The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corporation is a
Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family. It was based at an 18-acre (73,000 m2) facility at Bradbury Estates, in Bradbury, California
.
Educated at the
flat racing. Initially, Mulhall served as horse trainer
but eventually became manager of racing operations. The Prince invested millions of dollars and succeeded in building a quality stable that was an important part of American and European racing.
The Thoroughbred Corp. won four
American Classic Races, four Breeders' Cups, and is one of only four owners to have ever raced both a Kentucky Derby winner and an Epsom Derby winner. The others are John W. Galbreath, Michael Tabor, and Paul Mellon
.
Some of the notable horses raced by The Thoroughbred Corp. include:
Based in the United States:
- Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse
- Sharp Cat - won 7 Grade 1 races in 1996,1997, and 1998
- Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse
- Spain - won the 2000 Breeders' Cup Distaff; retired as the richest mare in North American racing history
- United States Horse of the Year
- Johar - won the 2002 Hollywood Derby and the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf
- Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse
Based in Europe:
- St. James's Palace Stakes
- Royal Anthem - won the 1998 Canadian International Stakes and 1999 Juddmonte International
- Oath - won the 1999 Epsom Derby
- Elusive City - won the 2002 Prix Morny, voted Champion 2-Year-Old in France
Prince Ahmed bin Salman died unexpectedly at age 43 of
Prince Faisal succeeded him as the head of The Thoroughbred Corp.[1]
In March 2004, the bulk of the operation's horses were dispersed at a southern California auction and the organization's activities suspended. In 2022, the family of late Prince
Ahmed revived The Thoroughbred Corp. with six fillies in training with John and Thady Gosden and the corporation's colors gradually returning to the racing tracks in the United Kingdom.
References
- ^ Goode, Kristin Ingwell (1 August 2002). "Prince Faisal Salman to Head Thoroughbred Corporation". Blood Horse. Retrieved 19 April 2013.