Nevele R Stud must have been relieved when Lis Mara sired his first southern hemisphere 2YO winner in New Zealand last weekend. They would have been looking for a more explosive start to his siring career than that.
It is a similar story for Alabar's Jereme's Jet who also has only one downunder 2YO winner to date, that being Swift Exit at Goulburn on Mar 5.
By contrast, the other high profile first season sire, Four Starzzz Shark, has sired 6 Australian winners of 8 races and $48k in stakes.
There is still a lot of water to flow under the bridge but it will be interesting to see what the rest of the season holds for these stallions. Results in the next few months are critical for their careers.