Racing: Unfuwain dies aged 17
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Your support makes all the difference.Unfuwain, sire of last year's Irish Oaks winner, Lailani, has died from cancer at the age of 17 at the Shadwell Stud of his owner, Sheikh Hamdan. A Northern Dancer half-brother to Nashwan and Nayef, Unfuwain was, despite a below-par display in the Derby, the best middle-distance three-year-old of 1988, with a second to Mtoto in the King George and a fourth to Tony Bin in the Arc.
Though overshadowed by Nashwan on the track he turned the tables at stud. He made his name largely with fillies – including another Group One-winner in Petrushka – but was also responsible for Alhaarth, champion juvenile of 1995.
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