Mumtaz Mahal (horse)

Mumtaz Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal
	Richard C. Dawson
Record	10: 7–2–0
Earnings	£13,933
Major wins
	Spring Stakes (1923); Queen Mary Stakes (1923); National Breeders Produce Stakes (1923); Molecomb Stakes (1923); Champagne Stakes (1923); King George Stakes (1924); Nunthorpe Stakes (1924)
	Last updated on February 18, 2011

Mumtaz Mahal (1921 – 1945) was a British

broodmare

.

She was ranked 71st in Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All-Time in 2013

broodmares of the 20th Century".^[3]

Background

Known as "Mumpty",[4] she was a blotchy grey mare, named after empress Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal Empire ruler Shah Jahan of Taj Mahal fame. Bred by Lady Sykes at her Sledmere Stud in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, Mumtaz Mahal was out of the mare Lady Josephine. Her sire was The Tetrarch,^[5] whom the Thoroughbred Heritage website also said was "probably the greatest two-year-old of all time", and that he was "possibly the greatest runner ever."^[3]

Racing career

Prepared by

sprint races; she won the six-furlong King George Stakes in which jockey George Archibald "toyed with the opposition"^[4] and the five-furlong Nunthorpe Stakes

in which he let her stride out to win by six lengths.

Breeding record

She was bought by the

Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, Mumtaz Mahal became an important broodmare. Mumtaz Mahal's best racing son was Mirza II; he (like her) raced his best at distances of six furlongs or less but his trainer, Frank Butters

, said he was the fastest horse he had ever conditioned.

Mumtaz Mahal's daughter Mumtaz Begum was bred to Nearco to produce Nasrullah, the sire of Bold Ruler who in turn sired Secretariat. Among Mumtaz Mahal's other descendants are Royal Charger, Petite Etoile, Abernant, and Shergar.

After foaling four foals in England (including Mah Mahal), Mumtaz Mahal was sent to the Aga Khan's Haras Marly-la-Ville stud farm in Marly-la-Ville, Val-d'Oise, France. There she had five more foals, including Mumtaz Begum and Mirza II. She died there in 1945 at the age of 24.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mumtaz Mahal (GB), grey mare, 1921
Sire The Tetrarch (IRE) 1911	Roi Herode (FR) 1904	Le Samaritain	Le Sancy
		Le Samaritain	Clementina
		Roxelane	War Dance
		Roxelane	Rose of York
	Vahren (GB) 1897	Bona Vista	Bend Or
		Bona Vista	Vista
		Castania	Hagioscope
		Castania	Rose Garden
Dam Lady Josephine (GB) 1912	Sundridge (GB) 1898	Amphion	Rosebery
		Amphion	Suicide
		Sierra	Springfield
		Sierra	Sanda
	Americus Girl (IRE) 1906	Americus	Emperor of Norfolk
		Americus	Clara D
		Palotta	Gallinule
		Palotta	Maid of Kilcreene (Family: 9-c)

References

^ Oakley 2013, pp. 85–87.
^ Oakley 2013, p. 86.
^ ^a ^b ^c [1] Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Oakley 2013, p. 87.
^ [2] Mumtaz Mahal's five-generation pedigree and race record. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

Bibliography

ISBN 978-190685-052-4
.

[FOOTNOTEOakley201385–87-1] Oakley 2013, pp. 85–87.

[FOOTNOTEOakley201386-2] Oakley 2013, p. 86.

[Heritage-3] [1] Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEOakley201387-4] Oakley 2013, p. 87.

[5] [2] Mumtaz Mahal's five-generation pedigree and race record. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

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