Ibn Bey

Ibn Bey
Racing silks of Fahd Salman
Sire	Mill Reef
Grandsire	Never Bend
Dam	Rosia Bay
Damsire	High Top
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	22 March 1984
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Lord Porchester
Owner	Fahd Salman Yustane Sohma
Trainer	Paul Cole
Record	29:10-3-4
Earnings	$3,724,131
Major wins
Predominate Stakes (1987) Gran Premio d'Italia (1987) Grand Prix de Deauville (1988) Prix Maurice de Nieuil (1989) Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1989) Preis von Europa (1989) Grosser Preis von Berlin (1990) Irish St Leger (1990)

Ibn Bey (22 March 1984 – 10 December 2012) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won major races in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Italy and Germany as well as competing in the United States and Japan. After winning once as a two-year-old in 1986 he won the Predominate Stakes in 1987 before recording his first Group One success in the Gran Premio d'Italia. He continued to improve with age and developed into a formidable international campaigner over long distances winning the Grand Prix de Deauville, Prix Maurice de Nieuil, Geoffrey Freer Stakes, Preis von Europa, Grosser Preis von Berlin and Irish St Leger. On his penultimate start he produced arguably his best performance when finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Classic. He was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in Japan where he had limited impact as a sire of winners. He died in Japan in December 2012.

Ibn Bey was a big, powerful chestnut horse with a white star and white socks on his hind legs bred by Lord Porchester. He was sired by Mill Reef the 1971 Epsom Derby winner who went on to be Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1978 and 1987. Ibn Bey's dam, Rosia Bay, was a daughter of the broodmare Ouija, who was also the dam of Teleprompter, the grandam of Ouija Board and the great-grandam of Australia. Rosia Bay herself went on to produce the Yorkshire Oaks winner Roseate Tern.