Almaarad

Almaarad
Almaarad
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 was a 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.^[1]^[2]

Following a short but successful racing career in Australia which yielded 3 wins from 4 starts he was retired to stud in 1990.^[3]

Pedigree

↑ Waters, Brad (22 October 2024). "Almaarad: CS Hayes' last Cox Plate star". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
↑ Brodie, Will (2010-02-01). "Our Aqaleem is no Almaarad, but he's pretty good". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
↑ Stynes, Jennifer (1990-08-02). "DOUBLE TOAST FOR ALMAARAD". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2024-11-06.

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