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2yo Unbroken Starcraft filly from a Redoute's Choice mare , 3rd dam was a absolute champion. Same family as Trust In A Gust. Multiple Gr1 winner this season.
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*** UPDATE 17/01/05: Same cross as super impressive Flemington winner today , Choose , who commenced her career by winning her 1st three. By Starcraft from Redoute's Choice mare ***
FROM A REDOUTE'S CHOICE MARE , AS IS ZOUSTAR , then from a RAINBOW QUEST mare , then a English Derby & Oaks winning STORM BIRD mare , then from an AFFIRMED mare , little wonder the full sister was acquired by some very influential owners .
STARCRAFT over REDOUTE's has produced several good winners , including CHOOSE winner of 1st 3 starts. Starcraft has crossed well with international families , as is the case with this filly.
STARCRAFT had a good recent Magic Millions sale with a high of $280k , another at $200k from his 4 lots of the main session.
Full Sister Miss Manage was a $80,000 yearling graduate from Magic Millions . She is a trial winner and at her only start to date she finished a close up 4th . She is with the Kris Lees stable.
This filly was always going to be a later 2yo , more so 3yo filly being by Starcraft and her classic family . She is now ready for the breakers having now matured into a very strong 15:3 2yo , not unlike Star Witness to my eye.
Her dam Miss Mutola was offered at Easter Inglis as a yearling at a $400,000 reserve, from an EXCEPTIONAL international pedigree , third dam BALANCHINE was a genuine standout racemare .
BALANCHINE is the only filly ever to win the classic double of the EPSON OAKS Gr1 ( See video 2 ) & IRISH DERBY Gr1 . ( see video 1 ) she ran 2nd in the Gr1 Newmarket 1000 for good measure en route towards winning in excess of $1.17M . She is by STORM BIRD , so adds great X-factor to this filly's pedigree. BALANCHINE was a tall handsome filly with a long white sock on her rear leg , traits this filly has also.
The sires of the first four dams being REDOUTE'S CHOICE , RAINBOW QUEST , STORM BIRD & AFFIRMED .
The family has been successful when bred to Nureyev through the deeds of ROMANOV , RED SLIPPERS & THADY QUILL , so should be suited to the Nureyev line stallion StarCraft
The family has great depth . Mr Greeley's dual Group One winning filly Saoirse Abu from a 1/2 sister to Morning Devotion sold for 1,950,000 guineas recently due to her Group One wins in the Moyglare Stud Stakes and Group One Phoenix Stakes as a two-year-old and a third in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. That same generation on her pedigree page produced Art Connoisseur winner of the 2009 Golden Jubilee Gr1 defeating the likes of Sacred Kingdom, JJ The Jet Plane & Bushranger.
It appears to be a family capable of leaving really nice horses , a little further down in the pedigree SHONAN MIGHTY , $3,379,535 is racing extremely well in the strong Japan circuit having won or been placed at stakes level at his 8 most recent starts incl a close up 2nd in the prestigious Yasuda Kinen Mile Gr1 in June .
Just for good measure , TRUST IN A GUST is from a 3/4 sister to BALLANCHINE , making him a close relation to this filly , also both are from non Danehill / Danzig line stallions.
Some interesting reading on the family below ( just copy to your browser ).
http://www.racingandsports.com.au/breeding/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=262660
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanchine_(horse)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Quest_(horse)
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Chestnut filly | Foaled 3rd October 2012 |
STARCRAFT (NZ) (Chestnut 2000-Stud 2006). 11 wins to 2400m, Australian Derby, Gr.1. Sire of 345 rnrs, 185 wnrs, 15 SW, inc. Star Witness (MRC Blue Diamond S., Gr.1), We Can Say it Now, Hallowell Belle, Crafty Irna, Havana, Lunar Rise, Do You Think, Starcheeka, Celebrity Girl, Ain'tnofallenstar, Perfect Punch, Baschar, Don't Tell Mary, Mr Vadim, Singapore Sling, SP Stella Lante, Secret Hills - Royal Partner (H.K.), Starkiato, etc.
1st dam MISS MUTOLA, by Redoute's Choice. Unraced. This is her third foal. Dam of 1 foal to race.
2nd dam DOROTHY'S SHOES (USA), by Rainbow Quest. Unraced. Half-sister to Gulf News. Dam of 6 named foals, 2 to race, 1 winner, inc:- Jeram Future
3rd dam BALANCHINE (USA), by Storm Bird. Champion 3YO in Europe in 1994. Head of The 1994 European 3YO Classification. 4 wins-2 at 2-at 7f, 1½m, Irish Derby, Gr 1, The Oaks, Gr 1, 2d The One Thousand Guineas, Gr 1, Longchamp Prix Foy, Gr 3. Three-quarter-sister to APRIL STARLIGHT, Stylish Storm Gulf News (c Woodman) 5 wins 1650 to 2200m in France and U.S.A, Saint-Cloud Prix Bacchus, Maisons-Laffitte Prix Birum, 2d Longchamp Prix Niel, Gr 2, 3d Deauville Prix Ridgway, L. Balsamine Crescent Moon Carolina Moon Half Moon Hotel (c Alado) 4 wins-1 at 2-at 1200, 1400m to 2013-14, Durbanville Emerald Cup, Kenilworth Book Your Table for National Womens' Day H., Julie Killias H., 2d Kenilworth Somerset P., L, Sophomore Sprint H., L, Barrecode Live H., 3d Kenilworth Mbokodo Winter Classic This Saturday H.
4th dam Morning Devotion, by Affirmed. Winner at 2, 3d Ascot Fillies Mile, Gr 3, 4th Haydock Lancashire Oaks, Gr 3. Half-sister to Purify BALANCHINE (f Storm Bird) 4 wins. See above. ROMANOV (c Nureyev) 4 wins 7f to 1½m, £308,872, Newmarket Jockey Club S., Gr 2, Haydock Rose of Lancaster S., Gr 3, Sandown Tudor Conditions S., 2d Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Gr 1, Ascot Cumberland Lodge S., Gr 3, 3d The Derby, Gr 1, Canadian International S., Gr 1, Irish Two Thousand Guineas, Gr 1, Saint-Cloud Prix Eugene Adam, Gr 2. Sire. RED SLIPPERS (f Nureyev) 3 wins-1 at 2-at 7f, 1¼m, Newmarket Sun Chariot S., Gr 2, Newcastle Virginia S., L. Dam of 11 winners- WEST WIND (f Machiavellian) 2 wins at 2000, 2100m, €575,151, Chantilly Prix de Diane, Gr 1, Prix de la Chapelle en Serval, 2d Longchamp Prix Vermeille, Gr 1, Prix de la Flandrie, 3d Curragh Pretty Polly S., Gr 1, Saint-Cloud Prix Nikellora. Producer. REDBRIDGE (c Alleged) 3 wins at 10¼f, 1½m, Leicester Mercury S., L, 3d Ayr Doonside Cup, L. Eastern Joy IHTIMAL (f Shamardal) 4 wins-2 at 2-1408 to 1900m, £338,437, to 2013-14 in Great Britain and U.A.E, Doncaster May Hill S., Gr 2, Newmarket Sweet Solera S., Gr 3, UAE Oaks, Gr 3, UAE One Thousand Guineas, L, 2d Newmarket Countryside Alliance Foundation 2YO Fillies' S., 3d The One Thousand Guineas, Gr 1, Newmarket Fillies' Mile, Gr 1, Royal Ascot Chesham S., L. First Night (f Sadler's Wells) 2 wins at 1m, 9f in Great Britain and U.S.A, 2d Deauville Prix de la Calonne, L. Producer. Subtle Breeze TRUST IN A GUST (c Keep the Faith) 10 wins 1009 to 1600m, $1,109,650, to 2014-15, MRC Sir Rupert Clarke S., Gr 1, Toorak H., Gr 1, Le Pine Funerals H., Harris Walker Gold Carat, MVRC Chandler Macleod S., Ballarat TC Thomas Jewellers Gold Eureka Stockade, MVRC Jeep Don't Hold Back H., 2d MVRC Chandler Macleod S., L, VRC VOBIS Gold Reef S., Bendigo JC VOBIS Gold Rush 2YO S., 3d MRC Geoff Murphy 2YO H., 4th MRC Gothic S., L. Alleged Devotion HUMBLE EIGHT (f Seattle Battle) 6 wins-1 at 2-5f to 8½f, $278,633, Oaklawn Honeybee S., Gr 3, Houston Frontier S., L, 3d Oaklawn Fantasy S., Gr 2, Ak-Sar-Ben Oaks, Gr 3. Dam of 4 winners- STAGE CALL (c Sadler's Wells) 5 wins-2 at 2-1m to 9f, £172,074, Keeneland Hopemont S., L, 3d Curragh Futurity S., Gr 2. Sire. HUMILIS (f Sadler's Wells) 3 wins at 1¼m, Cork Blue Wind S., L, 4th Curragh Blandford S., Gr 3. Producer. Humbling PHOLA (f Johannesburg) 5 wins-1 at 2-1m to 9f, $415,963, Churchill Distaff Turf Mile S., Gr 2, Tampa Bay Hillsborough S., Gr 3, Gulfstream Allowance, 2d Belmont Just a Game S., Gr 1, 3d Arlington-Washington Lassie S., Gr 3. THADY QUILL (c Nureyev) 6 wins-2 at 2-1400 to 1800m, £206,783 in Great Britain, Ireland, U.S.A. and Barbados, Newmarket Superlative S., L, 2d Santa Anita Oak Tree Mile S., Gr 2. Sire. ROYAL DEVOTION (f Sadler's Wells) 2 wins at 1¼m, 1½m, Galway Oyster S., L, 2d Leopardstown Trigo S., L. Producer. APRIL STARLIGHT (f Storm Bird) 2 wins-1 at 2-at 6f, Leopardstown Silver Flash S., L, 3d Curragh Railway S., Gr 3. Producer. Luxury SHONAN MIGHTY (c Manhattan Cafe) 4 wins-2 at 2-at 1800, 2000m, $3,716,438, Hanshin Sankei Osaka Hai, Gr 2, 2d Tokyo Yasuda Kinen, Gr 1, Hanshin Sankei Osaka Hai, Gr 2, Naruo Kinen, Gr 3-twice, Osaka Jo S., L, 3d Hanshin Takarazuka Kinen, Gr 1, Tokyo Yasuda Kinen, Gr 1, Kyoto Kinen, Gr 2. |