Island Sands

Island Sands
Racing colours of Godolphin, carried by Island Sands in his Classic win.
SireTurtle Island
GrandsireFairy King
DamTiavanita
DamsireJ. O. Tobin
SexStallion
Foaled27 January 1996
CountryIreland
ColourDark Bay or Brown
BreederMrs T. V. Ryan
OwnerMrs Michael Meredith
Godolphin Racing
Maktoum Al Maktoum
TrainerDavid Elsworth
Saeed bin Suroor
David Loder
Record9:4-2-1
Earnings£213,623
Major wins
2000 Guineas (1999)

Island Sands (foaled 27 January 1996) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from August 1998 to June 2001 he ran nine times and won four races. His most notable success came in his first race as a three-year-old in 1999, when he won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. His subsequent career was restricted by injury and he won only one minor race in the next two years. He retired to a stud career in China.