{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Asiatic Boy , image = 2007 winner Asiatic Boy with his owner His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.jpg , caption = 2007 UAE triple crown winner Asiatic Boy with his owner Sheikh

Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Saeed Al Maktoum is a United Arab Emirati politician and royalty of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed is the first cousin of the current Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the head of the Dubai Land De ...

, sire = Not For Sale , grandsire = Parade Marshal , dam = S. S. Asiatic , damsire =

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, foaled = 2003 , country =

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, breeder = Haras Arroyo de Luna SA , owner = Sheikh

, trainer =

Mike de Kock Mike de Kock (born February 14, 1964) is a South African racehorse trainer. He currently holds the South African record for most Grade 1 wins by a trainer with 139. He has trained over 3,600 winners who have won in South Africa, UAE, Hong Kong, ...

, record = 12: 6-3-1 , earnings = £849,861 + US$1,200,000 , race = UAE 2000 Guineas (2007)
Al Bastakiya Stakes (2007)

UAE Derby The UAE Derby is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,900 metres (approximately 9.5 furlongs) on dirt at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. It takes place annually during the Duba ...

(2007)

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(2008)

Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3 The Al Maktoum Challenge, is a horse race run over a distance of 1,900 metres (approximately one and three-sixteenth miles) on dirt in late January at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The event was known as Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3 and was the thir ...

(2009) , awards= , honours = , updated= Asiatic Boy (foaled August 26, 2003, in

) is a

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. Bred by Haras Arroyo de Luna SA, he was out of the mare S. S. Asiatic and sired by

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Group One winner Not For Sale. Asiatic Boy's damsire was

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-bred

, the sire of 1993

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winner

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. Polish Navy was a son of North American Champion sire Danzig. At age three in 2006, Asiatic Boy raced in Argentina, where he won a maiden race at Hipodromo de San Isidro plus had two second-place finishes. He was purchased by Sheikh

and brought to race at

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racecourse in his new owner's native

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. Under

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n trainer

, Asiatic Boy won four straight races between January and March 2007, including a 9½-length victory in the

. He did not race again until August when he was sent to compete in the

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, where he finished fourth in the

Sussex Stakes The Sussex Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), a ...

and fifth in the

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. In 2008, Asiatic Boy won January's

, then ran third in the

Burj Nahaar The Burj Nahaar, is a horse race run over a distance of 1,600 metres (one mile) on dirt in March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. The race is named after the Burj Nahar, a fortified tower on Dubai's old city walls. The Burj Nahaar was first contes ...

in early March. In the March 29

Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup (Arabic: كأس دبي العالمي) is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and contested at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is operate ...

, he ran second to winner

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References

Asiatic Boy's pedigree and partial racing stats

March 30, 2007 NTRA article ''Asiatic Boy has star quality''
2003 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Argentina Racehorses trained in Argentina Racehorses trained in the United Arab Emirates Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Argentine racehorses Thoroughbred family 4-m