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Elmaamul (USA)
Owner: Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Breeder: Rhydian Morgan-Jones
State Bred: KY
Winnings: 10 Starts: 5 - 2 - 1, $758,832
At 3:
Won Eclipse S. (GB-G1,10F), Phoenix Champion S.
(IRE-G1,2000m), Easter S. (GB-LR,8F).
2nd Juddmonte International (GB-G1,11F).
Predominate S. (GB-LR,10F).
3rd The Derby (GB-G1,12F).
Euthanized August 2006 due to deteriorating heart condition.
Elmaamul sired only 12 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners and so was not as consistent as similarly sired Halling, who produced 40 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners. But Elmaamul sired 1997 Brazilian Mare of the Year Bandeira Nativa and four other champions or divisional highweights (Halling sired only one champion). In the United States, Elmaamul is probably best known as the sire of Sweet Return (GB), winner of three grade I turf races in California in 2003-2005 and still in training at age 7.
Sweet Return is Elmaamul's leading earner with a bankroll of $1,639,731. A five-time graded stakes winner, Sweet Return won the 2003 Hollywood Derby (G1) and '05 Eddie Read (G1) and Charles Whittingham Memorial (G1) Handicaps.
Elmaamul also is the sire of Brazilian champion Bandeira Nativa and multiple group winner and French sire Muhtathir (GB).—Jeff Lowe
Among those seven champions was Elmaamul (out of the excellent producer Modena, by Roberto), who was highweighted over 9 1/2 to 11 furlongs on the Irish Free Handicap as a 3-year-old in 1990. That year, the colt tallied victories in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Eng-I) and the Phoenix Champion Stakes (Ire-I).
Elmaamul’s most accomplished son on the racetrack is Muhtathir (GB), a divisional highweight as leading older miler in England (2000), Italy (1999 and 2000), and the United Arab Emirates (2000). Produced from Majmu, a group III-winning daughter of Al Nasr (Fr), Muhtathir scored his biggest wins in the 1999 Gran Premio Vittorio di Capua (Ity-I) and the 2000 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard-Jacques Le Marois (Fr-I).
Elmaamul, winner of the 1990 Eclipse Stakes (Eng-G1) and Phoenix Champion Stakes (Ire-G1) sired 196 winners and 13 stakes winners from 323 starters that earned $10,036,983 through Thursday.
Winner of Stakes and £424, 535 from 2-3 yrs old 1-10 furlongs
Friday, September 01, 2006
Elmaamul, sire of Sweet Return, dies at 19.
Elmaamul, a Group 1 winner who sired multiple Grade 1 winner Sweet Return (GB), was euthanized on Thursday because of a deteriorating heart condition. He was 19.
WINNER of 5 races (7-10f) at 2 and 3 years, £425,700
UNBEATEN AT 2 YEARS
WON EBF J.M. Radcliffe Stakes, Newmarket, 7f on debut by 3 length
WON Reference Point Stakes, Sandown, 8f by 7 lengths
DUAL GROUP 1 WINNER AT 3 YEARS & TOP RATED 3 YEAR-OLD COLT in IRELAND 1990
WON Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park, 10f,
beating Gr.1 winners CREATOR, TERIMON & ILE DE CHYPRE
WON Gr.1 Phoenix Champion Stakes, Phoenix Park, 10f, beating 'Arc' winner SAUMAREZ
WON L.R. Easter Stakes, Kempton Park, 8f on debut at 3
2nd Gr.1 Juddmonte International Stakes, York, 10.5f (to In The Groove)
3rd Gr.1 Derby Stakes, Epsom, 12f, (to Quest For Fame)
4th Gr.1 Champion Stakes, Newmarket, 10f (to In The Groove & Linamix)
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STUD RECORD
By Diesis - Champion 2 yr old in Europe 1982, Elmaamul has sired the winners of over 329 races in Europe, North America, India, Brazil, Japan and U.A E. and over £3,100,858 win and place prize money.
His Group & Listed winning / placed progeny include-
Baneira Nativa (USA), Muhtathir, Dankeston, Mac Black, St Elmo's Light, Elusive, Ashbal, My Lass, American Sheikh, Stay Behind
Other progeny winners include -
Golden Elmaamul, Just Millie, Metello, The Mullah, Tamuul, Femme Rouge, Jamie Walters, Double Brandy
2006 Group, Listed & Placed include:-
Sweet Return: 2nd Eddie Read Handicap, Del Mar, Gr.1; 4th Charles Whittingham Handicap, Hollywood Park, Gr.1
2005 Group, Listed & Placed include:-
SWEET RETURN: Eddie Read Handicap, Del Mar, Gr.1, Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap, Hollywood Park, Gr.1, 3rd Frank E Kilroe Mile Handicap, Gr.1, Santa Anita
Lateen Sails: 4th totesport.com Midsummer Stakes ,(L), Windsor
2004 Group, Listed & Placed include:-
SWEET RETURN: Frank E Kilroe Mile Handicap, Gr.2, Santa Anita, USA, 1m, $350,000, Santa Marcos Stakes, Santa Anita, USA, 10f, Gr.2, $90,000
RISK SEEKER: Sagaro Stakes, Ascot, Gr.3, 2nd Prix Right Royal, Maisons-Laffitte, FR, (L), 1m7½f, 4th Bonusprint Henry 11 Stakes, Sandown, Gr.2
KRASIVA, 3rd, Misak-Milli, Gr.3, Turkey:
Other winners abroad include:- Dankeston (USA), Muhtathir
2003 Group & Listed winners include:-
SWEET RETURN: Hollywood Derby, Hollywood, USA, Gr.1, 1m 2f, £225,000.
RISK SEEKER: Prix de Lutece, Gr.3, Prix Berteux, Gr.3, Deauville, second Prix Hocquart, Longchamp, Gr.2, Derby De L'Ouest, Nantes, (L), third Prix de Courcelles (L), Longchamp
LATEEN SAILS: Prix Daphnis, Maisons-Laffitte, Gr.3, Michael Seely Memorial Glasgow Stakes, York, Listed
In 2002 his Group placed progeny included-
Sweet Return: Gr. 3 placed btn head by Fosse Way, Solario Stakes, Sandown
Salcombe: placed 2nd Paradime Adcomb Stakes, York, L, fourth Rothmans Royals Champagne Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.2
Rahn: placed 3rd Ballysax Stakes, L.
Diesis (GB)
Owner: Lord Howard de Walden
Breeder: Lord Howard de Walden
Winnings: 6 Starts: 3 - 1 - 0, $156,572
1st: William Hill Middle Park S.(Eng-G1); William Hill Dewhurst S.(Eng-G1).
Diesis, who stood at Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington until he was pensioned in 2006 (he died later that year), did not earn any sire titles but has seven champions and over 80 stakes winners to his credit; his final crop of three foals was born this spring. Among those seven champions was Elmaamul (out of the excellent producer Modena, by Roberto), who was highweighted over 9 1/2 to 11 furlongs on the Irish Free Handicap as a 3-year-old in 1990. That year, the colt tallied victories in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Eng-I) and the Phoenix Champion Stakes (Ire-I).
Unfortunately, Diesis has had little success as a sire of sires, and Elmaamul (who died in 2006) proved to be about as good a stallion as any of his sons.
Elmaamul’s most accomplished son on the racetrack is Muhtathir (GB), a divisional highweight as leading older miler in England (2000), Italy (1999 and 2000), and the United Arab Emirates (2000). Produced from Majmu, a group III-winning daughter of Al Nasr (Fr), Muhtathir scored his biggest wins in the 1999 Gran Premio Vittorio di Capua (Ity-I) and the 2000 Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard-Jacques Le Marois (Fr-I).
Diesis, who stood at Mill Ridge Farm near Lexington until he was pensioned in 2006 (he died later that year), did not earn any sire titles but has seven champions and over 80 stakes winners to his credit; his final crop of three foals was born this spring.
Among those seven champions was Elmaamul (out of the excellent producer Modena, by Roberto), who was highweighted over 9 1/2 to 11 furlongs on the Irish Free Handicap as a 3-year-old in 1990. That year, the colt tallied victories in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (Eng-I) and the Phoenix Champion Stakes (Ire-I).
Unfortunately, Diesis has had little success as a sire of sires, and Elmaamul (who died in 2006) proved to be about as good a stallion as any of his sons.
The Diesis (GB) horse out of Modena, by Roberto, had been standing for Shadwell Estate Co. at Beachwood Grange Stud in York, England. He began his stud career at Shadwell Farm in Lexington from 1991 to '93 before he was relocated to England.
Sharpen Up
Sharpen Up (GB)
Won: Middle Park S.-G1 (ENG), Hyperion S. (ENG), Seaton Delaval S.-G3 (ENG)
Leading Juvenile sire in England, among the leading Broodmare Sires in N.A. Sire of 83+ SW and 10 Champions.
Died in 1992 927,683
The male line of Sharpen Up (GB) is one of those lesser sire lines that has managed to survive the 20th Century and has recently been represented by Man o’ War Stakes (gr. I) winner Doctor Dino (Fr). Sharpen Up was a foal of 1969 and like Mr. Prospector, a grandson of Native Dancer, but the similarities in their backgrounds ended there. Where Mr. Prospector was the son of a champion (Raise a Native) out of a high-class race mare (Gold Digger), Sharpen Up came into the world as the son of a might-have-been out of a mare that failed to even break her maiden.
Produced from the Rockefella mare Rocchetta (GB), who placed in five of her 14 starts, Sharpen Up proved a far better racer than anyone could have expected. Although he did not stay beyond sprint distances, he was fast and game. His unbeaten juvenile season was capped by a victory in the six-furlong Middle Park Stakes (Eng-I), and he trained on well enough to place in two group events at 3.
At stud, Sharpen Up once again exceeded expectations. Standing at Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Ky., he eventually sired 78 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners, including at least six champions or divisional highweights. Among them were the full brothers Kris (GB), two times the highweighted miler in England, and Diesis (GB), England’s champion juvenile male of 1982, both out of the Reliance II mare Doubly Sure (GB). Both proved successful sires, with Kris reaching the top of the English sire list in 1985. Unfortunately, none of Kris’ sons have proved able to assume his mantle.
Sharpen Up himself was a horse who beat the odds as both a racer and a sire, and perhaps at least one of his current group of descendants will manage to continue the line to future generations.
Atan
Atan, the sire of Sharpen Up, was sired by Native Dancer out of the *Tudor Minstrel mare *Mixed Marriage. Like the similarly sired Raise a Native, he was highly regarded prior to the start of his racing career and flashed early speed, but one brief flash was all he had time for. After winning at first asking by six lengths, he broke down. He stood for a couple years at stud in the United States before being sent to Ireland in 1967.
In Ireland, he served two books of mostly indifferent mares before being sent on to Japan in 1969.
Only three of his 176 foals won stakes events, and his name would be forgotten today were it not for Sharpen Up.
