More stars of the future!
9 March 2022
Like mother, like daughter. Dawn Of Hope pictured with her Sea The Stars filly. Photo – Equuis Images
It continues to be a busy spring for broodmare manager Andrew Rawlin and his team. There have been four new arrivals during the past week alone, including a special colt by Dubawi and a flashy filly by Sea The Stars.
The Dubawi colt is a son of the Group 1-placed Princess Loulou and is the biggest foal to have ever been born at Blue Diamond. The well-developed chestnut is the fifth foal out of his dam, who won the Listed EBF Gillies Fillies Stakes and ran second in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet for Roger Varian. Her first foal, Louganini, was a smart handicapper for us while there are high hopes for her three-year-old Nashwa, who was a promising third on her only start last season at Newmarket.
By the exceptional broodmare sire Pivotal and a member of the successful West Blagdon family of Pelting, Princess Loulou returns this year to Frankel, the sire of Nashwa.
Another high-flying mare, Dawn Of Hope, is the dam of the Sea The Stars filly. Born on Friday, she is a flashy chestnut filly just like her dam, a daughter of Mastercraftsman who was trained by Roger Varian to win the Listed Prix Petite Etoile at Deauville and run placed in the Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes.
Dawn Of Hope was a yearling purchase but her connection to the stud runs deeper since she is a half-sister to Ayrad, a much-loved campaigner who won two Listed races and was multiple stakes-placed for us. Further back it is the family of top sprinters Dowsing and Stravinsky.
Rivercat and her Make Believe filly. Photo: Equuis Images
Dawn Of Hope‘s first foal, the Decorated Knight filly Kind Gesture, is in training with Roger Varian. She also has a two-year-old Kingman colt, a yearling colt by Invincible Spirit and visits Pinatubo this year.
Invincible Spirit is also the sire of a colt out of homebred Cristielle born on Tuesday. He is the second foal out of Cristielle, an Australia daughter of our first homebred stakes winner, Listed scorer Nouriya, and therefore a half-sister to our Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes heroine Aljazzi and Listed scorer Majestic Noor.
Cristielle‘s first foal, a two-year-old colt by US Navy Flag, is in training with Andrew Balding, a new addition to our roster of trainers this year.
Rivercat has also foaled a very sweet filly by Make Believe. The winning Rivercat boasts an exceptional pedigree as a winning Kitten’s Joy half-sister to Listed scorer Anjaz, a daughter of Group 1 winner Playful Act from the famous Magnificient Style family of Nathaniel and Great Heavens.
Rivercat has a two-year-old filly by Raven’s Pass in training with Johnny Portman, a yearling filly by Decorated Knight and returns to New Bay.
