Jazil (February 11, 2003 – October 11, 2014) was an American Thoroughbred

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. In 2006, Jazil dead-heated for fourth place in the

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but then won the

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, the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Connections

Jazil was owned by the

Shadwell Stable Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operations of Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing while a student in the United ...

. He was trained by Kiaran McLaughlin and ridden by

Fernando Jara Fernando Jara (born December 18, 1987, in Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey in the United States. Aboard Jazil he won the 2006 Belmont Stakes. In addition, he was the primary North American rider of 2006 American Horse of the Year ...

. He was bred in Kentucky by

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Breeding

The late thoroughbred's sire is

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, who also sired Dubai Millennium, while his dam is

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by Deputy Minister. His grandsire was

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and in his breeding line are such horses as Raise a Native and Northern Dancer. Siblings:
Teeming - 2001 bay filly by Storm Cat
Magnificent Honour - 2002 bay filly by

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Rags to Riches - 2004 chestnut filly by A.P. Indy

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- 2005 chesnut colt by A.P. Indy
Man of Iron - 2006 colt by Giant's Causeway In September 2007, Jazil was retired to stud at Shadwell Farm's

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division. His fee was set at $12,500 for a live foal in 2008 but was reduced to $4,000 by the time of his death. He sired Jazz on Ice (2008), owned by Thurman Thomas and J. Scott Whittle, and On The Roof Top (2008) owned by David Dukkaos and Thaig Poorgksi. Jazil died on October 11, 2014 from injuries secondary to an accident in his outdoor paddock.

Racing career

References

NTRA bio

Jazil's pedigree and racing stats
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