Sabirli (horse)  Sabirli (in Turkish Sabırlı) (April 9, 2001 – 15 September 2010) was a Turkish racehorse and sire. Sabirli was noted for his toughness on the turf winning twenty-six of his fifty-one races over seven seasons from 2003 to 2009. In 2006 he became one of the few Turkish-trained Thoroughbreds to compete successfully abroad when he won a race in Dubai. In the following season he defeated an international field to win Turkey's most valuable race, the Topkapi Trophy at Veliefendi Race Course in Istanbul. Over his career he won the equivalent of more than $2,800,000. Sabirli is a bay horse with no white markings bred by Aydoğan San at the Karacabey stud in Bursa. He was sired by the Kentucky Derby winner Strike the Gold who became a leading sire in Turkey after being imported in 1998. His dam was the Turkish-bred mare Free Trade, a daughter of Shareef Dancer. He was trained throughout his racing career by Cemal Kurt and ridden by in most of his races by Halis Karatas. Sabirli is a Turkish word meaning "patience". At the time of his greatest success, Sabirli raced in a hood and wore a red shadow roll. Racing as a two-year-old Sabirli won four races, recording his most important success in the Çaldıran Trophy (Turkish Group 1) over one mile at Veliefendi on 1 November. In the following year he won the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Trophy (Turkish Group 1) and three other Turkish Group races, all at Veliefendi over seven furlongs and a mile. He also finished fourth in the Topkapi Trophy an International Group Two race over one mile at Veliefendi. As a four-year-old he won a further five Turkish Group races and distances ranging from six furlongs up to one and a quarter miles. In early 2006, Sabirli became one of the few Turkish-trained Thoroughbreds to compete internationally when he was sent to race at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai. He finished fifth behind the British colt Kandidate on 19 January and won the DNRD Cup, a one-mile handicap race in February, beating horses from the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Kuwait, Germany and Singapore. On his return to Turkey he won his next four races including a second Fatih Sultan Mehmet Trophy.