Alydaress

Alydaress
Sire	Alydar
Grandsire	Raise A Native
Dam	Balidaress
Damsire	Balidar
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1 April 1986
Country	United States
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Kinderhill Corporation & Darley Stud
Owner	Sheikh Mohammed
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	6: 3-2-1
Major wins
Ribblesdale Stakes (1989) Irish Oaks (1989)

Alydaress (1 April 1986 – after 2000) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted for a little over six months from April to October 1989 she won three of her six races. After finishing third on her debut she won a maiden race and then defeated top-class fields to take the Ribblesdale Stakes and Irish Oaks. In her two subsequent races she finished second in the Yorkshire Oaks and the Gran Premio del Jockey Club. She was retired from racing at the end of the year and had some success as a broodmare.

Alidaress was a grey mare bred in Kentucky by Kinderhill Corporation and Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. As a yearling in July 1987 she was auctioned at the Keeneland select sale and bought for $650,000 by the Curragh Bloodstock Agency. She entered the sole ownership of Sheikh Mohammed and was sent to Europe where she was trained throughout her racing career by Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.

She was sired by the American stallion Alydar who was best known as a racehorse for his rivalry with the Triple Crown winner Affirmed. He later became a very successful breeding stallion whose other offspring included Easy Goer, Alysheba, Turkoman, Strike the Gold, Criminal Type and Miss Oceana. Alydaress's dam Balidaress (from whom she inherited her grey colour) was a moderate racehorse, winning three minor races, but proved a very successful broodmare: her other foals included Desirable (who won the Cheveley Park Stakes and was the dam of Shadayid), Park Appeal, and Balistroika, the dam of Russian Rhythm.

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