Ghaiyyath

Pedigree notes

Is there a more glorious sight in horse racing than to see a bold front-runner “wearing his heart on his sleeve”, daring his rivals to chase him down? Ghaiyyath did it time and again, putting his elite rivals to the sword in G1 races, in a manner reminiscent of his grandsire Dubai Millennium. 

Apart from the wow factor of his style of racing, it is also a significant common factor in the makeup of successful sires. Whether they are sprinters, milers or stayers, it is hard to come up with a list of top sires that were not on-pace runners or leaders: Star Kingdom, Northern Dancer, Ribot, Redoute’s Choice, Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Dubai Millennium, Street Cry, the list goes on.

Ghaiyyath maintained his blazing speed from 1,600m to 2,400m with multiple G1 winners such as Enable off the bit a long way from home chasing him.

Ghaiyyath is by Dubawi who broke the ice for Mr Prospector by winning the British General Sires’ title in 2022. Following the Australian General Sires’ title won by the Mr Prospector-line stallion Street Cry in 2015/16, breeders can have confidence in the suitability of stallions from this sire line for Australian conditions.

Dubawi shuttled to Australia for three seasons and didn’t get the support his subsequent achievements show he deserved. Despite this, his results in Australia were truly outstanding.

From his Australian crops Dubawi sired 188 runners, 149 winners (79% winners to runners), 22 Stakes winners (11.7% Stakes winners to runners) and six G1 winners which were 3.2% of his runners and 27.27% of the Stakes winners. These are industry-leading stats, particularly for a stallion who had a big fee drop in his third and final year on the shuttle.

G1 Statistics 
Dubawi has sired SIX individual G1 winners on the shuttle, two are out of Mr Prospector-line mares and one is out of a Star Kingdom-line mare from the Bletchingly branch. 

The 59 individual worldwide G1 winners feature mares by most of the major commercial sire lines sent to him. They include mares from the Sadler’s Wells/Galileo line, the Danzig/ Danehill line and the Mr Prospector/Machiavellian/Street Cry line.

• 20/53 have a return of Sadler’s Wells in the mare.
• 23/53 have a return of Danzig in the mare.
• 24/53 have a return of Mr Prospector in the mare.

Best Nicks
Dubawi has sired close to 300 Stakes winners worldwide and has a decent strike rate with all 21 of the broodmare sires whose daughters have been sent to him in the biggest numbers. This indicates his tremendous versatility which is a key reason for his success.

He has most individual Stakes winners out of mares by Galileo (17), Singspiel (10), Dansili (10), Green Desert (8), Montjeu (7), Sadler’s Wells (6), Shamardal (6), Monsun (6), Street Cry (6), Danehill (5) and Giant’s Causeway (5), who represent the major branches of current commercial sire lines. His highest percentages of Stakes winners to runners follow the same trend, the Northern Dancer and Mr Prospector lines both feature strongly.

Dubawi has over 20% Stakes winners to runners with mares by Nureyev and his grandson Polar Falcon.

Young stallions often nick along the same lines as their sires especially if their own broodmare sire is compatible. These are all promising indicators for Ghaiyyath.

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options
Ghaiyyath is the product of two of the world’s most successful crosses, the Dubai Millennium/Galileo cross and the Shirley Heights/Sadler’s Wells cross.

The key names found in these crosses include the influential mares Special, Lalun, Where You Lead, Urban Sea and Allegretta, presenting numerous opportunities to plan successful inbreeding strategies.

Strategy One
Introduce the missing ingredient to complete the recipe, Danehill. Dubawi’s best results when crossed with the Danehill line include with mares by Dansili, Danehill Dancer, Rock Of Gibraltar and Danehill himself. Introducing Redoute’s Choice has also had success.

Strategy Two
Ghaiyyath is bred on the very successful Dubawi/Galileo cross with both those stallions bred on a Northern Dancer/Mr Prospector/Buckpasser mix. Another successful sire bred on a similar pattern is More Than Ready, so his daughters, or mares by his son Better Than Ready, or mares by Sebring would all suit Ghaiyyath.

Strategy Three
Another obvious strategy is to introduce Sadler’s Wells’ three-quarter brother Nureyev, creating inbreeding to the mare Special. This nick has already worked for Ghaiyyath’s sire Dubawi and is worth replicating. There are numerous sources of Nureyev available, including a superior source via the great broodmare sire Zabeel whose dam is by Nureyev. Mares by his descendants such as Lonhro, Pierro and Savabeel, or their sons, are all suitable candidates. Star Witness is another source being from the Nureyev sire line himself.

Strategy Four
Ghaiyyath’s sire has nicked well with mares by Shamardal and Street Cry so daughters of those two sires or their leading sons such as Lope de Vega, Street Boss and Per Incanto look worthwhile options.