Divine Image pays tribute to her late breeder Peter Magnier
Scat Daddy filly won the UAE Oaks in the Godolphin blue
Divine Image paid tribute to her late breeder Peter Magnier when landing the UAE Oaks at Meydan on Thursday under a well-timed ride from William Buick.
The daughter of is trained by Charlie Appleby and races in the Godolphin blue having been purchased by Sheikh Mohammed's operation for €360,000 at last year's Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale from Yeomanstown Stud, who pinhooked the filly for $125,000 as a yearling from Four Star Sales at Fasig-Tipton.
Magnier - who ran Brittas House Stud in County Tipperary and enjoyed most success in recent years through his Irish River mare Brigid - died last month.
He also bred the US stakes winner Giada Vegas by Scat Daddy.
opened her account when winning a Chelmsford novice stakes by six lengths in December and was second to Silva - who faded into eighth behind Divine Image on Thursday - in the UAE 1,000 Guineas on her only other start.
The filly is out of the stakes-placed Ishiguru mare Sure Route, a daughter of the unraced Gulch mare Shore Light, a half-sister to four stakes performers headed by the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes scorer Motor City.
Tribute to Peter Magnier:
Death of Brittas House owner and successful breeder Peter Magnier
Published on 21 February 2019inNews
Last updated 17:43, 21 February 2019
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