Arrowfield Stud sires teamed up for a big day on Saturday with six winners at the day’s Melbourne and Sydney meetings.

The Darley-owned colt Galah (Redoute’s Choice - Rinky Dink, by Distorted Humor) gave Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) his 79th individual stakes winner when he charged home from last to claim the Listed Lightway Australia Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Master trainer Bart Cummings produced Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) filly Gliding (Flying Spur - Marrego, by Marscay) to win the Listed Ethereal Stakes (2000m).  The half-sister to the outstanding galloper Eremein (Timber Country - Marrego, by Marscay) began a double for Flying Spur, which concluded when Satin Shoes (Flying Spur - Star Satire, by Volksraad) won the Carlton Draught Plate (1100m).

Sabrage (Charge Forward - Galroof, by Maroof) as a Group 1 Victoria Derby contender with his success in the Group 3 Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) to complete a quartet of successes in Melbourne.

Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan produced a pair of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippet’s Lass, by Snippets) gallopers to win at Randwick. Hot Snitzel (Snitzel - Flames Of Paris, by Blushing Groom) earned the sire his sixth stakes win with his success in the Listed Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) while Amorino (Snitzel - Steal My Love, by Marauding provided the stallion with a two-year-old success in the City Tattersalls Plate (1000m).

More Than Ready (Southern Halo - Woodman’s Girl, by Woodman) juvenile Cambiaso (More Than Ready - Flying Alpha, by Flying Spur) has created a strong impression with his win in Melbourne’s first two-year-old race of the season, the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Trainer Danny O’Brien paid $300,000 for the colt at this year’s Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale. Cambiaso’s win returned $60,000 to connections but O’Brien said the youngster would have the opportunity to earn further riches when he returns from a break in the autumn.

O’Brien said Cambiaso, who was named after the Argentinean polo player Adolfo Cambiaso, had shown him a good amount of talent prior to his first start but would benefit from the experience and further time to develop.

“He’s a beautiful colt,” O’Brien said.

“He was a lovely yearling and he’s one of those horses from the minute you broke him that he was pretty special and he’s done this today pretty much on raw ability. He’s only had the one jump-out.

“We’ll put him away now. He’s going to be a really serious two-year-old in the autumn. We’ll give him a break and aim him for the Blue Diamond and possibly Sydney.”

Cambiaso provided More Than Ready with his 90^th individual stakes winner and the Vinery’s first stakes success of the season. Cambiaso is bred on the same More Than Ready / Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) cross as Golden Slipper winner Sebring (More Than Ready - Purespeed, by Flying Spur)

First-year trainer Mark Walker notched his first Group success in Singapore when handy miler Flying Fulton landed the Group 3 Committee’s Prize (1600m) at Kranji on Sunday.

Sent out as the $15 favourite in the 13-horse field, the Flying Spur five-year-old came off a handy spot for jockey Vlad Duric to first outgun race-leader and second-elect Arowana Dot Com at the 200m before working home nicely to score by one length from a gallant Best Knight with Singapore Derby winner Clint turning in the eye-catcher of the race to pip Arowana Dot Com for third by a nose. The winning time was 1min 36.6secs for the 1600m on the Short Course.

Walker, a five-time champion trainer in New Zealand and who held a mortgage on the feature races there, such as the Group 1 Kelt Capital Stakes (three wins), was thrilled he had been able to savour his first feature success at his new backyard.

“It sure is a big thrill to win my first Group race in Singapore,” said the Kiwi conditioner. “Winning big races back home seems to happen all the time (he won 20 at Group 1 level), but it’s a bit of a struggle when you are in a new country.”

“It’s only our first season here and if you think about it, we’ve been punching well above our weight in the big races here. This horse (Flying Fulton) is very interesting because (Te Akau principal) David (Ellis) bought him at a Ready-To-Run in Karaka and paid a bit of money (NZ$210,000) for him.”

“He won a Listed race as a colt but after that his form dropped. It was a hard decision to geld him, but it turned out to be the best decision. David always buys beautiful athletes and this bloke is certainly one. He has come through as an older horse and I think he will improve further.”

Walker’s appetite for feature wins may now be whetted as the next big race on the mile is only two weeks away – the Group 1 Panasonic Kranji Mile on October 2. “I think he is more of a 1600m-1800m horse. The Kranji Mile and the Raffles Cup (1800m) will be right up his alley,” he said. “But I’m not sure about the 2200m of the Gold Cup. It all depends what weight he gets in.”

Arrowfield Stud recorded a stakes treble for the second successive Saturday, including a Group 3 double at Caulfield for the Hunter Valley operation.

Arrowfield’s champion Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) shouldered the load for the stud with all three stakes winners last Saturday. Redoute’s Choice was among the winners again when Sister Madly (Redoute’s Choice - Jade Tiara, by Bureaucracy) claimed the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Sister Madly made a winning debut for the John Sadler stable after Segenhoe Stud paid $1 million for the Group 1-placed mare at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale earlier this year.

“It’s terrific, we’ve only just started this relationship with Segenhoe - Kevin Maloney,” Sadler said.

“He paid a lot of money for her as a broodmare and gave her to us up in Brisbane and asked us through racing manager Bill Mitchell whether we should go on and give her another campaign or head to stud.”

“She showed us that we should go on with her as she’s shown here today.”

A half-sister to Hong King legend Silent Witness (El Moxie - Jade Tiara, by Bureaucracy), Saturday’s win was Sister Madly’s third from 14 starts.

Earlier, Bliss Street (Flying Spur - Jade Diva, by Jade Robbery charged home to dead-heat for first with another Arrowfield Stud sire’s progeny Celebrity Girl (Starcraft - Dashing Granada, by Keltrice) before a protest left her as the sole winner of the Group 3 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield.

Arrowfield sires produced the quinella to the $125,000 race when stewards promoted Hallowell Belle (Starcraft - Bella Inez, by Beautiful Crown) to second while relegating Celebrity Girl to fourth.

Karuta Queen (Not A Single Doubt - Card Queen, by Final Card) completed Arrowfield’s treble with an all-the-way win in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill.

Beautifully bred filly Arctic Flight (Flying Spur - Scandinavia, by Snippets) made a winning start to her career at Friday’s Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Arctic Flight is a sister to the Group I-winning sprinter Magnus(Flying Spur - Scandinavia, by Snippets) and a three-quarter sister to Wilander (Exceed And Excel- Scandinavia, by Snippets), who won the Group II Schillaci Stakes before a failed stud career

The fill is also a half-sister to Helsinge (Desert Sun - Scandinavia, by Snippets), who is the dam of the champion sprinter Black Caviar.

The Mick Price-trained three-year-old raced greenly throughout the race but still proved too strong for her four rivals in the GRC Function & Event Centre Maiden (1200m).

Arctic Flight beat the Jim Mason-trained Destiny Blaze (Econsul - Secret Scoop, by Rory’s Jester) by a neck but the third horse was five lengths further astern of the second placegetter.

Arctic Flight was the sixth foal of Scandinavia (Snippets - Song Of Norway, by Vain) and the fourth winner out of the stakes-winning mare.

Arctic Flight’s win also provided the first leg of a double for Arrowfield stallion Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector). The John Wallace-trained Flying Dynamite (Flying Spur - Graceful Lily, by Dr Grace) won the Club Partners Handicap (1666m) at Ipswich.

Flying Dynamite is a half-brother to the outstanding weight-for-age performer Danleigh (Mujahid - Graceful Lily, by Dr Grace), the winner of four Group 1 races.

The beautifully bred mare Lumina (Redoute’s Choice - Chiara, by Last Tycoon) provided a highlight to Arrowfield double success with her win at Tuesday’s Mornington meeting.

Lumina posted a comfortable 1-1/2 length success in the Total Animal Supplies Maiden (1200m) to become the eighth winner from eight foals to race out of the terrific producer Chiara (Last Tycoon - Etoile D’Or, by Diplomatic Star). The David Hayes-trained Flame Of Lanka (Redoute’s Choice - Abbadena, by Runyon) completed a quinella for the top Arrowfield Stud sire in the $12,000 race.

Lumina is a three-quarter sister to the stakes winner, now Queensland-based stallion Ferocity (Lion Hunter - Chiara, by Last Tycoon), the Group 2 winner Chinchilla Rose (Lion Hunter - Chiara, by Last Tycoon) as well as the Group 3 winner Leone Chiara (Lion Hunter - Chiara, by Last Tycoon).

Leone Chiara is the dam of the dual Group 1 winner, and new Widden Stud sire, Star Witness (Starcraft - Leone Chiara, by Lion Hunter).

The white-hot Robert Smerdon stable produced Arrowfield’s other winner at Mornington when four-year-old gelding Madaba Flyer (Flying Spur - Miss Moss Rose, by Filante) took out the Bombora Downs Handicap (2000m).

Dr Ed Bateman has invested heavily in bloodstock in recent years and he won a two state stakes double with Foxwedge in the San Domenico Stakes (Gr 3) in Sydney and Satin Shoes, who won her third stakes race with a gutsy effort to win the Quezette Stakes (Listed) at Caulfield.

Racing for the first time since finishing unplaced in the Golden Slipper Stakes, Satin Shoes went to the lead early in the straight.  Metonymy (Hotel Grand) ran on well to take second with the Golden Slipper runner-up Mosheen (Fastnet Rock) getting up late for third.

“We came down here to take the fillies on and at first I thought it would be a pretty easy race but it did look a very hard race. I wondered whether I had done the right thing,” trainer Clarry Conners said. “but she’s won and that’s the main thing, and she’ll only improve. She’s a very gross filly and had done super here. That’s the first time we’ve rode her like that, too. I thought on settling it would take a good ride to win from there but she did so it gives us some more options.”

Satin Shoes (3 f Flying Spur – Star Satire, by Volksraad) has now won four race and earned $405,450 having cost $725,000 as a yearling at the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Sale.

A quartet of winners for Arrowfield Stud powerhouse Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) provided the platform for the Hunter Valley operation’s seven-win Saturday.

Hall Of Fame trainer David Hayes provided two of Redoute’s Choice’s wins with well-bred three-year-olds at Saturday’s Morphettville fixture. The Euroa-based trainer produced Niconoise (Redoute’s Choice - Nicola Lass, by Scenic) to win the Spring Gully Handicap (1200m) before Columbus (Redoute’s Choice - Kapchat, by Centaine) claimed the Spring Gully Honey Jam Handicap (1050m).

Niconoise is a three-quarter brother to five-time Group 1 winner Niconero (Danzero - Nicola Lass, by Scenic) and a half-brother to dual Group 1-winning sprinter Nicconi (Bianconi - Nicola Lass, by Scenic).

Columbus is a son of the Group 1-winning mare Kapchat (Centaine - Kapelle Lady, by Bandmaster) and is a three-quarter brother to stakes winners Princesa (Danehill - Kapchat, by Centaine) and Kaphero (Danzero - Kapchat, by Centaine).

The Ken Noble-trained Silent Predator (Redoute’s Choice - Katima, by Zeditave) won the Primatec QDA Handicap (1400m) at Newcastle while the former Hayes-trained stallion Bawaardi (Redoute’s Choice - Stella Artois, by Geiger Counter) took out the Sebel Plate (1400m) at Cairns.

Saturday’s quartet boosted Redoute’s Choice’s win tally for the opening week of the season to eight.

Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) earned a double on Saturday when the Gai Waterhouse-trained De Burghler (Flying Spur - Invisible Touch, by Last Tycoon) won the R C Whan Maiden Plate at Newcastle while Flying Touchdown (Flying Spur - Sea Gypsy, by Rahy) claimed the Smiths Snackvend Handicap (2200m) at the Gold Coast.

Three-year-old filly Never Doubt Me (Not A Single Doubt - Anna Liffey, by Dieu D’Or) completed Arrowfield’s big day with her win in the Bronte Handicap (1300m) at Randwick.

Arrowfield Stud sires made a lightning start to the Sydney racing season with the first two winners at Wednesday’s Canterbury meeting.

Arrowfield had a quiet start to 2011/12 with a single win at Tuesday’s Geelong Synthetic surface to show for the first two days of the season before the Hunter Valley operation roared into life on Wednesday.

The Gai Waterhouse stable unveiled a horse it described as a “Guineas horse” when Just The Tonic (Redoute’s Choice - Platonic, by Nassipour) strode to a debut win in the Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Maiden (1200m).

“I liked it when the horse came to him, Nash gave him a slap down the shoulder and he lowered and really found the line,” Waterhouse said.

“It’s a sign of a good horse; we’ve always had a good opinion of him. He could be a Guineas horse.”

Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) followed the Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) success with a winner of his own when God Bless Us (Flying Spur - Holy Bounty, by Don’t Say Halo) narrowly claimed the Ascot Club Maiden Handicap (1200m).

The three-year-old filly’s trainer Alan Bailey parted with $250,000 to secure her at the 2010 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Achievements (Redoute’s Choice - Rubitoff, by Rubiton) completed a double for the champion sire when the four-year-old streeted his rivals in the Aristocrat More Hearts Handicap (1300m) at Eagle Farm. Achievements posted a six-length win, which was the gelding’s second in succession and fifth overall.

Star Topaze (Starcraft - Speedy Topaze, by Woodman) completed a quartet for Arrowfield Stud sires when the mare posted a 1-1/4 length win in the Ron Baum Maiden Plate (1310m) at Balaklava.

Arrowfield Stud sires Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) and Charge Forward (Red Ransom - Sydney’s Dream, by Bletchingly) have each unearthed likely prospects at Wednesday’s Sandown Hillside and Canterbury meetings respectively.

The Bart Cummings-trained Sonic Blast (Charge Forward - Balmoral Belle, by Zabeel) shook off a disastrous debut run at Randwick on June 11. The colt finished strongly to win the TJ’s Champagne Bar Maiden Plate (1200m) at Canterbury.

Cummings paid $90,000 for the colt at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Hawkes Racing went to $220,000 at the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Sale to secure Chivvy (Flying Spur - Negotiate, by Marauding),  the impressive debut winner of the Race-Tech 2YO Handicap (1000m).

Former Arrowfield stallion Hussonet (Mr Prospector - Sacahuista, by Raja Baba) also sired a two-year-old winner at Canterbury. The consistent youngster Mickelberg (Hussonet - Trail Of Gold, by Danewin) broke through for his first win in the Ascot Club 2YO Maiden (1200m).

Arrowfield Stud sires produced doubles at both Monday’s Mornington and Randwick Kensington fixtures with four individual stallions siring the winners.

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The beautifully bred Cantonese (Redoute’s Choice - Kylikwong, by Red Ransom) led the charge for Arrowfield with his win in the Waverley Handicap (1550m). The John O’Shea-trained three-year-old is out of a Group 1-placed sister to the 2009-10 Australian Horse Of The Year Typhoon Tracy (Red Ransom - Tracy’s Element, by Last Tycoon).

Cantonese can also count Shaft (Flying Spur - Traceable, by Rahy) and Red Element (Red Ransom - Tracy’s Element, by Last Tycoon) among his close relations. Juvenile filly Pink Power (Not A Single Doubt - Kimash, by Jeune) began a double for Arrowfield stallions on the Kensington track with her win in the Waterloo 2YO Maiden Plate (1000m).

The Lee Freedman-trained Follonica (Flying Spur - Get The Hint, by Zabeel) started Arrowfield’s dual success at Mornington with her win in the Nepean Waste Handicap (1008m). Snitza (Snitzel - Alba Zitta, by Zabeel) broke new ground when he became the first of Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippet’s Lass, by Snippets) to win over 2400 metres with his success in the Long Island Country Club Handicap (2419m) at Mornington.

Arrowfield Stud closed out the working week in fine style after the Hunter Valley team produced a quartet of winners around Australia on Friday.

Veteran sire Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) led the strong Arrowfield performance with a double. Rocket Rhythm (Flying Spur - Hot Beat, by Snippets) took out the Viatek Handicap (2200m) on the Geelong Synthetic track before Street Jam (Flying Spur - Dance Class, by Bin Ajwaad) won the Charlton Bait & Tackle Maiden Plate (1200m) at Ipswich.

Street Jam’s win completed a running double for Arrowfield sires at Ipswich. Gold Coast trainer Gillian Heinrich produced Line Of Conflict (Charge Forward - Danetana, by Danehill) to win the J G Mullan Constructions Maiden Handicap (1200m).

Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) completed Arrowfield’s four-win day when Not A Dancer (Not A Single Doubt - Count The Dance, by Geiger Counter) won the Riverina Signmakers Maiden Plate (1000m).

Dubleo (Southern Halo - Secret Red, by Secretariat) and Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) fared strongly at Tuesday’s Tamworth meeting with the pair combining for a Vinery Stud double.

Double Fun (Dubleo - Corrofin, by Jade Hunter) began Vinery’s dual success with his win in the Bath Stewart Associates Handicap (1200m). Rhyolite (Mossman - Shadedah, by Danewin) completed the operation’s double with his victory in Tooheys Handicap (1200m).

Meanwhile, Darley’s veteran stallion Canny Lad (Bletchingly - Jesmond Lass, by Lunchtime) had a hand in the pedigrees of the first two winners at Tamworth. Canny Lad’s son King Of The Range (Canny Lad - Mashiko San, by Fuji Kiseki) took out the Harvey World Travel Maiden Plate (1000m) before Canny lad sired the dam of Chomp (Flying Spur - Bouchette, by Canny Lad), the winner of the Melville Hill Estate Wines Maiden Plate (1200m).

Taormina (Danzero - Cappucine, by Thunder Gulch) completed an Arrowfield Stud double when the five-year-old posted a comfortable win in the River Sessions 2011 Plate (1250m) at Mackay.

Progeny of Arrowfield Stud stallions are set to play a large part in the outcome of Saturday’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

The Hunter Valley operation’s sires have provided four of the 17 nominations for the $400,000 event. Arrowfield’s flagship stallion, Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) has two likely runners, Group I-winning mare Melito (Redoute’s Choice - Cloister, by Marauding) and the Anthony Cummings-trained Sister Madly (Redoute’s Choice - Jade Tiara, by Bureaucracy).

Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) will be represented by the game seven-year-old mare Alverta (Flying Spur - Grilse, by Rahy). Eagle Falls (Hussonet - Desina, by Desert King) is the last of the Arrowfield quartet in the All Aged Stakes entries.

Click here to view the full nominations for Saturday’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Arrowfield Stud sires enjoyed success with a pair of extremely well-bred gallopers at Thursday’s Hawkesbury and Sunshine Coast meeting.

The well-related Rogano (Redoute’s Choice - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) dead-heated for first in the Konami Benchmark 75 Handicap (1000m) at Hawkesbury. Rogano is a brother to the promising stallion Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) as well as a half-brother to stakes producers Natural Is My Name (Naturalism - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) and Hanky Panky (Anabaa - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester).

Rogano also comes from the same family as Golden Slipper winner Forensics (Flying Spur - Prove It, by Dehere) and multiple Group 1 winner and top stallion Snippets (Lunchtime - Easy Date, by Grand Chaudiere).

Arrowfield stallion Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) combined with the Group 2-winning mare Our Sweet Moss (Mossman - Direct Attaque, by Straight Strike) to score a Sunshine Coast win with Lucy Louise (Flying Spur - Our Sweet Moss, by Mossman).

Lucy Louise posted her third win from 10 starts with her success in the Access Insulation Class 2 Handicap (1440m).

Champion sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) will stand for $137,500 in 2011 after Arrowfield Stud announced its roster and service fees for the nine stallions it will stand. Redoute’s Choice was advertised at $176,000 in 2010 and headed the averages at last weeks Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.

The reduction in fee for 2011 is a case of ‘meeting of the market’ according to Arrowfield Chairman John Messara.

“These fees have been set after close analysis of the Easter Yearling Sale results, and the prevailing economic conditions. We believe that our 2011 fees accurately reflect market expectations and offer breeders excellent opportunities for profit.

“The strong performance of our proven and emerging stallions – collectively responsible for 43 stakeswinners this season – gives us real confidence in the future.”

Messara confirmed that Hussonet (USA) will stand at Lindsay Park Stud in South Australia this season. As Australia’s leading active sire of Group 1 winners, he presents a significant outcross opportunity for many broodmares.

“Hussonet has been a great success story for us and we are delighted to place him in young, enthusiastic hands for the next phase of his career.” Messara says.

Arrowfield stallions 2011

ALL AMERICAN $16,500* inc. GST

CHARGE FORWARD $33,000* inc. GST

DANZERO $11,000* inc. GST

FLYING SPUR $49,500* inc. GST

MANHATTAN RAIN $41,250* inc. GST

NOT A SINGLE DOUBT $24,750* inc. GST

REDOUTE’S CHOICE $137,500* inc. GST

SNITZEL $27,500* inc. GST

STARCRAFT (NZ) $44,000* inc. GST

*Free return – conditions apply

Redoute's Choice

A trans-Tasman Group 3 double for Arrowfield Stud stallion Starcraft (Soviet Star - Flying Floozie, by Pompeii Court) has spearheaded a successful Saturday for the Hunter Valley stud.

The exciting Bart Cummings-trained colt Do You Think (Starcraft - Chickens, by Danehill) started the Rosehill meeting with a comfortable win in the Group 3 T L Baillieu Stakes (1400m). Do You Think took his record to two wins from as many starts with his victory in the $125,000 race.

The Steve McKee-trained Starcheeka (Starcraft - Born A Star, by Canny Lad) completed the stallion’s double with his win in the Group 3 Manawatu Classic (2000m) at Awapuni in New Zealand. The gelding’s win provided Starcraft with his seventh stakes success.

The Chris Waller-trained Syreon (Flying Spur - Sorrento, by Just A Dancer) began a stakes double for the champion Arrowfield stallion Flying Spur (Danehill - Rolls, by Mr Prospector) with his win in the Group 3 Queen’s Cup (2000m) at Rosehill.

Bliss Street (Flying Spur - Jade Diva, by Jade Robbery) became Flying Spur’s 83^rd stakes winner with her success in the Group 3 WA Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Ascot. The Dan Morton-trained filly led home an Arrowfield Stud quinella with Single Spice (Not A Single Doubt - Zaffron Gal, by Galileo) filling the second placing.

Damon Gabbedy’s Belmont Bloodstock Agency has enjoyed good success of late with two of its purchases winning stakes races in the space of a week. (more…)

Arrowfield’s champion stallions Redoute’s Choice and Flying Spur each claimed stakes doubles on tough cards of racing over the weekend.  (more…)

Five nominations to leading Australian stallions have been auctioned at the Magic Millions sale to aid the Premiers Flood Relief Appeal and have raised $385,000. (more…)