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1:53.6 - $2,083,352. Black Horse, Foaled 1999, 15.2 Hands.
Elsu was a champion on the racetrack and retired as NZ’s fastest ever male performer and greatest stakes earner.
Hi wins included 11 Group Ones and in March 2005 he became the first horse in 19 years to clean sweep the Inter Dominions.
He is now emerging as a stallion. With only two crops 3yo & older, Elsu is currently ranked third on the NZ 4yo Sires Premiership and fifth on the NZ 3yo Sires Premiership.
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27 wins, 11 of those at Group One level.
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Retired as NZ’s fastest ever male performer and greatest stakes earner.
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A son of champion sire and now sire of sires Falcon Seelster from a stakeswinning dam and now twice voted NZ Broodmare of the Year.
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Really starting to make his mark as a young stallion.
In the Southern Hemisphere Elsu is the sire of 197 winners of $4,052,898, incl:
ANVILS BEST EVER 1:56.4 - $199,019. At 2, won Ht and Final NZ Young Gun Series (Gr.2). At 3, 3rd Ht NZ Sires Stakes (2nd in Final (Gr.1)). (In The Pocket) ( pedigree)
STORMY SIROCCO 1:58.4 - $143,579. At 2, won Ht NZ Sires Stakes
(3rd in Final (Gr.1)). (Sokys Atom) ( pedigree)
MISS ELSIE (M) 1:55.3 - $137,035. At 2, won Ht NZ Young Gun
Series (2nd in Final (Gr.3)); 2nd Harness Jewels (Gr.1). At 3, won Ht Nevele R Series; 3rd Northern Oaks (Gr.1)). (Sokys
Atom) ( pedigree)
REMEMBER EL 1:55.3 - $133,063. At 3, won Ht Aust. Breeders Crown; 3rd Ht APG. At 4, 3rd Melton Plate (Gr.1); 4th Chariots Of Fire (Gr.1). (Armbro
Operative) ( pedigree)
ELLA SUE (M) 1:57.2 - $108,200. At 2, won WA Debutante Stakes, Ht
Australasian Breeders Crown. At 3, 2nd Daintys Daughter Classic (Gr.2); 4th WA Oaks (Gr.1).
(Motu Mister Smooth) ( pedigree)
Wee Brother 2:00.1 - $92,679. At 4, won Marlborough Cup ; 3rd Forbury Park Championship. As Aged, 2nd Methven Cup (Gr.3). (Holmes Hanover) ( pedigree)
IM ELSA (M) 1:56.2 - $78,638. At 3, 3rd NI Breeders Stakes (Gr.3). As Aged, won Mares Mile (Gr.3). (Sokys Atom) ( pedigree)
FISTFULLOFDOLLARS 2:00.8 - $75,954. At 2, won Ht and Final SA Southern Cross Series (Gr.2), SA Graduate Pace. At 3, won SA St Leger. (Perfect Art)
STYLISH SOIREE (M) 1:54f - $65,591. (Fake Left) ( pedigree)
SHADY SU 1:57.2 - $59,545. At 3, 2nd PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sale Open Final (L). (Holmes Hanover) ( pedigree)
ROKEWOOD 1:58.6 - $58,316. At 2, won Ht Vicbred. (My Handsome Fella)
( pedigree)
ARNOUX
1:59.3 - $55,116. At 3, 2nd Ht NZ Sires Stakes. (In The Pocket)
( pedigree)
OUR BOY SU 1:59.2 - $51,605. As Aged, 2nd PGG Wrightson Yearling Sale Series Aged Handicap. (OK Bye) ( pedigree)
HIGHVIEW CHARTOM 1:57.5 - $50,607. At 3, won Ht Nevele R Series. (Christian Cullen) ( pedigree)
MATAI MILES (M) 2:00 - $47,597. (Miles McCool) ( pedigree)
MAJOR MAC 1:59.2 - $46,924. (What's Next) ( pedigree)
SINOPOLI (M) 1:59.9 - $45,836. At won SA Graduate Pace Final (Gr.2), Ht SA Southern Cross (3rd in Final (Gr.2)). (Surmo Hanover) ( pedigree)
Elysium (M) 2:00.6 - $40,995. At 4, 2nd NI Breeders Stakes (Gr.3). (Dare You To) ( pedigree)
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Age
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Starts
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Earnings
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Time
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2
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8
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0
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2
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2
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$41,300
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3
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14
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10
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0
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0
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$361,298
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1:58.4
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4
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12
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8
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1
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1
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$568,076
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1:53.6
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5
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13
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9
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2
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0
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$1,112,678
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1:54.6
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Total
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47
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27
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5
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4
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$2,083,352
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At 2
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2nd Pyne Gould Guinness NZ Yearling Sales Graduate; 3rd NZ 2yo Championship (Gr.1), NZ Breeders Produce Stakes (Gr.2), Pyne Gould Guinness NZ Yearling Sales Series Open.
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At 3
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Won NZ Derby (Gr.1), Great Northern Derby (Gr.1), Ht and Final NSW Derby (Gr.1), Avon City Ford Mobile Pace (Gr.2), Pyne Gould Guinness NZ Yearling Sales Series Open, Ht NZ Sires Stakes.
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At 4
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Won Auckland Cup (Gr.1), Chariots Of Fire (Gr.1), Noel J Taylor Memorial 4yo Mile (Gr.1), NZ Messenger Championship (Gr.1), Waikato Times Flying Mile (Gr.2), FSL North Shore City Stakes (Gr.2), 2nd NZ Trotting Cup (Gr.1), 3rd NZ FFA (Gr.1)
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At 5
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Won Inter Dominion Championship (Gr.1), AG Hunter Cup (Gr.1), Auckland Cup (Gr.1), City of Auckland FFA (Gr.1), Ashburton Flying Stakes (Gr.2), Inter Dominion Championship Heats (thrice) (Gr.2); 2nd NZ Trotting Cup (Gr.1).
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Falcon Seelster
1982 |
Warm Breeze
1973 |
Bret Hanover
1962 |
ADIOS
1940 |
HAL DALE
Adioo Volo |
Brenna Hanover
1956 |
TAR HEEL
Beryl Hanover |
Touch Of Spring
1967 |
GOOD TIME
1946 |
HAL DALE
On Time |
Breath O Spring
1953 |
Worthy Boy
Lady Scotland |
Fashion Trick
1972 |
Overtrick
1960 |
Solicitor
1948 |
King's Counsel
Jane Reynolds |
Overbid
1954 |
HAL DALE
Barbara Direct |
Meadow Child
1966 |
Adios Butler
1956 |
ADIOS
Debby Hanover |
Midway Lady
1952 |
NIBBLE HANOVER
Midway |
Interchange
1986 |
New York Motoring
1978 |
Most Happy Fella
1967 |
Meadow Skipper
1960 |
Dale Frost
Countess Vivian |
Laughing Girl
1961 |
GOOD TIME
Maxine's Dream |
Peaches N Cream
1967 |
Shadow Wave
1955 |
ADIOS
Shadow Grattan |
Parisian Hanover
1963 |
TAR HEEL
Paris Hanover |
Zenover
1968 |
Bachelor Hanover
1953 |
NIBBLE HANOVER
1936 |
Calumet Chuck
Justissima |
The Old Maid
1945 |
Guy Abbey
Spinster |
Zenith
1952 |
U Scott
1932 |
Scotland
Lillian Hilta |
Roydon Star
1942 |
Light Brigade
Great Burton |
Elsu has certainly started his career with a bang, siring a multitude of winners across New Zealand and Australia. It is interesting to see that he is following many of the same patterns that his dad and other Falcon Seelster line stallions have set.
Although Elsu is out of a mare by New York Motoring mare we still expected him to cross well with Most Happy Fella line mares and this cross has not let us down. Mares by No Nukes line stallions and Cam Fella line stallions make particular appeal, however other Most Happy Fella line stallions such as Troublemaker ( Elslick), Motu Mister Smooth ( Ella Sue), Miles McCool ( Matai Mies & Hot Ripple) and My Handsome Fella ( Rokewood) are amongst the broodmare credits for Elsu's winners.
Such No Nukes line stallions include Safely Kept, Village Jasper, Live Or Die, Caprock, Badlands Hanover, Ticket To Heaven, Barnett Hanover, Union Guy, Kinney Hanover, Northern Lights, Die Laughing, etc.
Cam Fella line stallions include Fake Left, Armbro Operative, Bettors Delight, Presidential Ball, Precious Bunny, Pacific Fella, Camtastic, Cameleon, Brioso Hanover, Exotic Earl, etc.
The Falcon Seelster / Direct Scooter (and reverse) cross has been dynamite and not surprisingly Elsu has also shown a liking for the Direct Scooter blood. His richest performer, Anvils Best Ever, and his fastest performer, Asbo, are both out of Direct Scooter line mares.
Albatross line mares were always a favourite for Falcon Seelster producing the likes of McArdle, The Falcon
Strike and Howard Bromac and so it also with Elsu. Four of his top five performers, Stormy Sirocco, Miss Elsie, Shady Su and Sinopoli, are bred this way. Albatross line stallions include Soky’s Atom, Vance Hanover, Holmes Hanover, Torado Hanover, Jaguar Spur, etc.
Elsu has multiple doses of the famed mares Spinster and Roya McKinney so any further duplications coming from the mare would be very desirable.
Of course any mare from the famous Roydon Star family makes appeal as it will provide that powerful Rasmussen factor.
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Elsu leaping
Elsu training
Elsu and his Auckland Cup
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