HI Class Way to Debut For DUBAI as Our 3yo Filly Bolts In By 4 at Canterbury

10 Dec 22

Yet again it proves "horses don’t know how much you pay for them," as Dynamic Syndications 3yo Filly HI DUBAI (Highland Reel x Eureka Dubai), a $30,000 Inglis Classic Purchase for Dynamic Syndications / Dean Watt Bloodstock, faced the starter for the first time and came away trouncing her rivals by 4 lengths eased down, when Winning Race 2 the FURPHY Handicap a 3yo Fillies Maiden over 1100m at Canterbury on Friday Night.

HI DUBAI (59.0kgs) ($5.00 Favourite) defeated DOUBLE SCOOP (57.0kgs) ($16) by 3.97 Lengths with XTRAVAGHAN (59.0kgs) ($6.0) in third place 4.9 lengths behind HI DUBAI.

Trained by Gai and Adrian, and ridden by our leading jet pilot NASH RAWILLER, we have always known she has an abundance of talent, and that rare commodity of genuine speed, but knowing it and proving it are two different things, and we had to wait until now to take the wraps off our filly and take her to the sport.

She didn’t let her Owners and Connections down with a brilliant display.

She had trialled three times previously for three trial wins and she kept that sequence going when converting her trial form to the racetrack.

In a Field of 11 runners after scratchings, HI DUBAI jumped from barrier 9, but from the time the field had gone 50 metres she was a length in front, and after 100m she was leading on the fence and as they say, “the rest is history.”

A brilliantly judged race tempo by Nash, ensured our filly led throughout but importantly, Nash got away with two soft sectionals between the 800m to 600m and the 600m to the 400m.

Then as she swung for home and balanced at the top of the straight with 300m to run it was all over as Nash pushed the “go button,” and our Dynamic Duo accelerated away and with Nash just riding hands and heels, such was the domination Nash looked at the big infield screen, and then at the 100m had a sustained look over his left shoulder to make sure nothing was coming as by now our pair were idling down to a canter and then Nash had the luxury to put on the brakes over the final 4 strides and the Winning Margin was still 4 lengths with a length between second and third.

Nash Rawiller returned to the Winner’s Circle and reported:

NASH bringing HI DUBAI back to the Winners Circle

“Oh she’s been push button in her early stages of her career, she’s done everything right in the trials and really shown her form and it’s always a nice relief when they bring that to the races.

“She’s got the scope to go right on with it, she’s obviously a very precocious filly but she’s got scope and I think they’ll be looking forward to a nice future with her. She’s got well above average natural ability, we just hope she continues to go there.”

Originally identified to be inspected in the first instance by TEAM DYNAMIC at the Inglis Classic, based upon the brilliance of the pedigree genetics, to our Team this filly had flashing lights on her pedigree page.

It wasn’t the depth of black type that drew us to the page, because to be fair it is light in that department, but rather it was because she was from a tough female family.

The Dam EUREKA DUABI by DUBAWI was a true speed machine winning 8 races at 1000m.

Eureka Dubai

However, having the knowledge that GALILEO mated so brilliantly with DUBAWI mares was a bonus.

Plus, the genetics of the mare that HIGHLAND REEL was crossing with appealed as this mare EUREKA DUBAI was as tough as nails and naturally gifted with true speed, so was a major spark of interest.

Then most people remember HIGHLAND REEL here in Australia performing at the elite level over distance. However, he was a world traveller, racing in many jurisdictions. He was gifted and tough and could sprint as well as stay.

The rarity of having a first crop yearling by the Champion Racehorse HIGHLAND REEL - who is a Son of the sensational Champion Sire GALILEO was important, but being mated over a mare by DUBAWI the Most Expensive Sire at Stud in Europe was very appealing.

It’s the mixture of the bloodlines of these two champion sires which appealed and is fantastic but more so, when these lines are mated, there had been 6 Stakes Winners on the exact cross including a Gr1 Winner, Gr2, Winner, 2 x Gr3 Winners and 2 Listed Winners.

When the filly was presented from the box at the stables, Dean said to Adam and our vet Dr Tim Roberts “we are buying her.” She was athletic, correct, a little feminine and refined, a bit immature so she wasn’t a natural 2yo type but was going to develop into a lovely 3yo and she had a brilliant bio-mechanical action.

It was love at first sight and you could see the high-class genetics in the physical conformation of the filly.

The breeder / vendor knew what he was trying to achieve when he mated his mare with HIGHLAND REEL and the physical product was gorgeous.

However, we thought she wasn’t in the right sale and could be marked down on value as a result.

We thought she should have been in the Inglis Melbourne Sale where the sire was standing in Victoria and the filly was VOBIS eligible but not BOBS. So, for the local NSW buyers would not have the appeal, it was limiting her marketability.

Our job is to syndicate winners and she looked an equine athlete of class and substance. When our vet Dr Tim Roberts passed her on X-Rays and Endocopic evaluation, she became our target.

HI DUBAI as a yearling at the sales after we purchased her for $30,000

To own her at $30,000 was an absolute bargain, and her opening racetrack adventure has banked $25,400 first prize.

Congratulations to our Team of OWNERS that race HI DUBAI: Dynamic Syndications Racing, Mr R J Gall, Ms T L McManus, Mr A C Clarke, Mr D P Lacey, Mr PJ Wimpey, Mrs C J Laing, Mr L T Duignan, Mr J J Cleveley, Mr M N O'Connor, Mr D Uren, Mr T Ticina, Gallop Schnell, Mr A Stewart, Mr M F O'Reilly, Why Racing, Mr S J Brereton, Mrs H L Hohn, Mrs N M Leyton.

This win by HI DUBAI was Dynamic Syndications 10th Metropolitan Race Win and our 27th Race Win for this Current Racing Season.

She also recorded Dynamic Syndications 797th Overall Race Win.

Importantly HI DUBAI became Dynamic Syndications 280th Individual Winner from 325 Individual Runners, which is an amazingly successful, thoroughbred industry leading 86.2% Winners to Runners.

Onwards and Upwards!