Shalaa

Shalaa
Sire	Invincible Spirit
Grandsire	Green Desert
Dam	Ghurra
Damsire	War Chant
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	23 February 2013
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mogeely Stud
Owner	Al Shaqab Racing
Trainer	John Gosden
Record	8:6-0-0
Earnings	£460,122
Major wins
July Stakes (2015) Richmond Stakes (2015) Prix Morny (2015) Middle Park Stakes (2015) Bengough Stakes (2016)
Awards
Top-rated British two-year-old (2015)

Shalaa (foaled 23 February 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2015 he was beaten on his debut but won his next five races including the July Stakes, Richmond Stakes, Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes. His second season was badly disrupted by injury, although he did win the Bengough Stakes.

Shalaa is a bay colt with a narrow white blaze bred by the County Cork-based Mogeely Stud. He was sired by the Haydock Sprint Cup winner Invincible Spirit who has produced many other major winners including Kingman, Charm Spirit, Mayson, Fleeting Spirit, Moonlight Cloud and Lawman. Shalaa's dam Ghurra won once in England and twice in California from twenty starts between 2004 and 2007. Ghurra was a descendant of the broodmare Moonstone, making her a distant relative of Nocturnal Spree, Moonax and the Irish 1000 Guineas winner Even Star.

As a foal in November 2013, the colt was sent to the Tattersalls sales and sold for 100,000 guineas. In the following October he was again put up for auction at Tattersalls and bought for 170,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Charles Gordon-Watson. Shalaa entered the ownership of Joann Al Thani's Al Shaqab Racing and was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.

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