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English classic winner Shadeed dead at 23 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.
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