Maho Bay Another TDN Rising Star For Dubawi

Taking no prisoners in Thursday's 10-furlong novice at Newmarket, Godolphin's Maho Bay (Dubawi) dominated proceedings to become Dubawi's 49th TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard.

Sent off the 11-10 favourite having won his Kempton maiden in December by six lengths, the son of the Natalma Stakes winner La Pelosa (Dandy Man) stretched to an impressive 3 1/2-length success from Ballydoyle's Amadeus Mozart (Wootton Bassett), with the Gosdens' Guildmaster (Teofilo) another 1 3/4 lengths away in third.

“He's a big powerful horse, so there was no point messing around and I let him find his comfort zone and he kept going,” William Buick said. “He should be able to build on that.”

Charlie Appleby added, “He's a big horse and William was keen to make it and he set nice fractions. He doesn't scream out going further and William said he's more of a Prix du Jockey Club horse and that he won't handle Epsom and questions whether he'd get a mile and a half anyway. That's not a surprise, as there is a question mark on pedigree regarding that trip. He could go to the Dante, but I have another running tomorrow, Shabab Al Ahli, who I had in mind for that.”

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Pedigree Notes
Maho Bay is the third foal out of the aforementioned dam, who also finished second in the G3 Albany Stakes and G3 Sweet Solera Stakes, with her second being the GIII With Anticipation Stakes third Cavallo Bay (Pinatubo). This is the family of the G3 Prix Eclipse winner Perugina (Highest Honor) and the G3 Prix Minerve-placed Sovana (Desert King), who in turn produced the G2 Kilboy Estate Stakes winner and Pretty Polly runner-up Bocca Baciata (Big Bad Bob) and Whipper's G3 Prix Miesque winner and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches third Topeka and G3 Prix Edmond Blanc scorer Kalsa.

La Pelosa's two-year-old filly is a full-sister to Maho Bay, while her yearling filly is by Dubawi's Modern Games.