Alysheba
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Sire	Alydar
Grandsire	Raise a Native
Dam	Bel Sheba
Damsire	Lt. Stevens
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	March 3, 1984
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Preston Madden
Owner	Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer
Trainer	Jack Van Berg
Record	26: 11-8-2
Earnings	$6,679,242
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Kentucky Derby (1987) Preakness Stakes (1987) Super Derby (1987) Santa Anita Handicap (1988) Woodward Stakes (1988) Breeders' Cup Classic (1988)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-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 Alydar, a chestnut colt born at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 23, 1975 – died at Calumet Farm on November 15, 1990, was an American thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred... Raise a Native (1961-1988) was a Thoroughbred racehorse known for siring 74 stakes winners, including Majestic Prince and Alydar. ... A stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been castrated. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For the community in England, see Bay Horse. ... John Charles Van Berg (born June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. ... The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Super Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses held every year at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana. ... The Santa Anita Handicap is held annually in the month of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ... The Woodward Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses three-year-olds and up. ... The Breeders Cup Classic is a Thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and up. ... The Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Yr-Old Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ... The Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... In 1999, a panel for The Blood-Horse magazine made up of distinguished horse racing people Howard Battle, Lenny Hale, Jay Hovdey, William Nack, Pete Pedersen, Jennie Rees and Tommy Trotter compiled a list of what they considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had... Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California. ...
Infobox last updated on: December 9, 2006.

Alysheba (foaled March 3, 1984) was an American thoroughbred race horse. is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... For the processor with the same codename , see Athlon. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...

A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the dam, Bel Sheba. Trained by Jack Van Berg, in 1986 Alysheba had a good but less than spectacular two-year-old season, winning only a maiden race but eventually finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and losing the Hollywood Futurity in a photo finish. As a three year old, he underperformed in his preparation races before 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, albeit with several placings in major stakes. Alydar, a chestnut colt born at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 23, 1975 – died at Calumet Farm on November 15, 1990, was an American thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred... John Charles Van Berg (born June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. ... The Breeders Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings. ... The Hollywood Futurity is a Grade I race for thoroughbred two-year-olds. ... The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The epiglottis is a lid-like flap of fibrocartilage tissue covered with a mucus membrane, attached to the root of the tongue. ...

In the Derby, he was nearly knocked to the ground along with jockey Chris McCarron at the top of the stretch by Bet Twice, who would become a major rival. He was able to recover and won the Derby in slow time, 2:03 4/5 for 1 1/4 miles. He then came back with another win in the Preakness Stakes, and attempted to become American racing's 12th Triple Crown winner in the Belmont Stakes. Chris McCarron (born March 27, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey He was introduced to the sport of thoroughbred racing by his older brother, jockey Gregg McCarron. ... The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

In the Belmont, Alysheba was required to race without the medication Lasix, which was prohibited at the time in New York racing. He ran a dull race, finishing fourth as Bet Twice won by 14 lengths. He next went to Monmouth Park for the Haskell Invitational, where he met Bet Twice as well as Lost Code, a top-class speed horse who had won several Derbies run at minor racetracks. The three horses finished right together at the wire, with Bet Twice winning in a driving finish. Later in the year, he lost to Java Gold on an off track in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, then won the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs, his final preparation race for the Breeders' Cup Classic, at the time the world's richest horse race. Furosemide (INN) or frusemide (former BAN) is a loop diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and oedema. ... Monmouth Park Racetrack is a one-mile oval track for thoroughbred racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. ... The Haskell Invitational Handicap is an American Grade I race for thoroughbred horses. ... The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... Saratoga Race Course is a famous horse-racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... The Super Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses held every year at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana. ... Louisiana Downs is a racetrack in Bossier City, Louisiana. ... The Breeders Cup Classic is a Thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and up. ...

In the Breeders' Cup Classic, he met 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand in the first meeting of Kentucky Derby winners since Affirmed met Spectacular Bid in the 1979 Jockey Club Gold Cup. The race lived up to expectations, with Ferdinand, ridden by 56 year old Willie Shoemaker, beating Alysheba in a photo finish. Alysheba lost the Horse of the Year vote to Ferdinand but was named 1987's Champion Three Year Old. The Hannah Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Ferdinand was a Thoroughbred race horse who won the 1986 Kentucky Derby and 1987 Breeders Cup Classic. ... This article is about the racehorse. ... Spectacular Bid (February 17, 1976 — June 9, 2003) was an American thoroughbred race horse. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 - October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

As a four year old in 1988, Alysheba won the Charles H. Strub Stakes over Candi's Gold, and then, turned the tables on his nemesis Ferdinand with wins in the Santa Anita Handicap and then, in another photo finish, the San Bernardino Handicap with each horse carrying 127 pounds. The Santa Anita Handicap is held annually in the month of March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ...

Alysheba then suffered a loss to his old foes Bet Twice and Lost Code in the Pimlico Special, which was revived for the first time in three decades in 1988. He suffered another loss to Cutlass Reality, who upset both Alysheba and Ferdinand in the Derby winners' final meeting in the Hollywood Gold Cup. Alysheba then defeated Bet Twice in the Philip K. Islelin Handicap at Monmouth, and beat a tremendous field including 1988 Travers 1-2 finishers Forty Niner and Seeking the Gold, eventual Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Waquoit, and Florida Derby winner Brian's Time in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park, running the 1 1/4 miles in a then track record time of 1:59 2/5. The Pimlico Special is an American thoroughbred horse race held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Triple Crown race, the Preakness Stakes. ... The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I Stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... The Florida Derby is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Woodward Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses three-year-olds and up. ... Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...

Alysheba closed out his career on a dark, rainy evening at Churchill Downs, winning the Breeders' Cup Classic over Seeking the Gold, Waquoit, Forty Niner, and Cutlass Reality, and securing Horse of the Year and champion older horse honors. Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... The Breeders Cup Classic is a Thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and up. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

Of his 26 career races, the horse finished with a 11-8-2 record and earnings of $6,679,242, a U.S. racing record at the time.

In 1993, Alysheba was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Alysheba was ranked #42. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...

Alysheba stood at stud at Lane's End Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky until 1999 when he was sold to a breeding operation in Saudi Arabia. Alysheba sired eleven stakes winners of which his best was 1994 Canadian Horse of the Year Alywow. [1]Other offspring of note was multiple stakes winner, Desert Waves. Woodford County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

External links

• Alysheba's pedigree
• Alysheba's Kentucky Derby
• Preakness winners