Ajdal [SEP] father
best European sprinter of the year, winning the July Cup, William Hill Sprint Championship and Vernons Sprint Cup. He was then retired to stud but died after siring only one crop of foals.
Background.
Ajdal was a bay colt with three white socks bred in Maryland by Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. He was from the nineteenth crop of foals sired by Northern Dancer, the winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby and one of the most influential sires of the 20th century. Ajdal's dam Native Partner was a half sister
"buying back" his own horse which stood until 2008 when Michael Paulson went to $7.7 to retain Vallenzeri, the horse later known as Take Control. The Sheikh later purchased the yearling privately for an undisclosed sum and gave him the name Ajdal, an Arabic word meaning "handsome". Ajdal was sent into training with Michael Stoute at Newmarket, Suffolk and was ridden in most of his races by Walter Swinburn.
Racing career.
Racing career 1986: two-year-old season.
Ajdal began his racing