Breednet - Media Release - Friday, 2 July 2010

Talented and controversial mare Baby Boom has had her racing ban removed following her purchase by the Duporth Syndicate. The mare will continue her racing career under a new trainer, to be announced, before she is sent to Kitchwin Hills, Scone, to be mated with the stud’s exciting new sire, Duporth.

Baby Boom, a daughter of champion sire Redoute’s Choice, won her most recent start by five lengths at the Gold Coast on May 27 and landed a huge betting plunge ($4.80 into $2). A subsequent investigation into her bona fides resulted in the Queensland stewards banning her from racing until their inquiry concluded.

The Queensland stewards are satisfied that the purchase of Baby Boom has resulted in a genuine change of ownership. The Duporth Syndicate is very excited to have secured the fast mare.
Kitchwin Hills’ manager Michael Malone said every attempt would be made to gain black type for Baby Boom. “She won at the Gold Coast by five lengths, carrying 58kg, running her final 600m in 34.8 seconds, so there is no doubting she is a mare of exceptional ability,” he said. “Baby Boom is from the family of Sudden, Burst, etcetera, so any black type will make her an ideal acquisition for Duporth. If Duporth proves that he can transfer his physical appearance into his progeny then we are likely to see an exciting outcome from this mating. The Red Ransom match with Redoute’s Choice’s sire, Danehill, already is proving an outstandingly successful cross.”

Malone said Duporth was starting his stud career with an exceptional book. “He is a magnificent individual who should throw the right type of yearlings for the sales market.”
Duporth (pictured) is proving popular for more reasons than the Red Ransom link to Danehill – he is a Group 1 winning sprinter who has a dam line that works in Australia with Success Express (sire of his dam Staging) and Bletchingly (sire of Red Ransom’s successful sire-son Charge Forward). His dam Staging also has proved that she matches well with Danehill through her other top-class sons, the Group 1 winner Excites (by Danewin), and Tickets (by Redoute’s Choice), a Group 2 winning 2YO.

Breeding Duporth to a speedy daughter of Redoute’s Choice makes a lot of sense, Malone said, which was why Kitchwin Hills pursued Baby Boom.

“She has been bought by Kitchwin in conjunction with one of Duporth\\\\s owner/breeders in STC board member Max Whitby, and we will be looking to have some fun together, racing her before we let Duporth have his fun,” he said.
Duporth (br or blk h 2006, Red Ransom (USA)-Staging, by Success Express (USA)) stands at Kitchwin Hills at a fee of $22,000 (inc. GST).
 
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