A four year-old gelding by under-rated Redoute's Choice stallion Not a Single Doubt, Scales of Justice has steadily worked his way through the grades to ultimately achieve Group I success.
An incredibly consistent horse with seven wins and six placings from 13 starts and prizemoney just shy of $1million, Scales of Justice is the best of seven stakes-winners to carry a double cross of influential matriarch Dancing Show (USA).
By champion racehorse and sire Nijinsky, Dancing Show is a grand-daughter of legendary US matron Best in Show, who has spawned an impressive dynasty of global stakes-winners that include household names such as Rags to Riches, Peeping Fawn, El Gran Senor, Spinning World, Blush With Pride, etc.
The Australian branch of the family through Dancing Show has given us champion sire Redoute's Choice and has gained international respect as was demonstrated at the recent Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
The top priced weanling at $1.45 million was a colt by War Front from Drifting Cube, an Aussie bred Encosta de Lago mare, whose third dam is Dancing Show.
This iconic family has left a string of other Australian Group I winners including
Umatilla, who has enjoyed quite a role in the success of line breeding to
Dancing Show.Scales of Justice has a 4 x 3 double cross of Dancing Show being a grand-son of Redoute's Choice from a daughter of Umatilla, who interestingly appears in the pedigree of five of the seven stakes-winners to carry the Dancing Show double cross.
Redoute's Choice appears in six of those seven stakes-winners, but you would expect to see that given his impressive dynasty of sire sons and grand-sons.
Line breeding to Dancing Show within five generations has produced 58% winners to runners with 102 winners from 176 runners.
Line breeding to Dancing Show within five generations has produced 58% winners to runners with 102 winners from 176 runners.
