Mahmoud | |
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Sire | Blenheim |
Grandsire | Blandford |
Dam | Mah Mahal |
Damsire | Gainsborough |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1933 |
Country | France |
Colour | Grey |
Breeder | HH Aga Khan III |
Owner | HH Aga Khan III |
Trainer | Frank Butters |
Record | 11: 4-2-3 |
Earnings | £15,026 |
Major wins | |
Champagne Stakes (1935) Richmond Stakes (1935) Epsom Derby (1936) | |
Awards | |
Leading sire in North America (1946) Leading broodmare sire in North America (1957) |
Mahmoud (1933–1962) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted from April 1935 to September 1936 he ran eleven times and won four races. In 1935 he won two of Britain's most important two-year-old races and was officially rated the second-best colt of his generation. In 1936 he won only once from five starts, but this win came in the Derby in which he set a race record which stood for fifty-nine years, and became the third of only four greys to win the race.[1] After being retired from racing he was sold and exported to the United States, where he became a highly successful breeding stallion and was America's Champion sire in 1946.