September, 4 – The Mitchell family of Yarraman Park had one positive to draw from last weeks events when their celebrated producer Oceanfast gave birth to a colt by Redoute’s Choice last Tuesday.
A strongly built bay colt with a typical Redoute’s Choice white star, he is one very valuable little fellow if his half-sisters are anything to go on.
At the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in 2006, Yarraman Park sold an Encosta de Lago filly from Oceanfast that set an Australian record price for a yearling filly sold at auction when she made $2.6 million.
Named Perfect Persuasion, the full sister to champion filly Alinghi has already gained Black Type when stakes-placed last season at two.
Earlier this year Yarraman sold another Encosta de Lago filly from Oceanfast that made $1.4 million at Easter and they have entered the yearling full brother to both of those fillies for Easter 2008.
This beautiful colt by Redoute’s Choice results from one of only two matings that Oceanfast has ever had to a stallion other than Encosta de Lago. The other mating to King Charlemagne (USA) produced smart galloper Musaytir, a winner of four out of seven starts for Sheikh Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum when trained by John O’Shea.
Stud plans for Oceanfast this season are yet to be decided with so many uncertainties arising from the outbreak of EI, but at least Yarraman Park have the option of using their own stallions in Magic Albert and Foreplay.