| Alibhai | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Hyperion |
| Grandsire | Gainsborough |
| Dam | Teresina |
| Damsire | Tracery |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1938 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Aga Khan III |
| Owner | Louis B. Mayer |
| Record | unraced |
| Earnings | US$ |
| Honours | |
| California Thoroughbred Hall of Fame (1988) | |
Alibhai (1938–1960) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who was purchased by Hollywood movie mogul Louis B. Mayer for 3,200 guineas and brought to the United States.[1] He was sired by Epsom Derby winner Hyperion who was a six-time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland. Grandsire Gainsborough was the 1918 English Triple Crown champion. Alibhai's dam Teresina was the daughter of Tracery whose major wins included the 1912 St. Leger Stakes and 1913 Champion Stakes.[2]
Injured during training in California, Alibhai never raced but became a very important sire in the United States. He was sent to stand at stud in 1941 at Louis Mayer's California farm and was an immediate success, leading the California sires lists for five straight years. Syndicated for a then world record price of $500,000, in 1947 Alibhai was moved to stand at Spendthrift FarminLexington, Kentucky where he died in 1960 at the age of twenty-two.[3]
In all, Alibhai sired 54 stakes winners of which his best were:
| Sire Hyperion |
Gainsborough | Bayardo | Bay Ronald |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galicia | |||
| Rosedrop | St. Frusquin | ||
| Rosaline | |||
| Selene | Chaucer | St. Simon | |
| Canterbury Pilgrim | |||
| Serenissima | Minoru | ||
| Gondolette | |||
| Dam Teresina |
Tracery | Rock Sand | Sainfoin |
| Roquebrune | |||
| Topiary | Orme | ||
| Plaisanterie | |||
| Blue Tit | Wildfowler | Gallinule | |
| Tragedy | |||
| Petit Bleu | Eager | ||
| Letterewe |
