Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted March 26, 2019 Journalists Share Posted March 26, 2019 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) (Danehill-Shantha’s Choice {Aus}, by Canny Lad {Aus}) was euthanised at Arrowfield Stud on Tuesday morning, the stud announced. The three-time leading Australian sire was 22. The bay sustained a loss of mobility that could not be restored despite the best efforts of Arrowfield’s veterinary and stallion teams and was humanely put down. “Redoute’s Choice is such a big part of all our lives, and right now it’s hard to imagine Arrowfield without him,” said Arrowfield’s John Messara. “He has given us so much, Arrowfield has been built on his back and he’s allowed all of us and many, many other people to fulfill our dreams and ambitions. I thank Muzaffar Yaseen for allowing us to buy into Redoute’s Choice almost two decades ago. Our partnership has always been amicable and it has achieved all that we could hope for, and more. I’m grateful to all my team, past and present, who are part of his story, especially those who have cared for and worked with Redoute’s Choice every day, and have ensured that he’s had the long and wonderful life he deserved. There are many tears being shed at Arrowfield today. I also thank everyone who helped us launch his stud career, his shareholders, and those who bred to him, and bought, raced, trained and rode his progeny. He has blessed us all.” A winner of the G1 Blue Diamond S. at two and the G1 Manikato S., G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 C. F. Orr S. at three, the Rick Hore-Lacy trainee was named the Australian highweight from 7-9 1/2 furlongs during the 1999/2000 season, before going off to stud at Arrowfield in the fall of 2000. His first champion sire title was earned in 2005/2006, with another following in 2009/10 and the third 2013/14. A remarkable sire of sires and broodmare sire, he is currently credited with 163 black-type winners, 106 group winners and 34 Group 1 winners. The Autumn Sun (Aus) is his current standout performer this season and Redoute’s choice has also sired three A$1-million colts at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale alone. Added Messara, “It is a great consolation to me that Redoute’s Choice leaves us at the top of his game, having sustained his greatness as a sire from start to finish, across the full span of his career. His legacy to Australian breeding and racing is immense, through his sire sons, his broodmare daughters, his final crops still to come and all the people he touched over the past two decades. Thank you Redoute’s, for everything.” More to follow… View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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