NEWS
Shadwell stallion Sahm dies at 13
Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 5:42 PM
SAHM
by Jeff Lowe
Sahm, a Grade 2 winner and stallion at Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Shadwell Farm in Lexington, died on Tuesday at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital after a long illness in his intestinal tract.
Shadwell bred and raced Sahm, a 13-year-old by Mr. Prospector out of 1990 Budweiser Irish Derby (Ire-G1), General Accident One Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1), and Gold Seal Epsom Oaks (Eng-G1) winner Salsabil (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells.
In five crops of racing age, Sahm sired 64 winners from 97 starters who earned $3,829,457 through Tuesday. His leading runner, Mustameet, won five stakes for Sheikh Hamdan in 2006, including the United Arab Emirates Royal Whip Stakes (Ire-G2) at the Curragh.
The sire of five other stakes winners, Sahm covered 33 mares in 2006.
Sahm won the 1998 Knickerbocker Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin after finishing second by a head in the Kelso Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park. Sahm finished first or second in all seven of his starts in the United States.
Bred in Kentucky, Sahm won five of 11 career starts and earned $198,879. He was a half brother to group stakes winners Alabaq and Bint Salsabil.
Jeff Lowe is a Thoroughbred Times staff writer
