Showcasing, New Zealand's Leading 2YO & First Season Sire, will stand for a fee of $10,000 + GST in 2015 whilst Iffraaj, New Zealand's Leading sire of 3YO's and sire of 11 stakes performers this season, will stand at an un-changed fee of $15,000 + GST. Joining them again on the Haunui roster is Group One Australian Guineas-winner Ferlax whose first foals are due in 2015 will also stand at an un-changed fee of $7,000 + GST.
Hot young sire Showcasing couldn't have got his stallion career off to a better
start. His Northern Hemisphere success
saw him end 2014 as the Leading First Season Sire of GB and Ireland and this
success has continued here in the Southern Hemisphere where he has sired Karaka
Million-winner Hardline, as well as Group Two-winner Showboy, stakes performed
filly Platinum Express and, unbeaten colt Boodles. With the success of Hardline in his
Australian debut and, the sale of Showboy to Hong Kong and Boodles to
Singapore, Showcasing is well placed to make an impact in the markets so
essential for New Zealand breeders.The progeny of Iffraaj have continued to go from strength to strength and this season saw him land his first Group One-winner in the Southern Hemisphere when Turn Me Loose was such an impressive winner of the 2000 Guineas in November. Iffraaj also boasts two of the leading three-year-old fillies in the country – Group One-performer's Sardaaj and Belle Miraaj - and also has Group Two-winning two-year-old Serena Miss and St Leger-winner Iffwedance among his eleven stakes performers this season.
Haunui Farm's Managing Director, Mark Chitty says, "We couldn't have asked for a better start to Showcasing's career and Iffraaj's progeny just keep getting better with him not only the leading 3YO sire but sitting third on the General Sires table behind Savabeel and Darci Brahma and ahead of O'Reilly, Pins and Tavistock.
"Both stallions have seen service fee increases in the Northern Hemisphere and they are certainly in far superior positions in terms of racetrack and sale ring performance than they were at this time last year. That being said, we are mindful of the current climate in the New Zealand breeding industry and it is with that in mind, that we have set our fees for 2015 at what I am sure breeders will agree, are very reasonable and competitive levels.
"It is certainly exciting to have two young stallions such as Iffraaj and Showcasing doing the job but we are also very pleased to have a young stallion like Ferlax, a Classic-winner, to round out our stallion roster. He is just starting out in terms of his stallion career but it pays to keep in mind that the last three stallions that we have introduced to the market, have all been leading sires – Showcasing, Iffraaj and before them, Elusive City. With the opportunity that Ferlax has been afforded by his owner Jonathan Munz and, fellow breeders, he could well be the next."
Iffraaj and Showcasing will serve strictly limited books in 2015. For further information or, to make a booking to any of the Haunui stallions, please call Mark – 021 663 995 – or Shannon – 0212 855 513 – in order to secure a nomination for the 2015 breeding season.
