Casamento

Casamento
Sire	Shamardal
Grandsire	Giant's Causeway
Dam	Wedding Gift
Damsire	Always Fair
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	20 March 2008
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	D & J Cantillon and C & K Canning
Owner	Sheikh Mohammed Godolphin
Trainer	Michael Halford Mahmood Al Zarooni
Record	8: 4-1-0
Earnings	£274,666
Major wins
Beresford Stakes (2010) Racing Post Trophy (2010) Prix du Prince d'Orange (2011)

Casamento (foaled 20 March 2008) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 2010 he was one of the best colts of his generation in Ireland, finishing second in the National Stakes before winning the Beresford Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy. In the following year his only win in four starts came in the Prix du Prince d'Orange. He was retired to stud at the end of the year having won four races in three different countries from a total of eight starts.

Casamento is a chestnut horse standing 16.1 hands high with a narrow white stripe bred in Ireland by D & J Cantillon and C & K Canning. He was from the second crop of foals sired by Shamardal whose wins included the Dewhurst Stakes, Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Jockey Club and St. James's Palace Stakes. His other progeny have included Able Friend, Mukhadram and Lope de Vega. Casamento's dam Wedding Gift was a successful racemare who won the Listed Prix Saraca and finished third in both the Prix du Calvados and the Prix Vanteaux. She was descended from Vaguely Noble's half-sister Regal Lady.

As a foal in November 2008, Casamento was consigned by Tinnakill House to the sale at Goffs and was bought for €54,000 by the bloodstock agent Bobby O'Ryan. The colt entered the ownership of Sheikh Mohammed and was sent into training with Michael Halford at Kildangan, County Kildare.

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