News - EXTREME CHOICE (AUS)
A competitive juvenile race at Doomben on Wednesday delivered an impressive debut win for the Michael Freedman trained Extreme Choice colt Berzelius.
The progeny of Extreme Choice proved a market sensation at the recent Inglis Easter Yearling Sale and buyers will be afforded a significant opportunity to access his progeny with a pair of well-credentialled mares in foal to him the latest additions to The Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
Yulong have already tasted success with freakish sire Extreme Choice having paid $1.4million as a yearling for their Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winning colt Devil Night and they upped the ante at Inglis Easter on Monday paying $2million for one of his colts from Giza Goddess (USA).
Respected bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne has been buying up a storm at Inglis Easter and added a $1.6million Extreme Choice filly to his list of acquisitions on Monday.
Shane Mcgrath Bloodstock / Clinton Mcdonald Racing have purchased Group I winning juvenile fillies Hayasugi and Streisand in recent years and are hoping they have one to follow in their footsteps after paying $1.8million for an Extreme Choice filly at Inglis Easter on Sunday.
Tipped as a likely candidate to star at this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, the Extreme Choice colt from Pretty Brazen certainly lit up the sale ring on Sunday morning when Tom Magnier came put on top of a bidding battle with a winning bid of $3million.
Godolphin bought only one yearling from the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling Sale paying $250,000 for a filly by Extreme Choice and she made a winning debut at Wyong on Wednesday.
The connections of Paradoxium have been riding the rollercoaster of racing with their talented colt, who was a hot favourite for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic before being ruled out through illness and now he’s favourite for the Golden Slipper .
Extreme Choice was a brilliant sprinter and has thrown his share of brilliant sprinters, but as with great champion sires of the past, he can also get a stayer such as Melbourne Cup hero Knight’s Choice and VRC Oaks winner She’s Extreme.
A filly and a colt both directly targeted at the Classic Yearling Sale to “stand out from the crowd’’ strongly rewarded their owners today as Inglis’ live sales season started on a positive note.
The $1.7m Easter colt Hidrix (Extreme Choice) surged into Golden Slipper contention with a dominant debut victory in today’s G3 Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill.
Even more impressive than his debut victory, Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr’s 2yo Bivouac colt Big Sky further highlighted his claim on the $2m G1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) with an emphatic three length victory in the G3 MRC Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield to remain unbeaten.
The market for this year’s $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper was thrown upside down, shaken and stirred after the running of the Group III ATC Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday with victory going to blueblood first starter Hidrix.
Yulong have already hit the jackpot with an expensive Extreme Choice colt, purchasing Group I MRC Blue Diamond winner Devil Night at Magic Millions in 2024 for $1.4million and they upped the ante on Wednesday.
The Magic Millions is a happy hunting ground for Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis and he struck early on Wednesday for an $850,000 filly by Extreme Choice from prolific Tasmanian stakes-winner Deroche.
The second million dollar colt on the opening day of Magic Millions came late on Tuesday when the Extreme Choice colt from former brilliant I Am Invincible filly Dame Giselle sold for $1.2million.
What began as a bold new initiative in August 2024, the Inglis Xtra Bonus Series has rapidly grown into one of the most lucrative racehorse ownership incentive schemes in Australian racing history.
Fresh from Group I success last Saturday with Cosmic Crusader, the Peters Investments colours were back in the winner’s circle at Ascot on Wednesday carried by an Extreme Choice three year-old filly that has stakes potential written all over her.
Extreme Choice filly Apocalyptic has been the dominant force in the Darley Princess Series this year and she claimed the jewel in the crown at Randwick on Saturday with a commanding win in the $750,000 Group I ATC Flight Stakes (1600m).
A big strong girl that stands above her rivals in the mounting yard, Extreme Choice filly Apocalyptic again showed her class on the track with a dominant victory in the $300,000 Group II ATC Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.