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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 in racing but came into his own the following year. Ridden by Chris McCarron , he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but missed out on the U.S. Triple Crown when he finished fourth in the Belmont Stakes . He finished second to the four-year-old Ferdinand in the 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic , won the Grade 1 Stakes "Super Derby," and was named 1987's Champion Three Year Old. As a four-year-old in 1988, Alysheba was dominant, winning several major Stakes Race s including the Santa Anita Handicap . He was retired to Stud after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic . His performance earned him the Eclipse Award as 1988 Champion Older Male and Horse Of The Year honors. 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. 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 . |
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