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Snitzel
Redoute's Choice - Snippets' Lass, by Snippets. Bay 2002 15.3hh
2010 Fee: $27,500 inc GST
Overview
G1 WINNING SON OF REDOUTE'S CHOICE. SIRE OF G2 CHANCE BYE
$27,500
Snitzel has all the credentials to be a successful sire. His race record was second-to-none being a sprinting sensation at 2 that trained on at 3 to claim G1 glory against the older sprinters. He also has a stallion’s pedigree being by REDOUTE’S CHOICE out of a SNIPPETS mare, and is closely related to the highly successful sire VALID APPEAL.
Snitzel covered large, quality books in his first 2 seasons at stud and support by breeders was vindicated with the stallion’s immediate success as a sire. 5 months into the 2009/2010 season sees Snitzel leading the First Season Sire table by earnings and a string of talented gallopers to his credit. The early precocity of G2 Silver Slipper winner CHANCE BYE, dual metropolitan winner INTERTIDAL, winners ONE MORE GRAND, TOP DROP, BOUZY ROUGE, ENTRÉE plus ROCK MY HEART, THIRD MAN and TOUGH DIAMOND have prompted comparisons with the stallion’s own racetrack performance – a record-breaking 2YO who won his first start in the Listed Breeders Plate (1000m) by three lengths, who trained on at three to claim G1 glory against the older sprinters - including Champion Galloper Takeover Target and G1 winner Virage de Fortune- in the G1 Oakleigh Plate.
On the Track
Stakes won: A$1,031,550
1st
- MRC Oakleigh Plate (G1,1100m)
- AJC Challenge S. (G2, 1000m)
- AJC Up and Coming S. (G3, 1200m)
- STC Skyline S. (G3 1200m)
- AJC Breeders’ Plate (L, 1000m)
- BTC Tommy Smith Slipper S. (L,1200m)
2nd
- VRC Newmarket Handicap (G1, 1200m)
3rd
- AJC T.J. Smith S. (G1, 1200m)
- AJC San Domenico S. (G3, 1100m)
- Magic Millions 2YO Classic (L,1200m)
In the Ring
Snitzel retired to stud in 2006. His first crop yearlings averaged $86,864 (37 sold) across the Australasian Majors in 2009 with a filly out of Empress Lily making $400,000 at the Inglis Easter Sale.
In 2010 breeders have been well rewarded for their investment – the 11 yearlings selling at the Magic Millions Premier averaging $125,591 (top price $240,000), the filly out of Innocense (consigned by Carramar Park) making $130,000 (3rd highest price of the sale) at the Inglis Classic (the 3 yearlings consigned at the sale averaging a healthy $100,000, a colt and a filly offered at Karaka brought final bids of NZ$130,000 and NZ$120,000 respectively, and the Melbourne Premier followed suit with yearlings selling to $170,000 and averaging $97,273.