In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Al Hudaiba in the GI Summer Stakes at Woodbine.Dark Angel Colt Summers In StyleGodolphin's Al Hudaiba fired a warning shot of things to come for his owner/breeder in the GI Summer Stakes at Woodbine on September 12 (video). The Dark Angel colt would be followed by Notable Speech (Dubawi) defending his title in the GI Woodbine Mile later on the card (video).A former champion sire in the UK and Ireland, Dark Angel has accumulated 10 winners from 15 runners (66%) to race in Canada. Al Hudaiba is his fifth stakes winner there. Other Dark Angel stakes winners out of Dubawi mares include G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein hero Real World.Mysterious Night, who is also a Godolphin homebred, won the 2022 edition of the Summer Stakes before going on to win Meydan's G2 Al Fahidi Fort.Al Hudaiba's dam has a yearling filly by Frankel and a weanling colt by the sire still to race.Saturday, WoodbineBET365 SUMMER S.-GI, C$501,000, Woodbine, 9-12, 2yo, 1mT,1:35.66, fm.1–AL HUDAIBA (GB), 122, c, 2, by Dark Angel (Ire) 1st Dam: A'Shaari (GB), by Dubawi (Ire) 2nd Dam: Hibaayeb (GB), by Singspiel (Ire) 3rd Dam: Lady Zonda (GB), by Lion Cavern1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charles Appleby;J-William Buick. C$300,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng,6-4-0-1, $356,441.Trio Of Euro Stakes Victories In KentuckyOn closing day at Kentucky Downs, a trio of Europeans staged successful graded raids. Elite Racing 004's G1 Grosser Preis von Berline heroine Tiffany (Farhh) steamed home in the GII Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes and earned a ticket to the Breeders' Cup (video).Trained by Sir Mark Prescott, the daughter of Affinity (Sadler's Wells) was claiming her sixth stakes victory in her third country, after black-type scores in Germany and the U.K. The six-year-old mare did not meet her reserve when unsold at 1 million gns during last year's Tattersalls December Mares Sale and still carries the Elite Racing silks. Tiffany is a half-sister to the stakes-placed duo of Zest (Duke Of Marmalade) and Harmonica (Pivotal), as well as a three-year-old colt by Bated Breath. Affinity is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 heroine Soviet Song (Marju).Darley's subfertile Farhh continues to churn out a high rate of stakes winners from just a handful of foals compared to his rivals, with Tiffany one of 16 stakes winners worldwide. She is also one of four Group 1 scorers for the son of Pivotal after Tribalist, who now stands at Haras de Castillon, the Tweenhills Stud-based King Of Change, and Fonteyn.Saturday, Kentucky DownsAGS KENTUCKY TURF CUP INVITATIONAL S.-GII, $1,095,000,Kentucky Downs, 9-5, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:26.37, fm.1–TIFFANY (IRE), 123, m, 6, by Farhh (GB) 1st Dam: Affinity (GB), by Sadler's Wells 2nd Dam: Kalinka (Ire), by Soviet Star 3rd Dam: Tralthee, by Tromos (GB)(1,000,000gns RNA 5yo '25 TATMA). O-Elite Racing 004; B-EliteRacing Club (IRE); T-Sir Mark Prescott; J-Luke Morris.$582,800. Lifetime Record: GSW/G1SP-Eng, G1SW-Ger, SP-Fr,19-9-7-1, $1,132,861.A few races later, Wathnan Racing's Haatem (Phoenix Of Spain) did the business in the GIII Mint Millions Invitational Stakes for Richard Hannon (video).By some margin the largest payday of his four-year career, the five-year-old entire claimed the G2 Vintage Stakes at Goodwood back in 2023 and is no stranger to top-tier races, with a runner-up effort in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, one better than his third in the English equivalent earlier in his three-year-old year. Also a winner of the G3 Craven Stakes, a Guineas prep, and Royal Ascot's Jersey Stakes, Haatem originally raced for Sheikh Abdullah Almalek Alsabah and was purchased privately by Wathnan Racing's bloodstock agent Richard Brown after his Classic placings.Irish National Stud stallion Phoenix Of Spain has accumulated seven stakes winners anchored by dual Group 1 scorer Caballo De Mar. Haatem is his second-most decorated offspring, while his Lady Of Spain, Soul Of Spain, Cheshire Dancer, and Atsila have all won Group 3s.Monday, Kentucky DownsMINT MILLIONS INVITATIONAL S.-GIII, $1,362,000, KentuckyDowns, 9-7, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.32, fm.1–HAATEM (IRE), 122, h, 5, by Phoenix of Spain (Ire) 1st Dam: Hard Walnut (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire) 2nd Dam: Yaria (Ire), by Danehill 3rd Dam: Yara (Ire), by Sri Pekan(€28,000 RNA Wlg '21 GOFNO1; 27,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT).O-Wathnan Racing; B-Hyde Park Stud (IRE); T-Richard HannonJr.; J-Jamie P. Spencer. $573,500. Lifetime Record: MGSW &G1SP-Eng, 22-6-2-4, $1,243,902.Rounding out the trio of European winners near the Tennessee border was Take Charge Star (Starspangledbanner), who was earning his first stakes victory of any kind for Maribeth Sandford and trainer Johnny Murtagh in the GII Franklin-Simpson Stakes (video).The Niarchos Family-bred showed marked improvement when second in Royal Ascot's G3 Jersey Stakes this June, and, after running fourth in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest to Samangan (Blue Point), broke his stakes duck at Kentucky Downs. His dam ran second in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes before foaling stakes winner and G3 Bengough Stakes third Polybius (Oasis Dream) and G2 Balanchine Stakes heroine Albigna (Zoffany), as well as the winning dam of G2 Norfolk Stakes second Walbank (Kodiac). Freedonia is also a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Mile hero Domedriver.Coolmore's Starspangledbanner continues to deliver on a global scale, with his 64 international black-type winners anchored by this season's G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Precise, who also won Royal Ascot's G1 Coronation Stakes this term. Take Charge Star is one of 45 graded/group winners for the son of Choisir.Monday, Kentucky DownsMINT FRANKLIN-SIMPSON S.-GII, $1,105,275, Kentucky Downs,9-7, 3yo, 6 1/2fT, 1:15.45, fm.1–TAKE CHARGE STAR (IRE), 120, c, 3, by Starspangledbanner (Aus) 1st Dam: Freedonia (GB) (GSW-Fr, GISP-USA, $268,241), by Selkirk 2nd Dam: Forest Rain (Fr), by Caerleon 3rd Dam: Napoli (GB), by Baillamont 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. (€300,000Ylg '24 GOFORY). O-Maribeth Sandford; B-The Niarchos Family(IRE); T-Johnny P. Murtagh; J-Jamie P. Spencer. $450,000.Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 9-2-2-1, $573,730. *1/2 to Albigna(Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), G1SW-Fr, GSW-Ire, $426,339; 1/2 toPolybius (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), SW & GSP-Eng, $199,808.Blue Point Filly Arrives At Del MarJonathon Kirkland's Lady In Paris secured a Del Mar contest on September 6 (video). The daughter of Blue Point, bred by Scuderia Blueberry, is trained by Phil D'Amato.The sixth foal out of G3 Premio Sergio Cumani heroine Killachy Loose (Kyllachy), she sold for 60,000gns as a Tattersalls December weanling, before making 180,000gns out of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale. The half-sister to the stakes-placed Exceed Loose (Exceed And Excel) and stakes winner Ifrachy (Iffraaj) most recently raced in Europe for Kirkland and Jessica Harrington through September of 2025.Darley's Blue Point has 13 winners from 23 runners (56%) in the U.S. Worldwide, he is up to 33 stakes winners, 16 group winners from that batch and six Group/Grade 1 winners. The son of Shamardal's progeny claimed two top-level races at the Irish Champions Festival, with Blue Bolt in the Matron Stakes and Folsom Blues in the National Stakes.Repeat WinnersLupa (Lope De Vega) claimed her first stakes win in Woodbine's GIII Ontario Matron Stakes on September 12 (video). Josie Carroll trains the four-year-old filly for Mark Dodson.Formerly owned solely by LNJ Foxwoods, TDN Rising Star Siyouincanada (Siyouni) now races for Newtown Anner Stud Farm as well, and delivered a first black-type victory for the ownership duo in the Gio Ponti Stakes at Saratoga on September 7 (video). The three-year-old colt is trained by Joe Sharp.The post Making Waves: Blue Summer In Canada appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.