Nathaniel (Ire), who was represented this year by his first-crop 2-year-olds, will stand at Newsells Park Stud in 2017 for £17,500, down from £20,000. He will stand alongside Equiano (Fr), whose fee is up slightly to £8,000.
Newsells Park Stud's General Manager Julian Dollar said, “Equiano has had an unbelievable year, siring no less than seven group/stakes winners, led by The Tin Man, an emphatic winner of the G1 Champions Sprint on Champions Day at Ascot. In addition, Equiano had impressive 2-year-olds like Medicine Jack, the winner of the G2 Railway S. and placed third in the G1 Phoenix S. behind Caravaggio, and the stakes winner Alicante Dawn. If these two improve from two to three, as is typical of Equiano's stock, they should both have exciting seasons in 2017.”
Of Nathaniel, he added, “Nathaniel has made a solid start with nine 2-year-old winners to date, much as would be expected considering his pedigree and his own racing career. Many of the trainers of Nathaniel's 2-year-olds have told us that they are nice horses who are only going to improve. Top trainers like John Gosden, Markus Klug and Nicolas Clement have spoken of their winning sons of Nathaniel as leading Derby hopes for 2017, and it was notable that many trainers of Nathaniel's 2-year-olds were back to buy his yearlings again this year.”
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