Sakhee

Sakhee , is a racehorse English Pur-sang, born in 1997 of the union of Bahri and Thawakib , by Sadler' S Wells.

Under the colors of its stockbreeder, Hamdam Al Maktoum, Sakhee were involved at its beginnings by John Dunlop and were assembled by Richard Hills. Discrete at 2 years, he however affirmed himself next spring like one of principal the applicant to the Derby of Epsom by allocating the Dante Stakes. In the Derby, it must be inclined in front of the foal of the Aga Khan Sinndar, future winner of the Prix of the Triumphal arch. Then it finishes fourth of Giant' S Causeway in the Eclipse Stakes, then must put a term at its season to look after a wound. The weather is its return later one year, having joined the Ecurie Godolphin meanwhile, being entrusted to the care of Saeed bin Suroor and to Lanfranco Dettori goes up. It gains its first groups 1 by crushing by seven lengths its adversaries in the International Stakes. In October, it gains the Prix of the Triumphal arch by six lengths, that is to say the most important variation of the history of the race, with equality with Ribot, Sea Bird and Helissio. One month later, in a completely different register (2000m, on the dirt), it offers a superb resistance to the American champion Tiznow on arrival of the Breeders' Cup Classic
Ces two last performances are worth a to him Rating of 136 on behalf of Timeform.

In 2002, Sakhee remains with the drive, after having spent the winter in Dubai. It made a victorious re-entry there in February, then is inclined vis-a-vis Street Cry in the Dubai World Cup, and disappoints a little on this occasion. One does not re-examine it any more before the summer, it makes the dead end on the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes because of a ground considered to be too firm, then reappears in Deauville in the Prix Gontaut-Biron. To amazement general, he does not manage to however beat a Wellbeing largely with his range. This disappointment, combined with recurring problems of legs, will be right of the career of Sakhee , which stops there, after 8 victories of 14 races, and of the profits which rise with more than 2 million books.

Sakhee takes its districts with the famous English stud farm of its owner, Shadwell, to make there assembles it. Proposed with £ 20.000 at its beginnings, he saw his tariffs divided by two since, but he gave into 2007 are first winner of group ( Sakhee' S Secret , prize winner of the July Cup, group 1).

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