>> melito - nsw racehorse of the year - 13/8/10

The quiet achiever of Australian racing MELITO was last night crowned NSW 3YO of the Year and the Luxbet.com Champion Horse of the Year. The Redoute's Choice filly was the common ingredient in the results of six consecutive Group 1 races this year, winning the TJ Smith Stakes and the Winter Stakes (race record) and placing in the other four races. A testament to the class and toughness of Melito and the training expertise of top Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan who presented his filly in perfect condition for 3 months of racing at the highest level.

>> dystopia - a family affair - 7/8/10

Regally bred 4YO mare DYSTOPIA looks to have returned to the track in fine order with an impressive victory over 1100m at Randwick today. Racing in the Ingham family's cerise colours, the daughter of Redoute's Choice sprinted quickly at the top of the straight to take the lead and win well. Dystopia is a full sister to star stallion STRATUM.

>> mare back at rosehill - 3/8/10

Dual Group 1 winning mare MELITO is back at Gerald Ryan's Rosehill stables today, bigger and stronger after a 5 week spell. The daughter of Champion sire Redoute's Choice will have a two-race spring program, hoping to remain unbeaten 2nd up when she races down the famous Flemington straight in the $750,000 Patinack Farm Classic in November. Reavill mare CLOISTER is to foal down a full brother or sister to Melito in September.

>> stratum makes history - 2/8/10

First season stallion STRATUM (Redoute's Choice x Bourgeois) finished the 2009/10 season as the Champion 2YO sire with his progeny amassing a record $3M in earnings. Golden Slipper winner Crystal Lily was the headline act with other stakes performers Pellizotti, American Crew, Celebration Girl, Across the Moon and the highly regarded multiple Melbourne winner Eclair Mystic. Reavill Farm will offer an outstanding full brother to Stratum at the 2011 yearling sales.

>> melito takes redoute's to the top - 2/8/10

Arrowfield Stud stallion Redoute's Choice is once again Australia's Champion Sire, finishing the 2009/2010 season with earnings of over $9M. Three year old filly MELITO provided $1.3M of these earnings and also became the sire's first winner in Group One Open Weight for Age company.

>> sharland one for one - 29/7/10

Late maturing Shamardal 3YO SHARLAND proved too tough for his rivals at Wyong today, leading from start to finish in a gutsy display in the heavy conditions. Warwick Farm trainer Matt Smith has been very patient with the gelding and expects good natural improvement from his first up run. Sharland is the third foal of Reavill mare Silk Veil who is currently in foal to Golden Slipper winner Sebring. Silk Veil is a full sister to the dam of top galloper ZABRASIVE who is on a Spring "Cup's" campaign. Congratulations to connections which include a number of first time owners.

>> spring time target for milanesa - 10/7/10

Progressive Snitzel filly MILANESA thumped her older rivals today to win the $100,000 Brisbane Town Plate. Jockey Jim Byrne settled the 2YO filly ten lengths off the leader at the back of the pack before unleashing a withering sprint in the straight to round the field and win comfortably. In form trainer Paul Messara will now set the filly for a spring campaign with the 1600m Thousand Guineas looking a likely target. MILANESA is out of Reavill mare SHEERAMA, who is in foal to Champion 2YO Sebring.

>> our filly of the year - 26/6/10

The Sky Racing Winter Stakes was won by classy sprinter MELITO today, who bookended her amazing Group 1 season with a second triumph at the top level. Jumping from the outside barrier, jockey Corey Brown had to make a decision whether to cross and lead or try and slot into a midfield position. Nash Rawiller on Gold Water made sure Melito was posted wide so Brown drove his filly to the front and controlled the pace from there, waiting until the last 250m to ask Melito to outsprint her opposition which she did emphatically. Trainer Gerald Ryan has endured a frustrating run of placings with his top 3YO filly, but was very confident that only bad luck would beat her. The Redoute's Choice filly will now have a much deserved spell back at Reavill Farm, and will return to racing at the end of the Spring Carnival to take on the best sprinters in the land in the Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington in November.

>> LETHAL PIRANHA DENIES MELITO - 12/6/10

Outstanding 3YO filly Melito finished 2nd by a short half head in the AAMI Stradroke Handicap today, beaten to the finishing post by a flying Black Piranha. Jockey Corey Brown thought the race was his until the very last stride, saying his filly dug deep in a super performance. Trainer Gerald Ryan will decide in the next few days whether his star filly will continue on to the Winter Stakes or head for a well deserved spell. So far this preparation, the Redoute's Choice filly has run in five Group One races, winning the T.J. Smith Stakes and finishing 2nd in the All Aged, BTC Cup and Stradbroke, and 3rd in the Doomben 10,000. As Bart Sinclair from the Courier Mail so aptly writes, she has been about a half- length off superstar status this campaign.

>> sprinting past a million - 30/5/10

Three year old MELITO continued her super consistent form at the highest level, finishing third to topliners Hot Danish and Whobegotyou in the Carlton Mid Doomben 10,000. Melito has now earned over a million dollars in prizemoney, a remarkable achievement for any three year old. The Stradbroke Handicap in a fortnight looms large for the best sprinting filly in the country, as she will only carry 51.5kg on the more spacious Eagle Farm track.

>> reavill double at wyong - 18/5/10

Kaulana and Namsarai completed a Reavill Farm breeding double at Wyong today. Corey Brown was the jockey for both geldings, expertly guiding the race favourites to the winning post. Kaulana has a half sister by Lion Heart being sold at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale this month. Namsarai is a half brother to 2009 Gimcrack Stakes winner Gybe.

>> melito denied by a fat nosed albert - 17/5/10

Superb sprinting filly Melito missed out on a second Group 1 by an agonising nose in the BTC Cup on Saturday. Ridden off the pace by regular jockey Blake Shinn, the 3 YO stormed through between horses to be just edged out by quality Queensland sprinter Albert the Fat. The Redoute's Choice filly will line up against another quailty WFA field in the Doomben 10,000 with the likes of Ortensia, Hot Danish and Whobegotyou nominated for the Group 1 feature.

>> a tough young maiden - 3/5/10

Whilst she may not have the undeniable talent of her 1/2 sister, ACROSS THE MOON continues to front up for some quality juvenile races. In her 7th start as a 2YO, the filly by Champion 2YO sire STRATUM finished third in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes over 1100m at Morphettville yesterday. Trainer Mike Moroney purchased the well related filly at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale last year for $80,000, 4 weeks before MELITO became an instant blackbooker when she won a 2YO trial at Rosehill by 6 lengths with a leg in the air.

>> big on broadway in south africa - 28/4/10

Talented 2YO filly BIG ON BROADWAY finished 2nd in the Group 2 Scottsville Debutante Stakes this week. The daughter of Reavill mare La Favorita was only beaten in the last few strides by the much fancied Mahbooba. The filly by Fusaichi Pegasus was having her second career start and looks to have a bright future. World Wide Bloodstock purchased the filly at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale is 2008. Reavill have 10 weanlings that will go under the hammer this year on June 27 at the highly regarded National Sale.

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