Blueblood stallion Burgundy (Redoute's Choice ex Grand Echezeaux, by Zabeel) took at the eye at last Friday's Stallion Expo staged prior to New Zealand Bloodstock's Winter Mixed Sale.
Burgundy looked a picture of health when parading before a good-sized audience of breeders at the Karaka Sales Centre. It's a venue which Burgundy is no stranger to having sold for $1.3m there at the 2010 Karaka Premier Sale; the bid from David Ellis seeing the impeccably-bred horse be the second-leading yearling sold in NZ in 2010.
Burgundy covered 92 mares in his intial year at Cambridge Stud, an excellent book by any standards for a newcomer stallion.
Since then Burgundy's sire, Redoute's Choice, has been crowned Australia's Champion Stallion for the 2013/2014 Season. What's more, a son of Redoute's Choice - Snitzel, was a close second on the Australian General Sires' Premiership.
Burgundy is, of course, a half-brother himself to the five time Group One winner Darci Brahma. The latter is doing a wonderful job at stud for The Oaks in Cambridge.
Burgundy's fee for 2014 has been set at $6,000 + gst. A live foal guarantee (cash refund) applies and service fees for the entire Cambridge Stud stallion roster are not due for payment until 30 June 2015.
