2008: three-year-old season Alandi did not race as a juvenile and began his track career in a
maiden race over one and a half miles on
heavy ground at the
Curragh Racecourse on 20 October 2008. Starting the
6/4 favourite against twelve opponents he made steady progress in the straight, took the lead inside the final furlong and won by one and three quarter
lengths from Street Legal.
2009: four-year-old season Alandi's first run of 2009 saw him stepped up to Listed level for the Vintage Crop Stakes at
Navan Racecourse on 26 April in which he started at odds of 4/1 behind the reigning champion stayer
Yeats. After racing towards the rear of the eight runner field he took the lead approaching the final furlong, drew clear of the field and won by three and a half lengths from Hindu Kush despite being eased down by Kinane in the final strides. Four weeks later at
Leopardstown Alandi started odds-on favourite for the
Saval Beg Stakes but after some trouble in running he was beaten a length by Hindu Kush with
Sublimity in third. A month after his defeat in the Saval Beg, the colt returned in the
Curragh Cup on 27 June and was made the 9/4 second choice in the betting. He raced in third place but struggled to obtain a clear run in the straight before finishing strongly to take second place beaten a neck by the five-year-old mare Profound Beauty. In the Listed
Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown in July he was in contention for most of the way but looked outpaced in the closing stages and finished fifth of the six runners behind Profound Beauty. Despite three consecutive defeats, Alandi started odds-on favourite when he contested the Listed Ballycullen Stakes at
Fairyhouse on 22 August. He took the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and pulled clear of the field to win "very easily" by five lengths from his stablemate Aliyfa. In the Irish St. Leger at the Curragh on 12 September Alandi started the 3/1 second favourite behind
Godolphin Racing's multiple
Group 1 winner
Schiaparelli. Profound Beauty an Yeats were again in opposition whilst the best-fancied of the other four runners was the
Fred Archer Stakes winner All The Aces. Schiaparelli set the pace with Alandi settled behind the leaders before moving up into second place in the straight. Alandi overtook the favourite just inside the final furlong and held off a persistent challenge from the British filly Clowance to win by half a length. Schiaparelli finished third, five lengths behind Clowance and eighteen lengths ahead of Profound Beauty in fourth. After the race John Oxx said "Mick had fancied him for this race for a while – he always said to me if it was soft he would take some beating. One mile, six furlongs is the bare minimum for him as he's a real grinder. I was happy to see him come off the bridle as early as he did because Mick said afterwards they went a hell of a gallop on such soft ground." For his final run of the year Alandi was sent to France and stepped up in distance for the
Prix du Cadran over 2400 metres at
Longchamp Racecourse on 4 October. The Prix Gladiateur winner Kasbah Bliss (also a top class
hurdler) started favourite with Alandi on 5/1 and other fancied runners being Yeats, Incanto Dream (
Prix Maurice de Nieuil) and Askar Tau (
Doncaster Cup). Kinane positioned his mount just behind the leaders and turned into the straight in third place behind Yeats and Incanto Dream. Alandi went to the front 300 metres from the finish and hung on to win by a short head from the fast-finishing Kasbah Bliss. Oxx commented "He's a good horse, very genuine and now goes on all types of ground. Mick has always said two things – one, that on heavy ground he could win the Irish St. Leger, two, that when he tackles extreme distances he could be a
Gold Cup candidate. He was spot on with his assessment". In the
2009 World Thoroughbred Rankings Alandi was given a rating of 119, making him the 65th best racehorse in the world and the second best horse in the Extended distance division.
2010 – 2012: later career Before the start of the 2010 season Alandi was sold to
Lloyd Williams and sent to race in Australia where he was trained by
Robert Hickmott. His record in Australia was very disappointing as he finished last or last-but-one in all five of his starts. Williams had hoped that the horse would be a major contender for the
Melbourne Cup but admitted "I just haven't been able to get him going at all. He's not half the horse he was when John Oxx was training him". In 2012 Alandi was returned to Europe and joined the stable of P. J. Prendergast in Ireland. He returned to the track at
Goodwood Racecourse in August 2012 but failed to recapture his old form as he finished tailed-off last in the Listed
March Stakes. ==Stud career==