Golden Slipper winner and Golden Slipper sire, Stratum is the best son of Redoute’s Choice, who is in turn, the leading stallion son of Danehill.
Stratum’s Champion 2yo elect and Golden Slipper hero CRYSTAL LILY highlights the success of the emerging cross with Snippets mares. Mares by Snippets, Pins and Snippetson should be nicely suited to Stratum particularly those mares that can duplicate Vain in the mating.
Out of a Luskin Star mare, Stratum is ideally-bred to cross with mares from the Sir Tristram line, through Zabeel (and his sons, Octagonal and Reset), Kaapstad, Sovereign Red, Military Plume and Marauding, Grosvenor and Dr. Grace.
From the same female line as Sir Tristram comes Star Way, and Redoute’s Choice has Group One winners out of mares by Star Way and his son, Sky Chase. Although he is out of a Star Kingdom line mare, Stratum is still likely to work when crossed back over that line. Sources include Biscay (including through Bletchingly and his son Canny Lad, and grandsons Kingdom Bay and Hurricane Sky; and through Marscay), Nodouble (through Semipalatinsk), Zephyr Bay and Planet Kingdom. Stratum’s broodmare sire, Golden Slipper winner and Champion 2YO Luskin Star is also worth duplicating.
Mares from the Roberto sireline are well suited to Stratum. Mares by Red Ransom and At Talaq in particular have worked well with sons of Redoute’s Choice. Stratum’s impressive Victorian youngster ÉCLAIR MYSTIC is out of a mare by At Talaq.
Redoute’s Choice’s sire Danehill has crossed well with Crown Jester through Rory’s Jester; and Century through Centaine, Rubiton and Zeditave.
Stratum is a Northern Dancer line horse, but that strain will be in the fifth generation of his foals, and he could cross well over Northern Dancer through such as Nijinsky II; Nureyev; Try My Best and his son Last Tycoon (linebreeding to the family of Redoute’s Choice). Granddaughters of Sadler’s Wells, Fairy King, Bluebird, Alzao and Night Shift would also suit.
Redoute’s Choice is the sire of the outstanding mare Miss Finland, out of a mare by Woodman, a son of Mr. Prospector, as well as stakes winners out of mares by other Mr. Prospector line horses including Thunder Gulch, Kingmambo and Geiger Counter. Other good Mr. Prospector sources include Miswaki (sire of Umatilla), Gone West (sire of Zafonic whose son, Xaar, would give inbreeding to the family of Redoute’s Choice), Seeking the Gold (sire of Secret Savings) and Machiavellian (and his son Street Cry).
