Alysheba

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Sire:	Alydar
Grandsire:	Raise a Native
Dam:	Bel Sheba
Damsire:	Lt. Stevens
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1984
Country:	USA
Colour:	Bay
Breeder:	Preston Madden
Owner:	Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer
Trainer:	Jack Van Berg
Record:	26: 11-8-2
Earnings:	$6,679,242
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Kentucky Derby (1987) Preakness Stakes (1987) Super Derby (1987) Haskell Invitational Handicap (1987) Santa Anita Handicap (1988) Woodward Stakes (1988) Breeders' Cup Classic (1988)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-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
Infobox last updated on: September 23, 2006.

Alysheba (born 1984) was an American thoroughbred race horse.

A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the dam, Bel Sheba. Trained by Jack Van Berg, in 1986 Alysheba had a good but less than spectacular two-year-old season in racing but came into his own the following year. Ridden by Chris McCarron, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but missed out on the U.S. Triple Crown when he finished fourth in the Belmont Stakes. He finished second to the four-year-old Ferdinand in the 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic, won the Grade 1 Stakes "Super Derby," and was named 1987's Champion Three Year Old.

As a four-year-old in 1988, Alysheba was dominant, winning several major Stakes races including the Santa Anita Handicap. He was retired to stud after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic. His performance earned him the Eclipse Award as 1988 Champion Older Male and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. Of his 26 career races, the horse finished with a 11-8-2 record and earnings of $6,679,242, a U.S. racing record at the time.

In 1993, Alysheba was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Alysheba was ranked #42.

Alysheba stood at stud at Lane's End Farm in Woodford County, Kentucky until 1999 when he was sold to a breeding operation in Saudi Arabia.