 Cape Verdi was first sent into training with Peter Chapple-Hyam at Manton, Wiltshire.After her third race she was bought by Maktoum Al Maktoum and at the end of her first season her ownership was transferred to the Maktoum family’s Godolphin organisation.She was then moved to the stable of Saeed bin Suroor, spending her winters in Dubai before returning to race in England in summer.