Dubawi sire sons star at Royal Ascot

Last week’s glorious five-day festival of racing at Royal Ascot produced outstanding results for four sire sons and a grandson of world #1 sire Dubawi whose Group 1-winning son Lead Artist will stand his first season at Arrowfield this Spring. 

Night Of Thunder dominated the week, supplying three of the eight Royal Ascot Group 1 winners:

• Unbeaten 3YO colt Bow Echo (dam by Invincible Spirit) – St James’s Palace Stakes
• Ten Bob Tony (dam by Dark Angel) – Queen Anne Stakes
• Ombudsman (dam by Danehill’s son Dansili) – Prince of Wales’s Stakes

Now the sire of 88 stakeswinners (11 at Group 1 level) and commanding a €200,000 fee at Darley’s Kildangan Stud, Night Of Thunder is out of a mare by Galileo, whose champion son Frankel is Lead Artist’s damsire. Night Of Thunder, Frankel & Lead Artist all won the Newbury Lockinge S. G1 as as four-year-olds.

Time Test, who shuttled to New Zealand’s Little Avondale Stud for six seasons, is the sire of the Ribblesdale S. G2 winner Earth Shot (from a mare by Gaileo’s son Nathaniel).

A further four feature races were won by Alobayyah (by Ghaiyyath), Daiquiri Bay (by New Bay), Kizlyar (by Makfi’s son Make Believe) and Lost Boys (by Night Of Thunder).

Vandeek’s sire Havana Grey chimed in with a valuable Royal Ascot quinella in Saturday’s 5-furlong Norfolk S. G2, courtesy of his 2YO sons Orthodox (dam by Showcasing) & El Floridita (dam by Exceed And Excel’s son Bungle Inthejungle). They are among Havana Grey’s 14 stakes performers so far in 2026 and Orthodox is the 31st stakeswinner from his first 5 crops.