It has been announced that Chiselling will not be available to South African breeders this season. He was booked to cover 90 mares.

Chiselling missed the flight to Europe on 30th July from USA due to veterinary reasons (insurance underwriters requested a delay in his movement due to treatment for EPM, a non-transmittable disease). He was to meet the only charter direct to the Cape from the Northern Hemisphere, which arrived last weekend. The alternative of shipping the stallion at a later stage via Johannesburg is not viable in view of the fact that he would have to serve out an AHS vaccination period. He would then only arrive in the Cape at the end of the season. The horse will be left in the US to recover fullly. He will be in South Africa well in advance of the 2005 breeding season.