holds its own.
In fact, in New Zealand he actually improves on his 57.4% worldwide winners-to-runners ratio with a 65.85% strike rate (27/41).
In Australia, he improves on this further with a 68.18% win strike rate (15/22) and in both Hong Kong and Singapore; he counts a 66.67% success rate.
Haunui Farm’s Mark Chitty shed some extra light on these statistics.
“If you look at his first crop who have just turned five, he has a 79% winners-to-runners ratio, which is an impressive statistic in any part of the world,” he said.
“The important thing is that from his first three crops, he only had about 138 foals total, so he really hasn’t had the huge numbers around.
“He is a stallion who can certainly produce a Gr.1 winner, as he has shown with Elusive Wave, and he really does get a good, genuine runner.”
Commercially speaking, you won’t find many sires better in New Zealand.
In fact, in terms of bang for your buck, he is New Zealand’s sire supreme.
According to the findings from the Bluebloods Statistical Analysis of the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Majors, he scored 10.9 in terms of Yearling Price Average divided by Applicable Service Fee.
Elusive City’s 2010 Sale average of NZ$77,782 was derived from an NZ$8000 service fee, which not only placed him at the very top of the New Zealand-based Sire table, but placed him second overall for return on investment in Australasia.
“To a significant degree, his 2010 popularity at the Sales was fuelled by the important influence of Asia on New Zealand,” Chitty explained.
“He had two Class one winners in Hong Kong last season, which is the equivalent of black-type in New Zealand. He also had six winners from nine runners there, with Brave Kid running home for 3rd in the HK-1 Hong Kong Derby; at just his first preparation.
“It also helps that on the whole he throws a good type, who have a genuine amount of muscle about them. He is a typical Mr. Prospector line horse, who is offset through the knee and I think it has surprised people that he has produced stock that are more correct than he himself is.”
Remarkably, Elusive City (USA) remains available to breeders this season at an unchanged service fee of NZ$8000 (plus GST & Free Return).
“A lot of people were surprised we didn’t put his service fee up this year. When setting his fee, we felt it was still a critical time in the breeding industry and we wanted to continue to give breeders the opportunity to earn a result in the sale ring or to produce a genuine racehorse at an attractive fee,” said Chitty.
In Australia, he improves on this further with a 68.18% win strike rate (15/22) and in both Hong Kong and Singapore; he counts a 66.67% success rate.
Haunui Farm’s Mark Chitty shed some extra light on these statistics.
“If you look at his first crop who have just turned five, he has a 79% winners-to-runners ratio, which is an impressive statistic in any part of the world,” he said.
“The important thing is that from his first three crops, he only had about 138 foals total, so he really hasn’t had the huge numbers around.
“He is a stallion who can certainly produce a Gr.1 winner, as he has shown with Elusive Wave, and he really does get a good, genuine runner.”
Commercially speaking, you won’t find many sires better in New Zealand.
In fact, in terms of bang for your buck, he is New Zealand’s sire supreme.
According to the findings from the Bluebloods Statistical Analysis of the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Majors, he scored 10.9 in terms of Yearling Price Average divided by Applicable Service Fee.
Elusive City’s 2010 Sale average of NZ$77,782 was derived from an NZ$8000 service fee, which not only placed him at the very top of the New Zealand-based Sire table, but placed him second overall for return on investment in Australasia.
“To a significant degree, his 2010 popularity at the Sales was fuelled by the important influence of Asia on New Zealand,” Chitty explained.
“He had two Class one winners in Hong Kong last season, which is the equivalent of black-type in New Zealand. He also had six winners from nine runners there, with Brave Kid running home for 3rd in the HK-1 Hong Kong Derby; at just his first preparation.
“It also helps that on the whole he throws a good type, who have a genuine amount of muscle about them. He is a typical Mr. Prospector line horse, who is offset through the knee and I think it has surprised people that he has produced stock that are more correct than he himself is.”
Remarkably, Elusive City (USA) remains available to breeders this season at an unchanged service fee of NZ$8000 (plus GST & Free Return).
“A lot of people were surprised we didn’t put his service fee up this year. When setting his fee, we felt it was still a critical time in the breeding industry and we wanted to continue to give breeders the opportunity to earn a result in the sale ring or to produce a genuine racehorse at an attractive fee,” said Chitty.