Shadwell Stable

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum is a member of the ruling family of Dubai, and his Shadwell Stable is an international racing power. Sheikh Hamdan's brother, Sheikh Mohammed, is the ruler of Dubai and breeds and races as Darley Stable. The family's top competitors run in Godolphin's silks.

Sheikh Hamdan is Dubai's Deputy Ruler and the Minister of Finance for the United Arab Emirates. Shadwell has raced 10 classic winners, won the 2007 Eclipse Award as outstanding owner in North America, has been the champion owner in England four times, and has twice won Australia's biggest race, the Melbourne Cup.

Among Shadwell's many stars are Invasor, 2006 U.S. Horse of the Year, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic and 2007 Dubai World Cup; 2006 Belmont Stakes winner Jazil; 2007 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner and Eclipse champion Lahudood; multiple graded stakes-winning miler Shakis; and the 1989 Epsom Derby and 2,000 Guineas winner Nashwan.

In 2016, Shadwell Stable's stars include multiple graded stakes winner Mohaymen and Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tamarkuz. Shadwell won Grade 1 races in 2018 with Takaful and Almanaar and in 2019 Kentucky Derby hopeful Haikal won the Gotham Stakes.