ELDON PARK STUD
Latest News History Sales Results Stories Fees Horses of the Week Stallion Broodmare Filly Colt	Stallions Standing URGENT REQUEST (IRE) - (Emirates Park to Eldon Park Stud) (Grey 1990 16.1 HH Rainbow Quest - Oscura by Caro) By the international champion and sire RAINBOW QUEST out of OSCURA by another champion CARO. Urgent Request was a brilliant front running miler on turf, stakes winner/placegetter in three continents including Group 1 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP (record time), OAK TREE BREEDERS CUP HANDICAP on turf (world record time). Already the sire of stakes winners in the USA & Australia with a fertility rate of 90%. Look out for recent Stakes winner ACCOST who won at Cheltenham & Stat whose first start was a winner at Sale Urgent Request is outstanding value at $3,300 (inc. GST) (Free return, conditions apply.) Victoria’s Eldon Park Stud proudly announce King De Lago as their new 2005 freshman stallion. This impressive son of Champion Australian sire Encosta De Lago joins Portland Pirate, Made of Gold, Urgent Request and Curata Storm on the Eldon Park stallion roster. King De Lago was the top priced Encosta De Lago yearling at the 2003 Gold Coast Magic Millions and it was a blow to the hopes of trainer and part owner Lee Freedman when he was prematurely retired from racing with a paddock injury. Considering the rap on him as an early 2yo, Freedman may well have had a male equivalent to his multiple Group winning Alinghi who came from the same 2001 crop. King De Lago is out of the multiple winning Rancher mare, Ranch Lady. She is a half-sister to Gr. 3 winning sprinter Deposition, Listed winner Accuse and Hong Kong warrior Danzighill (SP and winner of nine). This is also the family of iron horse Ball Park (multiple Gr.1 winner) and speedy mare Danabaa (Gr.2 winner). Apart from King De Lago, Ranch Lady has also produced Gr.3 winner Ventura and the talented Poetic Gem. King De Lago’s male line needs little introduction with Encosta De Lago siring 328 to race for 208 winners (63.4% winners to runners) with 18 individual stakes winners and 23 stakes placegetters inc. ALINGHI, LASHED, TITANIC JACK, DELAGO BROM, VOCABULARY, DELZAO, CHONG TONG, GOLD LOTTEY, BESAME MUCHO, CAHUITA, EMLOZZA, MNEMOSYNE etc. Last year Encosta De Lago was the runner up to the legendary Danehill on the General Australian Sires Table and is currently leading the Australian Sires Table by number of wins this season. With only Delago Brom, Tuscanos and Lago Delight currently standing, Encosta De Lago’s reputation as a sire of sires is further enhanced with King De Lago’s introduction to stud. King De Lago has matured into a striking 16.2hh chestnut stallion. His natural athleticism, exceptional temperament and great conformation leave breeders in the sub $10k area with plenty to think about. Additionally, for those focussed on type, King De Lago presents superbly and is a genuine “look and book” stallion. He will stand at Eldon Park Stud on the picturesque Mornington Peninsula for a service fee of $4,400 inc gst which may well prove to be the best value freshman fee since 1997 when Encosta De Lago stood for $8,500. King De Lago will have a limited 1st season book. Home			Horses Bred at Stud Group 1 Winners Group 2 Winners