Godolphin and Dubawi Dominate TBA Flat Awards

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Godolphin has been announced as the winner of the Queen's Silver Cup for leading British-based Flat breeder for the 11th time in the TBA's statistical awards for 2024.

Starting the season well with 2,000 Guineas winner Notable Speech (GB), Godolphin was also represented by the dual Group 1-winning juvenile Shadow Of Light (GB), who landed the Middle Park Stakes, followed by the Dewhurst Stakes a fortnight later.

The operation's flagship sire Dubawi (Ire) was crowned the leading British-based stallion for the tenth time in 11 years with total progeny earnings of £4,425,502. He was also awarded the British EBF Barleythorpe Stud Silver Cup. 

Dubawi's good season included the aforementioned Notable Speech as well as the Oaks winner Ezeliya (Ire) and the Eclipse Award winner Rebel's Romance (Ire).

Claire Sheppard, chief executive of the TBA said, “The statistical awards are important in highlighting track success of British-based breeders and stallions over the course of the year. Britain has the highest proportion of world-class thoroughbreds relative to the total number of foals born, indicating the quality of bloodlines and breeding operations, and all underpinned by many of the best stallions in the world. Our congratulations to Godolphin and Dubawi, and we look forward to presenting them and all the winners in person at the annual Flat Season Awards ceremony on 9 July.”

Sam Bullard, director of stallions for Darley and Godolphin, said, “Everyone at Godolphin is delighted that the Queen's Silver Cup is heading back to Dalham Hall Stud. 2024 was a tremendous year for both Team Godolphin and the Darley Stallions and it is very fitting that Notable Speech, by our flagbearer Dubawi, has contributed to both the leading breeder award and to Dubawi's double success. Dubawi continues to excel at the highest level and is now being challenged by his own sons as the future champions in waiting. We are incredibly fortunate to have him.”

Simon Sweeting, Chairman of the EBF added, “The British EBF is pleased to be sponsoring the Barleythorpe Stud Silver Cup this year. The award focuses on a stallion's winners-to-runners strike-rate which is an important indicator for breeders of a stallion's ability to produce winning progeny. Our congratulations to all connections of Dubawi. Again, he has proven himself an icon of the British stallion ranks, and we are grateful for the support his enduring success makes to the British EBF's prize-money contributions.”

Whitsbury Manor Stud received the Tattersalls Silver Salver for leading freshman sire for the fourth time, with Sergei Prokofiev taking the title in 2024. He followed the lead of Showcasing (GB), Adaay (Ire) and Havana Grey (GB).

Among Sergei Prokofiev's 23 British and Irish winners was the Andrew Bengough and Partners-bred Arizona Blaze (GB), who won the first Irish maiden on the Curragh on March 18, and later won the G3 Marble Hill Stakes, was third in the G1 Phoenix Stakes and ended his season by running second in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

Ed Harper, stud director of Whitsbury Manor, said, “We are delighted that Sergei Prokofiev has won the leading first-season sire award. With 29 individual juvenile winners worldwide, including a second in the G1 Breeders Cup Juvenile turf sprint, and top performers in the Middle East, he offers British breeders an exciting commercial option.”

The statistical awards cover the calendar year 2024 and relate to racing in Britain and Ireland only.

 

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