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Juddmonte Farms
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2009 Record: (116-27-25-10)
2009 Earnings: $6,525,818
2009 Win %: 23% In-The-Money %: 53%

  • Owner(s): Prince Khalid Abdullah
  • Born: 1937 in Taif, Saudi Arabia
  • Residence: Homes in England and Saudi Arabia
  • Family: Prince Khalid Abdullah is the first cousin of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the brother-in-law of the late ruler King Fahd
  • Professional Background: He is semi-retired from overseeing Mawared, a conglomerate now run by his four sons with interests in television, satellite telephones, catering, electronics, insurance, and cement.
  • Web site: www.juddmonte.com
  • Racing Background: Attended the races at Longchamp with friends and vowed one day to own a racehorse … Bought his first racehorses in 1977. First winner was Charming Native, trained by Jeremy Tree, at Windsor on May 14, 1979. First graded/group stakes race victory came a month later at Royal Ascot, with Abeer in the Queen Mary Stakes … Known Fact’s win in the 1980 Two Thousand Guineas marked his first classic victory and the first for an Arab … From an initial crop of four yearlings (all future winners), Abdullah developed one of the world’s most successful Thoroughbred empires, Juddmonte Farms
  • Racing Career: Started out with expensive purchases that set auction records in Europe in the 1970s, but turned to his own homebreds after developing his breeding operations ... In 1983, he was awarded honorary membership in Britain’s Jockey Club … Has won 10 Eclipse Awards as top owner or breeder or both and has been honored as a leading owner and breeder in Britain and France … Well-known horses include 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker; 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Rail Link; 1985 Arc-winner Rainbow Quest; champion Known Fact; classic winner Dancing Brave; 1990 Epsom Derby winner Quest for Fame, who won the 1992 Hollywood Turf Handicap; homebreds Zafonic and Commander in Chief, who won the Two Thousand Guineas and Epsom Derby, respectively, in 1993; and homebred multiple Group 1 winner Oasis Dream ... Won all five classics in both England and France within a 10-year period. ... Top North American performers include 2003 Kentucky Oaks winner Flute and star turf females Banks Hill and Intercontinental, half-sisters who each won the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2001 and 2005, respectively … Holds the record for most starts in the Breeders' Cup as an owner and breeder (although others have started more times as partners or under different names) … Added another Breeders' Cup victory in 2008 with homebred Ventura in the Filly & Mare Sprint. ... Banks Hill and Intercontinental join other homebred Eclipse Award winners Ryafan and Wandesta. ... Have bred/raced three graded stakes winners in 2009: homebred Midships, who has won the Charlie Whittingham Memorial Handicap (G1), San Juan Capistrano Handicap (G2) and the San Luis Rey Handicap (G2); homebred Ventura, who won the Woodbine Mile (G1) and was second to leading turf horse Gio Ponti in the Frank Kilroe Mile (G1), both against males, and won the Santa Monica Handicap (G1) and finished second in the Madison Handicap (G1) in four starts in 2009; and homebred Jibboom, who won the Buena Vista Handicap (G2) and the Monrovia Handicap (G3). ... Juddmonte's fortunes in the U.S. have followed those of Bobby Frankel, who has struggled both professionally and personally in 2009, first having only one win in 35 starts at Hollywood Park, then suffering from a serious but undisclosed illness that kept him from the racetrack. Top Juddmonte horses Champs Elysees and Visit (GB) could not find the winner's circle, but the former finished second in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) on synthetic and second in the Sky Classic Stakes (G2) on turf, and the latter finished second in the Gamely Handicap (G1) and third in the Santa Ana Handicap (G2). ... In Europe, homebreds fared better, with Oaks Trial winner Midday sandwiching a win in the Nassau Stakes (G1) between thirds in the Irish Oaks (G1) and the Prix de l'Opera (G1), after her runner-up performance in the Epsom Oaks (G1). Homebred Spanish Moon scored wins in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) and Prix Foy (G2), plus a second in the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) in three starts; 2-year-old filly Special Duty won the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1), the Prix Robert Papin (G2), and was second in the Prix Morny (G1); 2-year-old colt Showcasing took the Gimcrack Stakes (G2) and was third in the Middle Park Stakes (G1); Father Time won the King Edward VII Stakes (G2); and Proviso won the Prix du Pin (G3) and was third to Goldikova in the Prix Rothschild (G1). Another graded stakes peformer, Zacinto, was twice second, in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) and the Celebration Mile (G2). ...
  • Breeding/Racing Operation: Juddmonte Farms consists of three properties in the United States and six properties in England and Ireland ... Banstead Manor Farm near Newmarket is Juddmonte's main base in Europe and is home to Dansili, the champion stallion in France in 2006 and the former home of the late Rainbow Quest, sire of more than 100 stakes winners, until his death at age 26 in 2007 … Dr. John Chandler manages Abdullah’s North American racing operation. The nearly 2,500-acre Juddmonte Farms near Lexington was founded in 1982, with Known Fact becoming its first stallion in 1987. Garrett O’Rourke manages that farm, which is home to the stallions Aptitude, Empire Maker, First Defence, and Mizzen Mast … Abdullah owns about 350 broodmares, including approximately 100 in America. Has owned three horses named Broodmare of the Year in the U.S. or Britain: Hasili, dam of stakes winners Dansili, Banks Hill, Intercontinental, Cacique and Champs Elysees; Toussaud, dam of stakes winners Empire Maker, Chester House, Honest Lady, Chiselling and Decarchy; and Slightly Dangerous, dam of stakes winners Commander in Chief, Warning, Yashmak, Dushyantor and Jibe … Has bred more than 70 individual Grade/Group 1 winners … Has around 300 horses in training, including 33-40 in the U.S. with trainer Bobby Frankel. European trainers have included Pascal Bary, Henry Cecil, Roger Charlton, Pat Eddery, John Gosden, Criquette Head-Maarek, Barry Hills, Amanda Perret, David Smaga, Sir Michael Stoute and Dermot Weld ... Named Kentucky Breeder of the Year for 2008. ... Lord Teddy Grimthorpe manages the European racing operation. He was named a director of the Jockey Club Estates, beginning on July 1, 2009. ... Although did not breed G1-winning 2yo filly Termagant (Ire), Juddmonte bred her sire, Powerscourt, and her dam, Rock Salt. ... Through Oct. 6, 2009, Juddmonte Farms ranked 11th among North American owners with 19 victories and $2,605,337 in earnings.

Breeders' Cup Record
Starts1st2nd3rdEarnings
4100$648,630

2008ClassicChamps Elysees8th
 Filly & Mare SprintVentura1st
 Filly & Mare TurfVisit (GB)4th
 SprintFirst Defence8th

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NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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