Zabeel
Zabeel was a New Zealand-bred racehorse who predominantly raced in Australia. He was retired to stud and became a champion sire. He is a bay son of Sir Tristram from the Nureyev mare Lady Giselle. During his racing career, he won seven races, including the Moonee Valley Stakes in 1989 and the Australian Guineas, the Alister Clark Stakes, and the Craiglee Stakes in 1990.
After retiring to stud in 1991, he sired 153 individual stakes winners of 350 stakes races, including Vengeance of Rain, who won the Dubai Sheema Classic and holds the earnings record in Hong Kong. Zabeel has also sired the Australian champions Octagonal and Might And Power, who won 17 Group One races between them, including the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, two Cox Plates, three runnings of the Mercedes Classic, and the Sydney three-year-old triple crown.
One of Zabeel's half-brothers, Baryshnikov, also won the Australian Guineas and retired to stud, while another winning half-brother, Break The Vault, entered stud in 2006.
Zabeel died in his paddock at Cambridge Stud on 25 September 2015. Stud owner
Sir Patrick Hogan said Zabeel would be buried alongside his famous sire, Sir Tristram.
Progeny
Zabeel's major race winners include:| Horse | Race | Distance | Prizemoney |
| Octagonal | 1995 Cox Plate 1996 Australian Derby 1997 Australian Cup 1995 Champagne Stakes 1996 Canterbury Guineas 1996 Rosehill Guineas 1996 & 1997 Mercedes Classic 1996 Underwood Stakes 1997 Chipping Norton Stakes | 2040 2400 2000 1600 1900 2000 2400 1800 1600 | $5,892,231 |
| Vengeance of Rain | 2005 Hong Kong Derby 2005 Queen Elizabeth II Cup 2005 Hong Kong Cup 2007 Hong Kong Gold Cup 2007 Dubai Sheema Classic | 2000 2000 2000 2000 2400 | $5,522,655 |
| Might and Power | 1997 Melbourne Cup 1997 Caulfield Cup 1998 Cox Plate 1998 Mercedes Classic 1998 Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1998 Doomben Cup 1998 Caulfield Stakes | 3200 2400 2040 2400 2000 2020 2000 | $5,226,286 |
| Efficient | 2006 Victoria Derby 2007 Melbourne Cup 2009 Turnbull Stakes | 2500 3200 2000 | $4,788,525 |
| Sky Heights | 1999 Caulfield Cup 1999 Australian Derby 1999 Rosehill Guineas 2000 Caulfield Stakes | 2400 2400 2000 2000 | $4,209,990 |
| Railings | 2005 Caulfield Cup 2005 Metropolitan Handicap | 2400 2400 | $3,172,110 |
| Maldivian | 2007 Yalumba Stakes 2008 Cox Plate 2009 C F Orr Stakes | 2000 2040 1400 | $2,762,550 |
| Savabeel | 2004 Spring Champion Stakes 2004 Cox Plate | 2000 2040 | $2,760,460 |
| Zavite | 2010 Auckland Cup 2011 Ranvet Stakes | 3200 2000 | $2,413,216 |
| Jezabeel | 1998 Auckland Cup 1998 Melbourne Cup | 3200 | $2,024,396 |
| Champagne | 1998 Mackinnon Stakes 1998 Storm Queen Stakes | 2000 2000 | $1,942,241 |
| Don Eduardo | 2002 Australian Derby | 2400 | $1,685,110 |
| Lad Of The Manor | 2005 Mackinnon Stakes | 2000 | $1,661,150 |
| Fiumicino | 2007 Australian Derby 2009 Mercedes Classic | 2400 2400 | $1,438,725 |
| Lights of Heaven | 2011 Australasian Oaks | 2000 | $1,308,288 |
| Inaflury | 1998 One Thousand Guineas | 1600 | $1,172,535 |
| Cronus | 1997 Adelaide Cup | 3200 | $989,293 |
| Dress Circle | 2001 Metropolitan Handicap | 2400 | $940,840 |
| Reset | 2004 Australian Guineas 2004 Futurity Stakes | 1600 1400 | $850,000 |
| Mouawad | 1997 Australian Guineas 1997 Futurity Stakes 1997 George Ryder Stakes | 1600 1400 1500 | $775,456 |
| Lizzie L'Amour | 2017 Bonecrusher Stakes 2018 Herbie Dyke Stakes | 2000 2000 | $592,341 |
| Zabeelionaire | 2012 South Australian Derby | 2500 | $575,780 |