Stallion Dubai Excellence Believed to be in Ukraine

The Blood-Horse has learned that the search for the stallion Dubai Excellence, a half-brother to Dubai Millennium, has turned to Ukraine, the former Russian territory which is an independent country.

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The Blood-Horse has learned that the search for the stallion Dubai Excellence, a half-brother to Dubai Millennium, has turned to Ukraine, the former Russian territory which is an independent country.


This is where the horse thought to be Samood, who has just been identified as the stallion believed initially to be Dubai Excellence in Australia, is meant to have gone, sources close to the situation have said.


Michael Ford, keeper of the Australian Stud Book, confirmed earlier this week that recent DNA tests have confirmed a stallion presently in Australia and believed to have been Dubai Excellence, is actually Samood, an Irish-bred son of Caerleon out of the Ahonoora mare Park Appeal.


“It seems that the mix-up occurred when both stallions shared a paddock near Newmarket in England” Ford said. “The wrong stallion left for Europe instead of going into quarantine for his trip to Australia

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Mark Popham also writes for The Blood-Horse, sister magazine to The Horse.

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