After Amber Orchid had raised the Dubawi flag at Turffontein, the spotlight shifted to Meydan where his son Mubtaahij earned a ticket to the Kentucky Derby followed by Prince Bishop’s sensational Dubai World Cup victory
Mubtaahij, a dual winner for Mike de Kock and owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, is the sole entrant by Dubawi. The Darley sire was last represented at the early nominations stage in 2011 by Surrey Star and Unex Dali
The Shamardal half-brother to Halfway To Heaven was knocked down to John Ferguson on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation for 1,700,000 guineas, the highest price for a yearling in the world this year
It is time to look at the leading sires and promising, up and coming sires whose progeny should be worth watching in 2014.
Are there any modern day leading sires who never won a feature race?
SARAH WHITELAW: Everyone has a different idea as to who the world’s very best stallions are. Here are my choices.
Royal Ascot meeting, on day one was dominated by descendants of one of history’s greatest stallions – Danzig
SARAH WHITELAW: When Fox Hunt won Sunday’s German St Leger he became the second German classic winner produced by Dubawi’s second crop. The stallion’s other German classic winner had previously been Waldpark (Deutsches Derby).
SARAH WHITELAW: There is a saying in racing that if a stallion dies his progeny comes good. Like many sayings, it is rather tongue in cheek.
