Erhaab

Erhaab
Racing colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum
Sire	Chief's Crown
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Histoire
Damsire	Riverman
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1991
Country	United States
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Shadwell Farm Inc & Shadwell Estates Co Ltd
Owner	Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer	John Dunlop
Record	11: 4-3-2
Earnings	₤596,662
Major wins
Dante Stakes (1994) Epsom Derby (1994)
Last updated on August 25, 2007

Erhaab (foaled 24 May 1991) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse and active sire, bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom. He is best known as the winner of the 1994 Epsom Derby. In 2011 he was moved from the Wood Farm Stud in Shropshire, to the Batsford Stud in Gloucestershire.

Erhaab is a smaller than average Thoroughbred horse, standing 15.2 hands high with a dark brown coat which has sometimes, incorrectly, been described as black. He was bred in the United States by his owner Hamdan Al Maktoum's, Shadwell Stud breeding organisation.

He was sired by Chief's Crown out of the Riverman mare Histoire. Chief's Crown won the 1984 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse. He sired several other important horses including Chief Bearheart and Grand Lodge. Apart from Erhaab, Histoire's best runner was the filly Oumaldaaya, winner of the Premio Lydia Tesio.

He was trained throughout his career by John Dunlop at Arundel, West Sussex, and was ridden in all but one of his races by Willie Carson.

"Erhaab" (إرهاب) is an Arabic word which can be translated as "terrifying" or "intimidating" and was reportedly given to the colt because of his unusually dark colour.