Anabaa

Anabaa
Sire	Danzig
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Balbonella
Damsire	Gay Mecene
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1992
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Gainsborough Farm
Owner	Maktoum Al Maktoum’s Ghislaine Head
Trainer	Criquette Head-Maarek
Record	10: 6-1-1
Earnings	£ 293,677
Major wins
Prix de Saint-Georges (1996) Prix du Gros Chêne (1996) July Cup (1996) Prix Maurice de Gheest (1996)
Awards
European Champion Sprinter (1996)

Anabaa (1992–2009) was an American-bred champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was trained in France during a racing career which lasted from September 1995 to October 1996. Anabaa failed to win until the age of four, but in 1996 he won his first six starts including two Group One races; the July Cup in England and the Prix Maurice de Gheest in France. At the end of the season he was named European Champion Sprinter at the Cartier Racing Awards. He later had a successful career at stud, becoming particularly known as the sire of Goldikova.

Anabaa was bred in Kentucky by his original owner, Maktoum Al Maktoum’s Gainsborough Stud.

His sire Danzig, who ran only three times before his career was ended by injury, was a highly successful stallion who sired the winners of more than fifty Grade I/Group One races. His offspring include the champions Chief's Crown, Dayjur and Lure as well as the important stallions Green Desert and Danehill. Anabaa’s dam Balbonella was a high class racehorse who won the Prix Robert Papin in France and the Dahlia Handicap in California. She proved equally successful as a broodmare, producing the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Always Loyal, and Key of Luck who won the Prix d'Arenberg and sired the Epsom Derby winner Alamshar.

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