They have 166 stakes winners and three Australian sires’ titles between them, but Arrowfield Stud’s champion stallions Redoute’s Choice and Flying Spur are not in the business of laurel – resting.

In their own right, the pair have notched up a total of 15 stakes winners worldwide so far this season, while their sons and daughters ensure they are also making regular second-generation appearances in stakes-winning pedigrees.

Their second-generation records received a turbo boost on Saturday when Melbourne and Sydney racing supplied each stallion with black type success through a sire son and a broodmare daughter.

Flying Spur is already well-established as a broodmare sire and the Listed ATC Canonbury Stakes winner Raceway (More Than Ready – Claws) is his 24th stakes winner in that role.

Redoute’s Choice added his 7th stakeswinner as a damsire when That’s The One (Snippetson – Chosen) took out the G3 VRC C.S. Hayes Stakes.

Flying Spur’s first season sire sons Casino Prince, Magnus and Shaft are raising his profile as a sire of sires and Casino Prince posted his first stakes winner when All Too Hard won the Listed VRC Talindert Stakes on Saturday.  That performance opened a stellar day for his dam Helsinge whose champion daughter Black Caviar later scored her 19th straight victory in the G1 VRC Lightning Stakes.

Not to be out-done, Redoute’s Choice was also represented as a paternal grand-sire when Bellerive Stud graduate Hot Snitzel (Snitzel – Flames of Paris) downed Group 1 winner Manawanui in the G2 ATC Royal Sovereign Stakes.  It was Hot Snitzel’s fifth win from 12 starts and took his earnings to $631,100 – more than ten times his yearling sale price.