Kalanisi
Kalanisi | |
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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.
References[]
- 1996 racehorse births
- Racehorses bred in Ireland
- Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
- Breeders' Cup Turf winners
- Eclipse Award winners
- Cartier Award winners
- Thoroughbred family 12-c