- Anees (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Anees
caption =
sire =Unbridled
grandsire =Fappiano
dam = Ivory Idol
damsire =Alydar
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1997
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Brown
breeder = Farfellow Farms
owner =The Thoroughbred Corp.
trainer =Alex L. Hassinger, Jr.
record = 7: 2-0-2
earnings = $699,200
race =Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1999)
awards=American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1999)
honours =
updated= October 6, 2007Anees (1997-2003) was an American
Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Kip and Suzanne Knelman's Farfellow Farms nearParis, Kentucky , he was out of the unraced mare Ivory Idol, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,Alydar . He was sired byUnbridled , the 1990American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse who won theKentucky Derby and theBreeders' Cup Classic . He was cquired byThe Thoroughbred Corp. , the racing stable owned by Prince Ahmed bin Salman ofSaudi Arabia and named for the 19th century Indian poetMir Babar Ali Anis .Anees was trained by Alex Hassinger, Jr. and sent to the track in 1999 at age two. Of his four starts he notably won a maiden race and finished third behind winner Dixie Union and runner-up Forest Camp in the Norfolk Stakes at
Santa Anita Park . A late developer, the colt had matured considerably by the time he was entered in November'sBreeders' Cup Juvenile . Up against thirteen colts that included the two who had beaten him in the Norfolk Stakes, Anees was sent off by pari-mutuel bettors at odds of 30:1. Underjockey Gary Stevens, Anees put on a powerful show of running, coming from last to first in winning the Juvenile by 2½ lengths. His performance was sufficient to earn him the 1999Eclipse Award forAmerican Champion Two-Year-Old Colt .Sent back to the track at age three, Anees finished thirteenth behind winner
Fusaichi Pegasus in the 2000Kentucky Derby . Of his three starts that year, his best result was a third-place finish in the early fall to winner Fusaichi Pegasus in theSan Felipe Stakes .Retired to stud duty at Mill Ridge Farm near
Lexington, Kentucky , Anees sired a number of horses and appeared to have excellent stallion potential until a paddock accident on March 31, 2003. Anees fractured his left frontpastern and underwent emergency surgery at the renownedHagyard Equine Medical Institute . [http://www.hagyard.com/about] The operation left him in a body sling with a full cast on his left pastern that went all the way up to the shoulder. The extensive efforts to save him came to naught and Anees had to be euthanized on April 5, 2003.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/anees Anees's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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