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Home / Blog / 2023 Housatonic Recommended Matings — Nashi

2023 Housatonic Recommended Matings — Nashi

January 25, 2023 by Housatonic Bloodstock

Blofeld
Blofeld at Murmur Farm

You’ll recall from this past spring how hot the first crop of the Maryland stallion Blofeld got, with his first 14 foals to reach the races all having won a race, giving him an outrageous 100% strike-rate from just 24 first-crop foals (just in time to attract a book of almost 100 mares in 2022 — the most in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic more broadly).  And while he hasn’t been able to (quite) maintain that pace, Blofeld’s stats still make him the most exciting young stallion in the region:  he now has 28 winners from 36 runners (78%) out of just 50 foals in his first two crops, including both the colt and filly division winners of the Maryland Million 2YO races in 2022.  That’s good for 4% stakes winners to foals, and with four more black-type placed offspring to his credit, that means he’s siring black-type runners at 12% to foals — an excellent number.  He also leads all Mid-Atlantic stallions with his offsprings’ average earnings/starter of $55k, and his own AEI of 1.43 compares very favorably with his 1.17 CI, meaning he’s moving his mares up.

Blofeld makes a great match for Nashi given that she has already produced a pair of six-figure earners by a grandson of Gone West (like Blofeld’s sire, Quality Road), including the multiple stakes winner Burnin Ring O Fire.  Meanwhile, Blofeld has already sired a pair of black-type earners out of mares by sons of Mr. Prospector, and Nashi is a daughter of the Mr. P stallion E Dubai.  Furthermore, Nashi’s own broodmare sire is Storm Cat (as is Blofeld’s), and Blofeld has done extremely well with mares returning Storm Cat (including stakes winner Chickieness and stakes-placed Beach Daze, six-time winner Oak Hill Lg and three-time winner Miss Casey).

All of which points to a successful pairing that will hopefully produce a talented West Virginia-bred in 2024!

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