Saturday proved a memorable one for daughters of the late Redoute’s Choice (Danehill), who made his presence felt in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Redoute’s Choice, whose Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning son Rafeef is currently South Africa’s Leading Second Season Sire, came up with his 131st stakes winner as a broodmare sire when his granddaughter Seven Veils (Shalaa) made all to land Saturday’s Gr2 Yarraman Park Reisling Stakes.
Seven Veils, who is out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Mesmereyeser, is bred on a similar cross to her sire’s talented son Shaquero (with the latter’s dam Fimatino having been sired by Redoute’s Choice’s son Not A Single Doubt).
Hitotsu ridden by John Allen wins the Gr1 Australian Guineas (Pic – Darren Tindale – The Image is Everything)
Redoute’s Choice is also broodmare sire of top Australian three-year-old Hitotsu (Maurice) -who won Saturday’s Gr1 Australian Guineas at Flemington. Winner of the Gr1 Penfolds Victoria Derby back in October, Hitotsu is out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Love Is Fickle. Redoute’s Choice is also broodmare sire of prominent Australian sire Zoustar -whose son Lightsaber ran second in Saturday’s Australian Guineas.
Redoute’s Choice also ranks as the broodmare sire of multiple Gr1 winner Anamoe (Street Boss) -who ran second in Saturday’s Gr1 Randwick Guineas. Out of the Gr1 winning Anamato, a close relation of South African dual Gr1 winner Wylie Hall, Anamoe had previously enjoyed success at the highest level when victorious in the 2021 Gr1 Inglis Sires’ and Gr1 Neds Caulfield Guineas.
Other horses out of daughters of Redoute’s Choice to have won at least one Gr1 race in Australia this season include Profondo (Spring Champion Stakes) and Regal Power (Kingston Town Classic).
At Turffontein, Redoute’s Choice made headlines with his high-class daughter El Daana responsible for Saturday’s Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Hawaii Stakes winner Al Muthana (Deep Field). El Daana was a smart performer who won the Gr2 Edward Manifold Stakes in 2007 and she is also the dam of Australian Gr2 winner Wawail (Lonhro).
Al Muthana flies late to win the Gr2 Hawaii Stakes (Pic – JC Photos)
Al Muthana is bred on a similar cross to the aforementioned Zoustar, with the former sired by a son of Northern Meteor out of a daughter of Redoute’s Choice, and Zoustar a son of Northern Meteor himself and the Redoute’s Choice daughter Zouzou.
Remarkably, Redoute’s Choice success did not end there -his well bred daughter Florentina is the dam of In Italian, an impressive winner of the Gr3 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. A daughter of Dubawi, In Italian has won three of just four starts -and her dam, a half-sister to Gr1 winner Gathering, sports the remarkable Dancing Show (also granddam of Redoute’s Choice) as her third dam.
Redoute’s Choice’s consistent success has seen him soar to the top of the Australian Leading Broodmare Sires List for 2021-2022.
Redoute’s Choice
At the time of writing, the four time Gr1 winning son of Danehill features as the damsire of 12 black type winners in Australia this season, with this stakes winners having already collected 17 group or listed races.
The late Redoute’s Choice has already made his mark as a broodmare sire in South Africa. Not only is he broodmare sire of Al Muthana and this season’s smart three-year-old Master Redoute, he is damsire of top-class gelding Linebacker (Captain Of All) -winner of both the Gr1 Jonsson Workwear Cape Derby and Gr1 Daily News 2000 in 2021-and Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner San Fermin (Charge Forward) among others.
