MAKFI was born in 2007, in the first crop sired by Dubawi (Dubai Millennium). A champion at three, he stormed to victory in the Group 1 2000 Guineas and thus became his sire’s first winner at the highest level, and the first French-trained winner of the classic for 15 years.

He added another Group 1 win when he defeated superstar mare Goldikova in the Prix Jacques Le Marois.