Barnane Stud enjoys strong sale for the Dubawi ex Urban Fox

Lot 272: the Dubawi filly out of the Group 1 winner Urban Fox is sold by Baroda Stud for breeder Barnane Stud for 1,100,000gns.

Barnane purchased Urban Fox here at the 2017 Tattersalls December Sale for 425,000gns. Her first foal, a two-year-old of this year, is named Outfoxed, is by Dubawi, was retained by the farm and is in training with William Haggas, yet to run.

Barnane’s Craig Kieswetter, a former professional cricketer and also now a professional golfer, said: “Urban Fox is a lovely mare, but by Foxwedge there were a few question marks when we bought her out of training. She was terrific on the racecourse, travelled really well around Europe and won some good races and Sam Haggas helped us with her purchase.

“We are delighted with this result and we wish Sheikh Mohammed and his team all the best, and we are very grateful. Dubawi is a top sire, and the team at home has done a remarkable job, and David [Cox] and his team at Baroda as well. You can do the matings, but you have also got to get the specimen. We will be watching the racing with keen interest.”

Of Urban Fox and Barnane Stud, the enthusiastic Kieswetter updated: “She is in-foal to Frankel, which is very exciting. The stud farm is growing, and we are adding mares and there are some beautifully bred fillies we are taking to the track. It is the early days for us but it is going in the right direction.

“We have 15/16 mares and six of them are bred on southern hemisphere time for the operation in South Africa. We have some lovely Frankels, Siyounis, and and we also have some yearlings to sell in Book 2. We have some exciting plans down the road, and building a stud farm takes time, but to have some good mares with good covers is fantastic.”