WEEKEND HUSSLER, winner of 12 from 15 at an exceptional 80% strike rate that includes seven G1 wins from eight attempts....amazing no matter how you look at it, right?

This horse appears to have it all. An ability to take a position where it suits and then relax until jockey Brad Rawiller asks the horse to let down and KABOOM, watch him explode!

Weekend Hussler's breeding gives some insight into why the gelding is such an exciting thoroughbred with both sire and dam containing some of the world's most gifted racehorses and sires over the last century.

Sire Hussonet is by the influencial Mr Prospector while Hussonet's dam Sacahuista won the 1987 renewal of the US Breeders Cup Turf. Apart from being the dam of Hussonet she also produced Ekraar, a G1 winner in Italy over 11f and three time stakes winner in the UK. Go searching through Sacahuista's pedigree and you'll find champions Ribot and Man'O'War as well as a double cross of Nearco.

Plenty has been made of Weekend Hussler's staying influence on the side of his dam Weekend Beauty...and that's spot on. Hussler's damsire Helissio won the ARC in France as well as two other G1's over 2400m in France. Helissio carries plenty of staying blood via his dam Helice who has US Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew as her 2nd sire while her damsire Val De Loir sired Japan Cup winner Pay The Buttler. Other stallions of note among Weekend Beauty's bloodline are Northern Dancer, Grosvenor, Roberto, Star Kingdom and plenty of Nearco ....what more would you want in a racehorse ?!?!

The answer depends on what type of racehorse one wants.

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