Planning on buying a Redoute's Choice yearling at a future sale? A famous quote from John Sladek may well come to mind if you do: "The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive" - which in this context equates to: this dynamic young sire has been posting results that are fast putting his 2003/4 sales average in the 'wishful thinking' category for most buyers.

If you were in any doubt just how good the Redoute's Choice progeny are (or someone nearby is STILL muttering about the cost of his sire's stock over the past decade) just check out the last two weekend's stakes results on AAP.

There is a reason the Danehill and now the Redoute's Choice progeny cost so much as yearlings. Just look how many times you see either name appear in the stakes results pages. OF COURSE some of them can't run - but the % theory shows that a significant number of them can ... and well above the average.

When you consider that Australians love their 2yo results - you don't have to be Einstein to figure out how a stallion who has just produced his 10th individual 2YO stakes-winner this season will be embraced by the market.

I'll say this much - I wouldn't mind having a mare (or 3) in foal to him!!