[2] Shaadi's dam Unfurled won one race and also produced the successful American sprinter Pleasure Cay and the Cheveley Park Stakes winner Regal Rose.
[5] Later that month he started odds-on favourite against six opponents for the Mornington Stakes at Ascot Racecourse and won by a head from Pride of Araby, to whom he was conceding six pounds.
[6] On his first appearance of the 1989 season, Shaadi contested the Craven Stakes (a major trial race for the 2000 Guineas) over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse.
Two weeks after his poor run at Newmarket, Shaadi was sent to Ireland for the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh Racecourse for which he started 7/2 second favourite behind Danehill.
The O'Brien stable fielded Saratogan as well as the Beresford Stakes winner Classic Fame whilst the most fancied of the other runners was the Alex Scott-trained Great Commotion.
The colt ran on well in the closing stages and won by two and a half lengths from Great Commotion, with the 25/1 outsider Distant Relative taking third ahead of Danehill.
[8] On 20 June Shaadi was one of five colts to contest the 144th edition of the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and started the 6/4 favourite, despite rumours of a poor performance in a training gallop.
After a lengthy break, Shaadi was brought back in distance and sent to France for the Prix de la Forêt over 1400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 29 October.