Al Kazeem
Al Kazeem (foaled 15 April 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise as a two-year-old in 2010 and became a consistently successful performer in the following year. In 2012 he won the Jockey Club Stakes on his seasonal debut but was then sidelined by injury for almost a year. In 2013 he won the Gordon Richards Stakes on his comeback and then took three consecutive Group One races: the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Prince of Wales's Stakes and Eclipse Stakes. After an unsuccessful spell at stud he returned to racing in 2014 to win the Winter Hill Stakes and finish a close second in the Champion Stakes. He began his 2015 season by winning the Prix d'Harcourt and went on to win a second Tattersalls Gold Cup before being retired for the second time in August.
Background
Al Kazeem is a dark-coated bay horse with a faint white star bred by his owner, John Deer. He was sired by Dubawi a top-class son of Dubai Millennium, whose wins included the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois. At stud, Dubawi has been a highly-successful breeding stallion, siring major winners such as Monterosso, Makfi, Lucky Nine and Poet's Voice. Al Kazeem's dam, Kazeem, failed to win at race, but came from a good family, being a daughter of the Princess Elizabeth Stakes winner Kanz who was closely related to several major winners including Tank's Prospect, Glint of Gold (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud) and Ensconse (Irish 1000 Guineas).
