Nashwan

Nashwan
Racing silks of Hamdan Al Maktoum
Sire	Blushing Groom
Grandsire	Red God
Dam	Height of Fashion
Damsire	Bustino
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 March 1986
Country	USA
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Hamdan Al Maktoum
Owner	Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer	Dick Hern
Record	7: 6-0-1
Earnings	£793,248
Major wins
Autumn Stakes (1988) 2,000 Guineas (1989) Epsom Derby (1989) Eclipse Stakes (1989) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1989)
Awards
Timeform rating: 135
Last updated on November 14, 2006

Nashwan (1 March 1986 – 2002) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning both his starts as a two-year-old, he developed into an outstanding performer in the spring and summer of 1989, completing a unique four-timer when winning the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Eclipse Stakes, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. After sustaining his only defeat in the Prix Niel in September, he was retired to stud where he was a successful sire of winners.

Nashwan was a large, powerfully built chestnut horse with a white star and a white sock on his right foreleg bred by his owner Hamdan Al Maktoum at his Shadwell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by the 1977 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Blushing Groom. Blushing Groom became an exceptionally successful breeding stallion, siring Rainbow Quest, Blushing John, Arazi, and many other leading horses. Nashwan's successes made him the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1989. Nashwan's dam was Height of Fashion, a daughter of Bustino previously owned by Queen Elizabeth II. He was thus a half-brother to the Group Race winners Alwasmi, Unfuwain, and Nayef, and a close relative of the Japanese champion Deep Impact and the 1000 Guineas winner Ghanaati.