News - PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS)

This three year-old filly by Pride of Dubai made it three wins on the trot at Wagga on Friday catching our eye with her dominant victory

Champion trainer Chris Waller dispatched promising Pride of Dubai filly Easifar to Brisbane after an unplaced run in the Group III ATC Adrian Knox Stakes and she turned that form on it’s head when winning the Listed BRC Princess Stakes (1630m) at Doomben on Saturday.

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.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week including wins for a million dollar colt by Exceed And Excel and a $500,000 colt by Pride Of Dubai, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

They say timing is everything and it’s certainly worked out well in this case with the Group III ATC Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday won by lightly raced Pride of Dubai gelding Saif, whose full brother will be offered by Coolmore at Inglis Easter next Wednesday.

This promising Pride of Dubai filly made it two wins from three starts with an easy victory at Sandown on Wednesday.

Chris Waller has sent out a few runners of late resuming from a spell with no barrier trials and he did it again at Randwick on Wednesday when Easifar ran her rivals into the ground to win as she pleased.

A 1-2 for a pair of debutants by Pride Of Dubai at Ballarat on Sunday, and to the delight of punters they arrived in the right order.

Pride of Dubai sired his 20th Australian winner of the season on Wednesday when the Peter Moody trained filly Dance to Dubai saluted at Sandown as favourite.

Pride of Dubai is the reigning Champion Australian First Crop Sire and the dual Group I winning son of Street Cry is also making his presence felt in the Northern Hemisphere where he has sired more stakes-winners than any other first season sire this year in Europe.

Off the board in just two of his ten starts in a busy 2020, the two-year-old Pride Of Dubai colt Flying Visit needed to call on all his courage to defeat the Duawi colt Wuqood by a head in Saturdays Eyrefield Stakes (9f) at Leopardstown.

Setting the pace on the Australian second crop sires list by earnings and winners, Pride of Dubai added a 12th Australian winner to his tally for the season on Thursday at Mornington.

Exciting young sire Pride of Dubai was in hot form overnight with two new stakes-winners in Zaffy’s Pride and Telepatic Glances  that saluted in Listed races in Ireland and Italy.

Talented Pride of Dubai gelding Tanker was the first Australian stakes-winner for his sire when winning the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes last year and bounced back to his best form to win at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Coolmore Stud’s Champion First Season Sire, Pride Of Dubai, had his eighth winner from his first northern hemisphere crop overnight with the Jim Bolger homebred Flying Visit but those that took the odds-on headed straight to the bar.

Blue-blooded Deep Impact mares Reaching and Miss Japan were both last start winners and well fancied to keep up the good work in the opening race at Newcastle on Cup Day, but were relegated into the minor placings by progressive Pride of Dubai colt Street Dancer.

There were some serious bluebloods engaged in the 1000m maiden at Kembla on Thursday with victory going to Bert Vieira’s homebred colt by Pride of Dubai.

Champion Australian First Season Sire last season, Pride of Dubai is making his presence felt with his first European runners this year adding a new stakes-winner to his tally in the UK overnight where Fancy Man captured the Listed Ascendant Stakes (1m) at Haydock.

Never further back than fourth in seven previous starts, talented Pride of Dubai filly Bella Nipotina picked the right day to cast off maiden status scoring a dominant victory in the Group III MRC Quezette Stakes (1100m)at Caulfield on Saturday.

It’s been a productive 24 hours for promising young sire Pride of Dubai with two new winners, one in each hemisphere.