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.

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

Pedigree

Pedigree of Almaarad

Sire Ela-Mana-Mou 1976	Pitcairn 1971	Petingo	Petition
			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