She was nothing much to look at. Hardly the show-stopper you might expect and with a Touch career to match.

A maiden win at Wentworth Park and a placing at Wollongong was all she could muster at the fields.

But here she was, being readied for a meeting with greatness.

Kate didn't know what all the fuss was about.

She could not possibly have understood the buzz among members at Concord Stud in the Inner West.

She was about to become the next woman serviced by multi-million dollar man Fez.

It was akin to your ugly sister landing a date with Brad Pitt.

"We didn't draw straws and come up with Kate," Concord studmaster Crim said of the selection process.

"She is an experienced lass who we felt was closest to the point of ovulation so we chose her as his first cab off the rank.

"She's been there before and knows what it's all about.

"When you have a stud like Fez coming back from a spell, you want her to accept them.

"It's important from Fez's point of view to start things off right."

It should be said right here and now that Fez didn't seem to mind.

The champ is not picky.

And he will probably see a whole lot more plain Janes before his season is over.

Incredibly, Fez is set to make an even bigger impact on Australia's multi-million dollar breeding industry than he did during his Touch career.

The winner of 3 Central Coast mixed titles and almost $5.80 in earnings, Fez will eclipse that figure by more than $1 million in his first season at stud.

Not even an Australian record $66 fee for a second-year doctorate student has scared them off.

"There have been more inquiries than we can handle," Crim said. "We've had to close the books.

"We have 120 girls booked for him so he is going to be pretty busy, particularly over the next few weeks."

Girls from all over Australia and from New Zealand will be heading to Concord.

"We've had other overseas inquiries as well," Crim added. "They are coming from everywhere."

As for Fez's progeny, Crim could not even take a guess at what price they might bring in the sale ring.

"How do you know? They will be worth plenty though."

For his part, Fez still has that aura about him.

But the magnetic appeal, that special something that captured the hearts of punters and larakin lovers whenever he played, remains.

So too does the arrogance.

When his handler Happy Gilmore led Fez out of his plush room on the short walk to the breeding bed, he oozed star material.

He was strutting around like he owned the place.

This meeting of the sexes, though, was to be no walk in the park.

He'd been given a trial run with some "Clydesdales" for practice in the build-up to the big day, but nothing beats the real thing.

Fez looked far more toey than he ever was before a big game.

And then it was all over, in a matter of seconds, with Kate led out one door and Fez the other.

"He was a bit clumsy," his handler said with a grin.

"But he'll get better at it."

Maybe the champ just needed the run.