Intriguing Pedigree Delivers a Stakes-Winner

Tara Madgwick - Saturday June 30
By Manhattan Rain from a daughter of his half-brother Redoute's Choice, Jamaican Rain certainly has an interesting pedigree and a Black Type win to her name after scoring a resounding victory in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Manhattan RainA lightly raced five year-old prepared at Cranbourne by Richard Laming, Jamaican Rain was dispatched to Queensland on the back of two impressive wins following a spell when successful at Cranbourne in May and then Moonee Valley in early June.

Sent out favourite for the 1400 metre sprint despite drawing the outside, Jamaican Rain finished with a late rush for Teagan Harrison to score a popular three and three-quarter length win taking her overall record to six wins from 11 starts with prizemoney just shy of $240,000. .

"She'll stay up here and go on to the Tatts Mile, but we think she's good enough for the Myer Classic (Group I) in the spring," said Richard Laming.

"She didn't cost that much as the pedigree is a bit close being by Manhattan Rain from a mare by Redoute's Choice, but her breeder John Kelly (Newhaven Park) stayed in her so that says something."

Jamaican Rain was bred and sold by Newhaven Park, fetching $90,000 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale when bought by Homann Bloodstock.

She is the best of two winners from Heriz, an unraced Redoute's Choice mare from an international family that features Group I winners Asi Siempre and Outstrip.

Newhaven Park sold the current yearling from Heriz, a colt by Reset at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for $100,000 with Laming Racing the buyer. No doubt some inside knowledge on the ability of Jamaican Rain was a factor in that purchase!

Legendary producer Shantha's Choice died in 2012Heriz was bought by Newhaven Park at the 2012 Inglis Broodmare Sale for $52,000 when in foal to Manhattan Rain with Jamaican Rain the result of that mating.

Jamaican Rain is the 13th stakes-winner Manhattan Rain, who now stands at Blue Gum Farm in Victoria at a fee of $19,250.

Line breeding to blue hen Shantha's Choice, the dam of Redoute's Choice and Manhattan Rain, has been done quite a bit.

So far the stats for line breeding to Shantha's Choice according to Arion show it has produced 68 named foals, with 22 winners from 43 runners or 51.2% winners to runners.

There are now three stakes-winners bred this way in Group II winner Summer Sham ( 3 x 3), who is by Not a Single Doubt from a grand-daughter of Shantha's Choice and New Zealand stakes-winner Manhattan Street (2 x 3), who is bred the same way as Jamaican Rain.

Two further stakes horses include Group I placed Man of Choice, who is also by Manhattan Rain from a daughter of Redoute's Choice and if you were wondering about the stats on that specific cross it has produced 20 named foals, 17 have raced and nine have won.



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