Aljabr (3 February 1996 – 6 February 2018) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was trained in England and Dubai during a racing career which lasted from 1998 to 2000. He was named European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt for 1998, a year in which he was unbeaten in three starts including the Group One Prix de la Salamandre and the Group Three Vintage Stakes. Training problems restricted Aljabr to only six races in the next two seasons, but he won the Sussex Stakes as a three-year-old and the Lockinge Stakes at four. Background Aljabr, a "tall, lengthy" grey horse, was bred in Lexington, Kentucky by the Shadwell Stud, the breeding operation of Hamdan Al Maktoum. Aljabr's sire the double American Champion Storm Cat was a highly successful stallion, producing the winners of more than 60 Conditions races/Grade I including Cat Thief and Tabasco Cat in the United States and Giant's Causeway in Europe. Aljabr's dam Sierra Madre, from whom he inherited his grey coat, was a top-class racemare, winning the Prix Marcel Boussac and the Prix Vermeille. Aljabr was trained throughout his career by Saeed bin Suroor, spending his summers in England and his winters in Dubai as part of the Godolphin Racing team. He was ridden in seven of his nine races by the Godolphin stable jockey Frankie Dettori. Al-Jabr (الجبر) is an Arabic word meaning "restoration" and is the origin of the term algebra. Racing career 1998: two-year-old season Won all three starts. Aljabr first appeared in a maiden race at Sandown in early July. Starting the Evens favourite he led from the start and drew clear in the closing stages to win "comfortably" by four lengths. The beaten horses included the future Group race winners Lots of Magic (Jersey Stakes), Pulau Tioman (Diomed Stakes) and Hula Angel (Irish 1,000 Guineas). At the end of the month Aljabr was moved up to Group Three class for the Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, for which he was made odds-on favourite. The race was a repeat of his Sandown win, with Aljabr taking an early lead and pulling away in the final furlong to win by three lengths. The form of the race was boosted in August when the runner-up Raise A Grand, won the Solario Stakes at Sandown. On his next start, Aljabr was moved up to the highest level as he was sent to France for the