b4breeding

Here’s a quick quiz, no prizes just something to test yourself and perhaps make a point.

Who is this horse? You have 20 seconds starting now…

Who is this horse?

Clue 1 – He’s a sire.

Clue 2 – His siblings include: Special Ball, Great Place, and Arty Alice.

Clue 2 – Australian readers may be more familiar with these and other siblings than NZ readers, because these siblings have all been exported to Australia.

Clue 3 – He was born on 6 November 1994.

Counting down the seconds, no googling….15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20…….Did you get it right?

This is a photo of him in his prime.

Christian Cullen

The photo at the top of this blog is one I took during my visit to Nevele R Stud a few weeks ago, and it was a privilege to see the now 21 year old Christian Cullen in his paddock.

He’s an older gentleman, handsome and with ears pricked, but content to stand under “his” willow tree and let the day come to him.

In my next blog (or so), I want to look at his wider immediate family and their fortunes, what makes a top sire, and what the future may hold for him as a sire of sires.