Night Of Thunder recorded a new G2 winner on Friday, 17 January when his five-year-old daughter Choisya led from pillar to post to take the G2 Cape Verdi at Meydan.
In a slowly run race, the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained mare was allowed to dictate the pace throughout and once she was asked to quicken, moved further and further clear to eventually win by five lengths.
This was her second Black Type victory, having won the Listed Dick Hern Stakes last August. She now has six career victories to her name.
Choisya was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and is out of the Stakes-placed Singspiel mare Fragrancy, also dam of multiple Stakes winner and Group-placed Pelerin (Shamardal). They are from the family of Dubawi’s multiple G1 winner Wuheida.
Night Of Thunder is Dubawi’s best proven stallion son and last year sired G1 Irish Champion Stakes winner Economics, plus G1 Fillies’ Mile heroine Desert Flower. His yearling average in 2024 was €382,000.
