Isn’t it a wonderful thing to read that an exciting stallion prospect will stand at an affordable fee?
So often you read in a press release that stallion Y is to be retired to stud. Your eyes are conditioned to flick to the bottom of the article to look for the number with the dollar sign in front of it. So often you’re disappointed to discover that the horse’s management considers that he’s well on the way to being champion sire before he’s even served a mare and have priced him accordingly.
But not today.
When assessing a stallion, we breeders look for high levels of athletic ability, soundness and temperament. Sometimes we have to compromise on one of these factors if we really like a stallion.
The Chosen One ticks all these boxes. In addition, he’s by our champion stallion from what is arguably New Zealand’s best female family. And yes, this the same family which underpins Grangewilliam’s promising The Bold One.
Many of The Bold One’s initial books of mares were modest. It’s hard to imagine The Chosen One is going to suffer from the same affliction.
