News - PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS)
If we needed a reminder as to how good a stallion Pride of Dubai is we got it on Saturday with Pride of Jenni doing what Pride of Jenni does in the Group II Hollindale Cup and then elite Kiwi bred sprinter miler Desert Lightning showed his class to win the $1million Group I SAJC The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville.
Champion mare Pride of Jenni is an exciting horse to watch and she produced her brilliant best at the Gold Coast on Saturday earning a standing ovation from the crowd when she ran her rivals into the ground to win the $500,000 Group II AD Hollindale Cup (1800m).
A trans-Tasman ownership double prompted long and enthusiastic celebrations for Ashburton’s Barneswood Farm.
It didn't carry Black Type, but the $200,000 MVRC So You Think Stakes (1500m) at Moonee Valley was packed with intrigue and G1 winners with spring aspirations.
Pride of Dubai has had two Group winners in two days with Pride of Jenni taking out the Group II MVRC Feehan Stakes last night at Moonee Valley then on Saturday his Kiwi bred son Desert Lightning struck top form for his new trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman to win the Group III MRC Sandown Stakes (1500m)
Quality Pride of Dubai four-year-old Desert Lightning stood tall and claimed his first Group I victory in Saturday’s TAB Classic (1600m) at Trentham writing another chapter of success for Australia’s revered female family of legendary sire Redoute’s Choice.
Local filly Orgullo continued her strong polytrack form at Cambridge on Wednesday when taking out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Maiden 2YO (1300m).
Transferred to Grahame Begg after his only previous start when fourth in the $1million ATC Golden Gift, promising Pride of Dubai gelding Maharba lived up to that form when taking out the Listed VRC Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.
Pride of Dubai gave us the ‘One to Watch’ on Thursday with an ultra-impressive six length winner at Kilmore, whose scintillating victory gives me an opportunity to share some insight into my world at Daybreak Farm.