Star juvenile and three-year-old sprinter Pariah joins Arrowfield Stud, with a Snitzel, Not A Single Doubt, Beneteau and Stratum stallion-to-succeed profile. ‘All sired by Redoubt’s Choice, all brilliant 2YOs & all outstanding sires, with Pariah is in the same mould.’
As with Not A Single Doubt, Pariah won the Gr3 Canonbury Stakes 1100m at Rosehill, but this time on debut and in a race record time of 1-04.63sec. Like Beneteau he was second in Gr1 Blue Diamond Stakes 1200m the first colt home, but was second at his previous start in Gr3 Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) over 1100m.
Timeform rated Pariah the second top Two-year-old of 2016-17 on 118, with Invader and She Will Reign both allocated 119, and ahead of Group 1 winners Summer Passage, Catchy, The Mission and Trapeze Artist.
As an early three-year-old Pariah was too-good in winning the Gr3 San Domenico Stakes of 1100m, now considered a career building race for future Group 1 winners. Pariah went onto to finish second to Menari, and defeating Perast, in the Gr2 Run To The Rose of 1200m at Rosehill that season.
A bay standing 16.0hh, Pariah was $700,000 yearling purchase by James Herron Bloodstock at the 2016 Australian Easter Yearling Sale, being bred and consigned by Arrowfield Stud.
Bred on the successful Redoubt’s Choice and Hussonet cross, Pariah is a three-quarter brother to duel Group 1 winner producer Melito, by Redoubt’s Choice, the now termed the ‘king sire-of sires.’ Redoubt’s Choice has now sired the winners of $143m in stakes including 32 Group 1 and 157 stakes winners, with a high 74% winners ration.
Pariah is the family of leading sire Zeditave, through his Group 3 winning half-sister Pampas Fire, Pariah’s third dam, and her immediate family of Cloisters, Shikoba, Furnaces and You’re So Good.
Maurice, the 2015 Japanese Horse of The Year, and Milli Isle, the Japanese Champion Sprinter Miler, have their first Australian foals on the ground this year.
Duel international Group 1 winner Real Impact and Scissor Kick, Redoubt’s Choice’s group winning son, will have their first yearlings selling in 2019 at major yearling sales nationally.
Olympic Glory’s first Australian yearlings sold this year with Katsumi Yoshida from Japan paying top-price of $600,000 for the Downtown Manhattan colt, and seven lots selling above $200,000. In Europe he has 9 individual winners in this his first two-year-old crop.
Six-times Group 1 winning Champion Middle Distance performer Dundeel had first 2YOs in 2017-18 with Irukandi winning the Gr3 Schweppervescence Handicap and second in listed Football Stakes, plus winners in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This year his Joy Ride yearling colt was top-price of $500,000, sold to Carmel Size Racing.
Champion Australian Sire Snitzel had a record breaking 2017-18 season by siring the winners of over $29.2 million with the inaugural $12m The Everest winner Redzel earning $7.5m in stakes plus winning the Gr1 Darley Classic.
In all last season, Snitzel sired 173 individual winners, 26 Stakes winners, four Group 1 winners plus earning a 3.66 average season index. Ten yearlings sold for $1million plus with his Flidais filly being the $1.8m top price.
Snitzel was also Champion Sire of 2YOs with Estijaab earning $2.3m in winning the Gr1 Golden Slipper Stakes. Trapeze Artist in winning the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes, TJ Smith Stakes and Golden Rose was Snitzel’s best performer as Champion Sire of 3YO’s, with Russian Revolution successful in the Gr1 Oakleigh Plate.
Not a Single Doubt was a leading sire of Stakes Winners last season with Mighty Boss winning the Gr1 Caulfield Guineas. His yearling average $273,000 with James Herron Bloodstock paying $1.05m for his Star Pupil colt.
Redoubt’s Choice continued to be a dominant with The Autumn Sun winning the Gr1 JJ Atkins Stakes. Second on the Broodmares Sires listing he had Ace High win Gr1 Victoria Derby and Gr1 Spring Champion Stakes, being from his daughter Come Sunday.
By Bernard Kenny