Wassl

Wassl
Sire	Mill Reef
Grandsire	Never Bend
Dam	Hayloft
Damsire	Tudor Melody
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	27 April 1980
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Limestone Stud
Owner	Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Trainer	John Dunlop
Record	15: 4-1-3
Major wins
Greenham Stakes (1983) Irish 2000 Guineas (1983) Lockinge Stakes (1984)
Awards
Timeform rating 93p (1982), 125 (1983), 110 (1984)

Wassl (27 April 1980 – after 1998) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old he showed great promise when winning on his debut but missed the rest of the season through injury. In the following spring he won the Greenham Stakes and then rebounded from a poor run in the 2000 Guineas to win the Irish 2000 Guineas. He failed to win again in 1983 but was placed in the Sussex Stakes, Prix du Moulin and Joe McGrath Memorial Stakes. He dead-heated for first place in the Lockinge Stakes on his first run of 1984 but was well beaten in his four other races as a four-year-old. After his retirement from racing he stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland and Japan and had limited success as a sire of winners.

Wassl was a "neat, most attractive, bonny" bay horse standing 16 hands high with a large white star bred by the Lincolnshire-based Limestone Stud. As a yearling he was put up for auction and bought for 300,000 guineas by representatives of Sheikh Mohammed. During his racing career he was trained by John Dunlop at Arundel in West Sussex. Although he ran in Sheikh Mohammed's colours in his first race he was then officially transferred to the ownership of the Sheikh's younger brother Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He was named in honour of Ahmed's football team Al-Wasl F.C..

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