Alabama Express

Redoute’s Choice x Lago Ovation, by Encosta De Lago
2016
16hh

WFA Gr. 1 Winner and sire of leading 3YO Treasurethe Moment

Following a blistering start with his first two-year-olds, and exceptional results from his debut three-year-olds, WFA Gr.1 winner Alabama Express has quickly become the talking horse among the Australian sire ranks.

Off the mark early doors with his daughter Karavas, charging to victory in the Moorundi Classic at Murray Bridge, he followed this up just two weeks later when his imposing son Shangri La Express produced a dominant victory in the Kirkham Plate at Royal Randwick prior to a devastating win in the Inglis Golden Gift.

His first three-year-olds have been nothing short of outstanding, led by three-time Gr.1 winner and Australian Champion three-year-old elect Treasurethe Moment, along with flying Kiwi filly Alabama Lass.

With 12 Stakes performers to date, the son of Australian phenomenon Redoute’s Choice strikes at 16.2% Stakes horses to runners and holds the esteemed title as the only Australian first-crop sire to reach $1 million in progeny earnings pre-Christmas.

Alabama Express made a splash early in 2023 finishing the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale as the leading first-season sire by average, including a top price of $400,000 for the colt purchased by his own buyer Paul Moroney, in partnership with Ballymore Stables Australia and Catheryne Bruggeman.

After viewing the first crop of consistent quality types thrown by Alabama Express, Moroney declared the young sire as “a serious stallion to follow”.

The following year, at Magic Millions in January 2024, Alabama Express’ progeny continued to demand buyers’ attention, with trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott going to $400,000 to secure a colt out of Devine Lass from the Yulong draft.

The solid sales returns extended into the 2025 season, led by a filly out of Janie Runaway at Inglis Premier heading the way of Matt Laurie, keen to find another Treasurethe Moment. 

Trained by Mike Moroney, Alabama Express faced some of the best horses in the country under a tough run at Caulfield when he took out the WFA Gr.1 C F Orr Stakes; a race also won by his exceptional sire.

“He had the toughest run in the race and still won,” said his late trainer Mike Moroney. “When I saw he couldn’t get in, I thought it was game over, but it just shows you how good this horse is.”

“His father (Redoute’s Choice) won this race and he’s more like dad than any other horse I’ve seen.”

“If you can replicate even half of what his dad has done, he’s going to be a successful sire.”

Alabama Express was bred by GSA Bloodstock and purchased at the Inglis Easter Sale from Arrowfield Stud for $280,000.

“He was just a cracking athlete and he had a lot of quality, with a great mind,” commented Paul Moroney who purchased the colt as a yearling. “He had a lot of his dad, Redoute’s Choice, about him. He was a great moving horse and to me, he was a standout on class.”

“He’s obviously taken that quality of his looks across to the racetrack and he’s proven himself as a high-quality racehorse. He’s got all the hallmarks of making a great stallion – he’s a Gr.1 winner, he’s athletic, he’s a standout on type and he’s got a lot of his dad about him.”

Performance

Facts

Race record

Age
Runs
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2 1 1 $12,650
3 7 3 1 $542,100
Totals 8 4 1 $554,750

at 2

Sale TC Vale Calvin Logan Maiden 2YO P. (1112m)

at 3

MRC CF Orr S., Gr.1 (1400m)

MRC Gothic S., Listed (1400m)

VRC Donate to Salvation Army H. (1100m)

Media

All aboard the Alabama Express

on the track to sire success: Introducing Alabama Express and his first crop of yearlings

Alabama Express introduces his first crop of weanlings to the 2022 weanling sales

2020 C.F. Orr stakes

2020 Neds C.F. Orr stakes won by Alabama Express

Pedigree

News

TreasuretheMoment-20250412-5575
It was the start of a sensational hour for the Yulong team when Treasurethe Moment, their homebred daughter of their own foundation stallion Alabama Express, notched...
14 April 2025
TreasuretheMoment-VineryStakes
Yulong’s star three-year-old filly Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) made it look easy on Tuesday in the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes. A hot pace set by jockey Tom...
2 April 2025
Alabama Lass Listed Sprint Classic
Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) is showing rapid development as a three-year-old filly, and that was exactly what her owners were after. She displayed terrific courage...
30 March 2025

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