Winner of a late-season Goodwood maiden and a listed contest at Doncaster – both over six furlongs – by a combined margin of nine lengths, Night Of Thunder (by Dubawi) lost his unbeaten record when chasing home Kingman in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes first time out at three but then gained some revenge for that defeat when taking what turned out to be one of the best editions of the Group 1 2000 Guineas in recent decades.
He beat Kingman by half a length, Australia was a head back in third, Shifting Power was fourth, and Charm Spirit fifth, with Kingston Hill another length and a half away in eighth, a length in front of 10th-placed The Grey Gatsby. Australia, Kingston Hill and The Grey Gatsby earned their fame when stepping up in trip, and both Kingman and Charm Spirit went on to become multiple mile Group 1 stars, so it was remarkable that Night Of Thunder managed to win just once more in his career, when beating Toormore by a neck in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes 12 months later. Timeform rated him 110p at two, 127 at three, and 123 at four, and he was understably popular in his first season at Kildangan Stud, covering 137 mares. A trio of his first foals made six-figure sums at auction, and he moved to Dalham Hall Stud for his third season.
The early Dubawi (by Dubai Millennium) stallions include Makfi and Poet’s Voice – both of whom has sired a Group 1 winner (Makfi has four) – but most of his best sons are in earlier stages of their stud careers, or are still in training, so it’s still too early to know what sort of profile he will develop as a sire of stallions. The early signs are promising.
Night Of Thunder is out of the stakes-placed Forest Storm (by Galileo), and that half-sister to Indian classic scorer New Appliance (by Burden Of Proof) is out of Quiet Storm (by Desert Prince), a stakes-placed granddaughter of Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Forest Flower (by Green Forest). A first-crop representative of her sire and out of Group 1 Oaks third Leap Lively (by Nijinsky), she was also the top-rated juvenile filly in England in a season where she had a great rivalry with Minstrella. Forest Flower won the Group 3 Queen Mary Stakes, Group 3 Cherry Hinton Stakes and Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes but was runner-up to Minstrella in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes. That rival then added the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes, but when the pair met again in the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes, it was Forest Flower who hit the line first. Sadly, she lost the race in the stewards’ room and so the bigger grey became a triple top-level winner. Being a Dubawi out of a direct descendant of Forest Flower gave Night Of Thunder every chance of being a top-class racehorse, but it leaves him as something of an unknown as a stallion prospect, although his early support and auction success augur well for his future. His two-year-old winners are likely to be seen to better effect in the latter half of the season, his best offspring are likely to be competitive in the broad six to 12-furlong range, and there is every reason to hope that he can do as well in this second career as he did on the track. NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) - ch.2011 - Dubawi - Forest Storm, 4 wins inc 2000 Guineas (Gr1), Lockinge Stakes (Gr1), Doncaster Stakes (Listed), 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr1), St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr1), Greenham Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr1). Sire in Ireland & England. First foals in 2017.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Chc - Abaq (by Oasis Dream) Goffs October withdrawn Bc - Al Nassa (by Bernardini) Tatts IRE September not sold Bc - Alaia (by Sinndar) Tattersalls October 22,000gns Chf - Aljaazya (by Speightstown) Goffs UK August £60,000 Bc - Amallna (by Green Desert) Tattersalls October not sold Chc - Aqlaam Vision (by Aqlaam) Tattersalls October 80,000gns Chf - Areyaam (by Elusive Quality) Tattersalls October 11,000gns Chc - Aris (by Danroad) Tattersalls October 260,000gns CHf - Assabiyya (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls October withdrawn Chc - Award (by Tamayuz) Tattersalls October 200,000gns Bc - Blameless (by Authorized) Goffs October €60,000 Chf - Broadway Duchess (by New Approach) Tattersalls October 50,000gns (p/s) Chc - Cantal (by Pivotal) Tattersalls October 160,000gns Bf - Cape Castle (by Cape Cross) Tatts IRE September not sold Bf - Cape Good Hope (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls October not sold Bf - Coral Garden (by Halling) Tattersalls October withdrawn Bf - Coral Garden (by Halling) Tattersalls November withdrawn Grf - Corrine (by Spectrum) Goffs October €5,000 Bc - Darrfonah (by Singspiel) Tattersalls November 8,000gns Chf - Dinvar Diva (by Dalakhani) Tattersalls October not sold Chc - Doors To Manual (by Royal Academy) Tattersalls October not sold Chf - Doregan (by Bahhare) Goffs UK August £40,000 Chf - Elegant Peace (by Intense Focus) Goffs UK August £40,000 (p/s) Chc - Emreliya (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls October 62,000gns Chc - Ermine And Velvet (by Nayef) Tattersalls October 115,000gns Chf - Fair Hill (by New Approach) Tattersalls October 50,000gns Bc - First Party (by Royal Applause) Tatts IRE September €52,000 Bf - Flower Fairy (by Dynaformer) Tatts IRE September withdrawn Chf - Giveupyeraulsins (by Mark Of Esteem) Tatts IRE September €23,000 Bf - Havergate (by Dansili) Tattersalls October 36,000gns Bf - Jumeirah Palm Star (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls October 6,000gns Chf - Keeping Quiet (by Samum) Arqana October €15,000 Chf - Kiss From A Rose (by Compton Place) Tattersalls October 60,000gns Bc - Leala (by Montjeu) Goffs February not sold Bc - Leala (by Montjeu) Baden-Baden May not sold Bf - Look Busy (by Danetime) Tattersalls October 34,000gns Bf - Love And Laughter (by Theatrical) Tatts IRE September €26,000 Bc - Mandheera (by Bernardini) Arqana August €350,000 Bf - Many Colours (by Green Desert) Goffs UK August £38,000 Bc - Marmoom Flower (by Cape Cross) Arqana August not sold Bc - Martine's Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls October withdrawn Bf - Mathanora (by Anabaa) Tattersalls October 20,000gns Bc - Midwifery (by Teofilo) Goffs October not sold Bf - Mill Guineas (by Salse) Goffs UK August not sold Bc - Mujabaha (by Redoute's Choice) Arqana October Bf - Mystic Melody (by Montjeu) Arqana August not sold Bf - Nasrine (by Barathea) Baden-Baden August not sold Chf - Neshla (by Singspiel) Tattersalls October 8,000gns (p/s) Chc - North East Bay (by Prospect Bay) Tatts IRE September €180,000 Chf - Oriental Melody (by Sakhee) Goffs November withdrawn Chc - Oud Metha (by Manduro) Tattersalls October withdrawn Bc - Palimony (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls October 13,000gns Bc - Pencarrow (by Green Desert) Tattersalls October 20,000gns Chc - Permission Slip (by Authorized) Goffs October €65,000 Bc - Powdermill (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls October 10,000gns Bf - Pure Illusion (by Danehill) Tattersalls November not sold Chc - Que Sera Sera (by Dansili) Goffs October €52,000 Bc - Raskutani (by Dansili) Tattersalls October 38,000gns Chf - Refusetolisten (by Clodovil) Tatts IRE September €22,000 Bc - Regal Hawk (by Singspiel) Tattersalls October not sold Bc - Rezyana (by Redoute's Choice) Tattersalls October 8,000gns Bf - Royal Guinevere (by Invincible Spirit) Tatts IRE September €22,000 Bc - Scarlett Rose (by Royal Applause) Tattersalls October 90,000gns Chc - Semayyel (by Green Desert) Goffs UK August £74,000 Bc - Shama’s Song (by Teofilo) Goffs October €105,000 Chf - Silent Serenade (by Bertolini) Tattersalls October 37,000gns Grf - Sopran Enery (by Montjeu) Tattersalls October withdrawn Bc - Souviens Toi (by Dalakhani) Tattersalls October 70,000gns Bc - Sparkling Smile (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls October 115,000gns Chf - Step Sequence (by Nayef) Goffs UK August £32,000 Bf - Storyland (by Menifee) Tattersalls October not sold Bc - Suggest (by Raven’s Pass) Tatts IRE September €10,000 Bc - Sultanah Heyam (by Manduro) Tattersalls October 4,000gns Chc - Sunset Avenue (by Street Cry) Tattersalls October 48,000gns Bf - Thames Pageant (by Dansili) Goffs October €17,000 Chf - Time Over (by Mark Of Esteem) Tattersalls October 50,000gns Chc - Tornadea (by Sea The Stars) Arqana November €7,500 Chc - Travel (by Street Cry) Tattersalls October withdrawn Bf - True Match (by Cape Cross) Arqana August €110,000 Chf - Varsity (by Lomitas) Arqana August €130,000 Grc - White Wedding (by Green Desert) Tattersalls October 155,000gns Chc - Yukon Girl (by Manduro) Goffs UK August £2,000 (p/s) Comments are closed.
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