Father Dubawi and son Night Of Thunder sire Listed juvenile winners in Britain and Ireland

THE juvenile Listed races in Britain and Ireland today were won by progeny of the Darley stallion father and son team of Dubawi and son Night Of Thunder – the Denford Stakes (L) was won by Victory Dance (Dubawi), while Mauiewowie, a daughter of Night Of Thunder, took the Listed Curragh Stakes.

Victory Dance, trained by Charlie Appleby, is out of the Street Cry mare Dane Street, bred by Airlie Stud and Sonia Rogers. The colt was bought by Godolphin at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale for 700,000gns.

Dane Street is already dam of a top class performer – her 2016 filly by Scat Daddy is Skitter Scatter, winner of the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) in 2018. Her 2015 foal named Data Dependant (More Than Ready) was a Grade 3 runner-up as a juvenile.

Dane Street had a 2021 filly by Kingman, a 2022 colt by the same sire and was covered this spring by Palace Pier

Mauiewowie was bred by Trebles Holford Farm Thoroughbreds out of the Holy Roman Emperor mare La Chapelle, and is the mare’s first black-type performer.

La Chapelle is closely related to the US Grade 1 winner Zhukova (Fastnet Rock) and is a half-sister to the multiple Group 1 winner and Darley sire Ghaiyyath (Dubawi).

La Chapelle had a filly by Expert Eye in 2021, was due to Postponed this spring and was covered by Lope Y Fernandez .