Zabeel

Zabeel
Zabeel in 2008, during a vice-regal visit to Cambridge Stud. From left: Susan Satyanand, Sir Patrick Hogan, Anand Satyanand, and Mark Fox.
SireSir Tristram
GrandsireSir Ivor
DamLady Giselle
DamsireNureyev
SexStallion
Foaled25 October 1986
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
BreederCambridge Stud
OwnerCambridge Stud
TrainerColin Hayes (at 2 & 3) & David Hayes (at 4)
Record19: 7-1-4
EarningsA$1,138,400
Major wins
Moonee Valley Stakes (1989)
Australian Guineas (1990)
Craiglee Stakes (1990)
Awards
Leading sire in Australia (1998, 1999)
Champion New Zealand sire (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie Racecourse
Honors
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame (2014)
Last updated on 10 October 2010

Zabeel (25 October 1986 – 25 September 2015) was a New Zealand-bred racehorse who predominantly raced in Australia. He was retired to stud and became a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle. During his racing career, he won seven races, including the Moonee Valley Stakes in 1989 and the Australian Guineas, the Alister Clark Stakes, and the Craiglee Stakes in 1990.

Zabeel Entered stud in 1991–2013 at Cambridge Stud New Zealand and was pensioned from stud duties in 2013.[1] he sired 153 individual stakes winners of 350 stakes races,[2] including Vengeance of Rain, who won the Dubai Sheema Classic and holds the earnings record in Hong Kong. Zabeel has also sired the Australian champions Octagonal and Might And Power, who won 17 Group One races between them, including the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, two Cox Plates, three runnings of the Mercedes Classic, and the Sydney three-year-old triple crown.

One of Zabeel's half-brothers, Baryshnikov (by Kenmare), also won the Australian Guineas (in 1995) and retired to stud, while another winning half-brother, Break The Vault (by Redoute's Choice), entered stud in 2006.[3]

He died in his paddock at Cambridge Stud on 25 September 2015, and was buried alongside his famous sire, Sir Tristram, in the stud's garden.[4][5]

  1. ^ Sire Zabeel Pensioned
  2. ^ "Zabeel (NZ) 1986". Australian Stub Book. Racing Australia. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ^ Break The Vault at stud
  4. ^ "Champion stallion Zabeel dies at Cambridge Stud". 25 September 2015.
  5. ^ Life And Death Of Zabeel