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Yibir was on fire
Godolphin’s Dubawi gelding annexed the Breeders’ Cup Turf
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WINNER OF HIS last two starts at two Yibir was gelded after his first three outings of this year, and the operation seems to have had the desired effect – he’s won four of his five subsequent starts taking the Bahrain Trophy Stakes (G1), the Great Voltigeur Stakes (G2), the Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes and, recently, the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) when his turn of foot saw him run down Broom to score by a half a length. Yibir is the 48th Group or Grade 1 winner for his sire Dubawi, who was also represented by the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) victor Space Blues and the Juvenile Turf (G1) scorer Modern Game. As far as Yiber’s pedigree is concerned his victory gained some compensation for his full-sister Wild Illusion, who was beaten a neck in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) in 2018. That defeat aside, Wild Illusion proved herself at the highest level, taking the Nassau Stakes (G1), the Prix de l’Opera (G1) and the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1) and she also finished second in the Oaks (G1).
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William Buick celebrates his third Breeders’ Cup win of 2021 after success on Yibir in the Turf. The gelding’s dam Rumh was bought as a yearling by John Ferguson Bloodstock from Gestüt Karlshof at the 2009 October Book 1 Sale for 300,000gns. The daughter of Monsun has now bred two horses who have won seven-figures in prize-money earnings. She has a two-year-old by Golden Horn and was covered by Sea The Stars this spring
