Alysheba

Alysheba
Alysheba at King Abdullah's farm in Saudi Arabia
Sire	Alydar
Grandsire	Raise a Native
Dam	Bel Sheba
Damsire	Lt. Stevens
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	March 3, 1984
Died	March 27, 2009(2009-03-27) (aged 25)
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Preston W. Madden
Owner	Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer
Trainer	Jack Van Berg
Record	26: 11-8-2
Earnings	$6,679,242
Major wins
Super Derby (1987) Strub Stakes (1988) San Bernardino Handicap (1988) Santa Anita Handicap (1988) Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1988) Meadowlands Cup (1988) Woodward Stakes (1988) Breeders' Cup Classic (1988) American Classic Race wins: Kentucky Derby (1987) Preakness Stakes (1987)
Awards
U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1987) U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1988) United States Horse of the Year (1988)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1993) #42 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century Alysheba Court in Napa, California Alysheba Drive in Bakersfield, California Alysheba Way in Lexington, Kentucky GII Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs Alysheba Ln in Midland, Texas
Last updated on 4 August 2022

Alysheba (March 3, 1984 – March 27, 2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987. A successful sire, he produced 11 stakes winners.

A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba, by Lt. Stevens.^[1] He was bred by Preston Madden at Hamburg Place Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and was sold as a yearling to Dorothy and Pam Scharbauer for $500,000.

Trained by Jack Van Berg, Alysheba had a modest two-year-old season in 1986, and won only a maiden race. He finished third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and lost the Hollywood Futurity in a photo finish. As a three-year-old, he underperformed in his preparatory races for the Kentucky Derby until it was discovered that he had an entrapped epiglottis. Surgery was successful, and he was entered in the Derby despite having only a maiden victory.