Darley’s Dubai Millennium horse Dubawi has long been established as an outstanding sire.
Already the sire of 43 individual Gr1 winners, Dubawi produces top-class horses with monotonous regularity and is by some way the best thoroughbred stallion currently standing at stud in Britain.
Dubawi (Dubai Millennium – Zomaradah)
This year alone, Dubawi has been represented by a slew of high-class gallopers notably Gr1 winners Ghayyaith, Lord North and Space Blues.
Dubawi is also now making his mark as a sire of sires, and looks poised to become an important sire of high-class stallions.
While subsequently exported to Japan, Dubawi’s 2000 Guineas winning son Makfi is a proven source of G1 winners, with his five Gr1 winners to date headed by Gr1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains/G1 Prix de la Foret winner Make Believe. The latter has made a sensational start to his stud career with his first crop currently including this year’s French Derby winner Mishriff and fellow group winners Rose Of Kildare and German champion Ocean Fantasy.
Makfi made news over the weekend with his son Attorney landing Saturday’s Gr3 JRA Colin Stephen Quality Handicap at Rosehill.
The deceased Poet’s Voice, whose third dam was a 3/4 sister to champion US sire Exclusive Native, also made his mark prior to his untimely death in 2018.
Poet’s Voice
The Gr1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner is currently responsible for 21 stakes winners headed by the Gr1 winners Trap For Fools and Poet’s Word. Poet’s Voice enjoyed notable success in Italy, where his progeny include the classic winners Poeta Diletta, Summer Festival, Sand Zabeel and Mi Raccomando.
Dubawi’s Gr1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) winning son New Bay has also made a promising start to his stud career and he came up with his first group winner when his gelded two-year-old son New Mandate captured the Gr2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes on Saturday.
From the family of top sires Oasis Dream and Kingman, New Bay, whose daughter Saffron Beach won the first race at Newmarket on Saturday, looks poised for a successful career at stud.
However, Dubawi’s most exciting sire son thus far is undoubtedly his 2000 Guineas/Lockinge Stakes winning son Night Of Thunder. His first Northern Hemisphere crop has already produced no fewer than eight group winners, headed by G2 Dante Stakes winner Thunderous, Italian classic winner Auyantepui, and Jersey Stakes hero Molatham.
In South Africa, Dubawi’s Gr1 SA Nursery/G2 Dingaans winning son Willow Magic has made a promising start to his stud career with Willow Magic’s early winners headed by Saturday’s debut winner Somasonic and MK’s Pride -a winner of two of just three starts.
