Sulamani (April 9, 1999 – February 18, 2017) was an Irish-bred

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race horse who competed and won in Dubai, Europe and North America. A great-grandson of English Triple Crown champion,

Nijinsky Vaslav (or Vatslav) Nijinsky (; rus, Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky, p=ˈvatsləf fɐˈmʲitɕ nʲɪˈʐɨnskʲɪj; pl, Wacław Niżyński, ; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a ballet dancer and choreog ...

, he made his racing debut in April 2002 at age three and finished seventh. Racing in France, he went on to win the prestigious

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and was second in the 2002

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance ...

. After his Arc placing, he was purchased by

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. As a four-year-old, Sulamani won the

Dubai Sheema Classic The Dubai Sheema Classic is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Arab Emirates open to thoroughbreds which are four-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately miles; 2410 metres since 2010) on the turf track a ...

but finished fourth in the June 2003

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and finished second in the

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. In the United States, he won two important races, the

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on a disqualification and the

Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap The Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes is a Grade I American Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older over a distance of miles on the turf track scheduled annually in late September or early October at Belmont Park in Elm ...

, before finishing fifth in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf at

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. In his final season of racing, Sulamani won the Juddmonte International Stakes at

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in England and was retired to

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after capturing the Canadian International at

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. Sulamani died on February 18, 2017.

References

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Sulamani's pedigree and partial racing stats
1999 racehorse births 2017 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in France Racehorses trained in the United Arab Emirates French Thoroughbred Classic Race winners Thoroughbred family 16-c