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Jazil retired to join Invasor at Shadwell Farm in 2008
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Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum’s American classic winner Jazil will stand at stud in 2008 next to Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) champion and reigning American Horse of the Year Invasor at the sheikh’s Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
Winner of the Belmont Stakes (Gr.1) last year and a half brother to this year’s Belmont and Kentucky Oaks (Gr.1) winner Rags to Riches, Jazil was retired to avoid the risk of further injury, according to a press release issued Tuesday by Shadwell.
“After discussion with Sheikh Hamdan, we felt it in the best interest of the horse to retire him,” said Shadwell Vice President and General Manager Rick Nichols.
Stud fees have not been announced for either Jazil, a son of Seeking the Gold who incurred a bruised cannon bone and was rested for the second half of 2006 following his Belmont win, or Invasor.
Produced by Better Than Honour, a juvenile Grade 2 winner by Deputy Minister, Jazil won a maiden race at Aqueduct in his two-year-old season before developing into a top quality competitor last year. A closing second in the Wood Memorial Stakes (Gr.1), Jazil rallied from last in a 20-horse field to finish a good fourth in the Kentucky Derby (Gr.1) before defeating Bluegrass Cat and Sunriver in the Belmont.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Jazil won twice and placed five times in 11 starts while earning US$890,532.
A handsome bay colt that McLaughlin said was one of his favorites due to his kind nature
, Jazil is from an outstanding female family. His dam’s half sister Maryinsky produced this year’s leading European three-year-old filly, Peeping Fawn, while his second dam is multiple Grade 1 winner Blush With Pride and his third dam is American Broodmare of the Year Best in Show.
El Gran Senor, Try My Best, Xaar, Spinning World, Aldebaran and Chimes of Freedom descend from Best in Show.