Soon
after his grandson Showtime won the P B Lawrence Stakes G2 at Caulfield, Redoute's
Choice himself took the stage, when his son Super Maxi became his 160th
stakeswinner.
The 5YO gelding capped a good winter campaign in
with a convincing, all-the-way victory in the $100,000 WATC Belmont
Newmarket 1200m LR, defeating Yeah Dardy and Rebel King.
It was his first success beyond 1100 metres
which puts a Perth summer sprint campaign on the cards.
Team Hawkes have prepared both horses, with
Showtime among their current stars, and Super Maxi the winner of four races as
a 3YO in Sydney for Arrowfield and Wayne McGuire.
Super Maxi was then sold to Perth trainer Chris
Gangemi who has enjoyed considerable success with Arrowfield stable graduates,
notably the multiple Group winner and Group 1 performer Rock Magic (also by
Redoute's Choice).
Super Maxi was bred by Dr Dennis Bowden, David
Goldfinch & Wayne McGuire from their fine racemare Ocean Challenger (by
Rubiton), whose eight wins included the 2011 MVRC Tesio S. G3.
The mare has an unraced full brother to Super
Maxi, bought for $100,000 by Gangemi and Cameron Cooke Bloodstock from the
Lyndhurst Farm draft at the 2017 New Zealand Premier Sale.
The 2YO Olympic Glory-Ocean Challenger filly was
also a $100,000 purchase, this time by Paul Perry from the 2018 Inglis Easter
Sale.
A few hours after Super Maxi's stakes win, Ocean
Challenger delivered his three-quarter sister by Scissor Kick and she will be
served this Spring by Pariah, the latest addition to Arrowfield's dynamic
dynasty.
Redoute's Choice had 14 stakeswinners in
Australia, France, England and New Zealand last season, has just clicked over
1000 winners and his 160 stakeswinners maintain his world-class 12% SW/Runners
strike rate.
Although the mighty Champion Sire's influence is
now exercised principally through his dynasty of sensational sire sons and
priceless broodmare daughters, his own extraordinary record is far from
complete.
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