Battaash

Battaash
Battaash in September 2024
Sire	Dark Angel
Grandsire	Acclamation
Dam	Anna Law
Damsire	Lawman
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	10 February 2014[1]
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballyphilip Stud
Owner	Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer	Charles Hills
Record	25: 13-2-3
Earnings	£1,774,180
Major wins
Scurry Stakes (2017) Coral Charge (2017) King George Stakes (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Prix de l'Abbaye (2017) Temple Stakes (2018, 2019) Nunthorpe Stakes (2019, 2020) King's Stand Stakes (2020)
Awards
Cartier Champion Sprinter (2020)

Battaash (foaled 10 February 2014) is retired Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter who usually competed at the minimum distance of five furlongs, he was noted for his exceptional speed and unpredictable temperament. He won once from five starts as a juvenile in 2016 and was gelded in an attempt to improve his behaviour. In the following year he emerged as one of the best sprinters in the world, winning the Scurry Stakes, Coral Charge and King George Stakes before ending the season with an emphatic win in the Prix de l'Abbaye. In 2018 he won the Temple Stakes and recorded a second victory in the King George Stakes. As a five-year-old he won a second Temple Stakes and a third King George Stakes before producing his best performance of the season to take the Nunthorpe Stakes. In 2020 he was unbeaten in three starts, namely the King's Stand Stakes, King George Stakes and Nunthorpe Stakes. He was retired after two unsuccessful runs in 2021.