News - EXTREME CHOICE (AUS)
Three heats for juveniles at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning and the winners included the most expensive purchase for Yulong from the 2024 Magic Millions, a $1.4million colt by Extreme Choice.
This year’s $8.5million Group I VRC Melbourne Cup (3200m) produced a genuinely amazing fairytale result for the connections of five year-old Extreme Choice gelding Knight’s Choice, but part of that fairytale is his sire Extreme Choice, who has carved out something seriously special as being only the second sire in history to produce the winner of a Golden Slipper and a Melbourne Cup.
Punters were left stunned when the Queenslander Knight's Choice and Japanese visitor Warp Speed (JPN) emerged from the pack to fight out a dramatic finish to the $8,560,000 Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington.
Newgate Farm mare Ariaz (Charge Forward) was herself a Group placed 2YO who has already proven herself as an effective producer.
Super impressive when winning on debut at Canterbury back in July, three year-old Extreme Choice filly Extremely Hardys returned at Randwick on Wednesday in a Benchmark 72 event over 1250m and kept her record perfect.
Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice went very close to a juvenile stakes double at Randwick on Saturday with his colt Tempestuous going down by a head when second in the Group III ATC Breeders’ Plate and then his well related filly Bel Merci showed real class to win the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes (1000m).
This expensive Extreme Choice filly was good enough to finish third on debut in the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes last year and after spending the past 12 months sidelined with an unusual injury she made a winning return at Ballarat on Thursday.
Denise Martin and her Star Thoroughbreds owners of Group I winning mare Espiona got the biggest pay day of all on Wednesday afternoon when their star mare was sold through Magic Millions Online in a virtual sale for $4.15million.
There will be better races ahead for exciting Extremely Hardys after the 2-year-old daughter of Extreme Choice introduced herself with a six-length romp over 1200m at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Winner of the Group III VRC The Vanity last season, Wollombi has been consistent without winning since then and was snapped up by Yulong for $500,000 at the recent Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and delivered an immediate result for them when scoring a miraculous win in the Listed $160,000 Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich on Saturday.
Talented Extreme Choice colt Emirate is probably going to go on and win a lot more races, but is unlikely to face worse conditions than he did on Saturday at Rosehill when he overcame adversity to keep his record at a perfect two for two.
A Group I winner of the ATC Champagne Stakes (1600m) at two and then a Group I VRC Oaks (2500m) winner at three, She’s Extreme was extremely good and that’s why she sparked a protracted bidding duel at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale before Tom Magnier won the day with a final bid of $3.4million.
Trial watchers were keen to see the opening race at Warwick Farm on Wednesday to find out what would happen when $1million Extreme Choice colt Emirate was let off the bridle.
It’s been a while between drinks for talented sprinter Extremely Lucky, but the five year-old son of Extreme Choice recaptured his best form at Morphettville on Saturday to win the Group III SAJC John Hawkes Stakes (1100m).
2024 has been a pivotal year for Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice with the first of his better bred yearlings being offered and he produced his fourth individual million dollar yearling this year at Inglis Easter when the flashy chestnut colt from Tempt Me Not made $1.4million.
Friday was a good day at the office for Trilogy Racing, whose colours were carried by Pierro filly Queen of Dragons to win the Group III Kembla Grange Classic and then later in the day promising Extreme Choice filly Extreme Virtue scored easily for them at Pakenham to rack up their 100th win.
A happy homecoming for Lloyd Kennewell and Jamie Kah as the Extreme Choice gelding Meridius broke a year-long drought in the Listed Quayclean C S Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m) at Morphettville.
At the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, Mick Price paid $100,000 for a colt by Not a Single Doubt and Extreme Choice would go on to be a life changing horse for all those connected with him winning two Group I races before emerging as one of the hottest sires in the country and Price was happy to pay $320,000 for one of his sons at Riverside Stables on Sunday.
Newgate Farm’s super sire Extreme Choice only had one yearling to go through the ring at Magic Millions on Friday, but she was from I Am Invincible’s Group I winner I Am A Star and she sold like a star fetching $900,000 to the bid of Kia Ora Stud/Shane Nichols Racing.
Newgate Farm is home to outstanding sire Extreme Choice and he rewarded Henry Field and his team on Thursday at Magic Millions when they sold one of his best colts for $1.45million to Rosemont Stud/Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)/Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott.