Ali-Royal  Ali-Royal (9 February 1993 – January 2001) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning one race as a two-year-old in 1995 he showed consistently good form as a three-year-old, winning the King Charles II Stakes and the Ben Marshall Stakes, but appeared to be just below top class. He reached his peak as a four-year-old in 1997, winning the Earl of Sefton Stakes on his seasonal debut and recording his biggest win in the Sussex Stakes on his final racecourse appearance. He retired with a record of seven wins and six places from sixteen starts. He stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and Australia before dying in 2001 at the age of eight. Ali-Royal was a "leggy, workmanlike" bay horse with a white star and white markings on both of his hind feet, bred at the Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary by Charles H. Wacker III. His sire, Royal Academy won the July Cup at Newmarket and the Breeders' Cup Mile in 1990. At stud, his best winners included the double Irish St Leger winner Oscar Schindler and the Hong Kong champion Bullish Luck. Ali-Royal's dam, Alidiva, who was probably the best horse sired by Chief Singer, won at Listed level and was a half-sister to the Prix d'Ispahan winner Croco Rouge. Alidiva became a very successful broodmare, producing the Group One winners Taipan (Preis von Europa, Premio Roma) and Ali-Royal's full-sister Sleepytime. As a descendant of the broodmare Bourtai, Alidiva came from the same branch of Thoroughbred family 9-f which produced Big Spruce and Coastal. During his racing career, Ali-Royal carried the colours of Wacker's Greenbay Stables and was trained by Henry Cecil at the Warren Place Stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. On his racecourse debut, Ali-Royal started 5/2 favourite for a seven furlong maiden race at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on 13 September and finished fourth behind the Godolphin runner Shawanni. Three weeks later the colt recorded his first victory in a similar event at Warwick Racecourse, leading for most of the way and winning by four lengths from sixteen opponents. Ali-Royal ran nine times as a three-year-old in 1996, starting with a third place behind Ramooz and Bahamian Knight in the Classic Trial at Thirsk Racecourse on 20 April.