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Shaadi (20 May 1986 – 8 January 2008) was an American-bred, British-trained
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and
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. He showed very promising form as a two-year-old in 1988 when he won both of his races. In the following year he won the
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but then ran very poorly in the
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. He produced his best form in his next two races, recording decisive wins in the
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and the
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. He was unplaced in his two remaining races and was retired from racing at the end of the season. He stood as a breeding stallion in Europe and Japan, having limited success as a sire of winners.


Background

Shaadi was a dark-coated bay horse with two white
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, bred in Kentucky by Edward A Cox Jr. He was an unusually late foal, being born on 20 May 1986. His sire Danzig, who ran only three times before his career was ended by injury, was a highly successful stallion who sired the winners of more than fifty
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races. His offspring include the champions Chief's Crown, Dayjur and Lure as well as the important stallion Danehill. Shaadi's dam Unfurled won one race and also produced the successful American sprinter Pleasure Cay and the
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winner Regal Rose. She was a granddaughter of the broodmare Miel, whose other descendants have included
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and the Australian champion Snippets. As a yearling was consigned to the Keenland Select sale in July 1987 and was bought for $900,000 by Sheikh Mohammed's
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Management. The colt was sent to Europe where he was sent into training with
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at
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. He was ridden in all but one of his races by
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.


Racing career


1988: two-year-old season

Shaadi never contested a
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beginning his racing career in the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes (now the Flying Scotsman Stakes) over seven
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at
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on 7 September. Starting the 2/1 second favourite, he took the lead at half way and drew away to win by four lengths from the filly Magic Gleam (later to win the Child Stakes) and Gran Alba (
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) four lengths back in third. Later that month he started odds-on favourite against six opponents for the Mornington Stakes at
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and won by a head from Pride of Araby, to whom he was conceding six pounds.


1989: three-year-old season

On his first appearance of the 1989 season, Shaadi contested the
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(a major trial race for the 2000 Guineas) over the Rowley Mile at
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. He started the 5/2 favourite ahead of Al Hareb ( Racing Post Trophy), Citidancer, Exbourne and Frequent Flyer. He tracked the leader Exbourne before taking the lead a furlong out and running on to win by two and a half lengths. Sixteen days later, over the same course and distance, Shaadi started the 5/1 third favourite behind
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and the
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-trained Saratogan in a fourteen-runner field for the 2000 Guineas. He never looked likely to win and was eased down by Swinburn in the closing stages, finishing eleventh, almost twenty lengths behind the winner Nashwan. Two weeks after his poor run at Newmarket, Shaadi was sent to Ireland for the Irish 2000 Guineas at the
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for which he started 7/2 second favourite behind Danehill. The O'Brien stable fielded Saratogan as well as the Beresford Stakes winner Classic Fame whilst the most fancied of the other runners was the Alex Scott-trained Great Commotion. Swinburn settled Shaadi behind the leaders before taking the lead two furlongs from the finish. The colt ran on well in the closing stages and won by two and a half lengths from Great Commotion, with the 25/1 outsider Distant Relative taking third ahead of Danehill. On 20 June Shaadi was one of five colts to contest the 144th edition of the St James's Palace Stakes at
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and started the 6/4 favourite, despite rumours of a poor performance in a training gallop. Great Commotion was again among his opponents but his most serious rival in the betting was the
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-trained Thorn Dance, the winner of the
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. The other two runners were
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who had not been seen since dead-heating for the
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in the previous October and the
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-trained outsider Greensmith. In a change of tactics, Swinburn sent the colt into the lead from the start and set the pace before accelerating in the straight. He won by two lengths from Greensmith, with Scenic a length further back in third. Shaadi was matched against older horses for the first time in the
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at
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on 29 July. In and exceptionally strong field he started 7/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Warning, Zilzal and Markofdistinction. Ridden by
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he led the field two furlongs out but weakened to finish sixth of the seven runners behind Zilzal. After a lengthy break, Shaadi was brought back in distance and sent to France for the
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over 1400 metres at
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on 29 October. He looked outpaced in the closing stages and finished fifth of the eight runners behind the four-year-old filly Gabina.


Stud record

Shaadi stood as a breeding stallion in Europe for three seasons before being exported to Japan. The best of his European-bred runners included Wizard King ( Beeswing Stakes), Papering (
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), Velvet Moon (
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, dam of
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) and Desidera (Grosser Preis von Berlin). He died on 8 January 2008 in Japan.


Pedigree


References

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