Arrowfield stallion Snitzel sired a double at Canterbury Park on Friday night when Flying Snitzel won the opening race and then St Beaune quickly followed winning the third.

Appropriately, Flying Snitzel (2 f Snitzel - Hula Flight, by Hula Town) is trained by Gerald Ryan, who trained Snitzel to win at Group 1 level. A $25,000 Inglis Premier Yearling to Triple Crown Syndications, Flying Snitzel made an impressive debut to score by three lengths over Gold Bender (Refuse To Bend) in the $27,000 2yo Handicap over 1200m with Queen’s Elect (Holy Roman Emperor) in third.

St Beaune (4 g Snitzel - Miss Candy, by Canny Lad) was equally impressive in defeating Republic Lad (Encosta de Lago) by three and a quarter lengths in the $27,000 Canterbury BMW Handicap over 1580. St Beaune is trained by Gai Waterhouse and he too was offered for sale at the Melbourne Premier Sale, being passed in for $35,000 in 2009.

Snitzel was also on the board at Moonee Valley on Friday night when Weekend Special (4 g Snitzel - Frescante, by Peintre Celebre) flew home to land the $55.000 Essendon Mazda Challenge over 955m.

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).

The well-bred filly Offer (Redoute’s Choice - Media, by Gilded Time) broke through for a strong success in Sunday’s Centrebetaussie on Twitter Maiden (1300m) at the Geelong Synthetic track.

Offer took nine attempts to break her maiden status but competed strongly in both Melbourne and Sydney for the Clarry Conners stable firstly before the filly’s owners, Newhaven Park Stud, transferred the three-year-old to the Heath Conners yard.

Offer is the first winner for the Group 2 Magic Night Stakes winner Media (Gilded Time - Valourina, by Snippets), who is a half-sister to stakes winners Cardinal Virtue (Elusive Quality - Valourina, by Snippets) and Timbourina (Timber Country - Valourina, by Snippets).

Offer’s win was the first of two for Arrowfield Stud sires. Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippets’ Lass, by Snippets) mare All Messed Up (Snitzel - Instant Reward, by Tayasu Tsuyoshi) posted a comfortable success in the Great Goldfields Wall Maiden Plate (1300m) at Kalgoorlie.

Meanwhile, Swettenham Stud sire Dash For Cash (Secret Savings - Gulistan, by Rubiton) got back on the winner’s list with a Sunday double of his own.

Dash For Cash was quiet during the past week but the Rick Hore-Lacy-trained Chase The Rainbow (Dash For Cash - Illusional, by Redoute’s Choice) posted the sire’s first win for almost a week in the Centrebet Vase Handicap (1300m) at the Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Carneggan Dasher (Dash For Cash - La Vierge, by Success Express) completed Dash For Cash’s double with his narrow win in the Rock Bar Handicap (1400m) at Pioneer Park.

Dash For Cash’s double took his season’s tally to 10.

Arrowfield Stud’s top man Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) maintained his lightning start to the season with another metropolitan double on Wednesday.

Darley stallions had the better of the Arrowfield champion last season. Redoute’s Choice finished second to Lonhro (Octagonal - Shadea, by Straight Strike) in the 2010/11 Australian General Sires’ premiership and fifth to Commands (Danehill - Cotehele House, by My Swanee) in the Australian General Sires by winners title.

The Patinack Farm-owned Renewed Vitality (Redoute’s Choice - Real Pzazz, by Green Desert) ploughed through the Randwick mud to win the Harry Barrett Vale Handicap (1300m) on the Kensington. The in-form Achievements (Redoute’s Choice - Rubitoff,  by Rubiton) completed the star sire’s double with his second win of the season in the Founding Fathers Plate (1500m) at Eagle Farm.

Achievements is a grand-son of the former top producer Mrs Soffel (The Judge - Pleasant Time, by Bold Flip). The gelding’s dam Rubitoff (Rubiton - Mrs Soffel, by The Judge) was one of two stakes winners Mrs Soffel produced, the other was the multiple Group 1-winning sprinter Rubitano (Rubiton - Mrs Soffel, by The Judge).

The dual success took Redoute’s Choice’s win tally for the season to 18 from 17 individual victors.

Redoute’s Choice’s impressive sire son Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippets’ Lass, by Snippets) completed a treble for Arrowfield Stud stallions when the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained Arakazel (Snitzel - Arakazar, by Zamakima) won the Coopers Premium Light Maiden Plate (1200m) at Gawler.

A pair of extremely well bred winners at Rosehill has provided the platform for champion Arrowfield sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Redoute’s Choice) to produce a treble of successes on Saturday.

Three-year-old colt Altius (Redoute’s Choice - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) began his chase for a stakes success in the spring with a win in the opening race of the Rosehill meeting, H & B Cooper Glenrock Handicap (1500m).

Redoute's Choice produced a treble of successes on Saturday

 The Chris Waller-trained blueblood is a half-brother to Haradasun (Fusaichi Pegasus - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) and a three-quarter sibling to Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay), who are both dual-hemisphere Group 1 winners.

Rosehill trainer David Payne prepared Redoute’s Choice’s second win of the Sydney fixture in the next race when Florentina (Redoute’s Choice - Celebria, by Peintre Celebre) claimed the Inglis Bonus Handicap (1300m). Florentina is a half-sister to the Patinack Farm-owned Group 1 winner Gathering (Tale Of The Cat - Celebria, by Peintre Celebre).

Stalingrad (Redoute’s Choice - Sakhalin, by Kingmambo) completed a treble for Redoute’s Choice when the gelding posted a 5-3/4 length win in the Channel 9 Welter (1900m) at Fannie Bay in Darwin.

Winners to Arrowfield stallions Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice - Snippets’ Lass, by Snippets) and Not A Single Doubt (Redoute’s Choice - Singles Bar, by Rory’s Jester) completed a quintet of success for the breeding operation. The Matthew Dale-trained Jackpot Queen (Not A Single Doubt - Cash Crazy, by Secret Savings) claimed the Timothy Hunter Handicap (1000m) at Caulfield while Zelaating (Snitzel - Donating, by Octagonal) took out the Mater Dei Special School Handicap (1200m) at Kembla Grange.

The Neville Parnham trained Checkpoint (2 g Snitzel - Kelcheck, by Keltrice) opened his winning account at Belmont Park on Wednesday, when taking out the Westspeed Nursery Handicap (1200m) at his second career race start.

A $70,000 purchase at Magic Millions Perth Sale last year, the son of Snitzel made an encouraging debut behind Watermans Bay at Belmont Park on July 16 and with the addition of blinkers on Wednesday, he proved far too classy for his opponents.

Checkpoint was perfectly ridden by Brad Parnham, who positioned the two-year-old in the one out one back position, before pushing into the clear upon straightening for home and asking him for an effort.

“He has always been a nice horse and I think he will make top grade. I am unsure whether to give him another run or tip him out, but I will let him tell me.”  trainer Neville Parnham said later.

Checkpoint

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

Cantonese - white cap

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.

Hot Snitzel registered a big win in $250,000 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 2) over 1400m at Eagle Farm. Darley’s Free Wheeling reared as the barriers opened, effectively out of the race, but it did not affect Hot Snitzel who crossed from his wide barrier to settle in behind the early leader Mahisara and race in third place to the home turn.

Once in the straight Hot Snitzel sprinted hard to go clear in a matter of strides,defeating Playtime (Foreplay) by three lengths at the finish Mahisara (More Than Ready) in third. Hot Snitzel (2 g Snitzel – Flames Of Paris, by Blushing Groom) sold for $60,000 at the 2010 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale from the Bellerive draft. and has now earned $354,400

“He settled beautifully, the pace was strong which suited him but when the thing outside the leader dropped off he just took the race by his hands and was great,” winning jockey Hugh Bowman said. “I think he is just a horse who lacks a bit of confidence, everything went his way today and I was able to keep him really happy and uninterrupted and I think that had a lot to do with it.”

“He had an uninterrupted run when he won at the Gold Coast and in both his wins he put a gap on them. I am sure he will come back next week and on that run, I would be pretty confident he can do it again.”

Danehill (Danzig – Razyana, by His Majesty) blood flowed through the veins of all of Australia’s two-year-old winners on Friday with sons of the immortal sire providing three juvenile successes while one of his grandsons also produced a winning youngster.

Danehill’s son Rock Of Gibraltar (Danehill – Offshore Boom, by Be My Guest) got the ball rolling for the former Coolmore superstar when his daughter Ruby’s Epic (Rock Of Gibraltar – Zugat, by King Cugat) took out the XXXX Gold 2YO Plate (1200m) at Grafton.

Exceed And Excel (Danehill – Patrona, by Lomond) got into the act when the Darley stallion produced Insurpassable (Exceed And Excel – Burning Embers, by Zoffany) to win the Bay FM Maiden Plate (1300m). Adding more merit to Insurpassable’s performance was the fact the colt beat older rivals easily in the $13,000 event.

Danehill’s Group 1-winning grandson Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice – Snippets’ Lass, by Snippets) and Group 1-winning son Fastnet Rock (Danehill – Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) completed the super sire’s monopoly on Friday when the pair shared success in the Arrowfield Stud Handicap (1280m) at Muswellbrook.

Fittingly, Arrowfield Stud’s sire shared the $30,000 feature when Flying Bay (Snitzel – Hula Flight, by Hula Town) dead-heated with Fastnet Rock’s representative Cindarockinrella (Fastnet Rock – Call Me Pretty, by Peaks And Valleys. Flying Bay is a daughter of the 1996 Group 1 Metropolitan Handicap winner Hula Flight (Hula Town – Solitary Flight, by The Expatriate).

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

Hot Danish

Dual Group 1 winner Hot Danish (Nothin’Leica Dane) has been entered for the Inglis Australian Weanling & Bloodstock Sale towards the end of June, once the seven-year-old is fully recovered from a leg injury that has unfortunately ended her racing career

The winner of the BRC Doomben 10,000 and AJC All-Aged Stakes when trained throughout her career by Les Bridge has earned $2.3 million.

“She has been and absolute marvel for us to own and has been a part of our lives for 6 years now, all 10 part owners will be sad to see her no longer racing for us but we will be looking forward to following her progeny when they hit the race track and I’m sure if they have her determination to win will be stars in their own right.” Hot Danish’s managing part owner Tony Curtis said yesterday.

Group winner Chance Bye (Snitzel) has be confirmed for the Supplementary Catalogue of the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale to be held in Sydney on April 12 - 14. The winner of the Group 2 Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2) finished unplaced last Saturday and has pulled up sore in her shoulder that has forced her retirement

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