British Bloodstock Marketing Blog
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19th September 2011
Father and Son - Ginger and Donald McCain after the victory of Ballabriggs in this year's Grand National
Racing has long boasted a small coterie of personalities whose fame – or occasionally notoriety – has afforded them first-name recognition both in the racing community and in the wider world as well.
Lester and Frankie are of course the most obvious among the jockey ranks but leading the way among the training fraternity is Ginger, the multiple Grand National-winning trainer who sadly passed away early this morning, just two days shy of his 81st birthday.
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29th July 2011
British Champions Day gains a superstar
In the same week that the high-profile, big money schedule for the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Day was revealed, the day received the biggest boost possible with the news that racing’s latest superstar Frankel will target one of the day’s key races, the £1m Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. -
18th July 2011
WITH the Flat season half over – or with half still to be run, for those with a more optimistic take on things- the table of leading first season sires in Britain and Ireland is beginning to take shape. -
2nd June 2011
Carton House triumphs in the Group 2 Dante Stakes at York for the Queen
‘The bubbling enthusiasm which permeated the huge crowd bursting with loyalty and the love of a splendid sport was a sight which will never fade from the memory of those who were fortunate enough to witness it. It was a Royal victory in every sense of the word.’
No, an enthusiastic hack has not already scripted his copy for Sunday’s papers; the above was written by Hotspur of the Daily Telegraph in 1909 on the scenes of jubilation that greeted the triumph of Minoru in the Epsom Derby for his royal owner King Edward VII. Read more
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31st May 2011
DUBAWI registered the fifth Group/Grade 1 winner of his stallion career on Monday when Dubawi Heights scored a nail-biting last-gasp victory in the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Trained by Simon Callaghan, the four-year-old filly had warmed up for victory in Monday’s 1m1f turf contest by winning the Grade 3 Wilshire Handicap over a mile on May 1.
Also under Callaghan’s care when trained in Britain, Dubawi Heights was a smart performer at two, finishing third in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes and second in the valuable Watership Down Stud Sales race and the Tattersalls Fillies’ 800.
The filly has been something of a regular at Tattersalls during her early years, selling for 62,000gns as a foal, and again for 72,000gns during Book 1 of the October Yearling Sales when she was purchased by Callaghan’s father Neville. On her final trip through the ring, Dubawi Heights was bought by Cormac McCormack for 75,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2009 prior to her move to the US.
Out of the winning Suave Dancer mare Rosie’s Posy, Dubawi Heights is a half-sister to the multiple winner Generous Thoughts. Her dam is from the talented family of the group 1-placed My Branch and is a half-sister to the Group 1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup heroine Tante Rose, the Listed winner Bay Tree, and the stakes-placed Melodramatic.Dubawi’s list of top-flight performers reflects his international stature. Headed by last season’s 2,000 Guineas and Prix Jacques les Marois victor Makfi, they also include the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner Poet’s Voice, as well as Happy Archer in South Africa and Secret Admirer in Australia.
Dubawi, himself a triple Group 1 winner, stands at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket for £55,000.
Dubawi at Dalham Hall Stud
