Ali-Royal [SEP] father
and recording his biggest win in the Sussex Stakes on his final racecourse appearance. He retired with a record of seven wins and six places from sixteen starts. He stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and Australia before dying in 2001 at the age of eight.
Background.
Ali-Royal was a "leggy, workmanlike" bay horse with a white star and white markings on both of his hind feet, bred at the Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary by Charles H. Wacker III. His sire, Royal Academy won
`Ali Khan - jointly with following:
- 1790 - 8 Sep 1822 Gholam `Ali Khan I (d. 1825)
- 8 Sep 1822 - 1831 Hosayn `Ali Khan (1st time) (d. 1848)
- 12 Jul 1848 - 1848 Hosayn `Ali Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 1848 - 7 Oct 1868 Gholam Mohammad `Ali Khan II (d. 1868)
- 7 Oct 1868 – 24 Jan 1876 Fath `Ali Khan (b. 1849 - d. 1905)