Shadwell Racing
thoroughbred horse racing operation
Shadwell Racing is the Thoroughbred horse racing operation founded by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has currently operated by his daughter, Sheikha Hissa, since his death in 2021.
Sheikh Hamdan was introduced to Thoroughbred flat racing as a student in the United Kingdom and established his first racing stable there in 1981. He has invested heavily in both racing and breeding, and has acquired major operations in England, Ireland, and the United States.
He once owned eight separate stud farms worldwide containing more than 200 regally bred mares and many top stallions. Six of these farms are in the county of Suffolk, England, three are near Thetford – Nunnery, Melton and Snarehill Studs – along with the Salsabil Stud near Bury St Edmunds, Elmswell Park Stud and Beech House Stud just outside Newmarket. The other two are in Derrinstown Stud near Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, and the 3,200-acre Shadwell Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
The British breeding operation is controlled at the Nunnery Stud. As of 2026, Baaeed, Mohaather, and Mostahdaf are standing at Beech House, while Minzaal and Awtaad are at Derrinstown. In the past, stallions such as Green Desert, Nashwan, Unfuwain, Haafhd, Nayef, Sakhee, Eqtidaar, Muharaar, Mukhadaram, Tasleet, Haatef, Markaz and Tamayuz stood at Shadwell farms.
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