El Divino extends dynasty’s sensational run
On a magical day at Randwick for owner-breeders John & Deborah Camilleri, Snitzel colt El Divino was a worthy support act for his older half-sister Winx, whose spectacular Doncaster Mile G1 win sealed her champion status.
El Divino met the Godolphin colt Astern in the $200,000 ATC Kindergarten S. 1100m G3 and, the pair opened The Championships with a thrilling, straight-long battle that neither would concede. The judge could not separate them and a dead-heat was declared, with the early leader Geneteau (by Beneteau) holding third, 3.5 lengths away.
The Gai Waterhouse-trained El Divino is the fifth new stakeswinner for Snitzel since New Year’s Day, his 17th juvenile black type winner, his 37th lifetime stakeswinner and his second Kindergarten Stakes winner after Dances On Stars in 2012.
El Divino’s success also takes the sequence of Group & Listed wins by Redoute’s Choice and his sons Not A Single Doubt & Snitzel to a remarkable 18 in ten weeks. The trio have posted at least one black type victory every weekend since 24 January, when Sun Jewellery (by Snitzel) won the Hong Kong Classic Mile HK-1.
The whole sequence, which includes Australian Group 1 winners Extreme Choice, Peeping & Single Gaze, looks like this:
|
DATE |
STAKESWINNER Year Foaled |
SIRE |
GROUP & LISTED WIN |
|
24 Jan |
SUN JEWELLERY 2011 |
Snitzel |
HKJC Hong Kong Classic Mile 1600m HK-1 |
|
30 Jan |
HONESTY PREVAILS 2013 |
Redoute’s Choice |
ATC Widden S. 1200m G3 |
|
6 Feb |
SPILL THE BEANS 2012 |
Snitzel |
ATC Eskimo Prince S. 1200m G3 |
|
6 Feb |
EXTREME CHOICE 2013 |
Not A Single Doubt |
MRC Chairman’s S. 1000m G3 |
|
7 Feb |
LET IT SLIP 2012 |
Not A Single Doubt |
Pinjarra RC MM Perth 3YO Trophy 1200m (R) LR |
|
13 Feb |
PERIGNON 2012 |
Snitzel |
ATC Light Fingers S. 1200m G2 |
|
20 Feb |
DON’T DOUBT MAMMA 2012 |
Not A Single Doubt |
VRC Vanity S. 1400m G3 |
|
21 Feb |
SUN JEWELLERY 2011 |
Snitzel |
HKJC Hong Kong Classic Cup, 1800m HK-1 |
|
27 Feb |
EXTREME CHOICE 2013 |
Not A Single Doubt |
MRC Blue Diamond S. 1200m G1 |
|
5 Mar |
REDZEL 2012 |
Snitzel |
ATC Fireball S. 1100m LR |
|
5 Mar |
SELENIA 2013 |
Not A Single Doubt |
VRC Festival of Racing S. 1000m LR |
|
11 Mar |
SINGLE GAZE 2012 |
Not A Single Doubt |
Illawarra TC Arrowfield Classic 1600m G3 |
|
12 Mar |
THYME FOR ROSES 2013 |
Redoute’s Choice |
VRC TBV Breeders’ S, 1200m G3 |
|
12 Mar |
PEEPING 2011 |
Redoute’s Choice |
ATC Coolmore Classic 1500m G1 |
|
18 Mar |
ZAMZAM 2012 |
Redoute’s Choice |
MVRC Valley Pearl 1200m LR |
|
19 Mar |
SOUTHERN LEGEND 2012 |
Not A Single Doubt |
ATC Darby Munro S. 1200m LR |
|
26 Mar |
SINGLE GAZE 2012 |
Not A Single Doubt |
ATC Storm Queen S. 2000m G1 |
|
2 Apr |
EL DIVINO 2013 |
Snitzel |
ATC Kindergarten S. 1100m G3 |
In Australia the progeny of Not A Single Doubt (2nd on the General Sires’ list), Redoute’s Choice (7th) and Snitzel (9th) have earned $20.9 million this season, and 23 of them have won 31 Group & Listed Races. The three stallions also hold top ten positions on the 2YO Sires’ premiership, and Not A Single Doubt heads the 3YO Sires’ list.
Snitzel has the largest representation of the trio in the Inglis Easter Sale with 28 yearlings on offer. They include El Divino’s full brother, to be offered by Segenhoe Stud on behalf of Fairway Thoroughbreds, the three-quarter brother to Group 1 winner Hampton Court, consigned by Milburn Creek Thoroughbreds, and two lots in the Arrowfield draft.
The catalogue also features 23 yearlings by Redoute’s Choice, among them six colts & two fillies offered by Arrowfield; and two lots by Not A Single Doubt in the Arrowfield and Yarraman Park drafts.
