Successful breeder Robert Crabtree of Dorrington Farms rarely gets into the cat-and-mouse game of longing to buy, but when he does it’s certainly worth noting.
Crabtree bought just one horse at a desirable discount under his Dorrington Ranch banner, which is Fastnet Rock for just AU$220,000 (US$165,946) in 2016. Named Winsomeshe will go on next year to win Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes (G1) in his famous red and white checkered silk set.
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Crabtree added another group 1 winner to her aspirational purchase resume like She’s Extreme was led from column to column to land the Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (G1) at Randwick on 16 April.
AU$275,000 (US$210,774) bought for Anthony Cummings during last year’s Inglis Easter sale, Crabtree shortly after making her game to buy her daughter’s 50% stake Extreme choicea stallion that, despite posting exceptional figures from his first two, was plagued by fertility problems, a fact that led Crabtree to Willow Park to be deposited in first.
Crabtree told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday: ‘Extreme Choice, I think potentially the best stallion we’ve seen in a long time, but it has bad fertility issues.
“I sent him a mare but I couldn’t give her a pony, so I thought the next best thing would be to go buy one. I looked everywhere and she was the one I was fine with. determined, because of her genealogy as well as her type. , and the rest is history, as they say.
“I very rarely buy fingerlings but I was happy to be in the market for something I couldn’t breed. The year I bought the Catchy, I did because I had four Fastnet Rock (mares) of the type. black and I just wanted another one, so now I’ve got five. They’re just additional positions for me, and it’s based on pedigree and type, but pedigree mainly because I want them to be one. proposed hybridization.”
In becoming the second individual group 1 winner for Newgate Ranch’s Extreme Choice, She’s Extreme dirtyly rejected the star On fire a success that made Triple Crown history, with the Gary Portelli-trained lad winning the Longines Golden Slipper Stakes (G1) before beating She’s Extreme in the Inglis ATC Sires Produce Stakes (G1) two weeks ago.
She’s Extreme has taken the 50th milestone or won results in group 1 races for horses bred, sold, or raced by Dorrington Ranch. For Crabtree, success in Champagne Stakes is an outcome he particularly values, despite his longing for sprinters in the blood pressure market.
“It’s (ranked) very high. We’ve never competed in Champagne before. We’ve finished second in the Sires’ and won Diamonds and things like that, but this is just another level.” Crabtree said.
“A lot of the horses competing in Slipper didn’t continue with it, but our horse did and she stepped up and stepped up again coming in second in the Sires’ behind Fireburn, who was probably the best person for 2 years- old in the country.”
She’s Extreme is outside So secret mare Keysbrookan aspiring AU$1,750 ($1,675) runner went on to finish second in the Schweppes WATC Derby (G2), scoring a 2100-meter win.
“I don’t think (She’s Extreme) will win again at 1200 meters. I think she will at 1400 to 2000 (meters),” Crabtree said. “Her mother was put in a WA Derby and that’s what gave us the confidence to really treat it as a stay-in race.”
She’s Extreme is the third product from Keysbrook, who was acquired by Randwick Bloodstock Agency last year for AU$60,000 (US$44,149) from Inglis’ (late) June Digital Sale.
It was the Inglis Digital platform that provided the foundation for the She’s Extreme success story, which was drawn by Colm Santry and Michael Kirwan when picked out of the (late) June sale a year earlier for $32,500 Australia (US$23,898).
It was an unmissable success for Crabtree early in his career, with the purchase of She’s Extreme, Extreme Choice just a few weeks earlier yielding Longines Golden Slipper winner Stay inside.
“I’m not surprised by the success of (Extreme Choice). But we observed it pretty quickly because he has such a low number and such high performance, he is going to be the elite,” said Crabtree. speak. “Statistically at least, he’s probably the best stallion in Australia. It’s hard to find a horse that can really beat its earlyness, and he did.”
“I think it’s a balanced pedigree,” he added on She’s Extreme, who he bought after seeking advice from Mick Price, outbid as an aspirant and is Extreme Choice trainer.
“There’s nothing purely pedigree, but I think it shows such potential and the individual fits that. She’s a tall chubby person that’s more than you’d expect from Extreme Choice. We think. she could be a filthy Guineas or even an Oaks.To be fair, we think we’ve got a very good horse for the future as well as the present.
Crabtree again attempted to infiltrate Extreme Choice’s bloodline during the final breeding season, sending the teenage Catchy who won 1 of her group to the stallion on the November cover, but unfortunately, the mare, who produced three fillings for I am invincible , Zoustar and Too hot miss the stallion, who also won the Blue Diamond.
However, that makes Crabtree more inclined to use Stay Inside, who presented for his first season at Newgate Farm for a fee of AU$77,000 (US$56,173).
“I sent Catchy there and she failed. Catchy had three fillings in a row and then I put her on the late cover for Extreme Choice. It would be a good figure for her, though. for me it’s a bit close to Danehill, so I’ll most likely be looking at his son this year, Stay Inside. That will take Danehill back a generation further,” said Crabtree.
“The more important idea with Catchy being in Extreme Choice is that the physicality is just excellent. He’s not small, but he’s pretty short with a lovely hindbrain, and she’s a massive mare and has a great deal of weight. nice body.”
Despite an outstanding track record in identifying high-profile hobbyists, including Catchy and She’s Extreme, Crabtree says he doesn’t find himself regularly diving into the aspirational market.
“I raise them pretty well. It will just be a breakthrough for me!”
