FRIDAY, 7 JUNE 2019 NOSEDA TO RETIRE FROM TRAINING HOW DUBAWI HAS HELPED Jeremy Noseda, who has been training in Newmarket since EASE THE BLUES 1998 and whose greatest wins include a St Leger and a Breeders= Cup, is set to retire from training. "The time is right for me to walk away," said Noseda. "I will be leaving the sport with a smile on my face and with a lot of great memories." In 2004, Noseda notched an excellent training feat when sending Wilko (Awesome Again) to Lone Star Park in Texas for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile for the 11th start of his 2-year-old campaign. A maiden winner and multiple group-placed, Wilko sprang a 20-1 shock under Frankie Dettori in his first start on the dirt, with the subsequent dual Classic winner Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet) in second. Cont. p3 Dubawi at Dalham Hall Stud | Alayna Cullen IN TDN AMERICA TODAY THE BELMONT ‘LOW’ DOWN By Emma Berry Christie DeBernardis speaks with owner Robert Low, who is set Almost two decades ago, on a June day that still sparkles in the to be represented in Saturday's GI Belmont S. by 'TDN Rising memory while others have faded into dim recesses of the mind, Star' Intrepid Heart (Tapit). Click or tap here to go straight to a horse named with considerable portent by his owner and TDN America. breeder Sheikh Mohammed held Royal Ascot in his thrall. Just as he had done in the Dubai World Cup that March, Dubai Millennium (Seeking The Gold) rendered pursuit almost pointless when stringing along his five rivals in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. to have them finish at an eight-length remove or more. Up high in the old stand that day, those at Ascot with the serious business of racing on their minds began their applause while the colt was still only halfway along the straight, so unquestionable was his impending victory. What we didn't realise then was that it was the last time we would see Dubai Millennium in his majestic pomp. As Jerry Bailey tipped his hat to the injured Frankie Dettori and flew to the ground in an extravagant dismount, with him landed dreams of further glory. For on the day that Dettori returned to action after the plane crash that so nearly claimed his life, Dubai Millennium suffered his own reversal with a hind leg fracture sustained at morning exercise in early August. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 7 JUNE 2019 How Dubawi Has Helped Ease The Blues cont. That the 'home team' accounts for so many of Dubawi's 169 What would have seemed a devastating blow then was a mere individual stakes winners, and indeed 12 of his 39 Group 1 forerunner to a far greater tragedy that was to befall the horse. winners, should come as no surprise. After all, the Godolphin On Apr. 29 the following year, his life was ended desperately mares not only have first call on his book, but Sheikh prematurely by grass sickness, midway through his first season Mohammed and his sales team routinely snap up many of his at Dalham Hall Stud. elite offerings at public auction. Nevertheless, from Sand Vixen Less than a year after his demise, his truncated first crop (GB)'s first strike in the Listed St Hugh's S. on Aug. 14, 2009, appeared, with many of the resulting 56 foals being bought which was followed a month later by the G2 Champagne S. privately by the sheikh in a bid to find his champion's heir. The victory for another first-crop member, Poet's Voice (GB), the ninth to be born was already in his ownership, having been stream of black-type winners from this fertile source has greatly foaled at Kildangan Stud to the Oaks d'Italia winner Zomaradah boosted Godolphin's racecourse success over the last decade. (GB) (Deploy {GB}) on Feb. 7, 2002. In a beautifully produced Those two early winners would go on to make their mark at book commemorating Dubai Millennium and depicting all of his stud. Sand Vixen, later winner of the G2 Flying Childers S., is the offspring, the strong bay colt who would come to be known as dam of G1 Jebel Hatta winner Dream Castle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Dubawi (Ire) is the final foal to feature. It wasn't the last time he while Poet's Voice went on to claim Group 1 success himself in would be prominent on the back pages. the Queen Elizabeth II S. before carving out a respectable stud By a wide margin, Dubawi was his sire's best runner, winning career which was cut short by a fatal heart attack at the age of the G1 National S. during an unbeaten juvenile campaign. He just 11. became a Classic winner in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and then Darley currently stands two of Dubawi's sons at Dalham Hall emulated his father with victory in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois Stud in Night Of Thunder (Ire) and Postponed (Ire), while after a valiant effort over a trip just beyond reach when third in Frontiersman (GB) is at Overbury Stud and Hunter's Light (Ire) at the Derby. Haras du Logis. He is also represented at the Aga Khan Studs' In 2006, he again followed in his father's footsteps, this time to Haras de Bonneval by Zarak (Fr) and by two Juddmonte-bred stand at Dalham Hall Stud, though at a fee a quarter of the size sons, Time Test (GB) at the National Stud and New Bay (GB) at of that commanded by Dubai Millennium. Though robust and Ballylinch Stud. Meanwhile, Makfi (GB), the first of Dubawi's two obviously talented, the compact Dubawi did not share his sire's 2000 Guineas winners, is at stud in Japan after standing in film star swagger and, for a stallion who now stands for England-during which time he sired the Poule d'Essai des ,250,000B10 times greater than his opening price--it seems Poulains winner Make Believe (GB)--and then France. scarcely believable that he was once on offer at just ,15,000 in These are early days when it comes to assessing whether any that 'difficult' fourth season. of these young stallions can go on to add another postscript to In the age of Galileo (Ire), it's all too easy to overlook the the Dubai Millennium story. It is, however, fair to say that achievements of Dubawi. The significance of his stud career will Seeking The Gold, who lived to the age of 31 at Claiborne Farm not be lost on Sheikh Mohammed's operation, however, but had scant representation in Europe, now has a worthy line in especially since Dubawi notched a key milestone last Friday at existence in this part of the world even if his most celebrated Epsom when the Charlie Appleby-trained Space Blues (GB) son to race here was granted so little time at stud. posted the 100th stakes victory for his sire in the royal blue of The story is far from being fully written. Godolphin. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 7 JUNE 2019 How Dubawi Has Helped Ease The Blues cont. This year alone, Dubawi has been represented by a chart-topping 20 black-type winners, with 14 of those being group or graded winners. In the past week those figures were boosted by victory in the G2 Badener Meile for The Revenant (GB), a Grade III win at Belmont Park for the Newsells Park Stud-bred Demarchelier (GB), and a second Epsom stakes Vice President, International Operations Gary King success, following that of Space Blues, for Anna Nerium (GB) in Twitter: @garykingTDN the G3 Princess Elizabeth S. [email protected] As that snapshot shows, Dubawi's success is far-reaching, but it + 1.732.320.0975 is enjoyed most strongly closest to home. International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Noseda To Retire From Training cont. from p1 Associate International Editor Noseda enjoyed an excellent spell through the spring and fall Heather Anderson of 2006, collecting the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James=s Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Palace S. with Araafa (Ire) (Mull of Kintyre), and later the G1 St Marketing Manager Leger with Sixties Icon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Sixties Icon won an Alayna Cullen additional five group races. Twitter: @AlaynaCullen In 2010, Noseda registered one of the more remarkable [email protected] performances of his training career when sending the Coolmore partners= Laddies Poker Two (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) out to win the Contributing Editor Wokingham S. at Royal Ascot off a one year, eight month layoff. Alan Carasso Laddies Poker Two is now best known as the dam of Coolmore=s Twitter: @EquinealTDN dual Guineas and four-time Group 1 winner Winter (Ire) (Galileo Cafe Racing {Ire}). Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry Kevin Blake IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY RECORD DUNDEEL COLT LIGHTS UP NATIONAL SALE A colt by Dundeel fetched a record price for the Magic Millions Classic-winning trainer Jeremy Noseda | Racing Post National Yearling Sale of A$850,000. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 7 JUNE 2019 Noseda To Retire From Training cont. CALYX OUT OF ROYAL ASCOT Later in 2010, Noseda took the G1 Irish St Leger with Sans Last year=s G2 Coventry S.