The regally bred King Of Cities made it a Darley-sired 1-2-3 in the G3 Strensall Stakes over a mile and a quarter at York on Saturday, 23 August, before Arabian Crown took the Listed August Stakes at Windsor, shortly followed by Silawi's victory in the G3 Winter Hill Stakes.
The Richard Hannon-trained three-year-old colt King Of Cities sat prominent throughout under Sean Levey, and gamely held on from Too Darn Hot’s Boiling Point in a photo finish, with Blue Point’s Skukuza storming home to take third in the York contest.
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Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, King Of Cities is the third foal out of Teofilo mare Ajman Princess, making him a half-brother to Shamardal’s G1-winning sprinter Inisherin. Ajman Princess herself is out of the incredible broodmare Reem Three, the dam of exciting first-season sire Triple Time.
Just a few hours later, his four-year-old son Arabian Crown took the Listed August Stakes at Windsor. Trained by Charlie Appleby, Arabian Crown was ridden up with the pace under Billy Loughnane, and stuck on gamely to fend off a rallying Caviar Heights, winning by half a length.
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Bred by G B Partnership, Arabian Crown was a €600,000 purchase as a yearling. He is the ninth foal out of Stakes winner Dubai Rose, making him a full brother to Listed scorer Everest Rose, and a half-brother to G2 winner The Juliet Rose.
In the very next race at Windsor, Silawi became yet another new Group winner for the sire with victory in the G3 Winter Hill Stakes. Ridden up with the pace, the Wertheimer Et Frere-bred gelding battled on tenaciously to deny Military Order, winning a shade cosily at the line.
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The five-year-old son of the brilliant Dubawi is is out of the G1-winning mare Silasol, who herself is from the family of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Solemia.
Dubawi has had yet another exceptional year, with a world-leading 26 individual Stakes winners, including the remarkable Rebel’s Romance, who recently landed his eighth victory at the highest level in the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin. Dubawi’s ever-growing list of sons at stud received another boost recently, when his three-time G1 winner Space Blues sired his own first G1 winner, Power Blue in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.
