Alabama Express Brochure

ALABAMA EXPRESS Fee: $22,000 inc GST | 16hh | 2016 Redoute’s Choice x Lago Ovation, by Encosta De Lago

A magnificent son of Redoute’s Choice, Alabama Express was unbeaten at two and a Group 1 winner at three. He became the first three-year-old to win the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) since All Too Hard (2013), a race won twenty years previously by his own sire. Further adding to the momentous victory, in which he displayed tenacity and talent, he is the only three-year-old weight-for-age winner by Redoute’s Choice standing at stud in Australia.

Resembling his exceptional sire in both looks and talent, his first crop of yearlings hit the sales in 2023 and made a great impression on buyers, selling up to $400,000 and averaging four times his initial service fee.

“The Ghadaayer colt we purchased from the Inglis Premier Sale is a cracking type, his movement is so fluent, he’s balanced and has all the hallmarks of a Guineas horse. We are excited about the progeny of Alabama Express, he was a brilliant winner of the CF Orr and has stamped his stock incredibly well which is something we love to see in a young sire.”

Paul Moroney

RACE RECORD

TOTALS

RUNS

1ST

2ND

3RD

EARNED

8

4

1

-

$554,750

At 2: Sale TC Vale Calvin Logan Maiden 2YO P. (1112m) At 3: MRC CF Orr S., Gr.1 (1400m), MRC Gothic S., L (1400m), VRC Donate to Salvation Army H. (1100m)

Danehill REDOUTE’S CHOICE Shantha’s Choice

ALABAMA EXPRESS LAGO OVATION

Encosta de Lago Rekindled Applause

Danzig Razyana Canny Lad

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom His Majesty

Spring Adieu Bletchingly

Jesmond Lass

Dancing Show

Nijinsky

Fairy King

Northern Dancer

Shoal Creek

Star Way

Royal Applause Rekindled Affair

Show Lady

Fairy Bridge Rolls

Waajib

Flying Melody

Rainbow Quest

Seasonal Pickup

1st Dam LAGO OVATION, by Encosta de Lago. Raced once. Half-sister to GIGA KICK, Rekindled Power, Shuffle Up. Dam of 4 foals, 3 to race, all winners: ALABAMA EXPRESS (c by Redoute’s Choice) 4 wins. See above.

2nd Dam Rekindled Applause, by Royal Applause. 4 wins-3 at 2-to 1500m, €170,753, 2d Milano Premio Coolmore, L, Premio Seregno, L, Roma Criterium Femminile, L, 3d Milano Premio Vittorio Crespi, L, 4th Milano Premio Dormello, Gr.3. Half-sister to REKINDLED INTEREST, WHERE WE LEFT OFF,PORTICCIO, Rekindled Alliance. Dam of 10 named foals, 9 to race, 6 winners, inc: GIGA KICK (g Scissor Kick) 6 wins-2 at 2-to 1400m, A$8,699,700, to 2022- 23, ATC All Aged S., Gr.1, VRC Danehill S., Gr.2, MRC Vain S., Gr.3, ATC The Everest, 2d ATC TJ Smith S., Gr.1, 3d ATC Challenge S., Gr.2.

Rekindled Power (c Redoute’s Choice) Winner at 1400m, A$79,210, 3d ATC Royal Sovereign S., Gr.2, 4th BRC Mick Dittman P., L. Shuffle Up (g Redoute’s Choice) 3 wins from 1300m to 2400m, A$144,080, 2d ATC Carbine Club S., Gr.3.

3rd Dam REKINDLED AFFAIR, by Rainbow Quest. Unraced. Three-quarter-sister to Glympse (dam of AL GALAYEL), half-sister to Smooth Performance, Summer Trysting (dam of DESIGNS ON ROME, SIMPLE EXCHANGE, SIGHTS ON GOLD). Dam of 9 foals, all raced, 7 winners, inc: REKINDLED INTEREST (g Redoute’s Choice) 3 wins-1 at 2-from 1000m to 2050m, A$921,300, MVRC Dato’ Tan Chin Nam S., Gr.2, AAMI Vase, Gr.2, 2d ATC George Ryder S., Gr.1, VRC Aurie’s Star H., Gr.3, MVRC Chandler Macleod S., L, 3d MVRC WS Cox P., Gr.1, VRC LKS Mackinnon S., Gr.1, MVRC Dato’ Tan Chin Nam S., Gr.2, 4th MRC Memsie S., Gr.2, MVRC Mitchell McKenzie S., L. WHERE WE LEFT OFF (f Dr Devious) 7 wins from 1m to 9½f, US$291,039, Monmouth Matchmaker S., Gr.3, Calder London Lil S., L, Suffolk Downs My Fair Lady S., L, Saratoga Allowance, 2d Saratoga Glens Falls H., Gr.3, Philadelphia Park Dr James Penny Memorial H., L, Belmont Starine S., L, 4th Meadowlands Violet H., Gr.3. Dam of 8 winners: Stay de Night (g Shamardal) 2 wins at 1m, 8½f, 3d Naas Owenstown Stud S., L. PORTICCIO (g Lomitas) 3 wins from 1900m to 3600m, 75,401 in Ireland € and France, Toulouse Grand Prix Inter-Regional des 3 Ans, L, 2d Grand Prix du Lion d’Angers, L. Rekindled Alliance (c Redoute’s Choice) Winner at 1100m, A$203,100, 2d ATC Phar Lap S., Gr.2, Tulloch S., Gr.2, Newcastle JC Spring S., Gr.3, 3d ATC Frank Packer P., Gr.3, 4th ATC Royal Sovereign S., Gr.2.

Rekindled Applause (f Royal Applause) 4 wins. See above.

Alabama Express x All Of Me filly Sold at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to Richard & Chantelle Jolly Racing for $260,000

2023 YEARLINGS “The Alabama Express x Storytime is a nice type that moves well with a good girth.

She has plenty of leg and scope, and we can see her developing into a lovely filly.”

JD Hayes Lindsay Park Racing

Alabama Express x Erato filly Sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale to Australian Bloodstock/Kris Lees for $350,000

Alabama Express x Storytime (NZ) filly

Alabama Express x Prontezza filly

Sold at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale to Laurel Oak Bloodstock (FBAA)/Lindsay Park Racing for $180,000

Sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale to Lucky Clover Thoroughbreds for $220,000

Alabama Express x Ghadaayer (IRE) colt

Alabama Express x Sorrentina (NZ) colt

Sold at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to Ballymore Stables/ Catheryne Bruggeman/Paul Moroney for $400,000

Sold at the NZB National Yearling Sale to Wexford Stables for $220,000

Alabama Express x You Only You (IRE) filly

Alabama Express x Pageantry colt

Sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale to Belmont Bloodstock Agency (FBAA) for $200,000

Sold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale to Curran Bloodstock for $300,000

“The Foxplay filly we purchased at Inglis Premier was an outstanding filly, one of the best movers in the sale and we were extremely determined to bring her home with us. We have seen a lot of his progeny throughout the yearling sales and they are all stamped with his strength.

Alabama Express x Foxplay filly Sold at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to Annabel Neasham Racing/Mitchell Bloodstock for $300,000

This filly stood out to us with her professional temperament and athletic physique - I’m looking forward to getting her in the stable.”

Annabel Neasham