{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{About||the Arabic first name and surname|Awad}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Awad | image = | caption = | sire = Caveat<ref>{{cite web | title=Awad Horse Pedigree | website=Thoroughbred Horse Pedigree Query | date=1990-01-25 | url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/awad | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2015-07-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711163313/http://www.pedigreequery.com/awad | url-status=live }}</ref> | grandsire = Cannonade | dam = Dancer's Candy | damsire = Noble Dancer | sex = Stallion | foaled = January 25, 1990<br>Ryehill Farm, near Mount Airy, Maryland | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|07|23|1990|01|25}}<br />Old Friends Equine, Kentucky | country = United States | colour = Bay | owner = Jim Ryan | trainer = David G. Donk | record = 70: 14-10-11<ref>{{cite web | title=Awad Race Record | website=Equibase | date=1990-01-25 | url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=1267967&registry=T | ref={{sfnref|Equibase|1990}} | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2016-04-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409050716/http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=1267967&registry=T | url-status=live }}</ref> | earnings = US$3,270,131 | race = Secretariat Stakes (1993)<br>Arlington Million (1995)<br>Manhattan Handicap (1995)<br>Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap (1997) | awards = | honours = Awad Stakes at Belmont Park<br> Maryland-bred Champion Turf Horse (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997)<br>Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame (2015) | updated= February 12, 2026 }}

'''Awad''' (1990 - 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that raced primarily in the United States in the mid-1990s. He was owned by Jim Ryan, who named him after the Palestinian peace activist Mubarak Awad.

Trained by David G. Donk, Awad was a successful racehorse, achieving four Grade 1 victories, and earning over three million dollars in prize money. His victory at the 1995 Arlington Million at a time of 1:58:69 was a course record at the time, eventually surpassed by Set Piece in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kieckhefer | first=Robert | title=Awad wins Arlington Million XV | website=UPI | date=1995-08-27 | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/08/27/Awad-wins-Arlington-Million-XV/5198809496000/ | access-date=2026-02-12}}</ref><ref name=R1995>{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=AP&CTRY=USA&DT=08/27/1995&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1995 Arlington Million Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=27 August 1995 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=R2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/CNL081223USA10.pdf|title=2023 Arlington Million Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813010849/https://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/CNL081223USA10.pdf|archive-date=2023-08-13 |work=Equibase |date=12 August 2023 |access-date=12 August 2023}}</ref> Having won the Secretariat Stakes in 1993, Awad was the first horse to win both Grade 1 turf tracks at Arlington Park.<ref>{{cite web | title=Class of 2015: Awad | website=Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame | url=https://mdthoroughbredhalloffame.com/index.php/the-horses/class-of-2015/awad | ref={{sfnref|Home}} | access-date=2026-02-11 | archive-date=2025-12-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251218060806/https://mdthoroughbredhalloffame.com/index.php/the-horses/class-of-2015/awad | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=bh />

After starting in 70 races, Awad retired from racing to stand as a stud at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City in 1999, transferring to their Pennsylvania farm in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title=Maryland's Thoroughbred Millionaires' Club | website=The Equiery | date=2022-05-09 | url=https://equiery.com/marylands-thoroughbred-millionaires-club/ | ref={{sfnref|The Equiery|2022}} | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2025-10-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008194615/https://equiery.com/marylands-thoroughbred-millionaires-club/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He retired from active duty the year after in 2006, living out the rest of his life at the Old Friends Equine retirement stable in Kentucky. He died on July 23, 2011, from a heart attack.<ref name=bh>{{cite web | title=Multiple Grade I Winner Awad Dead | website=BloodHorse | date=2011-07-23 | url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/135156/multiple-grade-i-winner-awad-dead | ref={{sfnref|BloodHorse.com|2011}} | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2024-11-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241102020100/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/135156/multiple-grade-i-winner-awad-dead | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Awad 1990-2011 & Cozy Miss 1988-2011 | website=Old Friend Equine | date=2011-07-28 | url=https://oldfriendsequine.org/awad-1990-2011-cozy-miss-1988-2011/ | ref={{sfnref|Old Friend Equine|2011}} | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2025-03-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323053637/https://oldfriendsequine.org/awad-1990-2011-cozy-miss-1988-2011/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 2012, Belmont Park has run the Awad Stakes, a 1-1/16 mile turf race on the turf for 2 year old horses, in honor of the horse.<ref>{{cite web | title=Old Friends Celebrates Saturday's Eighth Running Of Awad Stakes - Horse Racing News | website=Paulick Report | url=https://www.paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/old-friends-celebrates-saturdays-eighth-running-of-awad-stakes/ | ref={{sfnref|paulickreport.com}} | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2021-05-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507224951/https://www.paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/old-friends-celebrates-saturdays-eighth-running-of-awad-stakes/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Awad was inducted into the Maryland Throughbred Hall of Fame in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Bold John, Awad Honored In Maryland| date=2015-04-29|access-date=2026-02-12|publisher=Paulick Report|url=https://paulickreport.com/news/little-bold-john-awad-honored-in-maryland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Awad, Little Bold John enter Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame | website=The Racing Biz | date=2015-04-28 | url=https://www.theracingbiz.com/2015/04/28/awad-little-bold-john-enter-maryland-thoroughbred-hall-of-fame/ | access-date=2026-02-12 | archive-date=2025-12-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251207223626/https://www.theracingbiz.com/2015/04/28/awad-little-bold-john-enter-maryland-thoroughbred-hall-of-fame/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

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