PRIDE OF DUBAI Leads Australia’s First Crop Sire Field

26 Mar 20

PRIDE OF DUBAI is the fastest 2YO by Champion sire STREET CRY and is the only horse to complete the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes 1200m / Gr.1 Sires’ Produce Stakes 1400m double.

PRIDE OF DUBAI as a Racehorse

STREET CRY was a super sire and his best-known deed is that of being the Sire of WINX.

PRIDE OF DUBAI is off to the perfect start!!

He is Australia’s Leading First Crop Sire. His first crop progeny already includes:

TANKER - won the Listed Debutant Stakes at Caulfield by 2¼ lengths on debut for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace

Dubai Star - winner for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, finished runner-up in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes

Sense Of Honour - impressive 3-length debut winner at Sandown for Mick Price & Mick Kent Jnr

Maha - dual winner for Tony & Calvin McEvoy

True Mettle - maiden plate winner for trainer Dean Grass at Cranbourne

Thudson - debut winner for Peter and Paul Snowden

Platinum Dubai - made all to win the Otaki Mail for two-year-olds on debut by 1¾ lengths for trainer Lisa Latta

Bella Nipotina – Black-Type performed in 4 of 5 starts including runner-up in the Listed Inglis Banner 2YO Stakes at Moonee Valley

PRIDE of the Freshmen

Stallion - PRIDE OF DUBAI

That a Coolmore Stud sire leads the way in the first season sires battle is not surprising, but it is perhaps a little unexpected that it is PRIDE OF DUBAI that is on top, rather than VANCOUVER.

Both were elite 2-year-olds, with Pride Of Dubai, a Gr1 Blue Diamond winner and Vancouver, by Medaglia D'Oro (USA) victorious in the Gr1 Golden Slipper S.

Vancouver was the top seed when they both went to stud in 2016, each standing at $55,000, with Vancouver covering 200 mares whilst Pride of Dubai covered 177.

Vancouver's progeny certainly proved the more desirable at the 2019 yearling sales with his first crop yearlings, with Vancouver producing an average of $180,886 and a median of $125,000, while Pride Of Dubai averaged $108,732, with a median of $80,000.

But so far on the track, it has been the progeny of Pride Of Dubai that have been getting the job done ahead of his farm mate and that sales trend swung around.

In 2020, Pride Of Dubai has averaged $128,340 with a median at $92,500 whilst Vancouver was an average of $106,293 and a median of $82,500.

Pride Of Dubai has the advantage of having had more runners to the track, 20 in all (compared to Vancouver's 11), but he has also had a consistent flow of winners, with 6 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. A big advantage for Vancouver supporters is from 11 runners, he has produced 4 stakes placed progeny.

As for Pride Of Dubai, TANKER set the scene with an early-season stakes win, while he has also had two stake placegetters in Bella Nipotina and Dubai Star.

In the first season sires ranks, Pride Of Dubai has a clear lead of $363,030 over his closest peer Spill The Beans which is significant and, he has a Stakes Winner and two Stakes Placegetters over Spill The Beans who has had 4 more runners for the same number of 6 winners however Spill The Beans runners have been predominantly Queensland country class and he has not yet produced a black-type performer.

A dual Group 1 winning two-year-old, Pride of Dubai comes from the same female family that has produced champion two-year-old sires Invincible Spirit and Kodiac, so his burgeoning success should come as no surprise to anyone however what is remarkable is that his progeny looked as if they would all be better suited as 3yos with a little more time to mature and grow into their frames.

So, to be a clear leader so deep into the season is a testament to the sire’s ability to uplift his mares and his future first crop 3yos appear set to be in for a boom season.

As at 25 March 2020

Leading Sire by Earnings with $363,030 in front of his nearest rival

FIRST CROP SIRES PREMIERSHIP

Sire	By	Rnrs	Wnrs	S/R	SW	SP	Earnings
1. Pride of Dubai	Street Cry	20	6	30%	1	2	881,480
2. Spill the Beans	Snitzel	24	6	25%	0	0	518,450
3. Night of Thunder	Dubawi	7	3	43%	2	0	412,150
4. Headwater	Exceed and Excel	13	3	23%	0	0	290,710
5. Vancouver	Medaglia d'Oro	11	2	18%	0	4	286,325

WINNERS

Rank	Winner	Starts	Wins	2nd	3rd	Earnings	Distance
1	TANKER 2017 br.g. *1st 2019 MRC Debutant S., L	5	1 (1)	0	0	A$134,700	1000
2	Bella Nipotina 2017 ch.f. 2nd 2019 Inglis Banner 2YO S. (R) L 2nd 2020 Inglis 2YO Millennium (R) L 4th 2020 ATC Sweet Embrace S., Gr.2 4th 2020 Blue Diamond Prev. (f) Gr.3 *4th 2019 MRC Debutant S., L	5	0	2 (2)	0	A$495,975
3	Dubai Star 2017 b.f. *2nd 2019 MRC Merson Cooper S., L	4	1	1 (1)	0	A$66,950	1100
4	Maha 2017 b.f.	2	2	0	0	A$52,250	1000
5	Platinum Dubai (NZ) 2017 b.f.	4	1	0	0	NZ$8,875	800
6	Sense of Honour 2017 br.f.	1	1	0	0	A$33,000	1200
7	Thudson 2017 ch.c.	1	1	0	0	A$27,650	1100

PLACED

Rank	Placed	Starts	Wins	2nd	3rd	Earnings	Distance
8	True Mettle 2017 br.c.	3	0	1	1	A$21,090
9	Al Sahara 2017 b.f.	1	0	0	1	A$2,800
10	Criminal 2017 b. or br.c.	2	0	0	1	A$4,150
11	Desert Flame 2017 ch.f.	3	0	0	1	A$13,000
12	Miss Kingston 2017 ch.f.	2	0	1	1	A$10,840

Dynamic Syndications first yearling purchased on day one of the 2020 yearling sales circuit was a top colt with a booming pedigree.

LOT 27 at the Magic Millions was a our colt by PRIDE OF DUBAI from the Gr2 Winning and 3 x Gr1 placed mare VORMISTA.

Our Colt in pre-training after being broken-in

And as for VORMISTA she has had 5 foals to race all winners including REEMAH who was a close up second to PRIDE OF DUBAI in the Gr1 Blue Diamond.

Here is the photo evidence -

PRIDE OF DUBAI (inside) defeats REEMAH in the 2016 Blue Diamond

So its in the DNA as much as its in his conformation that this colt we purchased could line up in the same race as his Dad and ½ Sister.

Here are the FACTS at a Glance:

PRIDE OF DUBAI

•    The FASTEST 2YO by CHAMPION Sire - STREET CRY (Sire of WINX)
•    The ONLY horse to win the Gr1 Blue Diamond & Gr1 Sire’s Produce Double
•    Closely related to CHAMPION Sire INVINCIBLE SPIRIT
•    Won Two (2) Group 1’s in his first Four Career Starts
•    Stood First Season at COOLMORE STUD at a Service Fee of $55,000
•    Oldest Progeny have just turned 2YO’s & are FLYING
•    Already the Sire of STAKES WINNER: TANKER
•    Sire of STAKES PLACED: BELLA NIPOTINA & DUBAI STAR

VORMISTA (BY TESTA ROSSA)

•    Winner of 4 Races and $468,000 in Prizemoney
•    Winner of the Group 2 Rose of Kingston Stakes at Flemington
•    Group 1 Placed on 3 occasions
•    Raced on 17 occasions - 13 at Stakes Level & Earned Black-Type 8 times
•    Dam of 5 foals to race - ALL WINNERS
•    Dam of Gr1 Blue Diamond Runner-up REEMAH
•    Dam of outstanding young Track Record Holder CALIFORNIADEEPSHOT

OUR COLT

Our Colt in the spelling paddock

•    Bred to be Early and Bred to be Quick
•    A genuine 2yo candidate that should be better again as a 3yo
•    Bred on Highly Successful STREET CRY x DANZIG Cross = 48 Stakes Winners:
     TREKKING Gr1, SHOCKING Gr1, HALLOWED CROWN Gr1, etc.
•    An eye-catching individual with a wonderful genetic rating
•    By a dual Gr 1 Winning Stallion - ex a Gr2 Winning & 3 x Gr1 Placed Mare
•    Raised and Grazed at the home of Champions - Coolmore Stud

And ..... He is being trained by the powerful Waterhouse & Bott Racing Stables - Trainers of this year's GOLDEN SLIPPER Winner FARNAM.

So when you think about what the 2yos are doing by the sire and what a great job the mare did on the racetrack and at stud, then add in the quality and conformation of the colt and the sensational price of the shares in this time of uncertainty this is a colt you can bank on giving you a sensational opportunity.

ADAM WATT

Contact Adam Watt at Dynamic Syndications and have a chat about why this colt could well be your ticket to success.