American Thoroughbred racehorse American Pharoah was the 2015 Horse Of The Year and 2014 Eclipse Champion Juvenile and one of the most successful and admired of the modern era.
Winner of 9 races during his two-season career, as a three-year-old he became the only horse to be named the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing after winning both the American Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
It was the first time in 37 years that a horse had won the American Triple Crown and only the 12th ever in history. American Pharoah broke the track record to claim victory in the Breeders’ Cup after missing it in his first season due to injury.
At the end of 2015 he retired to the Ashford stud, in Kentucky, a division of Ireland’s Coomore Stud. Owner and breeder Ahmed Zayat of Zayat Stables confirmed ahead of the 2015 season that he had sold breeding rights to the Ashford Stud, but had retained control over the colt and his racing career.
Before the deal was announced it was claimed offers for the stud rights has exceeded $20million and in January 2018 a weanling from his first crop sold for $1,000,000.
American Pharoah’s impressive pedigree marked him out from the start as a potential great. A blend of speed on his dam Littlepreincessemma’s side, who was closely related to Storm Wolf and Misty Rosette and stamina on his sire Pioneerof the Nile’s side. His grandsire, Empire Maker, was the winner of the 2003 Belmont Stakes and through this male line he’s closely related to Fappiano and Toussaud.
