Mount Nelson (GB) will relocate from Newsells Park Stud in the UK to William and John Flood's Boardsmill Stud in Co. Meath, Ireland, for 2017 as a dual purpose sire after a deal for the 12-year-old was brokered by Barry Lynch of Kern Lillingston Bloodstock. Mount Nelson has sired 32 stakes performers from his first four crops, including Librisa Breeze (GB), a Group 1 sprinting prospect for 2017, and Penhill (GB), the winner of four of five starts over hurdles.
“We had been following Mount Nelson's progress at stud for quite a while and when I went to see him I was hugely impressed,” said John Flood. “He is a real good-looking, imposing individual with great presence and is the most fantastic walker. His strike rate with his flat runners and his stakes winners/runners statistics are up there with some of the leading flat sires. His progeny are tough and improve with age, so it is no surprise to see plenty of them making their way into the big National Hunt trainers yards. It is also very encouraging that there seems to be no bias between his colts and his fillies with over half of his stakes performers being fillies.”
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