News - PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS)
The powerful Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable had runners right around Australia on Saturday and tasted success in South Australia when progressive mare Splendiferous scored a commanding win in the Listed SAJC Port Adelaide Cup (2500m).
Coolmore sires dominated the final day of The Championships at Randwick and Pride of Dubai made his presence felt when Bella Nipotina (4m Pride of Dubai x Bella Orfana , by Star Witness) landed the $300,000 Group II ATC Sapphire Stakes (1200m).
Desert Lightning made a belated start to his racing career earlier this month and the wait proved worthwhile at Ruakaka where the colt was an impressive winner and he has a half-brother entered for Karaka Book 1.
A stakes-winner at two, talented Pride of Dubai four year-old Fancy Man looks set for further success in 2022 after returning to win the Listed Winter Derby Trial (10f) at Lingfield on Saturday.
Tony and Calvin McEvoy enjoyed much success training former brilliant I Am Invincible filly Oohood and they will also train her first foal, a colt by Pride of Dubai that sold at Magic Millions on Wednesday for $240,000.
The Symon Wilde-trained Sirileo Miss made it four wins on the bounce when claiming her maiden stakes success in Wednesday’s $200,000 Group III Catanach's Ladies' Day Vase (1600m) at Caulfield.
The familiar yellow and blue colours of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum were seen to advantage in the first race at Ipswich on Wednesday, carried to victory aboard a talented staying filly by Pride of Dubai.
The Australian third season sires list reflects the changing landscape of the Australian stallion ranks with four of the Top 10 sires not standing here this spring, but the top three are all in the Hunter Valley and priced affordably this spring.
Record priced Pride of Dubai filly Queen of Dubai claimed her first Black Type win at Sandown on Saturday when taking out the Listed MRC Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m), while progressive mare Sirileo Miss took another step towards Black Type with a stylish victory earlier in the day.
Pride of Dubai’s brilliant daughter Bella Nipotina is yet to miss a place in her current campaign and scored her biggest win to date when zooming to the line to win the Group III MRC How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Second at her first two starts in provincial maidens last month, Pride of Dubai filly Mayrose had race fitness and experience on her side when coming to Randwick on Wednesday to break her maiden in town.
A couple of talented girls by Pride of Dubai made their mark on Wednesday with progressive four year-old Sirileo Miss resuming from a spell to win at Sandown, while overnight in the UK Just Beautiful scored a career best win in the Group III Sceptre Fillies Stakes (7f) at Doncaster.
Progressive Pride of Dubai gelding Sandy Prince has not missed a place in five starts and upped the ante to score an impressive all the way victory at Sandown on Wednesday.
The Deauville meeting in France overnight produced a new stakes-winner for Pride of Dubai with three year-old gelding Dubai Honour capturing the Group II Prix Guillaume d’Ornano Haras du Logis Saint-Germain (2000m).
A year ago, Bella Nipotina won her first stakes race taking out the Group III MRC Quezette Stakes at Caulfield and a year on the daughter of Pride of Dubai has returned to the scene of her biggest success to win the $130,000 open mares event over 1100m.
Entered for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas, The Duke of Dubai made a winning debut at Sale on Thursday for the Mike Moroney stable.
The most expensive yearling filly by Pride of Dubai broke the ice for her first win at Kembla on Thursday with Queen of Dubai scoring a narrow victory in a thrilling finish.
There were tears and cheers after promising Pride of Dubai two year-old filly Forzanini broke the ice for her first win at Randwick on Wednesday.
Undefeated Pride of Dubai filly Just Beautiful became the tenth stakes-winner for her sire when winning the Listed Musselburgh Maggie Dickson Stakes (7f) in the UK on Saturday.
Progressive three year-old Achiever put himself in contention for a trip to Brisbane when scoring a brave front running win at Rosehill on Saturday.