Kalanisi

Kalanisi
Kalanisi
Sire	Doyoun
Grandsire	Mill Reef
Dam	Kalamba
Damsire	Green Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1996
Country	Ireland
Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder	H.H. Aga Khan's Stud S.C.
Owner	H.H. Aga Khan IV
Trainer	Sir Michael Stoute
Record	11: 6-4-1
Earnings	£1,369,605
Major wins
	Heron Stakes (1999); Queen Anne Stakes (2000); Champion Stakes (2000) Breeders' Cup wins:; Breeders' Cup Turf (2000)
Awards
	American Champion Male Turf Horse (2000); European Champion Older Horse (2000)
	Last updated on August 2, 2008

Kalanisi (foaled March 27, 1996 in Ireland) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won European Champion and American Champion honors in 2000.

Background[]

Bred and raced by H.H. Aga Khan IV, Kalanisi was out of the mare Kalamba, a daughter of Green Dancer, a Champion sire in France who was a son of the English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky. Kalanisi was sired by Doyoun, winner of the 1988 British Classic Race, the 2,000 Guineas Stakes. Doyoun was a son of Mill Reef whose multiple Group One wins included The Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and who was voted 1971's European Horse of the Year.

Racing career[]

1999: three-year-old season[]

Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, Kalanisi won all three starts as a three-year-old

2000: four-year-old season[]

then at age four, won the then Group 2 Queen Anne Stakes and the Group 1 Champion Stakes in England plus earned a second in two other Group 1 races. Shipped to the United States for the November 4, 2000 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs, under jockey Johnny Murtagh Kalanisi won the race by defeating runner-up Quiet Resolve as well as the betting favorite Montjeu plus other top international runners such Fantastic Light, and . It was the Aga Khan's second win of the Breeders' Cup Turf as an owner, having won with Lashkari in 1984's inaugural running.

2001: five-year-old season[]

Racing at age five, Kalanisi won two of five starts and notably was second in June's Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at England's Ascot Racecourse. Injured in the race, he was retired to stud duty at his owner's in County Kildare, Ireland.

Assessment[]

Kalanasi's performances in 2000 earned him the American Eclipse Award as U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse and the Cartier Racing Award as European Champion Older Horse.

Stud career[]

Kalanisi has been the sire of more than one hundred and forty foals of which, as of mid-2008, thirty-five have been race winners. Beginning in 2008 he has been standing at Boardsmill Stud in County Meath.

Commemoration[]

Tha 'Kalanisi Building' at the Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, England, was named in Kalanisi's honour on August 4, 2010.