Real Shadai

Real Shadai
Real Shadai at Shadai Stallion Station in 2000.
Sire	Roberto
Grandsire	Hail To Reason
Dam	Desert Vixen
Damsire	In Reality
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1979
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	North Ridge Farm
Owner	Zenya Yoshida
Trainer	John Cunnington, Jr.
Record	8:2-2-2
Earnings	F911,400
Major wins
Grand Prix de Deauville (1982)
Awards
Leading sire in Japan (1993)
Last updated on June 18, 2007

Real Shadai (1979–2004) was an American-born Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in France and became a leading sire in Japan.

He was sired by Epsom Derby winner Roberto out of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame mare Desert Vixen.

Real Shadai was bred by Franklin Groves' North Ridge Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and sold at the 1980 Keeneland July yearling sale for $360,000 to the renowned Japanese horseman Zenya Yoshida. As he had done before with his Champion colt Northern Taste, Yoshida turned Real Shadai over to trainer John Cunnington, Jr. at the Great Stables in Chantilly.

In 1981, Real Shadai was a non-winner in his two starts at age two. Out of his six races the following year, he won two, the most important of which was the 1982Grand Prix de Deauville. His other significant outing was a second-place finish in the 1982 GI Prix du Jockey Club to Robert Sangster's colt Assert.

Entered in the 1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Real Shadai was up against a very strong field that included Assert along with Ardross, April Run, Akiyda, and one of the great international racing fillies of all time, All Along. After finishing fifth to winner Akiyda, Real Shadai was retired from racing.