Alysheba

Alysheba
Alysheba at King Abdullah's farm in Saudi Arabia
SireAlydar
GrandsireRaise a Native
DamBel Sheba
DamsireLt. Stevens
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 3, 1984
DiedMarch 27, 2009(2009-03-27) (aged 25)
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederPreston W. Madden
OwnerDorothy & Pamela Scharbauer
TrainerJack Van Berg
Record26: 11-8-2
Earnings$6,679,242
Major wins
Super Derby (1987)
Strub Stakes (1988)
San Bernardino Handicap (1988)
Santa Anita Handicap (1988)
Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1988)
Meadowlands Cup (1988)
Woodward Stakes (1988)
Breeders' Cup Classic (1988)
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1987)
Preakness Stakes (1987)
Awards
U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1987)
U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1988)
United States Horse of the Year (1988)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1993)
#42 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Alysheba Court in Napa, California
Alysheba Drive in Bakersfield, California Alysheba Way in Lexington, Kentucky
GII Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs
Alysheba Ln in Midland, Texas
Last updated on 4 August 2022

Alysheba (March 3, 1984 – March 27, 2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987. A successful sire, he produced 11 stakes winners.

A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba, by Lt. Stevens.[1] He was bred by Preston Madden at Hamburg Place Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and was sold as a yearling to Dorothy and Pam Scharbauer for $500,000.

Trained by Jack Van Berg, Alysheba had a modest two-year-old season in 1986, and won only a maiden race. He finished third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and lost the Hollywood Futurity in a photo finish. As a three-year-old, he underperformed in his preparatory races for the Kentucky Derby until it was discovered that he had an entrapped epiglottis. Surgery was successful, and he was entered in the Derby despite having only a maiden victory.

  1. ^ http://www.pedigreequery.com/alysheba Alysheba's five-generation pedigree and race record. Retrieved February 19, 2011.