Rahy
Rahy | |
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Sire | Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (2000) |
Last updated on February 28, 2014 |
Rahy (February 18, 1985 – September 22, 2011) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and the United States.
Background
Bred by
Rahy was purchased as a yearling for US$2 million by Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum and brought to race in England for the 1987 season.
Racing career
Out of his seven starts at ages two and three, Rahy won three races. In his most significant event, he ran second to Robert Sangster's colt Gallic League in the 1987 Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse.
At age four, Rahy was sent to race in the United States, where he was conditioned by
Stud record
Retired after a racing career that saw modest success with no Grade I wins, in 1990, Rahy was sent to stand at stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. As a stallion, he quickly established himself as an important sire of a number of great horses including twelve millionaires. Some of his progeny are:
- United States Champion Male Turf Horse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf
- Serena's Song - a U.S. Racing Hall of Fameinductee, she won eleven Grade 1 races and set a career earnings record for an American filly or mare.
- Noverre - multiple Group One winner based in England, where he was voted Champion 3-year-old Miler for 2001
- Mariah's Storm - multiple stakes winner, broodmare of Giant's Causeway
- 2006 U.S. 2-Year-Old Champion Filly
As of May 2006, Rahy's offspring had earned in excess of US$74 million. He was pensioned from stud duty on July 1, 2009, due to declining fertility. Rahy died on September 22, 2011, from complications of old age.[1]
Pedigree
Sire Blushing Groom |
Red God | Nasrullah | Nearco |
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Mumtaz Begum | |||
Spring Run | Menow | ||
Boola Brook | |||
Runaway Bride | Wild Risk | Rialto | |
Wild Violet | |||
Aimee | Tudor Minstrel | ||
Emali | |||
Dam Glorious Song |
Halo | Hail to Reason
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Turn-To |
Nothirdchance | |||
Cosmah | Cosmic Bomb | ||
Almahmoud | |||
Ballade | Herbager | Vandale | |
Flagette | |||
Miss Swapsco | Cohoes | ||
Soaring (family: 12-c) |
References
- ^ "Prominent sire Rahy dies at age 26 at Three Chimneys". Thoroughbred Times.