Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Fahd bin Salman was introduced to horse racing in the early 1980s by his father-in-law, Khalid bin Abdullah, and he bought the famous Whatcombe stable near Lambourn in 1984. He later acquired a stable of Thoroughbred racehorses and established Newgate Stud in Dorset and in Lexington.
His greatest success came with the colt Generous whose victories included the 1991 Epsom Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and the Irish Derby.
He won twice Irish Oaks in 1990 and 1999, with Knightâs Baroness and Ramruma, respectively. Prince Fahd also won Irish Lager (1990), Derby Italiano (1994) and the French Derby, Prix du Jockey Club.
His other horses included Ibn Bey, Broken Hearted, Zoman, Insan, Bint Pasha, Magic Ring and Dillum and hundreds of other horses. He began to devote himself to breeding horses rather than to own and race in his late years. Fahd bin Salman's younger brother, Ahmed bin Salman, was also a horseracing enthusiast.
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