Shahrastani

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Shahrastani


caption =
sire = Nijinsky
grandsire = Northern Dancer
dam = Shademah
damsire = Thatch
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1983
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = HH Aga Khan IV
owner = HH Aga Khan IV
trainer = Michael Stoute
record = 7: 4-1-0
earnings = US$987,692 (equivaklent)
race = Sandown Classic Trial (1986)
Dante Stakes (1986)
Irish Derby Stakes (1986)

British Classic Race wins:
Epsom Derby (1986)
awards=
honours =
updated= May 13, 2007

Shahrastani (foaled 1983 in Kentucky) is a European Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by HH Aga Khan IV, he was sired by Nijinsky and out of the mare Shademah.

Trained at Newmarket by Michael Stoute, and ridden by Walter Swinburn, in 1986 Shahrastani won April's Sandown Classic Trial and May's Dante Stakes. He then won June's Epsom Derby by a neck over a field that included Dancing Brave. [ [http://www.racinginfo.uk.com/horses/dancing%20brave.htm Dancing Brave] lost the Epsom Derby by a neck] Sent to the Curragh Racecourse in Ireland, Shahrastani won his fourth straight race in capturing the Irish Derby by eight lengths.

After his win in the Irish Derby, Shahrastani was never the same. In July, the colt finished fourth in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and fourth in October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

At the end of the 1986 racing season, Shahrastani was retired to stud. He has stood with limited success at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky as well as at Clashmore Stud in Ireland and breeding farms in France and Japan. He currently stands at Walton Fields Stud, Grimston, Leicestershire. He is the damsire of Alamshar, whose victories include the 2003 Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/shahrastani Shahrastani's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.allanbloodlines.com/shahrastani/index.htm Shahrastani at Walton Fields Stud]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ya2HPJpyI YouTube video of Shahrastani's win in the 1986 Epsom Derby]

Footnotes

Pedigree
name = Shahrastani
f = Nijinsky II
m = Shademah
ff = Northern Dancer
fm = Flaming Page
mf = Thatch
mm = Shamim
fff = Nearctic
ffm = Natalma
fmf = Bull Page
fmm = Flaring Top
mff = Forli
mfm = Thong
mmf = Le Haar
mmm = Diamond Drop
ffff = Nearco
fffm = Lady Angela
ffmf = Native Dancer
ffmm = Almahmoud
fmff = Bull Lea
fmfm = Our Page
fmmf = Menow
fmmm = Flaming Top
mfff = Aristophanes
mffm = Trevisa
mfmf = Nantallah
mfmm = Rough Shod
mmff = Vieux Manoir
mmfm = Mince Pie
mmmf = Charlottesville
mmmm = Martine|