Unfuwain

Unfuwain
Racing colours of Hamdan Al Maktoum
Sire	Northern Dancer
Grandsire	Nearctic
Dam	Height of Fashion
Damsire	Bustino
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	5 March 1985
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Hamdan Al Maktoum.
Owner	Hamdan Al Maktoum.
Trainer	Dick Hern
Record	10: 6-2-0
Earnings	£206,858
Major wins
Haynes, Hanson & Clark Stakes (1987) Chester Vase (1988) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1988) John Porter Stakes (1989) Jockey Club Stakes (1989)
Awards
Leading British-based Stallion (2000)
Last updated on May 11, 2007

Unfuwain (5 March 1985– January 2002) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum. In a brief career of ten starts, lasting from 1987 to 1989, he won four Group races and was placed in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He went on to become a successful sire.

Unfuwain was a strongly-built, 16.1 hand bay horse, bred in Kentucky by his owner Hamdan Al Maktoum. He was one of the last important winners sired by Northern Dancer. As a son of the mare Height of Fashion, he was a half-brother to several important winners including the Derby winner Nashwan and the multiple Group One winner Nayef. He went into training with Dick Hern at West Ilsley and was ridden in all but one of his starts by the stable jockey Willie Carson.

Unfuwain made two starts in the late summer of 1987. On his debut, he finished second in a 27 runner maiden race at Newbury to the subsequent St Leger winner Minster Son. He confirmed the promise of this run with a win in the Haynes, Hanson and Clark Conditions Stakes at the same track a month later. His early runs established his racing style; he lacked acceleration but was able to sustain a "relentless" gallop over sustained distances.

In April 1988 Unfuwain began his three-year-old career by winning the Warren Stakes at Epsom by 15 lengths. Two weeks later he move up in class and recorded an eight length win in the Group Three Chester Vase, taking the lead in the straight and finishing "unchallenged".