341:). Aqlaam tracked the leaders before going to the front two furlongs from the finish and despite hanging abruptly to the left he won "readily" by two lengths from Il Warrd. After the race William Haggas said "I'm thrilled to bits. We've always liked Aqlaam and he's just kept improving" while Richard Hills commented "His last two pieces of work were exceptional and for the last six weeks he has just kept improving."
412:). After racing in second place behind Gladiatorus, he took the lead approaching the last 200 metres and kept on strongly to win by one and a half lengths from Famous Name. Shortly after the race Hills said "I've just spoken to Sheikh Hamdan in Dubai and I promise, you'd think he'd won the Derby – we are very relieved he won". Seventeen days later the colt contested the
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Richard Lancaster said "This is an enormous blow to everyone involved with Aqlaam as it has come just as he was establishing himself as an exciting young stallion."
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on 17 May and won "readily" by two and three quarter lengths after taking the lead approaching the final furlong. The colt was then moved up in class to contest the
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Nunnery Stud near
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who said of Aqlaam "he is the bravest horse you could want to ride. He would run through a brick wall for you".
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On 16 August Aqlaam was sent to France to contest the Group 1
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Aqlaam was rated the 43rd best racehorse in the world.
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384:. He proved no match for the four-year-old filly
170:(18 January 2005 – 5 October 2013) was a British
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31:Oasis Dream
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252:and the
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