Nedawi

Nedawi
Racing colours of Godolphin
Sire	Rainbow Quest
Grandsire	Blushing Groom
Dam	Wajd
Damsire	Northern Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	9 April 1995
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Sheikh Mohammed
Owner	Godolphin
Trainer	Saeed Bin Suroor
Record	7: 3-2-1
Earnings	£428,656
Major wins
Gordon Stakes (1998) St. Leger Stakes (1998)

Nedawi (foaled 9 April 1995), is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. In a career that lasted from June 1998 until July 1999, he ran seven times and won three races. He recorded his most important success by winning the Classic St. Leger Stakes as a three-year-old in 1998, the same year that he won the Gordon Stakes. In the following season he finished second in the Dubai Turf Classic and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes before being retired to stud.

Nedawi, was a "big, leggy" chestnut horse with a white blaze bred by his owner Sheikh Mohammed. He was sired by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Rainbow Quest out of Wajd, a mare who won the Grand Prix d'Evry and the Prix de Minerve. Wajd was a daughter of the double King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Dahlia. Nedawi was sent into training with Saeed Bin Suroor, spending his winters in Dubai and the summers in England.

Unraced as a two-year-old, Nedawi made his first racecourse appearance in a twelve furlong maiden race at Goodwood on 5 June 1998. Starting at odds of 5/2 and ridden by Frankie Dettori he took the lead three furlongs from the finish and drew clear to win by six lengths from the odds-on favourite Tuning. A month later, Nedawi started favourite for a Listed race at Haydock but finished third behind Rabah and Courteous. Three weeks later, Nedawi returned to Glorious Goodwood and was moved up in class to contest the Group Three Gordon Stakes, an important trial race for the St Leger. He led inside the final furlong and stayed on "gamely" to force a dead-heat with Rabah.