Former brilliant dual Group I winning two year-old Pride of Dubai has his first foals on the ground this spring and it only seems fitting that one of the first to be born at Coolmore is for his breeder Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

Foaled and raised in the paddocks at Coolmore, Pride of Dubai was a superstar on the track for the Sheikh, carrying his renowned yellow and blue colours to victory in the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) and ATC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) during a sparkling juvenile season.

By champion sire Street Cry (IRE) from the family of champion European sires Invincible Spirit and Kodiac, Pride of Dubai always seemed destined for greatness.

He was super popular last spring covering 177 mares at Coolmore in Australia and has just returned from his first season in the Northern Hemisphere at Coolmore headquarters in Ireland.

This beautiful filly pictured below  is the second foal of unraced Isstoora, who was also bred and retained to race by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

(Pride Of Dubai x Isstoora filly)

By High Chaparral (IRE), Isstoora is from Group III winner Murjana, a half-sister to the dam of Group I winner Gathering from the famed Dancing Show family that has produced champion sire Redoute's Choice and Group I winning sires such as Manhattan Rain, Umatilla, Hurricane Sky, Al Maher and up and coming sire Rubick.

Pride of Dubai stands this spring at a fee of $44,000.

(Pride Of Dubai by Street Cry)