Tuesday 16th September 2008
Shadwell Stallions to parade before racing on Friday 3rd October
There will be an added bonus for race-goers at Newmarket’s NatWest Rowley Mile racecourse on Shadwell Day, Friday October 3 as four of Europe’s top stallions will be paraded ahead of racing.
At midday, premier breeding operation Shadwell will showcase Haafhd, Nayef, Sakhee and Act One, alof whom stand at Nunnery Stud, just outside Thetford.
It will give racing enthusiasts another opportunity to see these former stars of the track, who are now successful in their secondary career.
Newmarket regulars will be particularly familiar with Haafhd, a 2000 Guineas and Emirates Airline Champion Stakes hero, and Nayef, who took the 2001 renewal of the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes in his glittering career.
Sakhee was a brilliant winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe among other big-race successes, while Act One was a champion two-year-old in France.
Michael Prosser, Newmarket’s Director of Racing, said: “Shadwell Day is a hugely important day in Newmarket’s calendar with four Group races - including two Group 1s - and having four leading stallions parade before racing will make it extra special.
“I am sure the racing public will be delighted to once again have the chance to see such top-class performers as Haafhd, Nayef, Sakhee and Act One.”
