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| Shadwell Stable |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 172 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 25-22-16 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $1,285,571 (53) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 14% (36%) |
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Top Associated Horses:
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Albertus Maximus,
Samhoon,
Anaan,
Mafaaz,
Iqbaal,
Taqarub |
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Biography, Highlights and Media:
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- Owner(s): Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Born: December 25, 1945
- Residence: Dubai, U.A.E.
- Family: Sheikh Hamdan is the second son of the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, a previous Ruler of Dubai. He is Dubai’s Deputy Ruler and Minister of Finance and Industry for the United Arab Emirates. His brother is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and overseer of the Godolphin/Darley racing empire
- Education: Cambridge University Bell School of Languages between 1967-68
- Professional Background: He and Sheik Mohammed control the state-owned Dubai Holding Co. and its many subsidiary companies which have wide ranging investments in hotels, apartment buildings, banking and finance, and healthcare facilities. He was tabbed by his late father after college to coordinate modernization projects in the U.A.E. and is the head of the country's delegation to the International Monetary Fund and OPEC
- Web site: www.shadwellfarm.com
- Racing Background: Became interested in racing while attending Cambridge and first registered his colors in Britain in 1981
- Racing Career: Earned his first Group winner with Shicklah, who won a 1982 Group 2 race in Germany ... Since then he has won many races in Europe, America and Dubai, including the Breeders' Cup Classic and Filly and Mare Turf, the Belmont Stakes, the Dubai World Cup, the Epsom Derby (twice), the Oaks, the 1,000 Guineas (five times), the 2,000 Guineas, the St Leger and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes ... Shadwell has raced ten classic winners. ... Shadwell's impressive stable earned an Eclipse Award for outstanding owner of 2007 and Sheik Hamdan has been champion owner in Britain four times, in 1990, 1995, 2002 and 2004 … His best horses include 2006 U.S. Horse of the Year, Breeders' Cup Classic and 2007 Dubai World Cup champion Invasor, 2006 Belmont Stakes winner Jazil, 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner and Eclipse champion Lahudood, multiple Graded Stakes winning miler Shakis, the 1989 Epsom Derby and 2,000 Guineas winner Nashwan; top sprinter Dayjur, runner-up in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Sprint; Salsabil, who won the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks and Irish Derby in 1990; Sakhee, the 2001 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up; and Nayef, who won four Group 1 races between 2001 and 2003. Other classic successes were provided by Haafhd, who won the 2004 2,000 Guineas, and Eswarah, triumphant in the 2005 Epsom Oaks. In Australia, he has twice won the Melbourne Cup, with At Talaq in 1986 and Jeune in 1994 … He has around 350 horses in training, all with Arabic names, divided among America, Australia, Dubai, England and Ireland
- Breeding/Racing Operation: He owns about 200 mares worldwide and seven stud farms in the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. including the 1,350-acre Shadwell Farm near Lexington, Ky. … Invasor, Jazil and 2007 Cigar Mile (G1) winner Daaher are among the nine stallions standing in Kentucky ... The farm sponsors the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) at Keeneland, the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga and the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park, and includes a Best Turned Out Award to honor grooms. ... Shadwell is seventh among owners in Breeders' Cup earnings of $4,294,000, about a million behind his family's Godolphin operation. The Maktoum Family has earned nearly $15 million in the Breeders' Cup ... Very active at the sales, and was second leading buyer at 2009 Keeneland Sept. yearling sale, behind his brother, Sheikh Mohammed. He purchased 14 yearlings for a total of $5,670,000. Purchased four yearlings at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga for a total of $1,510,000. ... Anthony Stroud advises on bloodstock, and Angus Gold is his racing manager. ... Through Oct. 2, 2009, the stable has earned $1,072,236 while winning 20 races from 148 starts. ... Campaigns his horses with Kiaran McLaughlin in the U.S., and Barry Hills, William Haggas, and John Gosden in Europe. ... Top horses of 2009 include the McLaughlin-trained Albertus Maximus, winner of the Donn Handicap (G1) and favorite for the Dubai World Cup (G1) before finishing sixth; Hills-trained Ghanaati, winner of the One Thousand Guineas (G1) and Coronation Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot in a course record 1:38.30 before finishing third behind Rip Van Winkle in the Sussex Stakes (G1) and a second in the Sun Chariot Stakes (G1), the latter two against males; Aqlaam, winner of the Prix de Moulin (G1) and Summer Mile Stakes (G2) for Haggas. Also campaigned Ouqba (Hills), winner of the Jersey Stakes (G3); Mafaaz (Gosden), winner of the Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes at Kempton; and stakes winner Taqarub (McLaughlin), who was an early participant on the Triple Crown trail before being sidelined. ... Recently purchased Joanna, who finished third in the Marcel Boussac (G1).
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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