Cover image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
Written by Paul Vettise
Richard and Michael Freedman are fans of Extreme Choice and with good reason after maintaining their 100 per cent record with juvenile sons of the Newgate stallion, while Anthony and Sam Freedman enjoyed success with a brilliant display from Artorius, a son of Flying Artie.
Richard and Michael produced Tiger Of Malay to make a successful first appearance in the Kirkham Plate at Rosehill in the spring and at Randwick on Saturday stablemate Stay Inside raced to a clear-cut victory in The Paul Hoffman H.
“I wish they were making a few more of them. We’ve had two 2-year-olds to the races this season and both winners by Extreme Choice,” Michael Freedman said.
“We’ve always had a decent opinion of him. He’s just one of those 2-year-olds that the longer he’s been in work the better he’s gone.
“He’s in at the right time of the year so if he comes through this okay we’ll maybe aim a bit higher with him.”
Sam Clipperton and Michael Freedman
Extreme Choice’s associate sire Flying Artie also made an impact at Sandown where his son Artorius posted a runaway success for Anthony and Sam Freedman in the Ladbrokes Switch H.
Stay Inside jumped well for rider Robbie Dolan to take a handy sit and when he was asked to lengthen stride in the straight he did so in style, hitting the front 300 metres from home and surged clear to score by 2.8l from Headliner (Star Turn) and Ashema (I Am Invincible).
“It was a good debut and he certainly learned a lot from his first two trials. He was quite wayward in both of them and he still had a bit of a look around, but he quickened up and hit the line well,” Freedman said.
“It was a good debut and he certainly learned a lot from his first two trials.” - Michael Freedman
“I said to a few of the owners that I would have preferred today to be 1100 metres, but it didn’t obviously matter in the end.
“Robbie found a good spot and gave him a good ride. I liked the way he quickened at the end and he’s got a good future.”
Stay Inside was bred by Kingstar Farm, who sold the colt at the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale for $60,000 with the ticket signed by Newgate.
He was reoffered at the Magic Millions Gold Coast as a yearling and purchased by the Freedman Brothers and Rick Connolly Bloodstock for $200,000.
Stay Inside is out of Nothin Leica Storm (Anabaa {USA}), a half-sister to the dam of the G1 Caulfield Guineas winner and sire Wonderful World.
Second-up romp
Artorius finished runner-up on debut at Geelong earlier this month and he showed the benefit of that experience when coasting home in the hands of Mark Zahra.
He was given time to settle and once asked for a serious effort he powered home to have a widening 4.5l on El Rocco (Fastnet Rock) at the finish with Picarones (Shooting To Win) third.
“He took the necessary steps from his first-up run when he was very raw and didn’t really know what he was doing,” Sam Freedman said. “Dad and I have been away at the Gold Coast so the staff have done a great job.
“He showed a very good turn of foot today. We’ll just have to work things out now and whether it’s the G1 Blue Diamond S., that’s 1200 metres and he may want 1400 metres.”
Anthony Freedman Racing and Blue Sky Bloodstock bought Artorius at the Gold Coast for $120,000 out of the draft of Vinery Stud. He is a son of the unraced Gracie’s Lass (Redoute’s Choice), a half-sister to the G1 Darley Sprint Classic winner Delectation (Shamardal {USA}).
Artorius
