Two newly minted three year-old stakes-winners last Saturday highlighted a great nick for a value sire and a gorgeous grey mare, who had quite a following back in the late 1980’s.
Too Darn Hot (GB) colt American Eagle made the Myracehorse owns very happy indeed when taking out the Group III MRC McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield read about him here.
American Eagle is the 36th stakes-winner for Too Darn Hot and is the second for him bred from a daughter of Redoute’s Choice. That nick has produced eight winners from 11 runners and American Eagle is the second SW joining Silmarillion, while Tomato Toastie and Oratio Beauty are stakes-placed.
Redoute’s Choice has also had a hand in the pedigree of Too Darn Hot’s best performer in Australia as Champion 2YO and 3YO Colt Broadsiding is from Street Cry (IRE) mare Speedway, whose dam Glissade is by Redoute’s Choice.
Bred by Yulong, he comes from a family that traces back to fourth dam Swiftsynd, a beautiful dappled grey mare that lit up racing fans with a series of wins that included a G3 at Flemington and she was also second in the Group I STC Orlando Classic, now the Coolmore Classic.
At stud, Swiftsynd produced nine winners and the best of them was the popular grey Le Zageletta, who 14 races and $1.3million with numerous Group and Listed wins for Lee Freedman.
The Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes (1300m) was won by speedy gelding Plagiarism, who picked a good race in which to break his maiden, read about him here.
Bred by Widden in partnership, Plagiarism is the second foal and first winner for well bred Snitzel mare Profiterole, a winning sister to stakes-winner Nomothaj from Group III winner Real Stolle with the family producing Group I winners Warning and Mariamia.
Plagiarism is the seventh stakes-winner for Written By and is bred on a magic nick for the champion son of Written Tycoon.
Written By has sired 11 winners from 17 runners out of Snitzel mares and four of those winners are stakes-winners with another stakes-placed so the SW to runner strike rates is 23.5%!
Written By stands at Widden NSW at a fee of $22,000.
