Mount Nelson ex Specifically

Mount Nelson ex Murrieta realises 80,000gns at Tattersalls December Foal Sale

MOUNT NELSON (GB)

2004 Rock of Gibraltar ex Independence (Selkirk), bay 16.1 hh (1.65m)

322 quality mares in his first three books including:

First yearlings realised 150,000gns, 120,000gns, €120,000, €120,000, €75,000, 65,000gns, 62,000gns, €60,000, 55,000gns, 55,000gns, £55,000, 50,000gns, etc, with a yearling average of £45,000 and a very healthy median of £36,500 (for 36 yearlings sold incl. Tattersalls October Book 2) .

Purchased by leading buyers and with top trainers including:  

John Warren (x2), Gill Richardson (x3), Peter and Ross Doyle, Ed Sackville (x2), Blandford Bloodstock, David Redvers, Team Valor, Robin O’Ryan, BBA Ireland, Jill Lamb, Willie Muir, Willie Browne, Sylvain Vidal, Mark Crossman, Global Equine Group, Rabbah Bloodstock, etc.

Richard Hannon, Sir Henry Cecil, Luca Cumani, Brian Meehan, Richard Fahey, Tom Dascombe, Jeremy Noseda, David Simcock, Freddy Head, Jean-Claude Rouget, Marco Botti, David Elsworth, Mick Channon, Mark Johnston, Amanda Perrett, Ed Vaughan, Robert Cowell, etc.

Our thanks to those breeders who have helped to produce exceptional first books of mares for Mount Nelson.  Newsells Park Stud also supported him strongly and will continue to do so with quality mares.  Breeders sending mares to Mount Nelson include:  Aga Khan Studs, Aston Mullins Stud, Az Agr Rosati Colarieti, Ballylinch Stud, Biddestone Stud, Bugley Stud, Catridge Farm Stud, Cheveley Park Stud, Eydon Hall Farm, Famille de Rothschild, Fresnay le Buffard, Gestut Etzean, Gestut Fahrhof, Gestut Rottgen, Haras d'Ellon, Haras d'Etreham, Haras d'Ommeel, Haras de la Louviere, Haras du Thenney, Hascombe and Valient Stud, Highclere Stud, Juddmonte Farms, Kingwood Stud, Knockainey Stud, Lanwades Stud, Limestone Stud, Lynn Lodge Stud, Minster Stud, Moyns Park Stud, Northmore Stud, Plantation Stud, Raffin Stud, Rushbrooke Stud, Stowell Hill, Stratford Place Stud, Tara Stud, The Stanley Estate, Usk Valley Stud, Whitsbury Manor Stud and Woodcote Stud.

"She is a nice, easy moving filly.  It’s early days, but I do like her a lot." Sir Henry Cecil, re half-sister to Equiano

"She is a lovely, straightforward filly cantering away and doing everything very easily.  She won’t take long to get to the races. a nice, easy moving filly." Richard Fahey, re half-sister to Miss Work Of Art

"He is a really smart, attractive colt that goes very nicely." Richard Hannon

"I have two cracking Mount Nelson colts.  Both look sharp two-year-old types, are great to work around and have fantastic temperaments." Mick Channon

"I love our Mount Nelson yearling.  He shows a great attitude and moves exceptionally well.  Sure to make a two-year-old." Ed Vaughan

"She is a very well made athletic filly, sharp, racy and uses herself extremely well." Brendan Holland, Grove Stud

"I thought Mount Nelson’s yearlings were well balanced, correct and good movers. What I particularly liked was that they had a bit of size and scope. I will be advising clients to send mares to him on the back of this impressive first crop." Richard Brown, Blandford Bloodstock

"He's a very, very nice colt and like all the Mount Nelson yearlings I saw, he's a great walker."  Peter Doyle

"The Mount Nelson's are lovely, quality yearlings who look like proper racehorses."  Gill Richardson

"We have a lovely filly by Mount Nelson out of Dancing Mirage, one of our best mares.  She is a fine, strong filly who has a good outlook and walks really well." John Warren, Highclere Stud, re half-sister to Ouqba

"The Mount Nelson colt out of Pretty Soon is all quality, extremely athletic and an excellent walker.  He is by far the best foal that the mare has produced and one of our nicest foals this year." Nick Bell, Haras de Meautry

"He is very scopey and he covers the ground well." Andrew Ellis, Bolton Grange Stud, re 80,000gns foal ex Murrieta

"Newsells Park Stud has done a great job in managing Mount Nelson and he should have some good-looking yearlings this year judging by the foals I saw at Tattersalls in December." Ted Voute, International Thoroughbred January 2011

"He is a strong athletic colt with good limbs and a great walk, and looks like being a two-year-old." Martin Percival, Boyce Bloodstock re Mount Nelson foal ex Hoh Chi Min

"This colt is typical of the Mount Nelson foals I have seen, they are all athletic with plenty of bone and quality.  Mount Nelson is certainly stamping his stock.  I have another black-type mare in foal to him and will be using him again in 2011." William Barrons, re Mount Nelson colt ex Orange Walk

"She is a nice, correct, quality filly - a good sort." Brian O'Rourke, The National Stud, re Mount Nelson filly ex Jalissa

Mares covered include: