SHADEED, champion three-year-old miler in England in 1985, was euthanized on
Sunday after suffering complications from an unspecified illness. The son
of Nijinsky II had stood at Gainsborough Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, for 19
years.
In his championship season under the care of trainer Sir Michael Stoute,
Shadeed demonstrated true brilliance at a mile. He captured the English Two Thousand
Guineas S. (Eng-G1) in a game effort, scoring the 29th classic victory for
legendary rider Lester Piggott, and dominated a solid field in the Queen
Elizabeth S. (Eng-G2) at Ascot. Among the classy performers toiling in his wake
that day was Arlington Million (G1) hero Teleprompter (GB). Shadeed traveled to
Aqueduct for the 1985 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), where he was promoted to third behind Cozzene following the disqualification of Palace Music.
At stud, Shadeed sired two heroines of the English One Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1), Shadayid and Sayyedati (GB). Shadayid was champion two-year-old filly in both
England and France in 1990. Sayyedati (GB) was likewise champion juvenile of her
sex in Ireland in 1992, and she went on to be crowned England’s highweight older
mare at seven to 9 1/2 furlongs in 1994 and 1995. His other leading
performers include 1992 Queen’s Plate victor, Alydeed, who also placed
in the Preakness S. (G1); Free Thinker, Italian highweight three-year-old filly
in 1990; and Indian Hope, a Brazilian Group 1 winner in 1992.
In total, Shadeed was responsible for 15 stakes winners, 10 of them at the group
or graded level. His daughters have produced 31 stakes winners, among them Right
Approach (Machiavellian), who landed the 2004 Dubai Duty Free S. (UAE-G1), and Lujain (Seeking the Gold), victorious in the 1998 Middle Park S. (Eng-G1).
Out of the Damascus mare Continual, Shadeed came from the family of
influential stallion Forty Niner and ill-fated 1984 Kentucky Derby (G1) and
Belmont S. (G1) hero Swale. He has been laid to rest at Gainsborough Farm.