| 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 BritishThoroughbred racehorse and activesire. 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 theClassicSt. Leger Stakes as a three-year-old in 1998, the same year that he won theGordon Stakes. In the following season he finished second in theDubai Turf Classic and theKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes before being retired to stud.
Nedawi, was a "big, leggy"[1] chestnut horse with a whiteblaze bred by his ownerSheikh Mohammed. He was sired by thePrix de l'Arc de Triomphe winnerRainbow Quest out of Wajd, a mare who won theGrand Prix d'Evry and thePrix de Minerve. Wajd was a daughter of the double King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winnerDahlia. Nedawi was sent into training withSaeed Bin Suroor, spending his winters inDubai and the summers in England.
Unraced as a two-year-old, Nedawi made his first racecourse appearance in a twelvefurlong maiden race atGoodwood on 5 June 1998. Starting at odds of5/2 and ridden byFrankie Dettori he took the lead three furlongs from the finish and drew clear to win by sixlengths from the odds-on favourite Tuning.[2] A month later, Nedawi started favourite for aListed race atHaydock but finished third behind Rabah and Courteous. Three weeks later, Nedawi returned toGlorious Goodwood and was moved up in class to contest theGroup Three Gordon Stakes, an important trial race for the St Leger. He led inside the final furlong and stayed on "gamely" to force adead-heat with Rabah.[3]
On 12 September, Nedawi started 5/2 favourite for the St Leger atDoncaster, where he was ridden byJohn Reid, as Dettori was ridingSwain in theIrish Champion Stakes on the same afternoon.. He tracked the leaders in the early stages before moving forward to challenge in the straight. Nedawi proved a difficult ride for Reid, swerving to the right and then hanging to the left before catching the filly High and Low, ridden by Jimmy Fortune, inside the final furlong and winning by half a length.[4] Reid, who had recently been told that he was to be replaced by Fortune as the leading jockey forRobert Sangster mimicked Dettori's flying dismount and said that the victory had given him great satisfaction, while admitting that the race may not have been as strong as usual.[5]
In the winter of 1998-9, Nedawi was sent to the Godolphin training base inDubai. He made his first appearance as a four-year-old in the Dubai Turf Classic atNad Al Sheba Racecourse on 28 March. Ridden by Dettori he took the lead in the straight but was caught in the last strides and beaten a neck by theMark Johnston-trained Fruits of Love.[6]
Nedawi was returned to Godolphin's European base at Newmarket and sent toRoyal Ascot for theGold Cup in June. He started favourite at odds of 7/2 in a field which included such notable stayers asKayf Tara,Celeric andPersian Punch, but finished fifth,6+1⁄2 lengths behind the winner Enzeli.[7] A month after his defeat in the Gold Cup, Nedawi returned to Ascot for Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. While there was some speculation that he would be used as apacemaker for his stable companionDaylami, the Godolphin team insisted that he would run on his own merits.[8] Ridden byGary Stevens, he took the lead just after half way in the mile and half contest and "shook off"[9] the challenge of the 1999Epsom Derby winnerOath before being headed by Daylami in the straight. He stayed on to finish second, five lengths behind Daylami and ahead of Fruits of Love,Silver Patriarch,Indigenous and Oath.[10] After the race he was found to have sustained an ankle injury. Nedawi's final race was at Newbury in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes where he finished third. He was entered in theMelbourne Cup for which he was made joint top weight,[11] but did not meet the engagement and was retired.
At the end of his racing career, Nedawi was sent to stand as a stallion in Brazil.[12] His most notable offspring was Mr Nedawi, who won Grade I races in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.[13][14]
| Sire Rainbow Quest (USA) 1981 | Blushing Groom 1974 | Red God | Nasrullah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Run | |||
| Runaway Bride | Wild Risk | ||
| Aimee | |||
| I Will Follow 1975 | Herbager | Vandale | |
| Flagette | |||
| Where You Lead | Raise A Native | ||
| Noblesse | |||
| Dam Wajd (USA) 1987 | Northern Dancer 1961 | Nearctic | Nearco |
| Lady Angela | |||
| Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
| Almahmoud | |||
| Dahlia 1970 | Vaguely Noble | Vienna | |
| Noble Lassie | |||
| Charming Alibi | Honey's Alibi | ||
| Adorada (Family:13-c)[16] |