UNCHAINEDD MELODY aka ALANUDD (US) 1990 - chestnut mare - by ZT ALI BABA (ARG) ex Blu Bint Haleema by SAMTYR.
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Picture taken 15th of April 1999 winning the Emirates Championship Gr.II, 2200m Turf, Abu Dhabi in 2:26,38; her last race!
Race Record: 38 starts; 37 wins and 1 place in U.S.A. and U.A.E. incl. Dubaï Arabian Classic (Gr.1 PA) (5 times), HHThe President Cup (Gr.1 PA) (5 times), Al Maktoum Challenge R3 (Gr.1 PA),Daughters of the Desert Futurity (Gr.1 PA), Emirates Championship (Gr.2 PA)(5 times), Al Maktoum Challenge R1 (Gr.2 PA) (twice), National Day Cup (Gr.3PA) (4 times), Delaware Arabian Cup Juvenile (Gr.3 PA) (4 times). Approximate lifetime earnings of $808,000 and 2Xs Darley Award Winner (Horse of the Year and 3yr Old Filly). Dam of three grade 1 winners.
UAE official rating: 140 (Turf, Dirt and All-Weather).
Owner:H H The President - UAE
Breeder:W & D Waldron - USA
Photo credit: Sue Crockett Photography
'More than winning thrice on Dubai World Cup day, the awesome record of Alanudd (formerly called Unchained Melody), and the manner of her victories only point towards a legend on hooves.
While winning 36 races out of the 37 she started, Alanudd was one of the most dominant winners, with most of the wins being pillar-to-post affairs. In 31 starts in the UAE, she demolished her rivals 30 times and every time the chestnut mare came out, she used to be greeted with loud applause that got louder as she majestically thundered down the home stretch, winning easily and convincingly.
Only twice in her career did Alanudd falter, once when she lost in 1995 to Vanissa Du Loup, and the next year, when she ran an uncharacteristic race but still won. Racing in the National Day Cup in Abu Dhabi, Alanudd (Blackstun astride) was leading when she suddenly veered to the extreme right and finished on the stand side, still winning by over seven lengths!
The loss to Vanissa Du Loup in the President's Cup in April '95 came after Alanudd won 13 consecutive races, six in the US and seven in the UAE. Any doubts regarding an end to her then glorious racing career were soon dispelled and the great mare went on to register some of her most memorable wins.
She won 23 more races on the trot including three Kahayla Classics on Dubai World Cup day. Her astounding record, both on turf and dirt, includes five Emirates Championships, five President's Cups, four National Day Cups, and the Maktoum Challenge. Alanudd also set three best-time records among Purebred Arabian horses in the UAE: 01:40:12 over a mile in Abu Dhabi in 1998; 02:13:34 over 2,000 metres at Nad Al Sheba in 1997; and 02:23:49 over 2,200 metres in Abu Dhabi in 1996
The great Cigar, the champion Dubai Millennium and the gutsy Silver Charm have all won the glory and respect of racing fans on Dubai World Cup day. But one horse that has left an indelible mark on the big day is Alanudd. Owned by His Highness The President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Alanudd is perhaps one of the greatest Purebred Arabian horses to race in the UAE. Winner of the $250,000 Dubai Kahayla Classic in 1997, '98 and '99, Alanudd is the only horse to win the race on three occasions, a record that is likely to remain for a long time to come.
Sterling Pedigree.
Sired by ZT Ali Baba with the dam being Blu Bint Haleema, she certainly had class in her blood for ZT Ali Baba was renowned for his speed while the sire of Alanudd's dam, Samtyr, was known for his tough, sound offspring.
Soon after the great mare left the tracks to begin her new role as a brood-mare, her trainer Yancey Carter Jr. had this to say: "She was a very pleasant horse to train, very sound both mentally and physically, and this was her greatest assets. Alanudd, with her excellent conformation, quality, speed and soundness, is an ideal brood mare." Four years on, Yancey, one of the trainers of Sheikh Zayed's horses, led Mijdadd — the first of the foals from Alanudd — into the winner's enclosure. Mijdadd won on his debut run, brushing aside challenges from quite a few older rivals and the fans were back on their feet cheering Alanudd's son.
Only time will tell if any other horse, Purebred or Thoroughbred, will be able to break the record of wining thrice on Dubai World Cup day, to match Alanudd's awesome record.' ©
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