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Dual-Hemisphere Sire Pure Prize Dies In Argentina At Age 23

Pure Prize, a Grade 2 winner who had success at stud in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, died Saturday at Haras La Providencia in Argentina following complications from a stroke, the South American publication Turf Diario reports. He was 23.

A Phipps Stable homebred by Storm Cat, and out of the champion Heavenly Prize, Pure Prize raced for three seasons, and won five of 17 starts for earnings of $475,459. The Shug McGaughey trainee got better with age, earning his first graded stakes placing at four when he ran second in the Grade 3 Fourstardave Handicap. In his next and final start, he picked up his first graded stakes victory in the G2 Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap at Turfway Park.

Pure Prize retired to Vinery in Lexington, Ky., for the 2003 breeding season, and he remained there for every Northern Hemisphere season through 2012. He joined the rest of Vinery stallions in moving to WinStar Farm for the 2013 season. All the while, he shuttled to Argentina for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, where he became a star.

Pure Prize was Argentina's leading sire in 2012 and 2013, he relocated to the country permanently during his second championship season, moving to Haras Carampangue.

The stallion was a steady producer of champions in Argentina, siring 2015 Horse of the Year Hi Happy, and year-end honor-earners Winning Prize, Ollagua, Jumbalaya, Puerto Real, and Kononkop, as well as Peruvian champion Hija Rubia.

Despite leaving the country nearly a decade ago, Pure Prize remained a stallion of note in the U.S., with several Argentine-breds that shipped north and won major races.

Chief among them was Blue Prize, who won the 2019 Breeders' Cup Distaff, and promptly sold to Larry Best's OXO Equine as a broodmare prospect for $5 million. After earning Argentina's champion 2-year-old colt and champion miler honors in 2012, Winning Prize shipped to Southern California, where he won the G1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita Park. Hi Happy came stateside after securing 2015 Horse of the Year honors and took a pair of graded stakes races, including the G1 Man O'War Stakes.

In terms of domestically-sired U.S. runners, Pure Prize's record is led by Grade 1 winners Pure Clan and Pure Fun, Grade 2 winner Dothraki Queen, and Grade 3 winner Birdbirdistheword, Red Knight, Holy Nova, and Now I Know.

In total, Pure Prize has sired 13 crops of racing age, with 1,138 winners and combined progeny earnings in excess of $74.9 million. He was pensioned from stud duty in 2016 and relocated to Haras La Providencia to live out his remaining days.

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New Format for Copa Bullrich Sale

Argentina's Copa Bullrich May Sale will feature a new pre-sale bidding opportunity ahead of the live sale, which will be held May 11-13 at 2 p.m. daily. An online sale for registered bidders will begin Saturday, May 8, at 8 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. on each live sale day. All times are local. Online bidding will be available for every horse listed in the catalogue, which features a select group of 2-year-olds.

Each sale day will then continue with a live auction streamed online from the sales pavillion at La Pasión Stud Farms. A a maximum of 120 invitation-only guests will be on site. The winning bid from the online auction will be announced, with bids in person, through the website, and over the phone then accepted as the horse is in the ring. A 5% discount will apply if the winning bid hails from the online auction.

For more information, visit antoniobullrich.com.

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Stakes Winner Gidu, Son Of Frankel, To Enter Stud In Argentina

Gidu, a multiple stakes-winning son of Frankel, will begin his stallion career at Haras Gran Mueñca in Argentina for the 2021 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The Irish-bred 6-year-old retires with four wins in 21 starts for earnings of $305,457. From the second crop of highly-touted European champion Frankel, he was a $457,683 purchase by Zayat Stables from the 2016 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale.

After breaking his maiden as a juvenile, Gidu finished second in the Grade 3 Dania Beach Stakes, then earned a pair of non-graded stakes wins in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont Park. He was sent to the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting after those wins, where he finished sixth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup.

Though he consistently competed in stakes races throughout the rest of his career, Gidu's only remaining earned black type came at the beginning of his 2020 campaign, when he finished second in the G3 Tropical Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Per documents released as part of the Zayat Stables bankruptcy filings, Gidu was sold privately for $100,000 in the spring of 2020 as part of the operation's liquidation of assets. He raced twice for new owner Santa Escolastica Stable, both out-of-the-money efforts in Saratoga, to end his career.

Bred in Ireland by Ecurie Des Monceaux, Gidu is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Manerbe, who is also the dam of Grade 3 winner Marbre Rose and French stakes winner Aviatress.

Gidu hails from the family of Grade 1 winners Zoftig, Zaftig, and Zo Impressive, Grade 2 winner Souper Tapit, Grade 3 winner Verve's Tale, and classic-placed Tale of Verve.

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Mubtaahij Recieves Hormonal Treatments To Restart Stud Career In Argentina

It's been a difficult start at stud for Grade 1 winner and international standout Mubtaahij, whose battles with fertility issues have led to just two confirmed foals being produced since he began his stallion career in Argentina in 2019.

However, Racing Post reports that the 9-year-old son of Dubawi has received hormonal treatments that his managers hope will boost his fertility. The horse is in good health following the treatments, and he is set to stand the 2021 Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras Abolengo near Buenos Aires as property of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa.

Mubtaahij covered 10 mares during his initial season at stud in the summer of 2019, with two fillies being born from the matings. He was bred to three mares in 2020.

The Irish-born Mubtaahij set himself up on the global stage after winning the G2 U.A.E. Derby. He shipped to the U.S. to finish eighth in the 2015 Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Belmont Stakes.

Mubtaahij became a globetrotter from then on, bouncing between the U.S. and the U.A.E. to compete in the handicap divisions on both sides of the world. His biggest stateside triumph came in the G1 Awesome Again Stakes, and he finished in the money twice in the Dubai World Cup. He retired with five wins in 24 starts for earnings of $5,780,332.