Redoute’s Choice makes it 32 Gr1 Winners as Full Brothers claim a Double

08 May 17

A pair of Australian bred colts by Redoute's Choice from the mare National Colour (SAfr)) both won Group 1 events at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday carrying the famed colours of Shadwell Stud, owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum.

First to salute was the Mike de Kock trained 2yo colt Mustaaqeem, who made it two wins in two starts when he powered away to win the Group 1 SA Nursery over 1160 metres by four lengths.

The second highest priced yearling by Redoute's Choice for 2016, Mustaaqeem was a $1.75 million Inglis Easter purchase for Shadwell from Arrowfield Stud and is a full brother to Rafeef, who later on the same programme won the Group 1 Computaform Sprint over 1000 metres for the same owners and trainer.

Mustaaqeem became the 31st Group 1 Winner and the 146th Stakes Winner for his Champion sire Redoute’s Choice.

Mustaqeem is the super sire's eighth Group 1 2yo winner and Mustaqeem became his sire’s 36th 2yo stakes winners

Redoute's Choice - Sire

Next it was the turn of Rafeef who became the 32nd Group 1 Winner for Redoute’s Choice.

Already a Group 2 winner, Rafeef won this Group 1 event by more than a length taking it to 6 wins in 10 starts.

Rafeef was an $800,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Arrowfield Stud for Shadwell in 2014.

They are among three winners from the Joint South African Horse of the Year and Champion Sprinter National Colour (SAfr), who is at stud in Australia at Arrowfield.

Prior to the two Group 1 Winners in South Africa, across the ditch in New Zealand, Redoute’s Choice added another 2yo Stakes Winner to his resume when the gifted 2yo colt Ardrossan won impressively the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes at Te Rapa – a worthy result and adding valuable black type performance to his impressive pedigree and also keeping his perfect record intact.

Ardrossan

The Australian bred son of Redoute's Choice was far too good on Saturday for his rivals and is now coming to Australia to continue his racing career.

At that stage of the day, he became the 145th stakes-winner for Redoute's Choice. He is a three-quarter brother to stakes-winner Cheyenne Warrior and is the fifth winner from stakes-placed Iglesia mare Miss Argyle.

"He's still a colt and he's got a massive future," Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh said. "He's going to be a lovely three-year-old and he'll head to Caulfield now to join Mick Price.

"I begged them to keep him here because I know he's got that x factor, but the right place for him is Australia. It's great to have been part of it all with him."

Ardrossan had been an impressive debut winner last month at Pukekohe Park where he beat the subsequent runaway winner So Far Sokool.

Ardrossan was a $150,000 purchase from the Arrowfield draft at Inglis Premier and runs for a syndicate of New Zealand breeders including Waikato Stud.

Before Saturday, Redoute's Choice already had a same-track, same-day Group 1 double on his extraordinary resume when Nadeem & Snitzel won the Blue Diamond and the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on 25 February 2006.

However like a fine wine, the sensational sire keeps getting better but still, who would assume he could produce a Group 1 double at the same meeting by two full-brothers, bought from the same vendor & breeders, by the same owner and prepared by the same trainer?

Surely that's beyond even this bar-raising, mould-breaking, three-time King of Kings -Champion sire?

The brothers take Redoute's Choice's tally of Group 1 winners to 32, among a total of 146 lifetime stakes winners.

That’s why professional buyers keep going back to the source, time and time again. Whilst other new sires come in with big marketing budgets and plenty of hype, owners want to race high quality racehorses and to achieve that, you need the genetic mix of high quality sires to match black type saturated female families that when the sire crosses with the broodmare sire of the dam the propensity to throw a stakes winner is significantly increased.

Our Yearling Colt - Redoute's Choice x Lovetessa

Dynamic Syndications this year purchased one of the most exciting yearlings we have purchased in many years when at the NZ Bloodstock Premier Sale we secured from Sir Patrick Hogan’s Cambridge Stud a sensational looking colt by Redoute’s Choice from the mare Lovetessa (by O’Reilly).

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This colt directly descends from the immortal champion broodmare Eight Carat.

A boom yearling colt with a stallion’s pedigree that has broken-in like a he should, based upon his pedigree and looks and should the stars align that he be as successful as we envisage on the racetrack, then there are no limits. Legendary breeder Sir Patrick Hogan has purchased a share back into the colt as a potential stallion prospect such is his affinity with the colt and his intimate knowledge of the horse from its foaling date.

To be trained by GAI WATERHOUSE and Adrian Bott at Randwick, this colt is for the serious racing enthusiast.

Gai Waterhouse & Sir Patrick Hogan - both in the thoroughbred industry Hall Of Fame

At $13,150 per 5% Share including all costs to 31 July 2017, he becomes the most expensive yearling we are offering for sale in 2017.

However like most things in life you get what you pay for.