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Redoute's Choice Half-brother for Easter

14th Sep 2008

The 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has been further boosted by the announcement that Mr Yaseen, owner of perhaps Australia’s most valuable broodmare, Shantha’s Choice, has decided to enter the mare’s Encosta De Lago colt for next year’s sale.

This is the first time Mr Yaseen has elected to sell a yearling from the Canny Lad mare and the colt will be offered by Coolmore as agent.

"It's a rare jewel when such a well bred horse like this has looks that match his pedigree," Coolmore's Peter O'Brien said.

"He is a beautiful, big strong horse with terrific balance and very correct. He's as good a colt as you will ever see and even by Easter standards, he's a special horse."

Shantha’s Choice is the dam of five individual winners, including three stakes winners – two of which are Group 1 winners.

Redoute’s Choice and Platinum Scissors were both G1 winners for the mare by Danehill, while that pair’s three parts sister Sliding Cube (Rock Of Gibraltar) has won up to Group 3 level.

She is also the dam of stakes placed Monsoon Wedding and Superior Sateen (both by Danehill).

Shantha’s Choice is from the wonderful producer Dancing Show (dam of G1 winners and top sires Hurricane Sky and Umatilla) from the Best In Show family, which boasts countless G1 winners around the world.

“He would certainly be the early favourite to be topping the sale I would think, being such an imposing individual with a pedigree like that,” Inglis Director Jonathan D’Arcy said.

“We are very grateful to Mr Yaseen for giving Inglis the opportunity to sell such a valuable colt.”

D’Arcy said nominations for all three of the Inglis major sales next year – Melbourne Premier, Easter and Classic – were outstanding.

“We received something in the vicinity of 4000 entries, made up of around 2000 for Premier and 1000 each for Easter and Classic,” he said.

“We will be on the road over the next five weeks continuing our annual round of inspections.”