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Darley Stallion Echo of Light Dies

Echo of Light, a member of the sole crop by Sheikh Mohammed's champion Dubai Millennium, was euthanized after breaking a leg in his paddock at Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

 Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Dubawi Heights on the Rise for F&M Turf

Dubawi Heights on the Rise for F&M Turf

Dubawi Heights, a two-time grade I winner this year for 28-year-old trainer Simon Callaghan, has impressed horsemen in her morning exercise leading up to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Thursday, November 03, 2011

Ten Centuries Sires First Winner

Ten Centuries, the only son of European champion Dubai Millennium standing in the United States, recorded his first winner when his son Ryans Joy scored by 5 1/4 lengths in a six-furlong race.

 Thursday, January 06, 2011

Dubawi Sires First Winner

Darley stallion Dubawi sired his first winner when his son Dubai Story won May 27 at Marseille-Borely.

 Thursday, May 28, 2009
Raven's Pass to Greet First U.S. Mares

Raven's Pass to Greet First U.S. Mares

The first wave of up to 30 American mares booked to Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Raven's Pass is scheduled to reach Ireland on Dec. 20, with two other groups slated to begin quarantine soon prior to their trips.

 Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Ten Centuries, Son of Dubai Millennium, to Buck Pond

Ten Centuries, a son of English champion Dubai Millennium and half-brother to grade I winner Dreams Gallore, will enter stud at Doug Arnold's Buck Pond Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Dubai Millennium Honored in Godolphin Gallery

A life-size statute honoring Dubai World Cup winner, Dubai Millennium, was unveiled Thursday, just three days before the running of the Dubai World Cup program, inside the Godolphin Gallery at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. The Godolphin Gallery is open to visitors at the racecourse.

 Thursday, March 23, 2006

Classic Winner Dubawi Injured; Retired

Irish 2,000 Guineas (Ire-I) winner Dubawi, a son of Dubai Millennium's only crop, has been retired because of an injury. He was to have started next in the NetJets Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT).

 Friday, October 07, 2005

Horse in Australia Identified as Samood

The horse believed to have been Dubai Excellence when sold to stand at stud in Australia has been identified as Samood.

 Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Tests Confirm Horse Is Not Dubai Excellence

DNA testing has confirmed that the horse sent to stand at stud in Australia is not Dubai Millennium's half-brother, Dubai Excellence.

 Friday, August 19, 2005

Identity Mix-Up Regarding Dubai Excellence

Authorities are conducting DNA testing to determine the identity of a horse shipped to stand in Australia after preliminary tests proved it is not Dubai Excellence.

 Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Divine Disappointment as Dubawi Dominates

Godolphin's Dubawi stormed down the middle of the Deauville course Sunday to record a decisive victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois (Fr-I) and shatter the unbeaten filly Divine Proportions' nine-race winning streak.

 Sunday, August 14, 2005

Dubawi To Be Odds-On in Guineas

Nineteen horses still remain eligible Thursday for the UltimatePoker.com Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I), the first British classic of the season at Newmarket on Saturday. Despite the sizable field, all eyes will be on the unbeaten colt, Dubawi.

 Thursday, April 28, 2005

Royal Remembrances

By Terese Karmel - When Shakespeare's King Richard III cried out, "a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse," how could the playwright have known what would occur at York Racecourse more than five centuries later?

 Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Shamardal: Godolphin's Best Derby Hope to Date?

Last year's European champion Shamardal, who is due to make his first start for Godolphin Saturday's UAE Derby (UAE-II), is considered his new owner's best ever Kentucky Derby (gr. I) prospect, according to Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford.

 Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Top Sprinter State City To Stand In Australia

Darley isn't the only one bringing Sheikh-owned stars into Australia to stand at stud. State City, one of the best sprinters of his era, has been bought by West Australian Turf Club chairman Ted van Heemst to stand at stud in West Australia.

 Friday, February 11, 2005

Dubai Millennium's Half-Brother to Stand in Australia

Sheikh Mohammed was, and he'll say the same today too, always adamant Dubai Millennium was the best horse he'd ever seen and was going to be the best stallion.

 Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Juddmonte Repeats as Leading British Breeder

For the third year in succession, Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms has won the Queen's Silver Cup as leading British-based flat breeder for 2004. The British Thoroughbred Breeders Association Awards were announced Dec. 13.

 Monday, December 13, 2004

Godolphin's Dubawi Wins National Stakes

Godolphin's Dubawi solidified his place as the favorite for next year's 3-year-old English Classics with an impressive three-length triumph in the National Stakes (Ire-I) for juveniles at The Curragh Sunday.

 Sunday, September 19, 2004

Dubai Millennium's First Stakes Winner Captures Weatherbys Superlative

Sheikh Mohammed, who called champion Dubai Millennium his best horse ever, experienced a special thrill July 8 in the Weatherbys Superlative Stakes (Eng-III) at Newmarket when the stallion's homebred son, Dubawi, became his sire's first stakes winner.

 Thursday, July 08, 2004

Dubai Millennium's First Winner Scores at Goodwood

Dubawi, the first produce of deceased Dubai Millennium to race, won June 4 at Goodwood in his debut.

 Sunday, June 06, 2004

Dubai Millennium Colt Tops First Day of Orby Sale

Agent John Ferguson, representing Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, outbid agent John Warren to acquire a Dubai Millennium colt for 1.2-million Euros (about $1,373,965) to top the opening session of the Goff's Orby Sale in Ireland on Tuesday.

 Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Dubai Millennium's First Foal Born at Wimbledon

The first foal by European champion Dubai Millennium arrived Jan. 13 at Hilary Boone Jr.'s Wimbledon Farm near Lexington.

 Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Grass Sickness Remains Research Priority

The death of Dubai Millennium from grass sickness has again highlighted the devastating effects of the disease, and brought to prominence research tied to finding causes and a cure.

 Tuesday, May 22, 2001

Dubai Millennium Insured For £30 Million

Dubai Millennium's death has opened the way for a huge insurance claim. According to the Racing Post, Dubai Millennium was insured through Lloyd's of London for a sum believed to be in the region of £30 million.

 Tuesday, May 01, 2001

Dubai Tragedy

By Ray Paulick -- It's a safe assumption that Dubai Millennium has always gotten the best care money can buy, from his days as a foal and racehorse, and certainly in the early stages of his stallion career at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England. But that wasn't enough to prevent his death from grass sickness, an insidious disease.

 Tuesday, May 01, 2001

Dubai Millennium Dies After Third Operation

Sheikh Mohammed's Dubai Millennium succumbed to equine grass sickness Sunday evening. According to John Ferguson, Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock advisor, "Dubai Millennium became uncomfortable on Sunday night, and it was evident that a third emergency surgery was necessary."

 Monday, April 30, 2001

Dubai Millennium's Condition Stable

Sheikh Mohammed's Dubai Millennium, who has been diagnosed with an acute case of equine grass sickness, remains in stable condition at a Newmarket clinic. The 5-year-old stallion was sent there Monday, April 21, from Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud near Newmarket and underwent surgery that day and the following day because of complications.

 Sunday, April 29, 2001

Dubai Millennium Remains in Critical Condition

Godolphin stallion Dubai Millennium, who underwent surgery Monday to relieve a blockage of the small intestine, remains in critical condition, according to a representative from Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud Management on Friday morning.

 Friday, April 27, 2001

Dubai Millennium's Condition Deteriorates; Sheikh Mohammed Arrives

Godolphin stallion Dubai Millennium remains in intensive care at a Newmarket clinic following surgery. The condition has worsened to such a point that Godolphin's Sheikh Mohammed arrived Wednesday from Dubai to check out the stallion. Dubai Millennium, who is standing his first season at stud, underwent surgery Monday to relieve a blockage of the small intestine and additional surgery Tuesday night. "He remains in intensive care in Newmarket, but the vets are giving him every possible medical treatment to enable his internal system to function normally again," said Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock advisor John Ferguson. "He's being a wonderful patient, and is comfortable, though clearly unwell."

 Tuesday, April 24, 2001

Dubai Millennium Tops International Classifications

Godolphin Racing's Dubai Millennium, the impressive six-length winner of the Dubai World Cup, has been accorded top weight of 134 on the International Classifications announced in London Wednesday. Among horses trained in the U.S. on the International Classification, sprinter Kona Gold and Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus both were rated at 127 pounds. That placed Kona Gold behind only Dubai Millennium and Montjeu (130 pounds) on the older horse list and Fusaichi Pegasus' weight assignment exceeded only by Sinndar.

 Wednesday, January 17, 2001

Here and There

Breeding and race-related news.

 Monday, September 11, 2000

Dubai Millennium's Surgery Successful

Godolphin Racing's Dubai Millennium, who was retired Saturday after breaking a leg during a workout in Newmarket, England, underwent successful surgery Sunday to correct the lateral condylar fracture of his right hind leg.

 Saturday, August 05, 2000

Cochrane Returns; Dettori Ahead of Plan

Jockey Ray Cochrane returned to the races for the first time since suffering injuries in a June airplane crash near Newmarket Race Course with a win in Friday's Fund For Addenbrooke's Fillies' Handicap at Newmarket, according to Sporting Life. Cochrane was injured along with fellow rider Frankie Dettori in the crash which killed the pilot, Patrick Mackey.

 Sunday, July 23, 2000

Dubai Millennium Will Contest Breeders' Cup

Following Dubai Millennium's impressive eight-length victory in the Prince of Wales's Stakes (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot, Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said the Seeking the Gold colt will make his final career start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, June 22, 2000