Cover image courtesy of Inglis
Stewart, who ventured into the local market by spending $5.44 million on six yearlings at Inglis Easter, confirmed the news to TTR on Thursday stating that the 3-year-old filly would be spelled and taken to the United States to compete in some of the feature turf events under her new trainer.
The three-time Group 1 placed 3-year-old last raced at Doomben on the 25th of May in the G2 The Roses where she finished midfield, beaten four-lengths by Scarlet Oak (Kermadec {NZ}).
“We’re going to bring her up here and prepare her for some of the turf races in the summer and also a fall campaign to try to go to the Breeders’ Cup, Stewart told TTR on Thursday.
“We’re going to bring her up here and prepare her for some of the turf races in the summer and also a fall campaign to try to go to the Breeders’ Cup.” - John Stewart
“We talked to Chris Waller about it, and her last race didn’t meet expectations. If Chris thought she was going to be competitive in the top three, we probably would have raced her, but we think she will benefit from a little break.”
Joining Correas' Stable
Tutta La Vita, a three-time Group 1 placed 3-year-old, will depart Australia with $500,000 in career earnings. She will join Grade 1 winning trainer Ignacio Correas in the United States.
“We currently have Didia running at Saratoga this weekend with Ignacio Correas. Ignacio has experience bringing South American horses into North America, so it was a logical choice,” Stewart explained.
Correas has successfully transitioned Resolute Racing’s Didia (Arg) (Orpen {USA}), the Champion 3-year-old filly in Argentina, to North America, where she has won six of her 12 starts, including the G2 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes. Stewart believes this transition will generate international excitement and foster competition, with plans to send some of his U.S. horses to Australia for the spring.
Tutta La Vita | Image courtesy of Ashlea Brennan
“We think bringing her up here to the US could be really interesting and cause some international excitement for people. I have some horses in the US that I want to send down to Australia for the spring.
“We're trying to get some international competition going and generate some interest and try to get some of the bloodlines moving back and forth between geographies.
“We currently have a few accomplished turf horses that we believe would perform well down there. We plan to evaluate some of them over the summer and then send a select few for the spring,” Stewart elaborated.
“We currently have a few accomplished turf horses that we believe would perform well down there. We plan to evaluate some of them over the summer and then send a select few for the spring”. - John Stewart
While the specific horses to be sent are yet to be confirmed, Resolute Racing is building a high-quality group of young fillies, including the stakes-winning Sweet Rebecca (USA) (American Pharaoh {USA}). The Chad Brown-trained 3-year-old earned 'TDN Rising Star' status with a debut win at Gulfstream Park, later claiming the Listed Memories Of Silver S. and finishing fifth in the G2 Wonder Again S. at Belmont.
Pounce (USA) (Lookin At Lucky {USA}) is another quality 3-year-old filly in the Resolute Racing team. Trained by Mark Casse, she won on debut and has since claimed the G3 Herecomesthebride S. at Gulfstream Park, with her latest effort being a third place in the $150,000 Penn Oaks.
Breeding plans
While Tutta La Vita's immediate racing plans are still being finalised, Stewart confirmed that she was purchased with the intention of breeding her in the U.S.
“We bought Tutta La Vita to breed her in America. We like her bloodlines and believe they add valuable diversity to our broodmare band. Similarly, for some of the horses we send down there, we are likely to keep them there and breed them locally,” he said.
Tutta La Vita, a $300,000 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale graduate, is from the first crop of Arrowfield Stud’s promising young sire, The Autumn Sun, who has already sired three individual Group 1 winners. Out of the Red Ransom mare Negotiate, she is a three-quarter sister to G1 Robert Sangster S. winner Secret Agenda (Not A Single Doubt) and the speedy G2 Sweet Embrace and G3 Gimcrack S. runner-up Stellar Pauline (Not A Single Doubt).
The Autumn Sun | Standing at Arrowfield Stud
An expensive acquisition herself, Tutta La Vita will join an illustrious lineup of mares at Stewart’s Kentucky property, including dual G1 Breeders’ Cup winner Goodnight Olive (USA) (Ghostzapper {USA}), Queen Caroline (USA) (Blame {USA}), dam of three-time G1 winner Forte, and Puca (USA) (Big Brown {USA}), the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Mage (USA).
Redoute’s Choice’s influence in the United States
Tutta La Vita’s grandsire Redoute’s Choice is only represented by 10 runners in the United States including three stakes performed fillies.
The most notable example may be Anamato (Redoute’s Choice), the G1 Australasian Oaks winner who also happens to be the dam of Godolphin’s star racehorse and now stallion, Anamoe. Trained by David Hayes, Anamato was the first Australian-bred filly to compete in the G1 American Oaks, where she finished third, beaten just over a length by Panty Raid (USA) (Include {USA}).
Redoute’s Choice | Image courtesy of Arrowfield Stud
His daughters have produced stakes two winners from just seven North American runners including the four-time Grade 1-winning filly In Italian (GB) (Dubawi), bred by John Camilleri's Fairway Thoroughbreds. Locally bred stakes-winning filly Zeitlos (USA) (Curlin) is from the G3-winning Australian mare Thyme For Roses (Redoute’s Choice), acquired by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings at the 2017 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Notably, Zeitlos claimed her black-type on dirt, signalling valuable versatility in the bloodlines.
