1992: three-year-old season Hamas was unraced as a two-year-old and began his racing career by finishing second in the Granby
Maiden Stakes over seven
furlongs at
Newmarket Racecourse on 16 April. He recorded his first success when winning over one mile at
Sandown Park Racecourse eight days later and then finished second to
Ezzoud (also owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum) over the same course and distance on 5 May. Later that month he was dropped back to seven furlongs and won a minor event at
Chepstow Racecourse at odds of
2/5. In June he was moved up in class for the
Group Three Jersey Stakes at
Royal Ascot and finished unplaced behind Prince Ferdinand. He then finished second in the Monk's Cross Stakes at
York, fourth in the
Beeswing Stakes at
Newcastle, second in the
Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket and third in the Arlington Stakes at
Newbury. On 26 September Hamas was used as a
pacemaker for Hamdan Al Maktoum's horse
Lahib in the
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot and led into the straight before finishing last of the nine runners. On his final appearance of the year he started a 16/1 outsider for the Listed Bentinck Stakes over five furlongs at Newmarket on 17 October. He was ridden close to the lead by Carson before taking the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish. He ran on well in the closing stages to win by two and a half lengths from Blyton Lad.
1993: four-year-old season Hamas began his second season by finishing sixth behind Splice in the
Abernant Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket on 13 April. A month later at York the colt started a 14/1 outsider for the Duke of York Stakes. The
European Free Handicap winner So Factual started favourite ahead of the mare
Lochsong, whilst the other runners included Blyton Lad, Montendre (
Hackwood Stakes), Son Pardo (
Richmond Stakes) and Regal Chimes (
Cammidge Trophy). Carson tracked the leaders before making a forward move in the last quarter mile. Hamas took the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from the
Henry Cecil-trained filly Garah. Hamas failed to reproduce his York form in his next two races, finishing eighth behind Paris House in the
Temple Stakes at Sandown and unplaced behind College Chapel in the
Cork and Orrery Stakes at Royal Ascot. On 8 July, Hamas started a 33/1 outsider for the
Group One July Cup at Newmarket. Peter Walwyn had not been too optimistic before the race, instructing Carson to "keep going and try to pick up a few". Walwyn who had been without a major winner for several years said: "If you do the right things, keep plugging away and have the right people working for you, it comes back". When asked how he had responded in an inquiry into the colt's improved performance he added "I told them I'm only going to say one thing: that the only thing that makes more fool of a man than a horse is a woman". Carson explained that he had persuaded Hamdan Al Maktoum to keep the horse in training saying "when he was going seven furlongs and a mile last year I wasn't sure it was his right trip. I had the idea that with him being by Danzig I should ride him like
Dayjur. He's not dissimilar in that you have to let him run. If you take a tug he's gone" Hamas ran poorly on his two subsequent starts, finishing last on both occasions. He finished seventh behind
Wolfhound in the
Haydock Sprint Cup in September, and ninth behind
Catrail in the
Diadem Stakes at Ascot in October. ==Stud record==