Growing Success For Elusive City
Tuesday, 31 August 2010: Of his eight stakes winners to date, three have been derived from his three NZ-conceived crops of racing age at Haunui Farm.
With a total runner count being less than half of his NH equivalent, his Australasian stakes efforts are commendable.
In New Zealand he actually improves on his 57.4% worldwide winners-to-runners ratio with a 65.85% strike rate (27/41).
In Australia, he improves on this further with a 68.18% win strike rate (15/22) and in both Hong Kong and Singapore he counts a 66.67% success rate.
Haunui Farm's Mark Chitty shed some extra light on these statistics.
“If you look at his first crop who have just turned five, he has a 79% winners-to-runners ratio, which is an impressive statistic in any part of the world,” he said.
“The important thing is that from his first three crops, he only had about 138 foals total, so he really hasn't had the huge numbers around.
“He is a stallion who can certainly produce a Group One winner, as he has shown with Elusive Wave, and he really does get a good, genuine runner.”
Elusive City's 2010 sale average of NZ$77,782 was derived from an NZ$8000 service fee, which not only placed him at the top of the NZ-based sire table, but placed him second overall for return on investment in Australasia.
“To a significant degree, his 2010 popularity at the sales was fuelled by the important influence of Asia on New Zealand,” Chitty explained.
“He had two Class one winners in Hong Kong last season, which is the equivalent of black-type in New Zealand.
“He also had six winners from nine runners there with Brave Kid third in the Hong Kong Derby at just his first preparation.
“He is a typical Mr. Prospector line horse, who is offset through the knee and I think it has surprised people that he has produced stock that are more correct than himself.”
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