Redoutes Choice and Fastnet Rock

• Europe  --  Navan, Ireland on Sunday . Torcedor a 5 year old gelding by Fastnet Rock out of the Sadlers Wells mare,Magnolia Lane,won the G3 Coolmore Vintage Stakes . The Jessica Harrington trained gelding looks set for more glory this season .Torcedor has now won four of his 13 starts for New Zealands, Te Akau syndicate that includes Sir Patrick Hogan and Sir Peter Vela.
• Sepoy -- Darleys Australian stallion from the Mr Prospector stallion line through Elusive Quality out of the Danehill mare Watchful who is out of Canny Lad's half sister, Canny Lass. Scored two listed wins over the weekend . Khukri became the latest to get the Jessica Harrington's magic touch, the three-year-old colt finding plenty to score in the Listed Power Stakes over 6f at Navan. While in the Group 3 Fred Darling Stakes, at Newbury earlier in the week , his filly Dabyah won easily under hands and heels riding. 
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  Sepoy stands at Darley for $16,500
   
  

•    Chantilly -- The biggest highlight for the Australian breeding industry was a fortnight ago when the first crop of  Redoutes Choice, northern hemisphere progeny, scored a European stakes winner. Gold Luck, a half-sister to champion Goldikova, won a Group Three race at Chantilly, France. It would be awesome for Australian breeding if  Redoutes Choice can gain success in Europe. His sire son Snitzel, is getting winner after winner here in Australia so it can only attract northen hemishpere buyers to Australian sales and their eyes would have to be on Snitzel's progeny. Two of Australias greatest broodmare families are being put on show. Shanthas Choice and  Snippets Lass. Snippets Lass died giving birth to her son Hinchinbrook who stands at Yarraman Park Stud. His brilliant son Press Statement is standing his first season at Vinery Stud. 

•      Snitzel stands along side his legendary father Redoutes Choice at Arrowfield Stud. 37 new stakeswinners and 57 Group and Listed wins in the past three seasons have firmly established Snitzel as Australias best stallion and demand for his progeny is strong. In 2016/17 alone 24 stakeswinners, including four new Group 1 winners Invader, Summer Passage,Heavenly Blue & Russian Revolution in the space of 17 days during Autumn.

Snitzel Arrowfield Stud  

• Asia -- Hong Kong on Sunday we saw three year-old Nothingilikemore keep his unbeaten record intact with another powerful win in the class 2 at Sha Tin.Thats four from four now and trainer John Size says its time for a break after two tough runs in a row . He carried 60.5 KGs today . He is by AquisFarm's new addition stallion, Husson . They also stand Al Maher and Domesday.

•    In Singapore last week, we saw the Australian bred gelding, Lims Cruiser win the Group 1 Lion City Cup over 1200m ridden by Danny Beazley. The Casino Prince gelding has been having plenty of success there, the last 12 months. At his previous start he won the group 3 Rocket Man Stakes and late last year, he was victorious in the Group 2 E.W.Barker Trophy, over 1400m. 

•     Casino Prince stands at Vinery Stud and last week here in Australia had a group 2 winner in Hooked who won the Victoria Hcp at Caulfield. He is a Flying Spur stallion from a Last Tycoon mare, Lady Capel. Casino Prince's best progeny would be All Too Hard and  Star Rolling. 

        

   Casino Prince Vinery Stud $11,000 service fee

• America -- The top contenders for the running of the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby in two weeks are Mcracken, J Boys Echo and the Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire. In 2014 it was won by California Chrome and in  2015 by American Pharoah last year we saw Nyquist win it.

Nyquist 2016 Kentucky Derby 

Flashback

 Secretariat and his Triple Crown. Derby,Preakness and Belmont

International Horse Racing Results

Hong Kong Racing

      Rapper Dragon continued his winning run  with a victory in the G2 Chairman’s Trophy 1600m. A performance that had Joao Moreira proclaiming the four-year-old Hong Kong’s best thoroughbred. “Now I’m convinced that he’s the best horse in town,” the champion jockey said after guiding the Street Boss gelding to a fourth straight win. Rapper Dragon is by Street Boss out of a Danehill Dancer mare. Street Boss is a Darley stallion sprouted as the fastest stallion of Street Cry.   John Moore’s latest stable star swept aside his peers in last month’s BMW Hong Kong Derby 2000m to become the first horse to complete a sweep of Hong Kong’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series.

Street Boss 

 

     John Size-trained Mr Stunning made a statement at his first Group-race attempt, stamping himself as a major contender for next month’s G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) with a strong victory in the G2 Sprint Cup 1200m at Sha Tin. Mr Stunning is an Exceed and Excel gelding sold at the NZB Premier Sale and bred by Lyndhurst Farm.

 Chantilly France

   The Redoutes Choice filly Gold Luck is from his first progeny of northern hemisphere horses. Keep an eye out for more to come. If ever a horse were bred for the classics, it would be Gold Luck. A daughter of Australian leading sire and classic winner Redoute's Choice. The Prix Vanteaux G3, a nine-furlong trip for 3-year-old fillies,saw a well-bred field of nine go to the start. Gold Luck fell in by a short head. Good Luck is a half sister, to Wertheimers champion Goldikova,  being from the Blushing Groom mare Born Gold and also to the group one winner Galikova.

   

Lot 333 Redoutes Choice / Secluded

Aintree
Grand National  

One For Arthur claimed a famous victory ahead of Cause Of Causes, Saint Are and despite jumping into Blaklion the favorite at the second-last fence recovered and responding to everything asked of him by Derek Fox, the Lucinda Russell-trained runner galloped on resolutely to clinch the world's greatest steeplechase, emulating Rubstic in 1979 and record a win for Scotland. Only its second ever winner in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree. 
Grand National 2017