▁by ▁multiple ▁profession als , ▁K etch ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Tat ters alls ▁H ought on ▁Year ling ▁S ale ▁at ▁New market ▁in ▁England ▁where ▁She ikh ▁Moh ammed ' s ▁G ains borough ▁Stud ▁acquired ▁the ▁col t ▁they ▁would ▁name ▁Sh am ard al . ▁However , ▁the ▁string ▁of ▁bad ▁luck ▁continued ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁sold ▁for ▁the ▁very ▁small ▁price ▁of ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁gu ine as ▁after ▁an ▁end os cop ic ▁test ▁of ▁his ▁breath ing ▁pass ages ▁had ▁err one ously ▁diagn osed ▁him ▁as ▁having ▁breath ing ▁problems . ▁ ▁Racing ▁career ▁▁ 2 0 0 4 : ▁two - year - old ▁season ▁Because ▁the ▁M akt ou m ▁family ▁has ▁such ▁large ▁world wide ▁racing ▁st ables , ▁they ▁sometimes ▁follow ▁the ▁industry ▁practice ▁of ▁le asing ▁out ▁some ▁of ▁their ▁horses . ▁Sh am ard al ▁was ▁one . ▁Le ased ▁to ▁business man ▁Abd ulla ▁Bu h ale eb a , ▁the ▁col t ▁was ▁prepared ▁for ▁racing ▁by ▁tra iner ▁Mark ▁John ston . ▁ ▁Sh am ard al ▁first ▁rac ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁at ▁age ▁two , ▁winning ▁a ▁six - f url ong ▁ma iden ▁at ▁Scotland ' s ▁A yr ▁Race course ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁ran ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁field ▁and ▁won ▁by ▁eight ▁lengths . ▁He ▁then ▁was ▁entered ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 8 ▁July ▁Group ▁Two ▁V int age