2009: two-year-old season Awzaan made his racecourse debut in a six
furlong maiden race at
Hamilton Racecourse on 17 June and started at odds of
11/4 in a six -runner field. Ridden by Greg Fairley he took the lead soon after the start and kept on well to win by a
length from the favourite Paradise Spectre.
Richard Hills then took over the ride and partnered Awzaan in all but two of his subsequent races. At
Newmarket Racecourse on 9 July the colt started at odds of 9/1 in a field of ten runners for a minor race over six furlongs. After being restrained by Hills in the early stages he took the lead a furlong out and drew away in the closing stages to win by five lengths from the
Clive Brittain-trained Amary. After a break of over two months Awzaan was stepped up in class to contest the
Group Two Mill Reef Stakes over six furlongs at
Newbury Racecourse on 19 September. He was made the 11/4 second favourite behind Radiohead, a colt who had won the
Norfolk Stakes at
Royal Ascot before finishing third against older sprinters in the
Nunthorpe Stakes. The best of the other five runners appeared to be Stargaze (third in the
Richmond Stakes) and the undefeated Quarrel. Awzaan raced at the rear of the field as Quarrel set the pace, before making progress approaching the last quarter mile. He went to the front a furlong out and won by one and a quarter lengths from the
Richard Hannon, Sr-trained Angel's Pursuit despite hanging to the left in the closing stages. After the race Richard Hills said "He really is a lovely horse to ride and has a lovely turn of foot... He's quite a mature horse". Hamdan Al Maktoum's racing manages Angus Gold said "Sheikh Hamdan wanted him to have a break after Newmarket and the only worry was how much weight he had put on. But we're thrilled with that and I should think he'll go for the Middle Park now." Hills, who received a one-day ban for "careless riding" from the racecourse stewards commented "He tended to go slightly left at the end, but it didn't really matter. His ears were pricked and he was enjoying himself".
Bookmakers responded to the race by cutting Awzaan's odds for the following year's
2000 Guineas to as low as 8/1.
2010: three-year-old season Awzaan made his first appearance of 2010 in the
classic 2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket on 1 May and started 8/1 third favourite in a nineteen-runner field. After racing in mid-division he began to struggle three furlongs out and faded to finish in fifteenth place behind
Makfi. Mark Johnston was at a loss to explain the colt's performance, saying "I haven't got a clue why he ran so poorly. It is too bad to be true." After a five-month break, Awzaan returned in the Listed
Superior Mile at
Haydock Park on 4 September and finished third of the eight runners behind the four-year-old
Cityscape. Two weeks later he was again matched against older opposition in the
Dubai Duty Free Cup over seven furlongs at Newbury and produced his best effort of the season. After racing towards the rear of the fourteen-runner field in the early running he stayed on well in second half of the race and finished third, beaten a neck and a short head by Delegator and Sir Gerry. On his final appearance of the year in the
Joel Stakes in October he appeared to be travelling well until the final quarter mile but then dropped away abruptly and finished tailed off last of the nine runners behind Cityscape.
2011: four-year-old season Awzaan remained in training as a four-year-old but failed to recover his best form. He finished third in a minor
weight-for-age race over seven furlongs at
York Racecourse on 21 May and then ran sixth in the
Diomed Stakes at
Epsom two weeks later. Later in June he finished fifth to Libranno in
Criterion Stakes at Newmarket. On his final appearance he was dropped back in class for the Listed
City Plate at
Chester on 9 July and finished ninth of the eleven runners behind Majestic Myles. ==Assessment==