Dubawi’s versatile son Willow Magic has made a promising start to his stud career, with his first crop headed by Gr2 Ilha Bela Hawaii Stakes winner MK’s Pride and the Gr1 placed filly Magical Flight, while another of his sons, the impeccably bred Erupt, has his first yearlings on sale this year.
Willow Magic (4 lots) and Erupt (13 lots) are both represented on this week’s National Yearling Sale.
And their sire Dubawi joined an elite club his daughter Philomene landed the Gr3 Prix Penelope at Saint-Cloud last Tuesday, she became the 200th stakes winner for her outstanding sire Dubawi.
Dubawi (Dubai Millennium – Zomaradah)
With that milestone, Dubawi became the first British based stallion to sire as many as 200 stakes winners, with Dubawi joining the likes of Danehill, Galileo and Sadler’s Wells as previous stallions to achieve this staggering feat.
Dubawi still lags some way off Danehill’s impressive tally of 347 stakes winners, with Sadler’s Wells’ siring 294 stakes winners, and Sadler’s Wells’ son Galileo’s current tally of black type horses currently on 332 stakes winners.
A triple Gr1 winning son of the once beaten Dubai Millennium (Seeking The Gold), Dubawi has impressive statistics to match his number of stakes winners.
Already the sire of 44 Gr1 winners, Dubawi is siring a formidable 11% stakes winners to foals, in these days of big books of mares, and his Average Earnings Index of 2.52 is a handsome upgrade on the CI (Comparative Index) of the mares he breeds. Considering the fact that Dubawi covers some of the best racemares and broodmares in the world, this is no mean feat!
In contrast, top US sires Curlin, Into Mischief and Speightstown, are siring 7%, 8% and 9 % stakes winners to foals, respectively, underlining just how good Duabwi is.
Dubawi also more than made his mark – and not for the first time – on Dubai World Cup night this year, with sons Lord North and Rebel’s Romance capturing the Gr1 Dubai Turf and Gr2 UAE Derby respectively, and Dubawi great grandson Mishriff landing the Gr1 Dubai Sheema Classic.
His sire sons to have left Gr1 winners already include Al Kazeem (despite the latter’s well documented fertility problems), Maki (whose daughter Matchmaker won Saturday’s Gr3 China Horse Club P J Bell Stakes) and Poet’s Voice. His 2000 Guineas winning son Night Of Thunder has made an exceptional start to his stud career, with his early crops yielding 19 black type winners.
Another son of Dubawi to catch the eye at stud is Prix du Jockey Club winner New Bay, who hails from the same family as the likes of Kingman and Oasis Dream, with his first crop headed by the group winners New Mandate and Saffron Beach.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, Dubawi has enjoyed tremendous success with Sadler’s Wells line mares, and has sired Gr1 winners out of mares sired by Sadler’s Wells sons Barathea, Galileo, and Montjeu. Sadler’s Wells also features close up in the pedigrees of Dubawi’s major winners Akeed Mofeed, New Bay and Sobetsu.
Erupt
Sadler’s Wells’ grandson Singspiel also features as the broodmare sire of several high-class stakes winners by Dubawi, notably champion Too Darn Hot, Breeders’ Cup winning champion Wuheida, Gr1 Prix Vermeille winner Left Hand and Gr1 Northern Dancer Turf/Sheema Classic hero Old Persian.
Dubawi’s impact has already been felt in South Africa and looks likely to grow still further in the coming years.
From just a handful of local runners thus far, Dubawi has been responsible for a pair of G1 winners in Happy Archer and Willow Magic as well as G3 Jacaranda Handicap victress Amber Orchid.
