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To view our Terms of Service visit www.g1goldmine.com To download visit G1Goldmine.com Monday, April 5, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here SINGAPORE NEWS - PAGE 22 MORNING BRIEFING - PAGE 8 THE WEEK AHEAD - PAGE 23 Danehill the backbone Read Tomorrow's Issue For of Redoute’s Choice’s Stallion Watch What's on Metropolitan meetings: Hillside (VIC), Doomben (QLD) remarkable legacy Race meetings: Hawkesbury (NSW), Wagga Last yearlings by champion Arrowfield Stud stallion to go (NSW), York (WA), Gawler (SA), Tauranga through Inglis Easter sales ring this week (NZ), Riverton (NZ) Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Wagga (NSW) International meetings: Sha Tin (HK), Redcar (UK), Wolverhampton (UK), Kempton (UK) International Group races: Sha Tin (HK) - Chairman’s Trophy (Gr 2, 1600m), Sprint Cup (Gr 2, 1200m) Sales: South Island Sale (Gavelhouse Plus) (NZ), Magic Millions Online April Sale (AUS) Paul [left] and John Messara INGLIS stockbroker, was attempting to find a way BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS of accessing the potent Northern Dancer Sales process part of o understand the two-decade (Nearctic), believing the sire line was the one Slipper-winning Freedmans’ dominance and lasting legacy of that could prove successful in Australia’s turf- longevity and success Redoute’s Choice, you have to go based, speed-focused racing industry. Golden Slipper-winning pair Michael and back to 1989, seven years before the As he had in the markets, Messara applied an Richard Freedman were hitting the pavement Tchampion Australian stallion was born, when analytical approach to finding the right stallion at Inglis’ Riverside Stables yesterday, joining John Messara identified and orchestrated the to bring to the Hunter Valley. That process would dozens of other trainers, owners and agents purchase of the subsequent breed-shaping sire eventually lead, ten years later, to Redoute’s whittling down their shortlists ahead of Danehill (Danzig). Choice joining the Arrowfield Stud roster, but tomorrow’s opening session of the Australian The Arrowfield Stud principal, a former more on that later. Continued on page 2>> Easter Yearling Sale. Continued on page 20>> Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by Danehill the backbone of Redoute’s Choice’s remarkable legacy | 2 | Monday, April 5, 2021 << Continued from page 1 “We wanted a Northern Dancer line sire but we couldn’t afford a direct son of Northern Dancer - we were only Aussie battlers - so we had to find one of the grandsons,” Messara revealed in a sit-down interview at the Inglis Riverside Stables complex on Friday. “We thought, ‘why don’t we go through every son of Northern Dancer and see which son of the sons we should go for’. We went through and analysed the Nureyevs - every one of them, the Danzigs, the whole lot of them. There were about seven or eight active sons at the time.” Messara settled on Danzig as being the son of Northern Dancer to target after also strongly considering Nureyev. He formed the view that Danzig was the best fit because he believed Nureyev “probably wouldn’t suit Australia because he was highly strung and of lighter bone”. John Messara INGLIS “We went through all the two and three-year-olds of that time and the one we thought was really well bred to be a stallion was Danehill. Danehill would join the Arrowfield Stud roster in 1990, where he would Unfortunately, he was owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Juddmonte go on to serve for 13 consecutive years, siring 175 southern hemisphere- who was a very wealthy man. bred stakes winners of which Redoute’s Choice was one, conceived in his “We thought we’d have a shot at it, but he probably wouldn’t sell him. sixth year at stud in 1995. As it turned out, they thought a bit the same of Danzig as we did: that he was When Messara vowed to make a move for Redoute’s Choice just as he good, but he was the poor man’s Northern Dancer, not one of the highly won a sterling duel against Testa Rossa (Perugino) in the 1999 Caulfield sought after ones, so we were able to buy him for a big price at the time.” Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m), he already had Danehill’s sire sons Flying Spur The price agreed upon to buy Danehill, Messara recalls, was US$8 and Danzero in his possession but he was convinced the Muzaffar million. Arrowfield purchased 50 per cent of the colt while he partnered Yaseen-owned, Rick Hore-Lacy-trained colt was potentially the champion with Coolmore who would take on the other 50 per cent. stallion’s best. Continued on page 4>> Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by sons of FASTNET ROCK have sired Gr.1 winners and his most brilliant son is MERCHANT NAVY Merchant Navy is the most talented “sprinter I’ve ever trained. We bought 3 at the Gold Coast and we will certainly be adding more of them“ to our stable... I’m confident he will make it as a stallion. Ciaron Maher Easter Yearling Sale graduate Dual Gr.1 winner at 3 & unbeaten SW at 2 Won Coolmore Stud S.-Gr.1, Flemington Won Diamond Jubilee S.-Gr.1, Royal Ascot Don’t miss his quality first yearlings at the Easter Sale Bred on the same cross as champion sire SNITZEL and Gr.1 sire HINCHINBROOK Colm Santry, John Kennedy, Paddy Oman, Tom Moore, Rob Archibald or Emma Pugsley Tel: 02 6576 4200. New Zealand: Gordon Calder Tel:+64 218 41612. www.coolmore.com Danehill the backbone of Redoute’s Choice’s remarkable legacy | 4 | Monday, April 5, 2021 << Continued from page 2 By that time, Redoute’s Choice had already won the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m), and the Manikato IT IS AN INTERESTING STORY, REDOUTE’S, Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) against older horses in his first start at three, but AND NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT Messara’s attraction to the colt dates back to 1994. I WAS THE UNDER BIDDER ON HIS MUM “It is an interesting story, Redoute’s, and not many people know this, AT THE MELBOURNE SALES, SHANTHA’S but I was the under bidder on his mum at the Melbourne sales, Shantha’s CHOICE - JOHN MESSARA Choice,” he revealed. “I loved the pedigree and I was beaten by Mr Yaseen and I noticed she was bought by Lee Freedman.