Within the almost 20 years for the reason that finish of the reign of nine-times main sire Danehill, just one shuttle stallion has succeeded in lifting the Australian sire crown. That horse was Road Cry, a product of an experiment in internationalism, who went on to turn out to be a worldwide affect.
Road Cry was by Mr. Prospector’s European-based son Machiavellian, a champion 2-year-old who by no means received past seven furlongs, out of the European-bred Helen Road, who was heroine of the Irish Oaks (G1). Though neither of his mother and father had run on something however turf, Road Cry was despatched to race in the USA as a part of a plan to determine his sire’s credentials as a stallion who might get high-class runners on the grime.
It appeared that the Machiavellian affect is likely to be predominant in Road Cry’s make-up when Road Cry received a 6 1/2-furlong Del Mar maiden by seven lengths on his debut—working the quickest Beyer Pace Determine of the 12 months by a juvenile—earlier than dropping out to Flame Thrower in shut battles for the Del Mar Futurity (G2) and Norfolk Stakes (G2), and ending third within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Sidelined by damage for a lot of his 3-year-old profession, after successful the UAE Two Thousand Guineas and ending second within the UAE Derby (G3), Road Cry confirmed one other dimension at 4, when he proved himself an excellent middle-distance runner, taking the Dubai World Cup (G1) by 4 1/2 lengths and the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) by 6 1/2 lengths.
At stud, Road Cry proved to be a particularly consequential worldwide stallion. The reasonably schizophrenic background of the pace and stamina distinction in his pedigree, additionally obvious in his race document, emerged within the document of his progeny that captured grade 1 occasions from six furlongs to 2 miles, and on all surfaces. All instructed, Road Cry, who stood at Darley within the U.S. but additionally shuttled to Australia, was represented by 135 stakes winners, 23 of them grade/group 1 winners. Amongst these elite winners are two mares which might be legends of their respective international locations: the Australian Winx , winner of her final 33 begins, and Zenyatta , Horse of the Yr within the U.S. and the one feminine to take the Breeders’ Cup Traditional (G1). Road Cry’s grade 1 winners additionally embody Road Sense , the primary horse to take each the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1).
Road Cry’s sire, Machiavellian, was each bit as versatile with regard to the distances over which his offspring excelled. Machiavellian can truly boast a good wider vary, from Patavellian, who received the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp (G1) over 5 furlongs, to Invermark, who was profitable within the 2 1/2-mile Prix du Cadran (G1). With this in thoughts, it is attention-grabbing to notice that Machiavellian’s dam, Coup de Folie, was inbred 3×3 to Almahmoud, a mare who we suspect owned an uncommon mixture of genetics so far as distance aptitude is worried.
Almahmoud is the granddam of Northern Dancer, and that made the mix of Machiavellian (a horse freed from Northern Dancer, however having a half sister to Northern Dancer as his second dam), and Danehill (a grandson of Northern Dancer, inbred to Natalma’s dam, Almahmoud), a doubtlessly attention-grabbing one. They seem collectively within the pedigrees of a minimum of 66 group or grade 1 winners.
For Road Cry—the main son of Machiavellian—the direct cross with Danehill mares proved remarkably profitable, with 9 stakes winners (all group or graded) from 52 starters, for a very distinctive 17% graded stakes winners from starters. It is a kind of 9 stakes winners, Satisfaction of Dubai , who over the weekend continued the custom of internationalism and flexibility with grade 1 winners in Australia and Europe.
On Saturday, the 7-year-old mare Bella Nipotina (AUS) took her earnings to virtually AU$11 million (round US$6.1 million) capturing her sixth graded stakes, and third grade 1 occasion, the seven-furlong Tattersalls Tiara Stakes (G1). Twice victorious over colts in six-furlong grade 1 occasions, Bella Nipotina can be a stakes winner over 5 furlongs. The next day, in France, the 6-year-old Dubai Honour , twice profitable in grade 1 firm in Australia—the place he was champion older horse for 2022/23—earned a primary European triumph on the highest stage, within the 12-furlong Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1).
Satisfaction Of Dubai
Satisfaction of Dubai himself was way more on the precocious and speedy finish of the size. He began 4 occasions as a juvenile and received the final two, breaking his maiden within the Blue Diamond Stakes (G1), then including the Sires’ Produce Stakes (G1), within the course of turning into the one horse to win each races. He began simply as soon as at 3, ending unplaced.
Retired to face at Coolmore Australia, Satisfaction of Dubai has 15 stakes winners from 5 Australian crops of 3-year-olds and up, and eight Northern Hemisphere-sired stakes winners, all from the primary of two reverse shuttle crops. Along with Bella Nipotina and Dubai Honour, additionally they embody three-time grade 1 winner Satisfaction of Jenni, and Desert Lightning, profitable within the Captain Cook dinner Stakes (G1) in New Zealand.
The much-travelled Dubai Honour is out of the unraced Montjeu mare Mondelice, a half sister to the Prix Daphnis (G3) winner Final Kingdom. His second dam, Compelling, a daughter of Kingmambo, is half sister to the Flying Childers Stakes (G2) and Molecomb Stakes (G3) scorer Requinto, and to 3 different mares which have produced black-type winners. Compelling is out of Damson, who earned honors as champion 2-year-old filly in Eire and England in 2004 following her successes within the Phoenix Stakes (G1) on the Curragh and Queen Mary Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot. The household goes again to an Aga Khan department of a Francois Dupre basis with the sixth dam, the Prix Saint-Alary victress Tonnera, being out of Texana, winner of 12 of 15 begins, together with Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. A daughter of Relic, Texana was a sister to the no much less proficient Texanita, who took 13 of 19 begins, together with back-to-back runnings of the Prix de l’Abbaye.
Dubai Honour wins the 2023 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick Racecourse
Dubai Honour is certainly one of 10 stakes winners by Satisfaction of Dubai, seven group or graded, from simply 51 starters out of mares by sons or grandsons of Sadler’s Wells, a exceptional 20% stakes winners to starters. Value of Dubai’s strike fee with mares particularly by sons of Sadler’s Wells, as with Dubai Honour, is much more noteworthy, standing at seven stakes winners, 5 group or graded, and two grade 1, from solely 28 starters. Dubai Honour’s dam truly has Sadler’s Wells 2×4 with a cross of his three-quarters brother Nureyev, additionally within the fourth technology. After all, Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev are each by Northern Dancer, so convey three extra crosses of Almahmoud, the mare we stated performs such a big half within the pedigree of Dubai Honour.