Dubai Future scores at Listed level in Meydan
Having finished a narrow second at Listed level last month, Dubai Future (5 g ex Anjaz by Street Cry) finally got his head in front in the Meydan Cup (Listed, 2600m) on Thursday and in the process handed his sire Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) with his 196th stakes winner.
The Saeed bin Suroor-trained five-year-old gelding led home 1-2-3-4-5 for owners Godolphin when he defeated Volcanic Sky (Street Cry) by a length and a half, while Global Heat (Toronado) was another length further back in third.
The gelding is one of three winners out of Grade 3-winning Street Cry (Machiavellian) mare Anjaz, who is herself a daughter of Fillies Mile (Gr 1, 1m) winner Playful Act (Sadler’s Wells) making her a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Giants Play (Giant’s Causeway) - the dam of Group 3 scorer Ispolini (Dubawi) - who came fourth in Thursday’s Listed event.
Further back this is the same family as Group 3 winner Magnificent Style (Silver Hawk) - the dam of dual Group 1 winner and now successful sire Nathaniel (Galileo), while she also produced 2012 Irish Oaks (Gr 1, 1m4f) winner Great Heavens (Galileo).
Magnificent Style is also the dam of Group 2-winning pair Percussionist (Sadler’s Wells) and Echoes Of Eternity (Spinning World), with the latter producing Group 3 winner Whispering Gallery (Daylami).
Dubawi is standing at Darley’s Dalham Hall for an unchanged fee of £250,000 in 2021 and he was represented in Australia last season by his multiple Group 1-winning son Too Darn Hot, who covered his first book of mares this season at Darley’s Kelvinside base for a fee of $44,000 (inc GST).
#Dubawi's Dubai Future takes the Listed Meydan Cup @MeydanRacing for @godolphin https://t.co/Robc4aud6s
— Darley in Europe (@DarleyEurope) February 4, 2021
