In the last twelve months he has hit career milestones such as siring 115 stakes winners, 24 individual Group One winners the most recent being Champion Sprinter Lankan Rupee and now he is shuttling overseas covering an exceptional book of blueblood mares at the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval in France which will only further his dominance.
Redoute's Choice is an Australian legend, but is also building a legacy through
the deeds of his sire sons. 12 sire sons of Redoute's Choice have already left stakes winners – the oldest include Snitzel, Stratum and Not A Single Doubt who have all sired more than 20 stakes winners each.
Group stakes winning son of Redoute Choice 'Drumbeats' standing at Lyndhurst Queensland is NOT only the best performed Redoute's to stand in Queensland, he is also the best bred, backed by incredulous statistics from a magical cross.
The Redoutes /Last Tycoon cross is currently enjoying amazing success and results in a duplication of the great mare Best In Show, producing an incredible 31 winners from 34 runners including 10 stakes-winners.
Drumbeats also has an impressive female family featuring champion filly Arborea with desirable physical attributes that will give him a real advantage to improve his mares.
Recently the question was posed to Lyndhurst Stud principals Jeff and Griff Kruger on 'how does Lyndhurst keep coming up with stallions that are so successful from generation to generation of the Krugers?
Jeff answered this by saying, "My family try to see forward. In the fifties Smokey Eyes bought the Stardust blood to Australia before Star Kingdom and that really helped establish Lyndhurst as a Australian thoroughbred leader.
"After that the next pinnacle was that my grand father Percy noticed how well the Northern Dancer blood was going in Europe and thought that it had to come to Australia eventually so he reasoned it was best to be first to stand a stallion by him so he and Ted Kruger imported Grand Chaudiere in the Seventies.
"Then when my father Merrell was in charge in the eighties, he reasoned that Godswalk who was the only shuttle stallion that was coming to Australia at the time had a couple of very good 2 year olds, one was 'Provideo', back in England and he believed that if you could get a Godswalk stallion with a Nijinsky dam line that would be a new success, so he imported Celestial Dancer who went on to break world records for winners to runners, over 600.
"In the Nineties I liked Sequalo as he was a colonial sire with an English sprint background to outcross from Star Kingdom and Northern Dancer.
"Griff and I both knew the next step was to buy into the phenomenal Danehill blood and we picked well with the Hong Kong Sprinter Hidden Dragon."
Griff picks up the story.
"By 2010 we could see Redoutes Choice sire sons emerging as a more significant force than seen in a long time.
"We both agreed if we were to stand a son of Redoutes Choice he would have to be a significant animal. Drumbeats was the best performed Group winner at the time but more importantly he carries the double cross of the world important broodmare Best In Show and the immensely successful Last Tycoon blood cross, add in his Group winning female line then match that with his stature and he is probably the best bred and performed package ever to stand at Lyndhurst!"
Drumbeats will have his first runners in the new season and stands at a fee of $7,700.
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