Making the Most of Maurice

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday July 12

The ‘Beast from the East’ Maurice (Jpn) has been making headlines this week at the JRHA Select Sale Sale where his yearling filly from Australian bred mare Mosheen topped the sale selling for r ¥450,000,000 (A$4.8m), so we thought a look at his Australian mare book for 2021 might be of interest.

Maurice (Jpn)

Maurice served three seasons at Arrowfield covering books of 121, 88 and 69 mares before having a year off in 2020 due to Covid related travel issues, so the only Maurice foal born in Australia last year was one conceived in Japan.

He returned last year at an increased fee of $44,000 on the back of some encouraging results from his first 2YO runners here and for breeders who took the gamble their faith has been rewarded.

Hitotsu won two Derbies and the Australian Guineas! - image Grant Courtney

Maurice has been riding high as the sire of freakishly good stayer Hitotsu, winner of both the Victorian and Australian Derbies plus the Australian Guineas, as well as Everest contender and Group I winning sprinter Mazu, who went for a winter spell owning a six in a row winning streak.

Mazu won the G1 Doomben 10,000 against the older sprinters - image Steve Hart

A lot of stallions never ever produce a horse as good as either of those two, so it’s no surprise Maurice covered 156 mares last year including some of Arrowfield Stud’s Group I winning queens such as Miss Finland, Hollow Bullet and Fenway, not to mention star producer Honesty Prevails, the dam of Profondo.

Maurice has always had excellent fertility, but unfortunately Hitotsu’s dam Love is Fickle missed for the first time in her stud career when covered by him last spring…. Not hard to think she will be one of the first in the queue this year at his increased fee of $82,500.

 

STAKES-WINNERS

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Mare Name

Born

Country

Damsire

Best win

Fenway

2011

AUS

High Chaparral

G1

Hollow Bullet

2001

AUS

Tayasu Tsuyoshi

G1

Miss Finland

2003

AUS

Redoute’s Choice

G1

Miss Match

2005

ARG

Indygo Shiner

G1

Jessy Belle

2010

AUS

Rock Of Gibraltar

G2

Silverstream

2011

AUS

Al Maher

G2

Whispering Brook

2013

AUS

Hinchinbrook

G2

Cosmic Storm

2011

AUS

Street Sense

G3

Honesty Prevails

2013

AUS

Redoute's Choice

G3

Irithea

2013

AUS

Snitzel

G3

Koonoomoo

2007

AUS

Dubleo

G3

Lady Cumquat

2010

AUS

Duke Of Marmalade

G3

Sharnee Rose

2008

AUS

Nadeem

G3

Spring Heat

2014

AUS

More Than Ready

G3

Teaspoon

2014

AUS

Snitzel

G3

Time Awaits

2014

AUS

Nicconi

G3

Simply Breathless

2015

GB

Bated Breath

G3

Tomelilla

2012

NZ

Tavistock

G3

Arcadia Rose

2010

AUS

Kheleyf

Listed

Fill The Page

2007

AUS

Dane Shadow

Listed

Kneeling

2008

AUS

Encosta De Lago

Listed

Lucky Raquie

2011

AUS

Encosta De Lago

Listed

Soft Sand

2008

AUS

Dansili

Listed

Amberio

2007

NZ

Captain Rio

Listed

 

STAKES PRODUCERS

Mare Name

Born

Damsire

Horse

Best Win

Honesty Prevails

2013

Redoute's Choice

Profondo

G1

Love Is Fickle

2011

Redoute's Choice

Hitotsu

G1

Miss Finland

2003

Redoute's Choice

Stay With Me

G1

Double Ranga

2008

Exceed and Excel

Scarlet Rain

G2

Timeless Choice

2012

Redoute'S Choice

Count De Rupee

G2

Tzu Hsi

2003

Quest For Fame

Rock Sturdy

G2

Vicky

2004

Encosta De Lago

Neo

G2

Fenway

2011

High Chaparral

Williamsburg

G3

Fill The Page

2007

Dane Shadow

Fun Fact

G3

Graciela

2002

Flying Spur

Heart Testa

G3

Hollow Bullet

2001

Tayasu Tsuyoshi

Reloaded

G3

Shawnee Girl

2006

Encosta De Lago

Sure Knee

G3

Charming Estelle

2008

Redoute's Choice

Manhattan Street

Listed

Kneeling

2008

Encosta De Lago

Bend The Knee

Listed

Mystic Hour

2006

Redoute's Choice

Awaken

Listed

Mystic Hour

2006

Redoute's Choice

Magical Dream

Listed

Mysterious Light

2005

Fantastic Light

Sun Marshal

Listed

Power O'Raylee

2007

O'Reilly

Snitzkraft

Listed

 

SIRES OF DAMS COVERED BY MAURICE (6 or more mares)

In this table we’ve had a look at the sires of these stellar mares that have gone to Maurice and looked to see the success rate of the nick in terms of winner to runner and SW to runner.

Given his oldest progeny are just 3YO’s, it’s tough to draw anything too meaningful from his nick stats to date, but he’s had two superstars here in Hitotsu and Mazu, who are respectively from mares by Redoute’s Choice and Flying Spur… so there is reason for confidence when it comes to mares from the Danehill line.

The overall Australian statistics (Japan not included) for Maurice are 55.5% winner to runner and 2.5% SW to runner.

 

Broodmare Sire

Number of Mares

Winner to runner

SW to runner

Snitzel

15

25% 4 runners, 1 winner

 

Redoute’s Choice

14

50%

10% 1 SW (1 G1, 1 G3 placed) 10 runners

Fastnet Rock

9

66.7% 3 runners, 2 winners

 

Dundeel

7

100% 1 runner, 1 winner

 

Hinchinbrook

6

No runners

 

 

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