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It was a special week at the Gold Coast for Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Redoute’s Choice.

The great stallion made headlines at the 2019 Magic Millions Sale with three glorious colts making seven figures and a Book 1 average of almost $550,000.

Come the $10 million Magic Millions Gold Coast raceday and it was the turn of Redoute’s Choice’s first-magnitude sire sons to shine with Godolphin’s outstanding filly Exhilarates (Snitzel) taking out the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and Not A Single Doubt’s son Dubious completing a the quinella for Arrowfield sires.

Bred by Greg Perry, Echo Beach Bloodstock, Hybrook Pastoral Company, Encompass International & Werrett Bloodstock, Exhilarates is the second foal of G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready (More Than Ready).

She was bought from the Vinery Stud draft for $600,000 by Godolphin on their 2018 return to the Australian yearling marketplace.

Satisfying as it was to add another triumph to Snitzel’s list of big race wins, he also came very close to achieving an historic Magic Millions treble.

His son Bondi was nosed out by Boomsara (Spirit Of Boom) in the $2 million 3YO Guineas and his 4YO son Goodfella went down by less than a half length in the $1 million Magic Millions Trophy over 2200 metres.

However there was consolation when the General & 2YO Sires’ tables were updated as Snitzel’s earnings on the day of $2.1 million, including doubles at Flemington and Randwick, took his season total to $16,033,986 and extended his overall lead over I Am Invincible to $6.5 million.

The reigning champion sire also took charge of the 2YO Sires’ Premiership with $1.5 million prizemoney ahead of I Am Invincible, Better Than Ready and Not A Single Doubt.

Redoute’s Choice joined the party when his son Redouble took out the $1 million Magic Millions Cup.

Bred by Grant Sheldon & Macedon Park out of the G1 winner Special Mission (Towkay), Redouble is the 162nd stakeswinner for his three-time champion sire.

Not A Single Doubt supplied the dynasty’s with a final flourish during the festive evening session that traditionally concludes Book 1 of the Magic Millions Sale.

Arrowfield’s full sister to G1 winner Secret Agenda was knocked down for $875,000 to US-based Stonestreet Stables.

Stonestreet previously enjoyed G1 success with Not A Single Doubt’s daughter Miracles Of Life, dam of the $1 million filly bought by Godolphin earlier in the session.

Not A Single Doubt ended Book 1 with 27 lots sold at an average price of almost $290,000 while Snitzel’s 33 lots averaged $366,970 with a top price of $800,000 paid by Phoenix Thoroughbreds & Aquis Farm for Edinburgh Park’s colt out of Fortune Of War.