Newsells Park Stud has released its stud fees for next season, with Classic sire Nathaniel (Ire) receiving an increase to £20,000 and last year's Poule d'Essai des Poulains runner-up Isaac Shelby (GB) being introduced at £7,000.
Perhaps best known as the sire of the dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and triple King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Enable (GB), in addition to the Derby hero Desert Crown (GB), Nathaniel has enjoyed another successful year on the racecourse in 2024, headed by the exploits of his Irish Oaks heroine You Got To Me (GB), who will be offered for sale during the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale.
Now 16, Nathaniel covered 154 mares when standing for £17,500 this season and Julian Dollar, Newsells Park Stud's general manager, is adamant that the stallion still represents value at his increased fee.
“I don't know what more I can say about Nathaniel,” said Dollar. “With You Got To Me an impressive winner of the Irish Oaks this year, he delivers new Group 1 winners and Classic winners on an annual basis, but at a fraction of the fee of his peers.
“When one considers that only three stallions have produced the winners of the English, Irish and French Oaks this century and that the other two were Deep Impact and Galileo, you appreciate the company Nathaniel keeps.
“Only two other active stallions have sired the winners of the Epsom Derby and Oaks, Frankel (£350,000) and Sea The Stars (€250,000), so you can't help but see what incredible value he offers breeders who dream of breeding a Classic winner, but at an affordable fee.”
The recruitment of Isaac Shelby to Newsells Park was announced last week and Dollar also expressed his delight at how breeders have reacted to his arrival at stud.
He continued, “We are delighted with the extremely positive reaction we've had to the news that Isaac Shelby will be standing with us next year. As Night Of Thunder's first son to stand at stud, and a top-class, Group 2-winning two-year-old, a brilliant winner of the Greenham and only just beaten in the French 2000 Guineas at three, he has a lot to offer. His good looks should give breeders great confidence.”
The Newsells Park roster is completed by first-season sire Without Parole (GB) and the multiple Group 2 winner A'Ali (Ire), who was represented by his first yearlings at the sales this year. Without Parole, the sire of 10 individual two-year-old winners in Europe at the time of writing, including the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf fourth Fiery Lucy (GB), remains unchanged at £8,000, while the fee for A'Ali is also unchanged from the £5,000 he stood for this season.
Dollar added, “Without Parole has made a great start at stud. 10 individual two-year-old winners coming at a clip of 40% winners to runners and peppered with smart juvenile performers like the multiple Group-placed Fiery Lucy, stakes-placed Sea To Sky and 96-rated Mr Chaplin, give a glimpse of what's to come with his first Classic crop next year.
“Finally, A'Ali's yearlings looked exactly like it said on the tin and sold exceptionally well. Like his sire, they had the looks and the athleticism to match and gave the impression they are likely to be just as speedy and precocious as their dad. With prices including 200,000gns, £150,000 and £130,000, and an average of £34,000, it was pleasing to see breeders' getting a healthy return on his covering fee.”
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