1:53.6 - $2,083,352. Black Horse, Foaled 1999, 15.2 Hands.
Cast your mind back to the first 3 months of 2005 and you will understand why Elsu has served 3 incredible books of mares in his first 3 years of stud life.
Those three months saw the Elsu, Geoff Small, David Butcher combination win his second Auckland Cup, demolish the AG Hunter Cup field at Moonee Valley and then become the first horse in 19 years to clean sweep the Inter Dominions.
Such was the dominance of the sharp looking son of Falcon Seelster on the racetrack, whilst he is now passing on those same good looks to his foals.
Horsemen in both countries like what they see in the Elsu yearlings – 81 of them averaged almost $18,000 at the sales in 2008.
• 27 wins, 11 of those at Group One level.
• NZ’s fastest ever male performer and greatest stakes earner.
• 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.
In the Southern Hemisphere Elsu is the sire of 67 winners of $1,473,491, incl:
ANVILS BEST EVER 1:58.3 - $181,195. 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 - $93,741. At 2, won Ht NZ Sires Stakes
(3rd in Final
(Gr.1)).
(Sokys Atom) (
pedigree)
MISS ELSIE (M) 1:59.6 - $75,360 At 2, won Ht NZ Young Gun
Series (2nd in Final
(Gr.3)); 2nd Harness Jewels
(Gr.1).
(Sokys
Atom) (
pedigree)
ELLA SUE (M) 2:00 - $60,477. 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)
Shady Su 2:00.7 - $57,990. At 3, 2nd PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sale Open Final
(L).
(Holmes Hanover) (
pedigree)
REMEMBER EL 1:58.1 - $56,613. At 3, won Ht Aust. Breeders Crown; 3rd Ht APG.
(Armbro
Operative) (
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)
ARNOUX
1:59.3 - $38,844. At 3, 2nd Ht NZ Sires Stakes. (In The Pocket)
(
pedigree)
ELSLICK 1:57.7 - $36,927.
(Troublemaker)
(
pedigree)
Black Mambo 2:03.6 - $33,225. At 2, 2nd Ht NZ Sires Stakes; 4th NZ
Welcome Stakes
(Gr.1).
(Holmes Hanover) (
pedigree)
STYLISH SOIREE (M) 1:54f - $33,225.
(Fake Left) (
pedigree)
Wee Brother 2:01.5 - $31,528.
(Holmes Hanover) (
pedigree)
HIGHVIEW CHARTOM 1:57.5 - $30,564. At 3, won Ht Nevele R Series.
(Christian Cullen) (
pedigree)
Matai Mies (M) 2:01.2 - $30,169. (Miles McCool) (
pedigree)
ROKEWOOD 1:58.6 - $30,140. At 2, won Ht Vicbred. (My Handsome Fella)
(
pedigree)
Amazing Su 2:02.1 - $28,349. At 2, won WA Debutante Stakes.
(Caprock) (
pedigree)
Confused Superstar tr 2:00.6 - $23,067. At 2, won Ht Tatlow,
Ht Australasian Breeders Crown.
(My Handsome Fella) (
pedigree)
Awohali 2:01.4 - $20,917.
(Neros B.B.) (
pedigree)
Ell Raisor 2:00.4 - $20,638. At 2, won cons PGG Wrightson NZ Yearling Sales Series. (Presidential Ball) (
pedigree)
ASBO 1:57.4 - $19,930. At won Ht Australasian Breeders Crown; 4th WA Golden Slipper
(Gr.1).
(OK Bye) (
pedigree)
Visigoth 2:04 - $19,925.
(Cameleon) (
pedigree)
OUR PONZI 2:00.4 - $17,625. At 2, won The Lombo Final
(L).
(Whats Next) (
pedigree)
Hot Ripple 2:02.3 - $17,031.
(Miles McCool) (
pedigree)
Elsa (M) 2:01.4 - $13,943.
(Sokys Atom) (
pedigree)
I'M DREAMIN 1:56.2h - $13,750.
(In The Pocket) (
pedigree)
FORTUNATELY (M) 1:56.8 - $11,650. At 3, won Ht Nevele R Series.
(In The Pocket) (
pedigree)
Spendit 2:03.3 - $10,775.
(In The Pocket) (
pedigree)
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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