Arrowfield Stud’s REDOUTE’S CHOICE (Danehill), Australia’s champion
first-crop sire in 2003-04 and champion second-crop sire in 2004-05, will serve
a limited book of mares on Northern Hemisphere time next year, it was announced
Thursday.
“While it is difficult to say what demand there would be, his NH book will
only be a maximum of, say, 25 mares, as we want to give him a decent rest before
next season,” Arrowfield’s John Messara said. “Perhaps the produce of his NH
bookings will open up new vistas for this great horse.”
The champion three-year-old miler in Australia in 1999 and 2000, Redoute’s Choice
posted five wins from his 10 career starts, four of them in Group 1 company. The
nine-year-old stallion has sired 19 stakes winners to date, including champion
Fashions Afield and Group 1 winners Lotteria, Stratum, God’s Own and
Undoubtedly.
His 2005 stud fee was A$220,000, but a fee for his NH book has not been
announced.