Redoute’s Choice stallion Barbados has been retired to stand at Ducatoon Park in South Australia.

Barbados (5h Redoute’s Choice – Virage De Fortune by Anabaa) is a Darley homebred and won his maiden as a November 3yo at Canterbury.  “He’s still learning,” jockey Kerrin McEvoy said after bringing the grey colt back to scale.  “He set a nice tempo in front and kept going right to the line.”

His dam Virage De Fortune was a Group 1 winner of the QTC Sires’ Produce Stakes and MVRC Australia Stakes.  She was later purchased by Sheikh Mohammed for a record-breaking $3.40 million at the 2007 Inglis Broodmare Sale.

Second dam Virage is a daughter of Kenmare who pioneered the shuttle era when he flew from France to Arrowfield in 1988.  He sired Virage from champion mare Emancipation.

Barbados suffered a broken pelvis which ended his career after five starts.  Ducatoon Park owner Peter Toole has placed a $4,950 (inc gst) fee on his services.