▁St akes ▁at ▁Good wood ▁Race course ▁in ▁Ch ich ester , ▁England . ▁He ▁won ▁that ▁seven - f url ong ▁race ▁by ▁ ▁lengths ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁defeated ▁Wil ko , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁that ▁aut umn ' s ▁Bre ed ers ' ▁Cup ▁Ju ven ile ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Following ▁the ▁race , ▁the ▁le ase ▁arrangement ▁between ▁G ains borough ▁Stud ▁and ▁Abd ulla ▁Bu h ale eb a ▁was ▁terminated ▁for ▁reasons ▁that ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁made ▁public . ▁ ▁Racing ▁under ▁the ▁G ains borough ▁Stud ▁b anner , ▁Sh am ard al ▁ran ▁into ▁training ▁problems ▁that ▁kept ▁him ▁out ▁of ▁racing ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 6 ▁October ▁D ew h urst ▁St akes ▁at ▁New market ▁Race course . ▁In ▁what ▁is ▁considered ▁England ' s ▁most ▁important ▁race ▁for ▁two - year - olds , ▁Sh am ard al ▁easily ▁won ▁the ▁Group ▁One ▁event ▁by ▁ ▁lengths . ▁Und efe ated ▁after ▁three ▁races , ▁he ▁was ▁voted ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁European ▁Champion ▁Two - Year - Old . ▁▁ 2 0 0 5 : ▁three - year - old ▁season ▁Comp eting ▁at ▁age ▁three ▁under ▁the ▁M akt ou m ▁family ' s ▁God olph in ▁Racing ▁b anner , ▁Sh am ard al ▁was ▁condition ed ▁by ▁their ▁head ▁tra iner , ▁S ae ed ▁bin ▁Su ro or . ▁The ▁col t ▁made ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁debut ▁in