Nicks That Click – Seasonal Success

Sire	Dam	Runners	Winners	SW
More Than Ready	Danehill	43	17	2
Encosta De Lago	Danehill	25	15	0
Lonhro	Danehill	23	13	0
High Chaparral	Encosta De Lago	16	11	1
Lonhro	Redoute's Choice	16	11	4
More Than Ready	Flying Spur	28	11	0
Danehill Express	Metal Storm	14	10	1
High Chaparral	Danehill	21	10	0
Fastnet Rock	Stravinsky	11	9	2
Churchill Downs	Encosta De Lago	16	9	0
More Than Ready	Redoute's Choice	18	9	1
Mossman	Flying Spur	11	8	1
Nicconi	General Nediym	11	8	0
Domesday	Redoute's Choice	12	8	1
Sebring	Encosta De Lago	14	8	2
Starcraft	Danehill	14	8	0
Street Cry	Redoute's Choice	14	8	3
Written Tycoon	Honours List	16	8	0
Blackfriars	Bletchley Park	17	8	1
Charge Forward	Flying Spur	18	8	0
Street Cry	Danehill	20	8	1

Many of the above nicks are well known and some that are less so reflect the mating strategies at various farms and the opportunities of certain sires to cover daughters of other sires in similar ownership or based at the same farm.

The most successful nick in terms of producing stakes-winners is that of Lonhro over Redoute's Choice mares which led to four stakes-winners Wawail, Souchez, Messene and Cohesion.

The overall stats for this mating are very favourable with 40 named foals to date producing 21 winners from 25 runners meaning 84% winners to runners.

With two previous Group winners Generalife and Eight Til Late bringing the tally to six overall, the nick runs at 24% stakes-winners to runners.

What is surprising is that the nick tried the other way around with Redoute's Choice covering Lonhro mares has produced one named foal!

Lonhro mares covered by sons of Redoute's Choice is a mating that has also been sparsely done in the past producing eight named foals, six to race for three winners.

Whatever breeders are doing with their Lonhro mares, they certainly haven't been sending them in numbers to Redoute's Choice or his sire sons.

Food for thought maybe?