2014 Redoute's Choice (Danehilll) x Secluded (Hussonet)
By Champion sire and sire of sires Redoute’s Choice (Snitzel, Not a Single Doubt, Stratum etc.) … Group winner at 2 and 3 … runnerup in Group 1 Blue Diamond and multiple Group placed … proven sire of Group 2 winner Swiss Exile, 2024 Group winner Vagrant, stakes placed 2YO Runaway Belle etc. … progeny have sold up to $375k and over 50 yearlings sold for $100k or greater … new to Queensland in 2023.
Comprising over 1000 acres of undulating fertile pastures, Oaklands Stud boasts the perfect conditions to breed and grow future champions. Established in 1979, Oaklands Stud is one of Queensland’s premier thoroughbred studs and is operated by principal Neville Stewart and sons Alistair & Hamish, with the common goal of consistently producing quality racehorses.
His sire Pariah has been on a winning roll of late with stakes-winners Lady in Pink and Ostraka and while three year-old gelding Pantoja has a ways to go to equal the deeds of his famous sibling Giga Kick, he is now a winner after bolting in at Mornington on Friday.
It proved a red-letter day for Oaklands Stud’s Pariah, as Lady In Pink opened her stakes account in the Group II Sharp Eit Solutions Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, while Ostraka solidified his chance in the $10 million Golden Eagle with an impressive win in the $1,000,000 Group III Silver Eagle (1400m) at Randwick.
Three days into a brand new racing season and the winners are flowing for the usual suspects, but six winners in three days for this Queensland based sire is reason enough to shine a little light on a value sire that could all too easily be overlooked.
As stallions progress through their stud careers we learn more and more about them and a close look at the third season sires table is well worth consideration given the top 10 sires are all standing in either Australia or New Zealand this spring, albeit some not at the farms where they started.
With two of his three stakes-winners, Annabel Neasham has a good handle on the stock of Oakland Stud’s recruit Pariah, the latest coming with Ostraka, who put a competitive field of three-year-olds to the sword in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Green Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
There might be a black-type race in the not-too-distant future for Lady In Pink as the 3-year-old daughter of Pariah returned from a 17-week break to capture the Sportsbet Fast Form (Bm64) (1300m) at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.
Current Runners Accepted
Sunday, December 22
Horsham Race 5 - 1200m Restricted 58
Runaway Soul (ex: Restless Soul) Tnr: Danny O'Brien Rdr:
By Champion sire and sire of sires Redoute’s Choice (Snitzel, Not a Single Doubt, Stratum etc.) … Group winner at 2 and 3 … runnerup in Group 1 Blue Diamond and multiple Group placed … proven sire of Group 2 winner Swiss Exile, 2024 Group winner Vagrant, stakes placed 2YO Runaway Belle etc. … progeny have sold up to $375k and over 50 yearlings sold for $100k or greater … new to Queensland in 2023.