Almaarad
Appearance
Almaarad | |
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Sire | Ela-Mana-Mou (IRE) |
Grandsire | Pitcairn (IRE) |
Dam | Silk Blend (IRE) |
Damsire | Busted (GB) |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 30 April 1983 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Chestnut |
Trainer | John Dunlop Colin Hayes |
Record | In Europe - 20: 9-2-3 In Australia - 4: 3-1-0 |
Earnings | A$1,940,213 |
Major wins | |
Curragh Cup (1987) Prix Kergorlay (1987) Grand Prix de Deauville (1987) Hardwicke Stakes (1988) Jockey Club Stakes (1988) Aral-Pokal (1988) W S Cox Plate (1989) Caulfield Stakes (1989) Underwood Stakes (1989) | |
Awards | |
Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (1990) |
Almaarad is a notable Thoroughbred race horse owned by Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who won a number of stakes races both in Europe and Australia.
Trained in Australia by Colin Hayes, he is best known for his win in the 1989 Cox Plate when ridden by Michael Clarke.
Following a short but successful racing career in Australia which yielded 3 wins from 4 starts he was retired to stud in 1990.
Pedigree
[edit]Sire Ela-Mana-Mou 1976 |
Pitcairn
1971 |
Petingo | Petition |
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Alcazar | |||
Border Bounty | Bounteous | ||
B Flat | |||
Rose Bertin
1970 |
High Hat | Hyperion | |
Madonna | |||
Wide Awake | Major Portion | ||
Wake Island | |||
Dam Silk Blend 1975 |
Busted
1963 |
Crepello | Donatello |
Crepuscule | |||
Sans Le Sou | Vimy | ||
Martial Loan | |||
Silken Yogan
1958 |
Ballyogan | Fair Trial | |
Serial | |||
Silken Star | Arctic Star | ||
Silken Slipper |