Nathaniel receives fee increase as Newsells Park Stud unveils 2025 roster

The Newsells Park Stud roster has been unveiled for 2025, with newcomer Isaac Shelby joining the team of Nathaniel, Without Parole and A'Ali. 

The Superlative and Greenham Stakes-winning son of Night Of Thunder has been introduced to breeders at a fee of £7,000, with the Classic-placed chestnut proving a popular addition to the squad. 

General manager Julian Dollar said: “We are delighted with the extremely positive reaction we’ve had to the news that Isaac Shelby will be standing with us next year.  

"As Night Of Thunder’s first son to stand at stud, and a top class Group 2-winning two-year-old, a brilliant winner of the Greenham and only just beaten in the French 2,000 Guineas at three, he has a lot to offer. His good looks should give breeders great confidence."

Stalwart Nathaniel enjoyed more Classic success this year with Irish Oaks heroine You Got To Me and will receive a fee increase to £20,000. The sire of the brilliant Enable, among nine individual winners at the highest level, had stood the 2024 season at £17,500.

Dollar said: "I don’t know what more I can say about Nathaniel. With You Got To Me an impressive winner of the Irish Oaks this year, he delivers new Group 1 winners and Classic winners on an annual basis, but at a fraction of the fee of his peers. 

"When one considers that only three stallions have produced the winners of the English, Irish and French Oaks this century and that the other two were Deep Impact and Galileo, you appreciate the company Nathaniel keeps.  

"Only two other active stallions have sired the winners of the Epsom Derby and Oaks, Frankel (£350,000) and Sea The Stars (€250,000), so you can’t help but see what incredible value he offers breeders who dream of breeding a Classic winner, but at an affordable fee."

Without Parole's first runners include two black-type performersCredit: Melanie Sauer

First-season sire and St James's Palace Stakes winner Without Parole has enjoyed a successful time of it with his first runners, headed by the Group-placed Fiery Lucy – also fourth behind Lake Victoria in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – and the Listed-placed Sea To Sky. He will remain at a fee of £8,000. 

"Without Parole has made a great start at stud. Ten individual two-year-old winners coming at a clip of 40 per cent winners to runners, and peppered with smart juvenile performers like the multiple Group-placed Fiery Lucy, stakes-placed Sea To Sky and 96-rated Mr Chaplin, give a glimpse of what’s to come with his first Classic crop next year."

A'Ali, winner of the Norfolk Stakes, Prix Robert Papin and Flying Childers Stakes at two and Sapphire Stakes and Coral Charge at three, will remain at £5,000. 

The Society Rock horse's first yearlings sold for up to 200,000gns this year and at an average of £34,000. 

Dollar said: "A'Ali’s yearlings looked exactly like it said on the tin and sold exceptionally well.  Like his sire, they had the looks and the athleticism to match, and gave the impression they are likely to be just as speedy and precocious as their dad. 

"With prices including 200,000gns, £150,000 and £130,000, and an average of £34,000, it was pleasing to see breeders getting a healthy return on his covering fee."

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